Course Description

The BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) committee of AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists has organized a symposium on systemic racism and intersectionality in (LGBTQ+) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer POC, particularly focusing on black people. Debbie Carter, MD, will speak about the history of the theory of intersectionality developed by Kimberle Crenshaw to describe the way in which social identities overlap, intersect, interact, and impact mental health. A. Ning Zhou, MD, will discuss the basics of anti-Black racism in the LGBTQ+ communities, and anti-LGBTQ+ bias and gender role rigidity in the Black community. Murad Khan, MD will explore the co-construction of race and gender and its implications for the mental health of Black LGBTQ+ people. Kenn Ashley, MD will speak about the issues related to the disparities in violence targeting Black transwomen.

Course objectives: Learn about the concept of intersectionality. Recognize the impact of anti-Black racism in the LGBTQ+ community. Recognize the impact of anti-LGBTQ+ bias and gender role rigidity in the Black community. Understand the role of intersectionality in the mental health of Black LGBTQ+ people. Physicians will obtain the language to be able to engage in a discussion about racism and anti-LGBTQ oppression with their patients. They will incorporate that knowledge into more effective treatment plans and therapies.

 

 

 

 

 

Debbie Carter, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado.

A. Ning Zhou, MD, is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, where he works at Chinatown/North Beach Mental Health Services, at Dimensions Clinic for Queer and Trans Youth and at Castro-Mission Health Center.

Murad Khan, MD, is a PGY-2 Psychiatry Resident at Yale. He is currently a Resident Leader of the Human Experience Track of Yale’s Social Justice and Health Equity Curriculum and the Resident Leader of its Psychoanalytic Gatherings group.

Kenneth Ashley, MD, ACPsych, FACLP, DFAPA is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has both written and presented on mental health issues often at the intersection of HIV, LGBT, diversity, and health equity.