Transgender and non-binary patients are greatly impacted by political initiatives intended to diminish their rights, including the right to access to gender-affirming medical care. Nurses who provide Person-centered Care (PCC) are uniquely positioned to honor their patients’ rights and humanity. PCC is an important component of building trust with transgender and non-binary patients, but honoring their humanity fully and comprehensively requires an intersectional approach. To build trust, the authors suggest that a paradigm that interweaves PCC with intersectionality promotes social justice for transgender and non-binary patients.
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