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- Breaking News! NY Hospitals Announce Mandatory LGBT Cultural Competency Trainings
- Doctors lack data on LGBT community: report
- Victory! New York City Adopts Policy Ensuring Transgender People Equal Access to Marriage Licenses
- SAVE THE DATE: LGBT Health Awareness Week, March 28-April 1
- DOJ to Stop Defending Section 3 of DOMA
- Large Corporations Expand Insurance Coverage to Meet Needs of Transgender Workers
- California State Senator Introduces LGBT Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers Bill
- New Resource Supports Faith Community Engagement on HIV/AIDS
- Greater Than AIDS: Deciding Moments
- Secretary Sebelius Asks HHS to Sustain NHAS Momentum
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Breaking News! NY Hospitals Announce Mandatory LGBT Cultural Competency Trainings
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) President Alan D. Aviles, Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs and National LGBT Cancer Network Executive Director Liz Margolies today announced the launch of a mandatory employee training program that will improve access to … Continue reading
Posted in Bisexual, Gay, Health, Lesbian, LGBT, Transgender
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SAVE THE DATE: LGBT Health Awareness Week, March 28-April 1
The National Coalition for LGBT Health recently announced “Come Out for Health” as this year’s theme for LGBT Health Awareness Week. “Come Out for Health” is a call to action for community members, advocates, service providers, and governmental officials to … Continue reading
Large Corporations Expand Insurance Coverage to Meet Needs of Transgender Workers
As reported in The New York Times on 2/21/2011, more U.S. companies, including “leading Wall Street and Main Street brands” such as Coca-Cola, Campbell Soup and Walt Disney, are now among 85 large businesses and law firms that provide transgender-inclusive … Continue reading
California State Senator Introduces LGBT Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers Bill
Equality California reported on 2/18/2011 that Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) introduced SB 747, a bill sponsored by Equality California, which would provide LGBT people with “…a safe and welcoming environment when being cared for in hospitals, medical offices, or … Continue reading
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New Resource Supports Faith Community Engagement on HIV/AIDS
As has been frequently observed, the job of implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy does not fall to the Federal Government alone, nor should it. Successfully achieving the Strategy’s important life-saving goals requires the commitment of all parts of society, including … Continue reading
Greater Than AIDS: Deciding Moments
What is Deciding Moments? Deciding Moments are everyday opportunities to take a stand against HIV – to be “greater than” the disease. It may be walking into a clinic and asking to be tested, buying (and using) condoms, correcting a … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, awareness, health, HIV, inequity, people of color, prevention
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Secretary Sebelius Asks HHS to Sustain NHAS Momentum
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius recently sent an important communication to the Department’s leadership regarding HHS-wide efforts to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). The message, sent in late January, reiterated that the implementation of the NHAS … Continue reading
Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Regarding National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7, 2011
On February 7, the nation will observe the 11th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the first reports of AIDS in the United States. Since the beginning of the epidemic, African Americans … Continue reading
2011 GLMA Conference Call for Abstracts
The Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) invites you and your colleagues to present at their 29th Annual Conference. The GLMA Annual Conference is the ideal place for clinicians, researchers, public health professionals, and policymakers working in the area of … Continue reading
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