Inclusive Care for Gender-Diverse Birthing People #050

This season we continue our exploration of holding space through the complicated parts of perinatal care.  Unfortunately, it is very complicated, and often harmful & dangerous, to navigate our birthcare system as someone who does not present as cis-gender and heterosexual. Deeply ingrained prejudices and biases impact care in ways felt on interpersonal and systemic levels.

Our guest this week, Jen Molina of United in Birth, is here to explain how and why she has centered her practice around caring for trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and queer people so often stigmatized in reproductive care spaces.

In this episode we explore:

~holding space and re-defining the role of an "expert" in birthcare

~white saviorism in birthwork

~barriers to accessibility of services-financial, cultural, and others

~navigating the challenges of a healthcare system that defaults to "cis-het-white" as the standard

~awareness of our positionality as we offer to support folks

~persona of inclusivity that results in actual harm to trans, and other gender-diverse folks

~trauma-informed care as a framework for creating more inclusive care-practices that are person-centered

~queer reproductive justice from king yaa

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