We Are The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
We provide educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people.
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Custody disputes involving transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children and adolescents require careful consideration due to the unique medical, social, and mental health needs of TGD youth. This is especially the case when one parent is less accepting of the child’s gender exploration/identity than the co-parent. Due to a lack of familiarity within family courts regarding TGD children, harmful misinformation has resulted in the more gender-affirming parent losing physical and/or legal decision-making custody of their TGD child to the non-affirming parent.
LGBTQIA+ people exist in all communities and are incredibly diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, ability, etc. Importantly, LGBTQIA+ people are underrepresented in disaster and climate infrastructure and policies, yet are overrepresented in populations that are known to be the most impacted by natural disasters—such as those burdened with chronic illness, who are unhoused, or have limited access to healthcare.
Presented by Dr. Ami Multani, this webinar will present the current evidence base on screening (living with and without HIV) for anal cancer, and will discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks of screening patients in primary care. Resources will be provided on further training for performing anal Pap and high-resolution anoscopy.
The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute and Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Medical Education will mark the 10th year of our annual Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Course for the Whole Care Team conference when attendees convene in Boston October 25 – 27. This year’s keynote will be delivered by Professor Alexander Chen, Founding Director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School, where he also teaches Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law. Sessions will cover topics such as gender-affirming terminology, primary and preventative needs for transgender people, addressing unconscious and implicit bias, behavioral health care for transgender people, gender-affirming surgeries, lived experience panels and more!
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Language is powerful and influences many of our interactions. As a health care provider, becoming familiar with terms used by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities can help you provide these patients with the highest quality care. In this glossary, you will find some of the terms most relevant to the health care of LGBTQIA+ people translated into Spanish. This glossary does not have every term used by the community, but you will find terms most commonly used when patients are accessing health care. It is important to keep in mind that language can change over time, and so this glossary will be update periodically to reflect those changes.
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