Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 4, 2026

Establishment of Rat Models Mimicking Gender-affirming Hormone Therapies
Published on: January 10, 2025
Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural
Linda M Wesp1, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe2, Ayana Elliott3
1University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Abstract:
Transgender people experience intersecting forms of social marginalization and are disproportionately affected by health inequities. We elucidate a novel conceptual framework for transgender health research that theorizes the constructs and pathways through which social inequities produce health inequities for transgender populations. Drawing on theories of intersectionality and structural injustice, Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice (IRTHJ) posits that social and health inequities affecting transgender populations are the result of status quo power relations produced within and between oppressive structures, institutional systems, and socio-structural processes. The IRTHJ framework delineates three main actions for improving transgender health research: (i) name intersecting power relations, (ii) disrupt the status quo, and (iii) center embodied knowledge. The authors show how IRTHJ provides tools for researchers to transform the design, implementation, and interpretation of transgender health research, and they discuss implications for programs, policy, and action for transgender health justice.
Related Concept Videos
Ethnic Identity within a Larger Culture
Social Identity
Role-Based Identity
Self Within Cultural Contexts
Equity Theory
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

