Health Concerns of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community. Boston: Massachusetts Department of Public Health.The Medical Foundation. (1997). Health Concerns of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community (2nd ed.). Boston: Massachusetts Department of Public Health....
Predicated on work done by the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and scholars at Columbia University, this policy document outlined health concerns for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people. Antecedents to those concerns, based in the historic and ongoing oppression of sexual ...
The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding Excerpt Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience unique health disparities. Although the acronym LGBT is used as an umbrella t... Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bis...
Although awareness surrounding specialized health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients has significantly increased since the AIDS epidemic that began in the mid-to-late 70s, it is still not adequate to provide proper care. This is apparent from, the fact that LGBT youth have...
The morbidity of gay, lesbian or bisexual people attending family practice has not been previously assessed. We compared health measures of family practice attendees classified as lesbian, gay and bisexual. We conducted a cross-sectional, controlled stud
Research on the health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults generally overlooks the chronic conditions that are the most common health concerns of older adults. This brief presents unique population-level data on aging LGB adults (ages 50-70) documenting that they have higher rates of seve...
The Trump administration appears ready to roll back health care protections for transgender people, and advocates are gearing up for a fight. A proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that’s expected in the coming days would
The study is part of a broader study called "Your Voice! Your Health!" funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that looks at nine distinct subsets of this population and their particular health concerns. "We worked withcommunity organizationsto recruittransgenderindividuals of color...
Some breastfeeding experts havevoiced frustration about the matter, saying that sharing their very real and well-meaning concerns about the health of babies who are subjected to this odd experiment gets them labeled as transphobic. Many say they are reluctant to comment publicly on the matter as ...
supports the use of gender-affirming care to treat transgender people with gender dysphoria, or the feelings of discomfort or distress some transgender people experience when their bodies don’t align with their gender identity. For transgender youth, that typically includes social support, mental hea...