Annette Brömdal
Annette Brömdal , PhD
Associate Professor | University of Southern Queensland

Associate Professor Annette Brömdal (Netta/they/them) is based at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where they lead the Sexuality and Gender Research Program Team. Their internationally recognised research focuses on health promotion, bodies, gender, and sexuality, in partnership with LGBTQIA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities through co-designed partnerships, contributing to evidence-based strategies addressing systemic injustices. With over 75 scholarly outputs, their research informs policy and practice in corrections, health, and human rights. They deliver trans-affirming professional development and advise national and international correctional agencies on policies for trans people and individuals with intersex variations in carceral settings. They serve on editorial boards for Scientific Reports and the International Journal of Transgender Health and co-edit Routledge’s Gender and the Criminal Legal System series. Their work has contributed insights to global guidelines including the UN report “Mapping of Good Practices for the Management of Transgender Prisoners” (2020), and the recent World Professional Association for Transgender Health's “Standards of Care” Version 8 (2022), and in 2024 they co-earned the Rosalind Franklin Society Special Award for a paper on intersectionality and health justice for trans women in correctional settings.

Courses

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Understanding the Unique Needs and Experiences of Incarcerated LGBTQ People

Thursday, November 13, 2025  |  2-3pm ET

Only 0.6% of the adult U.S. population—about 1.4 million people—are transgender, yet transgender people are significantly overrepresented in jails and prisons. Once incarcerated, PREA recognizes that LGBTQ+ people are particularly vulnerable and at heightened risk for sexual assault, abuse, and repeated trauma. Their placement and housing within a correctional setting is determined based on the gender they were assigned at birth, rather than placing transgender individuals in facilities that correspond to their gender identity. As a result, incarcerated transgender and other LGBTQ+ individuals are often housed in a manner that compromises their safety and well-being and jeopardizes their daily access to programs and services—including extensive segregation and use of solitary “protective custody” confinement. 

NOTE: This course will be held live only, it is not being recorded.

1 LU|HSW
Live course date: 11/13/2025 | 02:00 PM