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Title: Genderqueer Student Hopes to Change Health Care Field
Post by: LostInTime on September 06, 2007, 08:02:51 AM
Post by: LostInTime on September 06, 2007, 08:02:51 AM
San Francisco Bay Times (http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=6806)
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."
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."