Gender-Inclusive and Gender-Specific Approaches in Trans Health Research

Abstract

The recent proliferation of trans health literature for the past 20 years has prompted a need to examine two contested approaches used in designing study protocols and analyses in trans health research, as either specific to only one gender group (gender-specific approach) or across gender groups (i.e., gender-inclusive approach). In this critique, we aim to explicate and provide guidance for when the application of each approach is methodologically appropriate.