Research Track

Mini-Symposia

RS02 - Research Among and with Transgender Women in the Global South: Positionality and Privilege

Presenter(s)

• RK

  Rachel Kaplan, PhD, MPH

  Assistant Professor
  University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

  Nothing to disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

• SK

  Sophia Kass

  Positively Trans Program Associate
  Transgender Law Center

  Nothing to disclose
• JK

  JoAnne Keatley, MSW

  Chair
  A Global Network of Transgender Women and HIV (IRGT)

  Nothing to disclose
• CL

  Carmen Logie, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Toronto

  Nothing to disclose
• 

  Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C

  Assistant Professor of Social Medicine
  University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  University of North Carolina

  Gilead Sciences: Grant/Research Support
  Viiv Healthcare: Grant/Research Support
• 

  Gustavo Saggese, PhD, MSc

  Post-doctoral Researcher
  Sao Paulo Santa Casa School of Medical Sciences
  Sao Paulo Santa Casa School of Medical Sciences

  Nothing to disclose
• Lv

  Leigh Ann van der Merwe

  Founder & Coordinator
  S.H.E. (Social, Health and Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa)

  Nothing to disclose
• MV

  Maria Amelia Veras, MD, PhD, MPH

  Associate Professor
  Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medical Sciences
  FCMSCSP

  Nothing to disclose

Panel Discussion (Moderator: JoAnne Keatley, MSW)

 

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe contexts in the Global South in which trans health research is taking place.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to identify lessons researchers have learned from trans feminine communities in the Global South.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to reflect on privilege and positionality and how their own identities might impact the work they do.

1. Upon completion, participants will be able to describe contexts in the Global South in which trans health research is taking place.
2. Upon completion, participants will be able to identify lessons researchers have learned from trans feminine communities in the Global South.
3. Upon completion, participants will be able to reflect on privilege and positionality and how their own identities might impact the work they do.