Health Disparities: LGBTQ+ Health

Free ebooks that include content pertaining to LGBTQ+ health.

Complete list of peer-reviewed papers on health disparities among LGBTQ+ patients.

An issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The CDC provides information and resources on some of the health issues and inequities affecting LGBTQ+ communities. This information is designed for a variety of groups: health care providers, public health professionals, public health students, and the general public.

The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

The Center for Population Research in LGBTQ+ Health supports and stimulates research to fill critical knowledge gaps related to the health of sexual and gender minorities, strengthening the foundation for culturally competent treatment and behavior change models.

A national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments.

GLAAD's Media Reference Guide is intended to be used by journalists reporting for mainstream media outlets and by creators in entertainment media who want to tell fair and accurate stories. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive glossary of language used within the LGBTQ+ community.

HealthyPeople 2020 Goals and Objectives. LGBTQ+ health requires specific attention from health care and public health professionals to address a number of disparities, including: preventive services for cancer and other diseases; mental health services to address bullying and suicide risk; high rates of substance use and abuse (including tobacco); social isolation, particularly for the elderly.

Human Rights Campaign fights for LGBTQ+ equality in Massachusetts alongside state and local groups and lawmakers. Find out more about what HRC is doing for LGBTQ+ equality in Massachusetts and how you can get involved with the Boston community.

The It Gets Better Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.

MassEquality is the leading statewide grassroots advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive from cradle to grave without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Links to resources from the American Psychological Assoc, American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hormone Health Network, National Cancer Institute, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.

The National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender older adults.

PFLAG is the nation's largest family and ally organization. Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality and full societal affirmation of LGBTQ+ people through its threefold mission of support, education, and advocacy.

An organization and a movement of loving, caring activists dedicated to providing advocacy, services, and support to older members of the LGBTQ+ community.

The Stonewall Center serves the Five Colleges and the surrounding community by providing cultural and educational programming, ally training sessions, Speakers Bureau, lending library, as well as information, referrals and support for individuals who experience harassment and discrimination.

TransLine is an online transgender medical consultation service that offers healthcare providers up-to-date transgender clinical information and individualized case consultation across a broad range of clinical transgender issues.

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) young people ages 13-24.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) works to further the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders by professionals in medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other related fields.

An EBSCO database that contains full text for more than 140 popular and historically significant LGBTQ+ journals, magazines and regional newspapers and over 150 books.

Tips from the Association of American Medical Colleges on how to take a patient's gender and sexual health history.

These projects from the American Medical Student Association address current and progressive issues facing marginalized groups within the LGBTQ+ community. Most projects include instructions on how to run the event, a power point presentation to help facilitate discussion, video clips, and handouts. All you need is a local leader, faculty member, or student to run the event!

These learning modules and videos reflect current research as well as cultural and social changes in terminology, identity, and more. Free CME/CEU is available for completing each module.

From the Human Rights Campaign, the HEI is a national benchmarking tool that evaluates healthcare facilities’ policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.