Nurse practitioners are the future of primary care. Family nurse practitioners in particular—trained to work across the lifespan with children and adults—are uniquely positioned to impact community health among vulnerable populations. As long as they ask the right questions. Catherine Ling, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN is the DNP Family Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

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By: Hillary Chu, MPH We use pronouns every day to refer to ourselves and those around us. In the English language, pronouns can be gendered or gender-neutral. Most of the time, people synchronize their pronouns to match their gender identity; she usually refers to people who identify as women, he is regularly used by people

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By: Bianca Palmisano (they/them) In the trans community, we talk a lot about “passing” as your gender identity: looking the part, blending in enough so that cisgender people don’t question who you are and the space you occupy. But what if there’s no such thing as passing for your gender? What if the conception of

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