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January 14, 2026Nursing History Review

Gay Nurses/Straight Health Care: Toward a Queer History of Nursing

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JDJess Dillard-Wright

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This article reveals how queer resistance shapes nursing and health care narratives, highlighting well-being and education challenges.

Key Points

  • The article aims to explore queer resistance in the history of nursing and health care.
  • Examines the enforcement of cisheteronormativity in nursing during the late 20th century.
  • Analyzes organizations like Gay Nurses Alliance and CASSANDRA Radical Feminist Nurses Network.
  • Discusses the implications of queer pathology in health care and nursing education.
  • Demonstrates that queer nurses have always been part of nursing despite historical invisibility.
  • Highlights the need to restore narratives reflecting diverse experiences in nursing.
  • Suggests that understanding queer resistance can enrich the discipline of nursing.

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Jess Dillard-Wright (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6966f2fb13bf7a6f02c00786https://doi.org/10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0090
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