TY - JOUR
T1 - Transgender Rights & the Urgent Need for Social Work Advocacy
AU - Witt, Heather
AU - Medina-Martinez, Kai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are under attack at unprecedented levels all over the United States. This article begins by defining and describing human rights and explaining in detail the threats to the human rights and safety of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Finally, the article urges ongoing social work engagement in advocating for the protection of those rights by utilizing the policy window created by the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling and recent executive orders issued by the Biden Administration to promote safety for transgender and gender non-conforming community members. The article concludes with suggestions for social workers practitioners and educators.
AB - The human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are under attack at unprecedented levels all over the United States. This article begins by defining and describing human rights and explaining in detail the threats to the human rights and safety of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Finally, the article urges ongoing social work engagement in advocating for the protection of those rights by utilizing the policy window created by the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling and recent executive orders issued by the Biden Administration to promote safety for transgender and gender non-conforming community members. The article concludes with suggestions for social workers practitioners and educators.
KW - advocacy
KW - gender-based violence
KW - human rights
KW - policy
KW - transgender
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/socialwork_facpubs/123
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113542886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19371918.2021.1970685
DO - 10.1080/19371918.2021.1970685
M3 - Article
C2 - 34431453
VL - 37
SP - 28
EP - 32
JO - Social Work in Public Health
JF - Social Work in Public Health
IS - 1
ER -