BACKGROUND Current research on transgender and gender diverse (TGD) health focuses on a damage-centered approach to health outcomes, often further marginalizing and othering TGD individuals and their experiences. The Matchmaking Methodology is an approach that can be used to depathologizes and demedicalizes the TGD experience within research by decentering the cisgender gaze of TGD health research. OBJECTIVES This article aims to provide researchers a humanizing approach to TGD health and wellness research by outlining the process of the matchmaking methodology that connects individuals to co-create research and knowledge from multiple standpoints-those of scholar, practitioner, and community member. METHODS Shaped by an approach to co-editing a book on TGD health and social service best practices, the Matchmaking Methodology can be applied to research projects as an intentionally engage method that allows for the centering of TGD voices, the integration of practitioner expertise as well as that of academic scholars with community members through collaborative partnership to conduct and disseminate research. CONCLUSIONS The matchmaking methodology for TGD health research can address some of the harmful and dehumanizing aspects that have historically dominated TGD-focused research. This approach focuses on the empowerment and critical consciousness of those participating in the collaborative partnership and centers their accountability to TGD individuals. Further, the involvement of practitioners and community members in the research process can translate to research that has a focus on real-life application and impact on best practices, interventions, and policy change.

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人性化跨性别和性别多元化健康研究的配对方法。

背景 目前对跨性别者和性别多样化 (TGD) 健康的研究侧重于以损害为中心的健康结果方法，往往进一步边缘化和其他化 TGD 个体及其经历。配对方法是一种可以通过分散 TGD 健康研究的顺性别视角来使研究中的 TGD 体验去病态化和非医学化的方法。目标 本文旨在通过概述匹配方法的过程，为研究人员提供一种人性化的 TGD 健康和保健研究方法，该方法将个体从学者、从业者和社区成员的多个角度联系起来，共同创造研究和知识。方法 匹配方法以共同编辑一本关于 TGD 健康和社会服务最佳实践的书籍的方法为基础，可以作为一种有意参与的方法应用于研究项目，从而使 TGD 的声音集中，并整合从业者的专业知识。正如学术学者与社区成员通过合作伙伴关系来开展和传播研究成果一样。结论 TGD 健康研究的配对方法可以解决历史上主导 TGD 研究的一些有害和非人性化方面。这种方法侧重于参与合作伙伴关系的人员的赋权和批判意识，并将他们的责任集中在 TGD 个人身上。此外，从业者和社区成员参与研究过程可以转化为关注现实生活应用以及对最佳实践、干预措施和政策变化的影响的研究。