Genderqueer Student Hopes to Change Health Care Field

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San Francisco Bay Times
By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
Published: September 6, 2007

Beginning a second year at Yale University, Point Foundation scholar Emily Williams (who prefers gender neutral pronouns), says s/he faces unique challenges in his/her chosen field - health care - because s/he's genderqueer.

Studying to become a family nurse practitioner, Williams says, "In health care, gaining trust and building relationships with patients is crucial.  If I don't conform in some ways, I'll never get past the revulsion mainstream society has for people who aren't easy to classify, and thus be unable to have a positive impact on those people I serve."