Fabbre’s research explores the intersection of LGBTQ issues and gerontology, focusing specifically on transgender and queer perspectives on aging and the life course. She teaches courses in social, economic and political environment, social justice and human diversity, and direct social work practice with older adults.
Vanessa Fabbre
Assistant Professor, Brown School
Contact Information
- Phone: 314-935-6812
- Email: vfabbre@wustl.edu
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In the media
Aging can be hard for those in the trans community
Vanessa Fabbre, assistant professor, Brown School
Portraits depict ‘struggles and joys’ of older transgender people
Vanessa Fabbre, assistant professor, Brown School
A Visual Record of the Joys, Fears and Hopes of Older Transgender People
Vanessa Fabbre, assistant professor, Brown School
Stories
Social work’s role in the health, well-being of LGBTQ people in China
As China’s government seeks solutions to social problems related to an evolving society, professional social work is increasingly entering new areas, including migrant and aging services, and is poised to take on a larger role in assisting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, say two experts from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
WashU Expert: A ‘powerful and helpful’ word
Merriam-Webster has chosen “they” as the 2019 Word of the Year, a move applauded by an expert on later-in-life gender transitions at Washington University in St. Louis.
WashU Expert: Transgender candidate’s gubernatorial nomination opportunity to learn
Christine Hallquist became the first transgender candidate to be nominated for a governorship by a major party when she won Vermont’s Democratic primary Aug. 14. The nomination marks a seismic shift in the social culture of our nation, says an expert on transgender adults at Washington University in St. Louis.
WashU Expert: Trump’s transgender military ban is ‘unfounded’
A ban on transgender people serving in the United States military is an attempt to make policy with no logical foundation in evidence or expertise on the matter, said an expert on transgender aging at Washington University in St. Louis.
WashU Expert: Bathroom is source of trauma for transgender people
There is a vast amount of evidence from transgender people’s lives that bathrooms are often the site of abuse and trauma for them, not the other way around, says an expert on transgender aging at Washington University in St. Louis.
Washington People: Vanessa Fabbre
In the years leading up to the unprecedented media coverage of transgender issues, Vanessa Fabbre, assistant professor at the Brown School, began researching the intersection of aging and gender transitions. The decisions people make about transition, Fabbre says, are a window into broader social forces: racism, sexism, classism and more.
WashU Expert: Whether or not it passes, South Dakota bill already impacting transgender students
South Dakota is poised to become the first state to require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their birth sex. The proposed law is already impacting the health and well-being of transgender Americans and their loved ones, said Vanessa Fabbre, assistant professor at the Brown School and an expert on gender transitions, especially later in life.