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Week 14 Readings - Coggle Diagram

- - - - In addition, gender affirming care (such as HRT) is routinely not covered by health insurance companies.
      - Mollon also describes mistrust of the medical community and provider discrimination against queer people (such as refusing to treat patients because they are LGBTQ).
        
        This is heightened for queer people of color, whom experience homophobia/transphobia alongside racism.
  - - - HIV is often conceptualized within AIAN communities as belonging to white mainstream culture. Increased proximity to HIV decreases proximity to Indigenous culture, and individuals may be seen as less authentic in their Native identities as a result of this increased proximity to HIV.
        In addition, HIV advocacy within gay communities often separate two-spirit individuals from their Indigenous culture. This ostracization works at both ends, putting two-spirit individuals that exist at the intersection of those identities in a difficult position.
      - However, it appears that professionalized identity provides an opportunity for two-spirit individuals to connect with other two-spirit HIV advocates and build communities that are both queer and Indigenous.
      - Shadow presence is described as a cultural silence surrounding HIV that derives from a lack of messaging or access to knowledge about HIV. This exists both inside and outside of AIAN communities.
      - This study utilized discourse analysis (DA) methods to interpret qualitative data.