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Healthcare Providers and LGBTQIA+ Patients: Recommended Resources

Fostering Inclusivity and Improving Access

LGBTQIA+ Healthcare Disparities and Best Practices

National LGBT Health Education Center. “Providing Inclusive Services and Care for LGBT People: A Guide for Health Care Staff.” The Fenway Institute. http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/Providing-Inclusive-Services-and-Care-for-LGBT-People.pdf.

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health. Healthy People 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-health#top.

Zieselman, K. (2017). In the intersex community, we’re desperate for quality healthcare. Doctors aren’t listening. STAT. Retrieved from: https://www.statnews.com/2017/10/26/intersex-medical-care/.

Administrative Work

National LGBT Health Education Center. (2013). Affirmative Care for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People: Best Practices for Front-line Healthcare Staff. Fenway Health. Retrieved from: http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/13-017_TransBestPracticesforFrontlineStaff_v6_02-19-13_FINAL.pdf.

Transline. Transgender Medical Consultation Service Resources. Transline. Retrieved from: https://transline.zendesk.com/hc/en-us.

Gender-Affirming Care

Deutsch, M. (2016). Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People. Center of Excellence for Transgender Health. Retrieved from: http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=guidelines-home.

Mental Health Care

Campus Pride. (2017). What You Need To Know: Addiction in the LGBTQ Community. Campus Pride. Retrieved from: https://www.campuspride.org/resources/what-you-need-to-know-addiction-in-the-lgbtq-community/

National Alliance on Mental Illness. LGBTQ. National Alliance on Mental Illness. Retrieved from: https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/LGBTQ.

National Eating Disorders Association. Eating Disorders in LGBT Populations. National Eating Disorders Association. Retrieved from: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/eating-disorders-lgbt-populations.

Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders. (2014). Support Groups & Online Recovery Resources. Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders. Retrieved from: http://www.transfolxfightingeds.org/resources.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2012). A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved from: https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA12-4104/SMA12-4104.pdf.

QTPOC-Specific Healthcare

Lambda Legal. (2010). When Health Care Isn’t Caring: LGBT People of Color and People of Color Living with HIV. Lambda Legal. Retrieved from: https://www.lambdalegal.org/sites/default/files/publications/downloads/whcic-insert_lgbt-people-of-color.pdf.

Month, LH. (2007). Queer People of Color. American Medical Association. Retrieved from: https://www.amsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/QPOC_Module_Facilitator.doc.

National LGBT Health Education Center. Addressing Social Determinants of Health among LGBTQ Latino(a) Young Adults (webinar). Fenway Health. Retrieved from: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/lgbt-education/online-courses/continuing-education/?y=146&i=5695.

National LGBT Health Education Center. Calidad de cuidado para lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, transgéneros y transesuales: Eliminando la invisibilidad y las disparidades en salud (webinar). Fenway Health. Retrieved from: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/lgbt-education/continuing-education/?y=26&i=4900.

National LGBT Health Education Center. Providing Care and Support for Transgender Rural Latino/as and Migrant Farmworkers (webinar). Fenway Health. Retrieved from: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/lgbt-education/continuing-education/?y=53&i=4908.

National LGBT Health Education Center. LGBT Health Care with Asian American Populations (webinar). Fenway Health. Retrieved from: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/webinar/asian-american-lgbt-people/.

National LGBT Health Education Center. Rural Latino LGBT HIV Prevention: Community Building and Access to Care (webinar). Fenway Health. Retrieved from: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/lgbt-education/continuing-education/?y=61&i=4927.

National LGBT Health Education Center. Black MSM and PrEP: Challenges and Opportunities (webinar). Fenway Health. Retrieved from: https://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/lgbt-education/online-courses/continuing-education/?y=168&i=6267.

QTPoC Mental Health. Rest for Resistance. QTPoC. Retrieved from: https://restforresistance.com/about/.

Two-Spirit Health. Two-Spirit Health Inc. Retrieved from: http://twospirithealth.org/.

Relationships and Abuse

Love Is Respect. Abusive LGBTQ Relationships. LoveIsRespect.org. Retrieved from: http://www.loveisrespect.org/is-this-abuse/abusive-lgbtq-relationships/.

Roe & Jadoginsky. Power and Control Wheel for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Relationships. LoveIsRespect.org. Retrieved from: http://www.loveisrespect.org/lir-files/LGBT-Power-and-Control-Wheel.pdf.

Valenti, J. (2015) Telling an L.G.B.T. Child They’re Worthless or Broken Is Abuse. NY Times. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/01/08/is-it-child-abuse-to-make-a-trans-child-change/telling-an-lgbt-child-theyre-worth less-or-broken-is-abuse.

Sexual Health

Brydum, S. Why Transgender Women Have The Country’s Highest HIV Rates. HIV Plus Magazine. Retrieved from: https://www.hivplusmag.com/case-studies/2013/04/08/invisible-women-why-transgender-women-are-hit-so-hard-hiv.

Oh Joy A Sex Toy: LGBTQA+ Inclusive Informational Comics about Sexuality, Safer Sex, and Health. Retrieved from: https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/comic/.

Natalie. (2009). Why Are Gay Ladies Afraid of the Gynecologist. Autostraddle. https://www.autostraddle.com/why-are-gay-ladies-so-afraid-of-the-gynecologist/.

National Center for Transgender Equality. Transgender Sexual and Reproductive Health: Unmet Needs and Barriers to Care. National Center for Transgender Equality. Retrieved from: https://transequality.org/issues/resources/transgender-sexual-and-reproductive-health-unmet-needs-and-barriers-to-care.

POZ. (2016). HIV Prevention: PEP and PrEP. POZ. Retrieved from: https://www.poz.com/basics/hiv-basics/pep-prep.

Turner, AM. (2015). “How to get away” with safer sex: HIV prevention supporting gay, bi & trans men. Campus Pride. Retrieved from: https://www.campuspride.org/resources/how-to-get-away-with-safer-sex-hiv-prevention-supporting-gay-bi-trans-men/.

Scarleteen: inclusive, comprehensive, supportive sexuality and relationships info for teens and emerging adults. Retrieved from: www.scarleteen.com

Youth Healthcare

Chollar, R. (2013). 10 Physical and Emotional Health Concerns of LGBTQ Students. Campus Pride. Retrived from: https://www.campuspride.org/resources/10-physical-and-emotional-health-concerns-of-lgbt-students/.

Trevor Project. LGBTQ Youth Health Care. Trevor Project. Retrieved from: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/lgbtq-youth-health-care/#sm.0001rxpg9jz7qdobww01l7yr1lfro.