Alex Ker
Biographic Data
| ID | 326245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Ker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Ker |
| SIGNATURE | KER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8393-6781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evaluating an inclusive methodology for collecting and coding gender data in sexuality- and gender-diverse youth survey research
Anti-vax, anti-mask, anti-gender: The transphobic turn of the “freedom movement” during Covid-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), as with much of the world, experienced a proliferation of far-right and populist organisations resisting public health measures and perceived government overreach. After the repeal of the COVID-19 Protection Framework brought an end to vaccine and mask wearing mandates, these organisations sought new issues to mobilise their supporters. In 2023, coinciding with the visit of a prominent “gen…
Let All Identities Bloom, Just Let Them Bloom: Advancing Trans-Inclusive Perinatal Care Through Intersectional Analysis
Intersectionality, as a praxis and methodology, enables researchers to attend to their social justice goals. Yet, intersectionality has been under-employed in research centering trans people's healthcare experiences. Not attending to intersectionality has been argued to reinforce the very structural inequities researchers are trying to challenge. This article presents a re-analysis of interview data of 20 Trans Pregnancy Care Project participants…
An ecological analysis of hope amongst Asian rainbow young people in Aotearoa New Zealand
Rainbow research tends to prioritise gender and sexuality experiences over the racialised experiences of Asian rainbow young people. Informed by an intersectional lens, we employed a hope-based ecological framework to examine how multiple overlapping axes of oppression (e.g. cisgenderism, heterosexism and racism) shape the aspirations of these youth. We drew on the voices of Asian participants from the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Identify Survey, w…
Messages from rainbow rangatahi to mental health professionals in training
Past research has shown significant inequities in mental health outcomes between rainbow and non‐rainbow people, particularly for youth. Rainbow youth report mixed experiences when accessing support, signalling the need for increased rainbow competency training for mental health professionals (MHPs). While previous research has explored the experiences of rainbow young people, little research has sought direct messages from rainbow youth to train…
Narratives of relationality and time in fertility preservation vlogs
Fertility preservation incorporates relational and temporal dynamics that have both experimental and conservative dimensions in people’s thinking about their reproductive futures, parenthood, and family building. In this article, we discuss video blog (vlog) narratives of people who have publicly documented their experience of preserving their gametes (eggs or sperm). The aim of the study is to examine how people, who are experiencing the prospec…
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts for Young People in New Zealand: Demographics, Types of Suggesters, and Associations with Mental Health
Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE) are harmful practices, yet who suggests them to young people and what impacts are associated with these suggestions have received limited attention in the literature. The present study explored whether certain suggesters, and the frequency of categories of suggesters (including religious leaders, family members, and health professionals), were associated with suicidality and non-suici…
Access to fertility preservation for trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand
There is a growing need for healthcare professionals to discuss fertility preservation options with trans and non-binary people before commencing medical transition as part of informed consent-based models of care. In this article, we adapt the Five-A framework of healthcare access to examine fertility preservation information and services. To do so, we present an analysis of data from Counting Ourselves, the first comprehensive national survey i…
Creating a culture of care to support rainbow activists’ well-being: An exemplar from Aotearoa/New Zealand
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ)+ (rainbow) young people are more likely to volunteer and join activist groups than other young people, and many engage in rainbow activism. Though activism stems from the desire to make the world a better place, it can have negative consequences for people’s well-being, particularly for minority groups, because activism related to personal issues is more likely to cause burnout.…
A little bubble of utopia: Constructions of a Primary Care-Based Pilot Clinic Providing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
The provision of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary people is a rapidly developing area of gender affirming healthcare. While research indicates the benefits of providing gender affirming hormone therapy through interdisciplinary primary care-based models, less is known about how service users and providers construct their understandings of affirmative approaches. In this paper, we present findings from a discourse an…
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts for Young People in New Zealand: Demographics, Types of Suggesters, and Associations with Mental Health
Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE) are harmful practices, yet who suggests them to young people and what impacts are associated with these suggestions have received limited attention in the literature. The present study explored whether certain suggesters, and the frequency of categories of suggesters (including religious leaders, family members, and health professionals), were associated with suicidality and non-suici…
A little bubble of utopia: Constructions of a Primary Care-Based Pilot Clinic Providing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
The provision of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary people is a rapidly developing area of gender affirming healthcare. While research indicates the benefits of providing gender affirming hormone therapy through interdisciplinary primary care-based models, less is known about how service users and providers construct their understandings of affirmative approaches. In this paper, we present findings from a discourse an…
Let All Identities Bloom, Just Let Them Bloom: Advancing Trans-Inclusive Perinatal Care Through Intersectional Analysis
Intersectionality, as a praxis and methodology, enables researchers to attend to their social justice goals. Yet, intersectionality has been under-employed in research centering trans people's healthcare experiences. Not attending to intersectionality has been argued to reinforce the very structural inequities researchers are trying to challenge. This article presents a re-analysis of interview data of 20 Trans Pregnancy Care Project participants…
Messages from rainbow rangatahi to mental health professionals in training
Past research has shown significant inequities in mental health outcomes between rainbow and non‐rainbow people, particularly for youth. Rainbow youth report mixed experiences when accessing support, signalling the need for increased rainbow competency training for mental health professionals (MHPs). While previous research has explored the experiences of rainbow young people, little research has sought direct messages from rainbow youth to train…
Creating a culture of care to support rainbow activists’ well-being: An exemplar from Aotearoa/New Zealand
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ)+ (rainbow) young people are more likely to volunteer and join activist groups than other young people, and many engage in rainbow activism. Though activism stems from the desire to make the world a better place, it can have negative consequences for people’s well-being, particularly for minority groups, because activism related to personal issues is more likely to cause burnout.…
A little bubble of utopia: Constructions of a Primary Care-Based Pilot Clinic Providing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
The provision of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary people is a rapidly developing area of gender affirming healthcare. While research indicates the benefits of providing gender affirming hormone therapy through interdisciplinary primary care-based models, less is known about how service users and providers construct their understandings of affirmative approaches. In this paper, we present findings from a discourse an…
Access to fertility preservation for trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand
There is a growing need for healthcare professionals to discuss fertility preservation options with trans and non-binary people before commencing medical transition as part of informed consent-based models of care. In this article, we adapt the Five-A framework of healthcare access to examine fertility preservation information and services. To do so, we present an analysis of data from Counting Ourselves, the first comprehensive national survey i…
Creating a culture of care to support rainbow activists’ well-being: An exemplar from Aotearoa/New Zealand
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ)+ (rainbow) young people are more likely to volunteer and join activist groups than other young people, and many engage in rainbow activism. Though activism stems from the desire to make the world a better place, it can have negative consequences for people’s well-being, particularly for minority groups, because activism related to personal issues is more likely to cause burnout.…
Narratives of relationality and time in fertility preservation vlogs
Fertility preservation incorporates relational and temporal dynamics that have both experimental and conservative dimensions in people’s thinking about their reproductive futures, parenthood, and family building. In this article, we discuss video blog (vlog) narratives of people who have publicly documented their experience of preserving their gametes (eggs or sperm). The aim of the study is to examine how people, who are experiencing the prospec…
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts for Young People in New Zealand: Demographics, Types of Suggesters, and Associations with Mental Health
Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE) are harmful practices, yet who suggests them to young people and what impacts are associated with these suggestions have received limited attention in the literature. The present study explored whether certain suggesters, and the frequency of categories of suggesters (including religious leaders, family members, and health professionals), were associated with suicidality and non-suici…
An ecological analysis of hope amongst Asian rainbow young people in Aotearoa New Zealand
Rainbow research tends to prioritise gender and sexuality experiences over the racialised experiences of Asian rainbow young people. Informed by an intersectional lens, we employed a hope-based ecological framework to examine how multiple overlapping axes of oppression (e.g. cisgenderism, heterosexism and racism) shape the aspirations of these youth. We drew on the voices of Asian participants from the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Identify Survey, w…
Messages from rainbow rangatahi to mental health professionals in training
Past research has shown significant inequities in mental health outcomes between rainbow and non‐rainbow people, particularly for youth. Rainbow youth report mixed experiences when accessing support, signalling the need for increased rainbow competency training for mental health professionals (MHPs). While previous research has explored the experiences of rainbow young people, little research has sought direct messages from rainbow youth to train…
Evaluating an inclusive methodology for collecting and coding gender data in sexuality- and gender-diverse youth survey research
Anti-vax, anti-mask, anti-gender: The transphobic turn of the “freedom movement” during Covid-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), as with much of the world, experienced a proliferation of far-right and populist organisations resisting public health measures and perceived government overreach. After the repeal of the COVID-19 Protection Framework brought an end to vaccine and mask wearing mandates, these organisations sought new issues to mobilise their supporters. In 2023, coinciding with the visit of a prominent “gen…
Let All Identities Bloom, Just Let Them Bloom: Advancing Trans-Inclusive Perinatal Care Through Intersectional Analysis
Intersectionality, as a praxis and methodology, enables researchers to attend to their social justice goals. Yet, intersectionality has been under-employed in research centering trans people's healthcare experiences. Not attending to intersectionality has been argued to reinforce the very structural inequities researchers are trying to challenge. This article presents a re-analysis of interview data of 20 Trans Pregnancy Care Project participants…
Gender Studies (8 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Aotearoa (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Transgender (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works)