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
  1. "Dr. Zena Sharman on making health care more inclusive for LGBTQ patients". The Globe and Mail, November 19, 2016.
  2. "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced". LGBT Weekly, June 13, 2017.
  3. "New collection of essays sheds light on LGBTQ health care in Canada". This Magazine, December 5, 2016.
  4. "Who's butch now?. Xtra!, June 1, 2011.
  5. "Queer icons Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon step “out of the box” for Gender Failure Show". Montreal Gazette, November 20, 2012.
  6. "Queer, trans & incendiary". BC Book Look, November 17, 2016.


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