Kinnon MacKinnon

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Kinnon Ross MacKinnon (born 1985) is a Canadian social scientist who researches detransition, gender-affirming healthcare, and gender and sexual minorities. MacKinnon is an Assistant Professor of social work at York University in Toronto. [1] [2]

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MacKinnon was also the first trans man powerlifter to win a gold medal at the Gay Games.

Early life and education

MacKinnon was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1985. He was a junior national athlete from an early age, competing in skiing and snowboarding. [3]

MacKinnon earned a BA from Saint Mary's University in 2007, a BSW from York University in 2010, and a MSW from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2011. [4] He obtained a PhD in Public Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. [5]

In 2014, four years after beginning his transition, he became the first transgender person to win a gold medal in powerlifting at the Gay Games. [6] He competed in the male 75 kilogram weight category, pulling a 450-pound deadlift (based on his own 158 pounds, 2.85 times his body mass). [3] In 2015, MacKinnon was named a "Sport Hero" by the Inspire Awards, alongside other LGBTQ+ athletes, Fallon Fox and Mark Tewksbury. [7] His lifelong participation in sports and experiences as a transgender athlete influenced his early interests as a researcher and commitment to LGBTQ+ health promotion and social inclusion. [3]

Career and research

MacKinnon's career as a researcher has focused on understanding gender-affirming healthcare, and the emerging topic of gender detransition. [1] [8] He is an assistant professor of social work at York University in Toronto. [2]

MacKinnon's research has attempted to establish a clearer understanding of how many detransition, and their motivation. According to MacKinnon, between 5 and 10 per cent of people detransition due to a change in their identity. [1]

In 2024, he presented this research at several academic conferences, such as the Pediatric Endocrine Society meeting and at the bi-annual conference of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health in Lisbon, Portugal. [1]

MacKinnon is a frequent media commentator and his research has been covered by major media organizations such as Reuters, [2] The New York Times , [9] Der Spiegel , [10] the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, [11] Slate , [12] PinkNews , [13] The Atlantic , [14] and The Walrus . [15] MacKinnon was interviewed about his research on detransition for a piece by CBC's The National on youth gender health care. [16] He is an active science communicator and has written about using TikTok to share research with the public. [17]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ghorayshi, Azeen (26 October 2024). "A Trans Researcher's Pursuit of Better Data on Detransition". The New York Times . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Respaut, Robin; Terhune, Chad; Conlin, Michelle (22 December 2022). "Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care". Reuters . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Armstrong, Laura (21 July 2014). "Transgender man to represent Toronto at Gay Games". The Toronto Star . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Kinnon MacKinnon". profiles.laps.yorku.ca. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "MacKinnon, Kinnon Ross". Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Kellaway, Mitch. "PHOTOS: Meet the First Trans Man to Win a Gay Games Gold in Powerlifting". The Advocate . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "2015 Nominees and Recipients – INSPIRE Awards". inspireawards.ca. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Ghorayshi, Azeen (26 September 2022). "More Trans Teens Are Choosing 'Top Surgery'". The New York Times . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Ghorayshi, Azeen (23 August 2023). "How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Hackenbroch, Veronika (27 October 2023). "(S+) Transgender Medizin: Wie riskant sind Pubertätsblocker wirklich?". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Dryden, Joel; Lee, Jennifer (11 March 2024). "How Alberta's proposed trans youth rules fit into a polarized international landscape". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  12. ↑ Urquhart, Evan (1 December 2023). "What It Actually Means to Listen to Detransitioners". Slate . ISSN   1091-2339 . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  13. ↑ Hansford, Amelia (4 December 2023). "Most detransitioners don't stop HRT out of regret, study suggests". PinkNews . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  14. ↑ Valdes, Daniela; MacKinnon, Kinnon (18 January 2023). "Take Detransitioners Seriously". The Atlantic . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  15. ↑ Kai Cheng, Thom (20 March 2023). "Kids Deserve a New Gender Paradigm | The Walrus" . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  16. ↑ Mauro, Ellen (August 2024). "How to care for transgender youth: the growing divide". CBC The National. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  17. 1 2 MacKinnon, Kinnon Ross; Kia, Hannah; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley (9 December 2021). "Examining TikTok's Potential for Community-Engaged Digital Knowledge Mobilization With Equity-Seeking Groups". Journal of Medical Internet Research . 23 (12) e30315. doi: 10.2196/30315 . ISSN   1438-8871. PMC   8704107 . PMID   34889739.
  18. ↑ MacKinnon, K.R.; Ashley, F.; Kia, H.; Lam, J.S.H.; Krakowsky, Y.; Ross, L.E. (December 2021). "Preventing transition "regret": An institutional ethnography of gender-affirming medical care assessment practices in Canada". Social Science & Medicine. 291 114477. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114477 . PMID   34666278.
  19. ↑ MacKinnon, Kinnon; Gould, W Ariel; Ashley, Florence; Enxuga, Gabriel; Kia, Hannah; Ross, Lori E. (2022). "(De)Transphobia: Examining the Socio-Politically Driven Gender Minority Stressors Experienced by People Who Detransitioned". Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. 1 (3–4): 235–259. doi:10.57814/8nd4-6a89.
  20. ↑ MacKinnon, Kinnon R.; Gould, Wren Ariel; Enxuga, Gabriel; Kia, Hannah; Abramovich, Alex; Lam, June S. H.; Ross, Lori E. (29 November 2023). "Exploring the gender care experiences and perspectives of individuals who discontinued their transition or detransitioned in Canada". PLOS ONE. 18 (11) e0293868. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1893868M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293868 . PMC   10686467 . PMID   38019738.
  21. ↑ MacKinnon, Kinnon R.; Jeyabalan, Thiyaana; Strang, John F.; Delgado-Ron, Jorge Andrés; Lam, June S.H.; Gould, Wren A.; Cooper, Alex; Salway, Travis (June 2024). "Discontinuation of Gender-Affirming Medical Treatments: Prevalence and Associated Features in a Nonprobabilistic Sample of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults in Canada and the United States". Journal of Adolescent Health. 75 (4): 569–577. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.05.015 . PMID   38944803.
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