Human Rights Campaign Foundation: Call to Action for Healthcare Professionals

This Call to Action for Healthcare Professionals to Advance Health Equity for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community Continue reading →

Human Rights Campaign Foundation: 2011 Healthcare Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign has released its fourth annual Healthcare Equality Index, reporting on the status of policies and practices Continue reading →

Transgender Law Center: Organizing for Transgender Health Care

This comprehensive guide from the Transgender Law Center describes how transgender patients and community advocates have successfully organized for health Continue reading →

Transgender Law Center: 10 Tips for Working with Transgender Individuals

This fact sheet from the Transgender Law Center provides useful tips for health care organizations serving transgender individuals. Link to Continue reading →

American Medical Association: Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients

This policy adopted by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 2008 is based on its long-standing policies against discrimination in Continue reading →

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Requires Mandatory Cultural Competency Training on LGBT Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2011 HHC Will Adopt Mandatory Cultural Competence Training for Staff to Improve the Health of Continue reading →

Institute of Medicine: Recommended LGBT Objectives for Healthy People 2020

The Healthy People 2020 initiative explicitly includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals as a disparities population to prioritize for Continue reading →

San Francisco Human Rights Commission: Bisexual Invisibility

This recently released report from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission examines the overall invisibility of bisexual individuals.  The report Continue reading →