Y. Gavriel Ansara & Peter Hegarty: Cisgenderism in psychology: pathologising and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008

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INTERSEX activist, psychologist and academic Y. Gavriel Ansara has co-written a ground-breaking work on cisgenderism and its adverse effects on nonconforming children. 

Psychology & Sexuality: Cisgenderism in psychology: pathologising and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008, by Y. Gavriel Ansara & Peter Hegarty - click to read the abstract.

Mental health professionals are more cisgenderist than other authors. Articles by members of an ‘invisible college’ structured around the most prolific author in this area are more cisgenderist and impactful than other articles. We suggest how authors and editors can implement American Psychological Association policy and change scientific discourse about children’s genders.