Strategic IRB Navigation in Conservative Contexts: Protective Language and Community Partnership in Queer/Trans* Research

• In Event: The Ethics of Strategic Framing in Queer/Trans* Research: Protection, Access, and Transformation

Abstract

This paper examines strategic framing at the research design and IRB approval stage, demonstrating how researchers can protect queer/trans participants through careful language choices and community partnership development while maintaining research integrity and gaining institutional approval in conservative contexts.

Author

• Shanna Peeples, West Texas A&M University