Core Facilities Seminar-Center for Human Health & Performance

'Recognizing Gender Diversity in Research,' Genny Beemyn, director of The Stonewall Center, UMass Amherst.Abstract: Binary and nonbinary trans people are often excluded from or misidentified in studies because of the language and methodologies used by researchers. This presentation will discuss why this is a major problem, not only for inclusionary purposes but also for scientific integrity, and suggest possible solutions. Recommendations will be made about how to word recruitment materials and ask demographic questions in ways that encourage trans people to participate in research and how to code data so that the experiences of trans people can be identified separately from the experiences of their cis counterparts.