LGBT HealthLink Tools/Files
Breaking Down Silos: Innovative LGBT Wellness Programming for Community Based Organizations and Public Health Practitioners
Webinar PDF
PDF, 3.27mb
Addressing LGBT Tobacco and Cancer Disparities: Training Webinar for Florida Department Of Health
PDF, 8.23mb
An Intersectional Lens Among LGBTQ+ Populations: Trauma and HIV in African American LGBTQ+ Communities
PDF, 2.13mb
E-CIGARETTES SHAPED LIKE USB FLASH DRIVES: INFORMATION FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
PDF, 1.21mb
Addressing HIV in People of Color Communities: Tips and Tots for LGBTQ Community Centers
PDF, 1.49mb
LGBT Best and Promising Practices Throughout the Cancer Continuum
Category: Cancer
To date, there has been little progress in the ability to measure cancer incidence, prevalence, and mortality among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. This detailed report represents a step to address the continuing existing gaps throughout the cancer continuum and public health to better address cancer disparities in the LGBT communities.
34-Page Booklet
PDF, 6.68mb
Tobacco Infographic (English)
Categories: Infographics, Tobacco
"It's time for smoking to come out of the closet..." Timeline and statistics around tobacco use and the LGBT community. Original print size: 18"x14".
Color Poster, 18" x 14"
PDF, 170kb
Tobacco Infographic (Spanish)
Categories: Infographics, Tobacco
"Es hora de que fumar por fin salaga del closet..." Timeline and statistics around tobacco use and the LGBT community. Original print size: 18"x14".
Color Poster, 18" x 14"
PDF, 167kb
Tip About Secondhand Smoke (English)
Category: Tobacco
"If you want a singing career, stay away from secondhand smoke." A Tip About Seconhand Smoke from the CDC and LGBT HealthLink.
Color Poster, 11" x17"
PDF, 334kb
Tip About Secondhand Smoke (Spanish)
Category: Tobacco
"Si quiere tener una carrera como cantante, aléjate del humo de segundo mano." A Tip About Seconhand Smoke from the CDC and LGBT HealthLink, in Spanish.
Color Poster, 11" x17"
PDF, 369kb
Tip From A Former Smoker (English)
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"HIV alone didn't cause the clogged artery in my neck. Smoking with HIV did." A Tip From a Former Smoker from the CDC and LGBT HealthLink.
Color Poster, 11" x17"
PDF, 222kb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - Juan Carlos
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"I avoided other smokers, "smoky" places, and even asked local bars for smoke free nights." Juan Carlos, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeGay #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 914kb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - Becky
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"I planned ahead for when I knew I'd have cravings so I was prepared with something else to do." Becky, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeBi #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 1.53mb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - Corey
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"I now use my social smoking time to actually get fresh air." Corey, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeEnby #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 1.45mb
Tip From A Former Smoker (Spanish)
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"El VIH solo no me causó la obstrucción de la arteria en el cuello. Fumar, teniendo el VIH, me la causó." A Tip From a Former Smoker from the CDC and LGBT HealthLink.
Color Poster, 11" x17"
PDF, 266kb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - Faith
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"I quit smoking when I heard bi women like me have higher rates of smoking than their gay, lesbian or straight peers." Faith, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeBi #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 1.42mb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - Jada
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"Smoking is a barrier to trans affirming surgery as it affects the vascular system which is crucial for healing." Jada, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 1.35mb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - shor and kids
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"I knew I wanted to have kids AND that second hand smoke increases their risk of a bunch of illnesses like asthma, and increases their risk of using tobaco." shor, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeEnby #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 226kb
HealthLink Tips Related Poster - shor and games
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco
"I got really into board games and spent my time nerding out." shor, former smoker, #TobaccoFreeEnby #TobaccoFreeQueers
Color Poster 11x17
PDF, 1.3mb
8 Ways Tobacco Affects Vulnerable People (English)
Categories: Infographics, Tobacco
8 Ways Tobacco Affects Vulnerable People
Color Poster 17x11
PDF, 144kb
8 Ways Tobacco Affects Vulnerable People (Spanish)
Categories: Infographics, Tobacco
8 Maneras Que El Uso Del Tabaco Afecta A Personas Vulnerables
Color Poster 17x11
PDF, 160kb
Health Starts Here (English)
Category: Wellness
Health Starts Here For Everyone
Color Poster 8.5x11
PDF, 92kb
Health Starts Here (Spanish)
Category: Wellness
Tu Salud Empieza Aqui. Salud Para Tod@s.
Color Poster 8.5x11
PDF, 42kb
Strategies for Addressing LGBT Health Disparities
Categories: Cancer, Cessation, Tobacco, Webinar, Wellness
Join LGBT HealthLink as we provide training on LGBT cultural competency and best and promising practices for addressing tobacco and cancer related health disparities in LGBT communities.
Webinar PDF
PDF, 17.7mb
Breaking Down Silos: Innovative LGBT Wellness Programming for Community Based Organizations and Public Health Practitioners
LGBT HealthLink and three community based organizations discuss addressing LGBT-specific barriers to care through innovative wellness programming.
Webinar PDF
PDF, 3.27mb
No Need for Alternative Facts
Categories: Alternative Facts (Mon, 2pm), Cancer, Cessation, Tobacco, Webinar
From our 2017 E-Summit. National Jewish Health is the provider of the largest non-profit smoking Quitline in the country. We will share best practices for integration of SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) data collection, latest trends on how to best capture the data, and addressing services and disparities for the LGBT community within the tobacco cessation services and local oncology patient navigational methods.
PDF, 1.3mb
Innovative Approaches to Tobacco Control
Categories: Cessation, Social Justice (Mon, 4pm), Tobacco, Webinar
From our 2017 E-Summit. During this session three leaders in tobacco control will discuss: a movement sweeping the nation - increasing the minimum sale age for tobacco and e-cigarette products from 18 to 21 years old; partnerships with LGBT organizations and events to promote smokefree environments at Pride festivals, bars, and Centers; and dangerous and shocking trends in e-cigarette marketing.
PDF, 4.7mb
Consumers of Health Care
Categories: Advocacy (Tue, 12pm), Webinar, Wellness
From our 2017 E-Summit. Panel of LGBTQ-identifying people and their experiences of equity, discrimination and the need for advocacy within the US healthcare system. This panel will include LGBTQ parents and other health care utilizers who have experienced a range of topics including: Overt and covert expressions of homophobia, transphobia, biphobia; the importance of inclusion and making LGBTQ-identifying individuals feel comfortable in the healthcare setting; and suggestions to improve the care of LGBTQ-identifying people.
PDF, 1.51mb
Building on What We Know
Categories: Cancer, Cancer Disparities (Tue, 2pm), Webinar, Wellness
From our 2017 E-Summit. During this session, we will hear from representatives of an academic institution, a health care system, and the community to discuss three different primary cancers (anal, cervical, and colorectal cancers) incorporating the common threads of health disparities, intersectionality, best and promising practices.
PDF, 4.24mb
Trans Health Overview
Categories: Trans Health (Tue, 4pm), Webinar, Wellness
From our 2017 E-Summit. In this session, we will be doing an overview of language and concepts related to gender identity and transgender identities and communities. Presenters will also do an overview of important issues from the US Trans Survey report as it relates to health disparities and social determinant issues that are prominent in trans communities.
PDF, 3.71mb
Navigating the Healthcare System
Categories: Navigating Health System (Wed, 2pm), Webinar, Wellness
From our 2017 E-Summit. Patient Navigation:(1) discuss evidence for patient navigation programs for cancer prevention (tobacco treatment and cancer screening); (2) present a case example of a successful patient navigation program; (3) discuss models for clinic reimbursement for patient navigation programs. Navigating the Health System: (1) provide an overview of the Affordable Care Act (to include an overview of any changes or currently proposed changes at the time of the presentation); (2) tips for advocacy and health insurance literacy during this period of proposed healthcare reform; (3) best practices to maximize your healthcare access (e.g, medical savings accounts, sliding scale options)
PDF, 4.96mb
Health Funder Panel
Categories: Cancer, Health Funder Panel, Tobacco, Webinar, Wellness
From our 2017 E-Summit. LGBT community-based organizations, including LGBT community centers and LGBT youth centers, are perfectly positioned to promote health and wellness in the communities they serve - but finding funding to support this critical work can sometimes be a challenge. This panel includes public and private funders who will share information about what they look for from prospective grantees, how to approach public and private funders with requests for support, and what preliminary information is helpful before making an ask.
PDF, 2.67mb
UCAN Conference, May 12, 2017
Categories: Cancer, Tobacco, Wellness
LGBT HealthLink’s Education, Training, and Outreach Manager, Anthony R. Campo, gave an in-person presentation on addressing LGBT cancer disparities at the UCAN Conference on May 12, 2017 in Salt Lake City, which was presented by the Utah Cancer Action Network and the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.
PDF, 4.68mb
Meeting in the Middle 2017, May 5, 2017
Category: Cancer
LGBT HealthLink’s Program Director, Dr. Regina Washington, gave an in-person presentation on cancer and outreach in LGBT communities at Meeting in the Middle 2017 Annual Meeting on May 5, 2017 in Lansing, MI.
PDF, 2.2mb
SALIS Conference, May 4, 2017
Juan Carlos Vega presented to the Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) Association & the Association of Mental Health Librarians (AMHL) 2017 Joint Annual International Conference in Worcester, Massachusetts, to help librarians, health information specialists, program managers, and prevention resource center managers properly expand collections and services to LGBTQ clients and communities. During the session, LGBTQ heath disparities were discussed and strategies were provided to make welcoming spaces for LGBTQ individuals in hospitals, libraries and resource centers
PDF, 4.15mb
Addressing LGBT Cancer Disparities for Gilda's Club South Florida
Categories: Cancer, Tobacco, Wellness
Anthony R. Campo, Education, Training, and Outreach Manager for LGBT HealthLink, gave an in-person presentation at Gilda's Club South Florida in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on June 30, 2017. Anthony covered basic LGBT cultural competency and reviewed LGBT health disparities with particular emphasis on LGBT cancer disparities including issues related to risk factors, health care access, and health care utilization. Mr. Campo also discussed LGBT HealthLink’s best and promising practices for addressing cancer disparities as well as other helpful resources.
PDF, 5.08mb
Michigan Department Of Health Technical Assistance
Categories: Cancer, Tobacco, Webinar, Wellness
Dr. Regina Washington and Anthony R Campo cover basic LGBT cultural competency and reviewed LGBT health disparities with particular emphasis on LGBT cancer disparities including issues related to risk factors, health care access, and health care utilization. LGBT HealthLink’s best and promising practices for addressing cancer disparities as well as other helpful resources were also highlighted.
PDF, 3.75mb
Policy and Practice for Tobacco-free Living
Categories: Cessation, Tobacco, Webinar
Join LGBT HealthLink as we discuss evidence-based policies and best practices that support tobacco-free living for LGBT communities as well as the role that health providers and community-based organizations can play in translating policy into practice and advancing community-clinical linkages. Guest presenters were:
Dr. Jane A McElroy, Associate Professor, Missouri University
Dr. Kevin D. Everett, Associate Professor, Missouri University
Kristen Tertzakian, Assistant Director, Community Engagement, Truth Initiative
PDF, 9.97mb
My Greatest Enemy - Mark
My Greatest Enemy - Mark
PDF, 2.22mb
My Greatest Enemy - Selma
My Greatest Enemy - Selma
PDF, 6.68mb
My Greatest Enemy - Paul
My Greatest Enemy - Paul
PDF, 10.39mb
Addressing LGBT Tobacco and Cancer Disparities: Training Webinar for Florida Department Of Health
Categories: Cancer, Tobacco, Webinar, Wellness
In this webinar Anthony Campo, Education, Training, and Outreach Manager, presented an introduction to LGBT cultural competency as well as information about tobacco and cancer disparities in LGBT communities and best practices/recommendations for LGBT tobacco and cancer control.
PDF, 8.23mb
Colorectal Cancer in LGBT Communities
Categories: Cancer, Webinar, Wellness
Join LGBT HealthLink as we promote systematic approaches and the implementation of health system interventions in an effort to reduce high rates of colorectal incidence and mortality among the LGBT population.
PDF, 6.23mb
Creating Sustaining Community-Clinical Linkages for Tobacco Cessation
Categories: Tobacco, Webinar, Wellness
Join LGBT HealthLink as we promote best practices for creating and sustaining linkages between community-based organizations and health care providers with the ultimate goal of encouraging tobacco cessation treatment resources.
PDF, 1.53mb
LGBT Wellness Fact Sheet
Categories: Fact Sheet, Wellness
Wellness is about being physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have unique wellness needs because of the health disparities they face.
PDF, 587kb
Tobacco Use Among LGBT Youth Fact Sheet
Categories: Fact Sheet, Tobacco
Tobacco use is the most serious yet preventable health crisis facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in their teens and twenties
PDF, 602kb
Tobacco Use in LGBT Communities Fact Sheet
Categories: Fact Sheet, Tobacco
Nearly one in three lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adults smoke, a rate that is more than 50% higher than other adults.
PDF, 385kb
Bacon, Eggs, and Data - the importance of SOGI data collection
Category: Webinar
A conversation about the evolution and benefits of SOGI (Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity) data collection with Dr. Mitchell Lunn, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Director, The PRIDE Study, Principal Investigator, PRIDEnet, Principal Investigator, All of Us Research Program National Sexual and Gender Minority Engagement Network.
PDF, 32.23mb
Youth Programming Call - A Look at Program Evaluation From a Pro!
Category: Webinar
LGBT HealthLink joined on CenterLink's quarterly call:
We'll do our usual check-in and share what's happening with youth programming at our centers. And, we'll get an update from our HealthLink program on items of interest for youth!
PDF, 2.27mb
LGBTQ Health Inequities & Disparities Iowa Part 1
Categories: Cancer, LGBT Health Equity, Tobacco, Wellness
Director of LGBT HealthLink, Dr. Regina R. Washington, provided the keynote presentation at the 6th Annual LGBTQ Health and Wellness Conference in Des Moines, Iowa on February 24, 2018. The keynote presentation, “LGBTQ Health: Inequities and Disparities,” discussed the systematic barriers perpetuating LGBTQ health disparities.
PDF, 6.02mb
LGBTQ Iowa Action Steps Part 2
Categories: Cancer, LGBT Health Equity, Tobacco, Wellness
Dr. Washington, during the 6th Annual LGBTQ Health and Wellness Conference, facilitated an afternoon discussion on action steps the community, health care systems, and academic institutions should engage in to advance LGBTQ health equity. Her presentation (Part 2) focused on “LGBTQ Health: Improving LGBTQ Health in Iowa.”
PDF, 1.37mb
Get Tested for Colon Cancer
Categories: Cancer, LGBT Health Equity, Wellness
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities face a number of barriers to getting the routine health care and cancer screening tests they need. LGBT HealthLink partnered with the American Cancer Society to provide relevant messaging for our communities.
PDF, 5.17mb
Health Starts Here palm card - 2 sides
Categories: LGBT Health Equity, Wellness
4x6 palm card, 2-sided palm card, English on one side - Spanish on the other
695px X 453px
JPG, 61kb
Tobacco Best and Promising Practices
Categories: Cultural Competency, LGBT Health Equity, Tobacco
This Best Practices Document is an excerpt from MPOWERED: Best and Promising Practices for LGBT Tobacco Prevention and Control, a document created by LGBT HealthLink as a response to the growing need for
best practices knowledge.
PDF, 122kb
Healthcare Bill of Rights Wallet Card Business card - 3.5" X 2"
Categories: LGBT Health Equity, Wellness
LGBT people suffer from stigma related health issues like smoking or mental health problems. When we fear a chilly welcome we avoid doctors, which means we also don't get well-person care like cancer screenings. The first step in breaking this chain is getting LGBT people in regular healthcare; this tool can help you be confident of your rights.
Put a copy in your pocket and be ready to stand up next time your rights aren't respected.
Would you like to have your own branded version of the Healthcare Bill of Rights materials? Your own page to which you can send friends of your organization to get your branded materials? Visit our partner page here to view who is already on board and become a partner, too!
PDF, 92kb
1st Quarter Seniors Programming Call
Category: Webinar
LGBT HealthLink joined on CenterLink's quarterly call:
We'll do our usual check-in and share what's happening with seniors programming at our centers. And, we'll get an update from our HealthLink program on items of interest for seniors!
PDF, 2.23mb
SOGI Data Promotion and Data Inclusion at State and Local Government Agencies
Category: SOGI Data (Tues, 12pm)
Collecting and disseminating data is an important function of the work of many departments of health (DOH). In this session we review some SOGI question options, and hear from DOH staff about their successes and obstacles collecting and disseminating SOGI data.
PDF, 3.41mb
Special Considerations - Cancer Concerns for and of Sexual Gender Minority
Category: Special Considerations (Tues, 2pm)
This session highlights LGBT cancer concerns from the perspective of providers and patients. Highlights will include: cervical cancer screening - LB women and transmen, LGBT tobacco-related cancers and cancer patients/survivors’ care experiences.
PDF, 4.62mb
Social Service Navigation: Leveraging Your Referral Network into a Well-funded Case Management and Navigation Program
Category: Social Service Navigation (Tues, 4pm)
Learn how the work you are already doing ties in with Social Service Navigation and how to access funding to support this necessary program.
PDF, 3.49mb
Cervical Cancer Screening for Sexual and Gender Minority
Category: Cervical Cancer Screening (Wed, 12pm)
Lesbian, bisexual, and queer women as well as transgender men and non-binary people who were assigned female at birth are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer than their heterosexual, cisgender counterparts. This presentation will discuss some of the barriers that prevent sexual and gender minority individuals who are assigned female at birth from taking care of their cervical health. This presentation will also discuss some steps to take to make “traditional woman-only” spaces more LGBT affirming and welcoming as well as alternative options for cervical Pap tests, such as self-sampling kits. Finally, we’ll discuss Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center’s new health promotion campaign, “If you’ve got it, Pap it!”
PDF, 2.31mb
Funding Your Programs Through Practice-based Research Partnerships
Category: Funding Your Programs (Wed, 2pm)
This workshop provides an understanding of practice-based research as a model, examples of successful practice-based research programs, and how community-based organizations can utilize this strategy to grow their organizations and provide leading-edge programs for their communities.
PDF, 2.36mb
Best and Promising Practices for LGBTQ Inclusion and Cultural Competence at State and Local Health Departments
Category: Best and Promising Practices (Wed, 4pm)
Learn strategies for working with LGBTQ communities and to successfully include LGBTQ health priorities in your work.
PDF, 6.63mb
Effective Programs for Reaching and Engaging Underserved and Hard to Reach Populations
Category: Effective Programs (Thurs, 12pm)
This session focuses on successful case studies for reaching, engaging and maintaining membership of hard to reach and marginalized populations; such as rural, racial/ethnic minority and LGBTQ populations.
PDF, 8.64mb
Beyond the Quitline
Category: Beyond the Quitline (Thurs, 4pm)
Beyond the Quitline is a workshop on the complex etiology of LGBTQ tobacco disparities and the need for holistic tobacco treatment interventions.
PDF, 5.25mb
Birth of the LGBT Tobacco Control Movement: A Movement to Save Health and Lives
Category: Birth of LGBT Tobacco Control (Thurs, 2pm)
Learn different strategies to combat the long history of targeting the LGBT community by tobacco companies.
PDF, 3.98mb
LGBT Wellness
Category: Wellness
LGBT HealthLink has created 4 new tools for wellness and cancer prevention. We are excited to introduce 4 brochures filled with facts and information about cancer risks and prevention for the LGBT community. Download and print these brochures to share this useful and timely information with your clients, students, and the LGBT community at large.
PDF, 806kb
Trans Individuals and Cancer
Category: Cancer
LGBT HealthLink has created 4 new tools for wellness and cancer prevention. We are excited to introduce 4 brochures filled with facts and information about cancer risks and prevention for the LGBT community. Download and print these brochures to share this useful and timely information with your clients, students, and the LGBT community at large.
PDF, 5.96mb
Cancer and Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women
Category: Cancer
LGBT HealthLink has created 4 new tools for wellness and cancer prevention. We are excited to introduce 4 brochures filled with facts and information about cancer risks and prevention for the LGBT community. Download and print these brochures to share this useful and timely information with your clients, students, and the LGBT community at large.
PDF, 6.03mb
Cancer and Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men
Category: Cancer
LGBT HealthLink has created 4 new tools for wellness and cancer prevention. We are excited to introduce 4 brochures filled with facts and information about cancer risks and prevention for the LGBT community. Download and print these brochures to share this useful and timely information with your clients, students, and the LGBT community at large.
PDF, 6.2mb
Colorectal Cancer Screening and LGBTQ* Individuals one pager
Category: Cancer
This one pager tool, developed by LGBT HealthLink and Community Advisory Council members, provides health practitioners a quick glance of the recommended screening guidelines and lists some barriers for cancer screening that LGBTQ* individuals face and strategies for increasing screening for colorectal cancer.
PDF, 678kb
Cancer in LGBT Communities
Categories: Cancer, Fact Sheet
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are at an elevated risk for many types of cancer.
PDF, 127kb
An Intersectional Lens Among LGBTQ+ Populations: Trauma and HIV in African American LGBTQ+ Communities
***NOTE: Be sure to visit our archived webinar video page to view this webinar as a recording for the full impact and information sharing of this very important conversation.***
The high rates of violence, trauma and HIV among LGBTQ+ African American communities is a health crisis across the
country. Please join us to learn about promising practices to establish targeted programs from LGBTQ+ community leaders.
We will identify strategies to engage and share resources to counter these health disparities.
Panelists:
Curtis Lipscomb, Executive Director, LGBT Detroit
Tandra LaGrone, Executive Director, In Our Own Voices
Dr. Earl Benjamin-Robinson, Principal, The BACH Group
Moderator:
Dr. Regina R. Washington, Program Director, LGBT HealthLink
PDF, 2.13mb
E-CIGARETTES SHAPED LIKE USB FLASH DRIVES: INFORMATION FOR PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Categories: Infographics, Tobacco
CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health created a new four-page fact sheet, formatted as an infographic, about USB-shaped e-cigarettes and youth. It provides public health messaging about the risks of the products and actions that parents, educators, and health care providers can take to protect kids.
Given widespread reports of a rapid rise in use of these products, we hope that this plain-language fact sheet will be a helpful resource for parents, teachers and doctors as they work to help prevent e-cigarette use by youth.
PDF, 1.21mb
Cancer Survivorship in the LGBT Community
Categories: Cancer, Fact Sheet
A cancer diagnosis can affect all aspects of a person's life. You and your loved ones should consider being open about your sexual orientation and gender identity with your cancer care team and should keep in mind the unique challenges that LGBT individuals can face. There are approximately one million LGBT cancer survivors in the U.S. today, which includes those
currently fighting cancer and those who have been cured. LGBT folks can face discrimination and stigma in the healthcare system, which can hinder quality care and survivorship, and often leads LGBT people to avoid getting care altogether.
PDF, 187kb
Improving Data on LGBTQ Health: Addressing Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI)
Category: LGBT Health Equity
LGBT HealthLink and our Community Advisory Council members have put together a helpful White Paper on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection providing a comparison analysis of existing practices of asking SOGI questions on surveys. In addition to a call to action, we provide recommendations for asking SOGI question on surveys.
If you plan to create surveys for collecting population-level data in communities, healthcare systems, department of health, and colleges/universities, here are some recommended TIPS:
- Questions related to gender identity and sexual orientation should be asked on surveys.
- These questions should be optional.
- Gender identity and sexual orientation are different aspects of personal identity and therefore, should not be combined into one question.
Why ask sexual orientation and gender identity questions on surveys?
- Approximately, 10 million people in the United States identify outside of gender and sexual binaries, and especially a growing number of youth!
- Remember to use the data collected to improve your organization’s impact of support services and programs for LGBTQ people!
- You can capture and analyze the experience of LGBTQ people, especially in today challenging social and environmental changes.
PDF, 219kb
LGBT HealthLink Rack Card
For more information about LGBT HealthLink download this 4x9 Informational Rack Card
PDF, 199kb
80% in Every Community
Categories: Cancer, Fact Sheet, Wellness
LGBT HealthLink partnered with the American Cancer Society and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to create this fact sheet for consumers and health providers. LGBT communities face increased barriers to access to healthcare due to lower rates of health insurance, fear of discrimination, and negative experiences with health care providers. This document serves as a reference and for best and promising practices for health care providers.
PDF, 1.93mb
Addressing HIV in People of Color Communities: Tips and Tots for LGBTQ Community Centers
PDF, 1.49mb
The Transgender Identity Survey: A Measure of Internalized Transphobia
A study tested a new measure of internalized transphobia, which used four dimensions to explore this theme with transgender individuals: pride in their identity as a trans person, interest in “passing” as a cisgender person, alienation from the transgender community, and shame with being transgender. They found the measure to be reliable, meaning that it could be helpful in further research on the impact of internalized transphobia as a form of minority stress.
PDF, 444kb
Health should not be a privilege for the rich—the right to health belongs to everyone
UNAIDS announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos that world leaders should be doing more to ensure healthcare to vulnerable populations, such as LGBT people, women, and immigrants. They say that nations need to invest more spending in healthcare, which should be a right and not a privilege of the rich, if health problems such as HIV are to be overcome.
PDF, 180kb
Gender Dysphoria, Mental Health, and Poor Sleep Health Among Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals
Researchers found that sleep loss was a common experience among transgender and nonbinary people in New York. 35% said they had trouble sleeping because of issues relating to their gender identity and accessing gender-affirming care, while 15% said mental health challenges were tied to sleep loss. 60% reported using strategies like prescriptions, over-the-counter sleep aids, and marijuana to help sleep.
PDF, 199kb
Findings from Formative Research to Develop a Strength-Based HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion mHealth Intervention for Transgender Women
A new study examined the healthcare experiences of a diverse sample of transgender women, and found that while mental and transition-related healthcare were priorities, participants struggled to find such care. They also found that sexual health was too narrowly focused on HIV and STIs, and that accessing sexual health education, broader support around dating, and other services were lacking.
PDF, 682kb
Comorbidities associated with HPV infection among people living with HIV-1 in the southeastern US
Researchers found that among people living with HIV in the South, men were more likely than women to report a number of HPV-related clinical conditions, despite the fact that in the general population, these conditions are usually more common among women than among men. The study highlights the importance of understanding and addressing broader health issues facing people living with HIV.
PDF, 969kb
Cancer Care for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People
Awareness of social barriers in the transgender and GNC population may lead to providers ensuring that comprehensive prevention and screening are possible for certain cancers.
PDF, 1.8mb
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) People and Cancer Fact Sheet
Knowledge gaps have been reported among oncologists related to the increased cancer risk factors affecting the LGBTQ patient population.
PDF, 1.7mb
LGBT Wellness - Updated Graphics
LGBT HealthLink has created 4 tools for wellness and cancer prevention. We are excited to introduce 4 brochures filled with facts and information about cancer risks and prevention for the LGBT community. Download and print these brochures to share this useful and timely information with your clients, students, and the LGBT community at large.
PDF, 1.02mb