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End LGBT Invisibility In Health Care Now! Do Ask, Do Tell

Sean Cahill, Ph.D. | Posted 04.27.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: LGBT Health Care, LGBT Health, Lgbt Health Disparities, Gay Health Care, Queer Health, Gay Health, Gay Health Disparities, Queer Health Disparities, Gay Voices News
Sean Cahill, Ph.D.

Asking about sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings is critical. If we want to better understand LGBT health disparities and reduce them, we must know who LGBT patients are and how to best meet their health needs.

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The White House Creates a Watershed Moment for LGBT Health

Scout, Ph.D. | Posted 04.28.2012 | Gay Voices
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Scout, Ph.D.

I recently found myself in Philadelphia attending, of all things, a White House Conference on LGBT Health. It slowly dawned on me that this event alone does wonders to send a flag hither and yon that LGBT health is no longer a fringe issue.

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Court Rules In Favor Of Gay Couple, Says Government Can't Deny Health Benefits

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 04.23.2012 | Politics
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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian c...

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LGBT Finally Included In U.S. Health Data

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.29.2011 | Healthy Living
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For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations will be included in the National Health Interview Survey -- one of the key sour...

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A Road Map to a New Day for LGBT Health

Judith Bradford, PhD | Posted 06.07.2011 | Home
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Lgbt, LGBT Issues, Gay Health Care, Gay, Gays, Gay Health, Gay Issues, Home News
Judith Bradford, PhD

The picture of LGBT health is far from complete, and without it, policy makers still cannot draft health care policies that account for the full range of challenges we face. But we at least now have the beginning of a roadmap.

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AP source: Same-sex partners to get fed benefits

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women in the military, is exte...

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