Pregnancy experiences of transgender and gender-expansive individuals: A systematic scoping review from a critical midwifery perspective.
Elias G ThomasBahareh GoodarziHannah FreseLinda J SchoonmadeMaaike E MuntingaPublished in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2024)
To improve care outcomes of transgender and gender-expansive people, it is necessary to counter anti-trans ideologies by "fixing the knowledge" of midwifery curricula. This requires challenging dominant cultural norms and images around pregnancy, reconsidering the way in which the relationship among "sex," "gender," and "pregnancy" is understood and given meaning to in midwifery, and applying an intersectional lens to investigate the relationship between gender inequality and reproductive inequity of people with multiple, intersecting marginalized identities who may experience the accumulated impacts of racism, ageism, and classism. Future research should identify pedagogical frameworks that are suitable for guiding implementation efforts.