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CALL TO ACTION — HHS Regional LGBT Listening Sessions | Houston & Atlanta Coming up

By Gustavo Torrez Program Manager *Call to Action* HHS Regional LGBT Listening Sessions As some of you may know, a couple months ago there was a listening sessions about LGBT health held in Washington, DC. In an effort to expand on that original listening session, HHS has been conducting LGBT listening sessions throughout theContinue reading “CALL TO ACTION — HHS Regional LGBT Listening Sessions | Houston & Atlanta Coming up”

ACTION ALERT! Do you do LGBT Cultural Competency work? Give the gov’t input on how to do it well!

Update 11/3/11: So far we had some great responses on the plan before the Listening Session on 11/1/11. Great news, they will still be accepting comments. If you did not have an opportunity to respond please do so. We will keep you posted on when they actually close, but act now. Background From HRSA: LastContinue reading “ACTION ALERT! Do you do LGBT Cultural Competency work? Give the gov’t input on how to do it well!”

Policy Statements: Years of Addressing Gaps

Gustavo Torrez, Program Manager The Network for LGBT Health Equity For five years now we’ve been charged with pointing out gaps and best practices in the LGBT tobacco arena. Since aspects of the LGBT tobacco disparity overlap almost every health issue, funding, cultural competency, research, and of course data, this means we’ve been monitoringContinue reading “Policy Statements: Years of Addressing Gaps”

National Safe Schools Day for LGBTQ Youth

by Emilia Dunham Program Associate Today we’d like to raise awareness for an important campaign by Safe Schools Action Network: National Safe Schools Day. As you likely know there were quite a few highly publicized LGBTQ youth suicides as a result of anti-LGBTQ bullying clustered around this time last year, which makes this day so important. YouContinue reading “National Safe Schools Day for LGBTQ Youth”

Really @AmericanApparel ? A Newport Shirt… TAKE ACTION ~UPDATE~

by Gustavo Torrez Program Manager Congratulations Everyone… It appears that the shirt has been removed from American Apparels site… We obviously are going to keep our eye on this one but this is truly a success… I think this was such a great collaborative effort and love the power of our movement. Thank you to everyone who responded, andContinue reading “Really @AmericanApparel ? A Newport Shirt… ***TAKE ACTION*** ~UPDATE~”

SAVE THE DATE & Call for Summit Planning Committee

The Network is pleased to announce the 8th National LGBTQ Health Equity Summit *Formerly the National LGBTQ Tobacco Summit* Bridging the Gap Promising Practices in LGBT Health and Tobacco Control August 14, 2012 Kansas City, MO As an official Ancillary meeting to the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, the 8th National LGBT Health Equity Summit (FormerlyContinue reading “SAVE THE DATE & Call for Summit Planning Committee”

Urge the FDA to ban mentholated cigarettes Sign on TODAY http://bit.ly/ProtectYouthBanMenthol

Today you have the opportunity to protect our youth, and it will take less than 30 seconds! Join us in supporting our friends at Legacy, by signing a petition urging the FDA to ban mentholated cigarettes! Click the link now, let your voice be heard: http://bit.ly/ProtectYouthBanMenthol Help us save more lives by asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Continue reading “Urge the FDA to ban mentholated cigarettes Sign on TODAY http://bit.ly/ProtectYouthBanMenthol”

PopCtr Mtg: Panel Discussion on Probability and Non-Probability Methods

by Scout Director, Network for LGBT Health Equity A project of The Fenway Institute in Boston, MA SCIENCEBABBLE ALERT – This is a meeting for scientists, despite my efforts, some of this may get technical. 411 on the issue Probability sampling = getting a group of people for your research that is statistically proven toContinue reading “PopCtr Mtg: Panel Discussion on Probability and Non-Probability Methods”

Center for Population Research in LGBT Health Holds Annual Convening

by Scout Director, Network for LGBT Health Equity A project of The Fenway Institute in Boston, MA My Non-Sampling Error Experience Ok, I’ve fled from the very exciting Netroots Nation conference to get back to Boston because today and tomorrow mark the 3rd annual convening of one of The Fenway Institute’s other major initiatives, theContinue reading “Center for Population Research in LGBT Health Holds Annual Convening”