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'''Sand C. Chang PhD''' is a Chinese-American clinical psychologist and educator.<ref name="tran_Sand">{{Cite web |title=Sand Chang |author= |work=Trans Bodies, Trans Selves |date= |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/}}</ref> Dr. Chang uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is [[nonbinary]], [[genderqueer]], [[genderfluid]], [[demiboy]], and/or "a number of other terms... it kind of varies for me."<ref name="yout_Ep69">{{Cite web |title=Ep 69 Dr. Sand Chang Licensed Psychologist Interview |last=Kramer |first=Kaiya |work=The Queer Life Radio |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew}}</ref> They also identify as [[femme]].<ref name="Harrison">{{Cite web |title=Food Psych #150: Disordered Eating & Gender Identity with Sand Chang |first=Christy|last= Harrison |date=2 April 2018 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang}}</ref>

Their psychology work specializes in disordered eating, sexuality and relationships.<ref name="Chastain">{{Cite web |title=For Healthy Kids, Skip the Kurbo App |last=Chastain |first=Ragen |work=US News & World Report |date=7 September 2019 |access-date=23 November 2020 |url= https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/for-healthy-kids-skip-the-kurbo-app}}</ref> They are one of the writers featured in ''[[Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity]]''<ref>Non-Binary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity (Review) [Times Literary Supplement, 28 June 2019]</ref>, as well as one of the authors of ''A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients''.

Dr. Chang has also performed [[drag]] under the stage names Charleston Chu and Charlotte Starlette.<ref>https://femmethology.wordpress.com/contributors/</ref>

"I believe that people who are affirmed in their gender identities, including being able to access [[:Category:Transition|gender-affirming medical care]] to achieve that goal, allows people to live happier and more fulfilling lives. I work with people of all genders, including those who have nonbinary identities and people of color who don’t necessarily relate to Western or mainstream notions of what it means to be a person of a certain gender."<ref name="sand_Tran">{{Cite web |title=Trans-Affirming Therapy |author= |work=SAND CHANG, PHD |date= |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= http://sandchang.com/index.php/for-clients/trans-affirming-therapy/}}</ref>