Zena Sharman
Zena Sharman is a Canadian health researcher and writer,[1] who won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Anthology at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards in 2017 for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care.[2]
The book, an anthology of LGBTQ people's stories about their experiences in the health care system, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2016.[3]
She was previously nominated in the same category at the 24th Lambda Literary Awards in 2012 for Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, an anthology which she coedited with Ivan Coyote.[4] She married Coyote in 2011.[5]
Sharman is currently co-chair of the Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre, a clinic in Vancouver which serves transgender and gender-diverse clients.[6]
References
- ^ "Dr. Zena Sharman on making health care more inclusive for LGBTQ patients". The Globe and Mail, November 19, 2016.
- ^ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced". LGBT Weekly, June 13, 2017.
- ^ "New collection of essays sheds light on LGBTQ health care in Canada". This Magazine, December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Who's butch now?. Xtra!, June 1, 2011.
- ^ "Queer icons Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon step “out of the box” for Gender Failure Show". Montreal Gazette, November 20, 2012.
- ^ "Queer, trans & incendiary". BC Book Look, November 17, 2016.
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