Every person is different, and that diversity makes human beings so fascinating. In order to serve diverse populations, it’s important for us here at Himmelfarb Library to have a wide variety of materials for students to learn from. One of these populations is the LGBTQ+community.
To help students locate material related to diverse populations, we have a Diversity and Disparities in Health Care collection. This collection covers a wide range of unrepresented groups, including queer people. Given the wide variety of content we offer, it would be impossible to cover everything in one blog post (which is a good thing). Instead, here are a few books from our collection to give readers a glimpse of what the library has to offer.
Global LGBTQ Health: Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways.
By: Hwahng, Sel J. editor.; Kaufman, Michelle R. editor.
This book takes a look at the intersection of global and LBGTQ+health. Aiming to take a larger look at LGBTQ+health across the world, this text offers insight into issues on both a regional and global scale.
The case against conversion "therapy": evidence, ethics, and alternatives
Haldeman, Douglas C., editor.
While many states have now banned the practice known as “conversion therapy” there are still places where it is used, often on LGBTQ+ youth. This text takes a look at the motivations behind the practice, the decades of evidence showing it to be actively harmful, and why LGBTQ+identities are not something to be “cured” but embraced.
Trans medicine: The emergence and practice of treating gender
Shuster, Stef M., author.
This text covers both the history and contemporary practice of Trans medicine. Medicine for transgender people is often misunderstood due to both a lack of knowledge and misinformation. In this book, readers can not only learn that Trans medicine is not new, but is backed by decades of science.
Bodies and barriers: Queer activists on health
Shanker, Adrian, editor.; Levine, Rachel Leland, 1957- writer of foreword.; Kendell, Kate, writer of afterword.
Health disparities can exist for a variety of reasons. In this text, multiple queer activists explain some of the factors that lead to such disparities, what negative outcomes result, and ideas on how to fix them.
The script - queer futures
Wortham, J., film producer.; Fryer, Brit, film director.; Schamus, Noah, film director.; Multitude Films, production company.; Good Docs (Firm), distributor
Our last resource for this post is a film. Using recreations of personal interviews, this film takes a look at how transgender and nonbinary people interact with the medical system, and how practitioners and patients interact with one another.
References:
Haldeman DC, ed. The Case against Conversion “Therapy”: Evidence, Ethics, and Alternatives. American Psychological Association; 2022.
Hwahng SJ, Kaufman MR, eds. Global LGBTQ Health: Research, Policy, Practice, and Pathways. First edition. Springer; 2024. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36204-0
Shuster SM. Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender. New York University Press; 2021.
Shanker A, ed. Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health. PM Press; 2020.
Wortham J, Fryer B, Schamus N. The Script - Queer Futures. [Distributed by] GOOD DOCS; 2023.
