Meeting the Needs of Masculine-Expressing Queer Women and Transgender Men in Clinical Care
Sat, Feb 28
|Counseling Center of South Texas
The tendency to group masculine-presenting women with transgender men in clinical settings often stems from overlapping anatomical and biological characteristics, combined with institutional norms, rather than from a nuanced understanding of their unique identities.
Time & Location
Feb 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Counseling Center of South Texas, 5420 S Jackson Rd, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
About the event
THIS TRAINING IS DESIGNATED FOR THE Counseling Center of South Texas STAFF ONLY. If you are interested in future training on this topic, please email us to express your interest.
Clinicians often group masculine-presenting women and transgender men together based on anatomical, biological, and systemic considerations. (Affirmative and Responsible Health Care for People with Nonconforming Gender Identities and Expressions, 2016) This practice typically reflects a lack of nuanced understanding of their distinct identities. (Therapist Multicultural Orientation: Client Perceptions of Cultural Humility, LGB Identity, and the Working Alliance, 2023, pp. 453-463)
As a queer masculine-presenting woman and professional, I have had consistent experience with LGBTQ+ clients who expressed their frustrations of feeling unsupported or misunderstood by previous therapists due to poor therapeutic approaches and misconceptions about equating transgender men with "butch" women. This tendency to group them often results from institutional norms rather than from a nuanced understanding of their unique…
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Paraticipant Fee
Sale ends
Feb 27, 12:00 PM
The participation fee will cover the fee for CEUs
$50.00
+$1.25 ticket service fee
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