Corey Prachniak serves as Chair of LGBT HealthLink’s Steering Committee and is an attorney focused on health policy, as well as a current Zuckerman Fellow at Harvard University. Corey tweets @CPrachniak. Wow. When the LGBT HealthLink Steering Committee decided to host an online “E-Summit” to bring together people interested in LGBT health, we didn’t know if itContinue reading “HealthLink E-Summit: One Day Down, One to Go!”
Category Archives: Conferences
Join Us for our LGBT Health E-Summit, October 15th and 16th
Corey Prachniak serves as Chair of LGBT HealthLink’s Steering Committee and is an attorney focused on health policy, as well as a current Zuckerman Fellow at Harvard University. Corey tweets @CPrachniak. For the past few months, I have been working with our fabulous steering committee and staff to put together a two day virtual conference, or “E-Summit,”Continue reading “Join Us for our LGBT Health E-Summit, October 15th and 16th”
LGBT HealthLink Conference Commentary: Not So Straight
by Jenna Wintemberg, MPH What: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference Where: Philadelphia, February 25 to 28, 2015 The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) conference in Philadelphia is the one I look forward the most each year, where the leading researchers in tobacco control come together to share their research.Continue reading “LGBT HealthLink Conference Commentary: Not So Straight”
The Bisexual Community and HIV/AIDS
As part of last fall’s National Black Justice Coalition Conference, “Out on the Hill”, I attended a White House meeting on Gay and Bisexual Men and HIV/AIDS. I came away from the meeting impressed by the level of concern that the White House and other partners in the fight to eradicate HIV/AID are consistently demonstrating.Continue reading “The Bisexual Community and HIV/AIDS”
Upcoming! Sixth Annual Genderevolution conference, Salt Lake City UT
Sixth Annual Genderevolution 2014 Conference: Love Your Queer Body Saturday, November 15th, 2014 The purpose of the Genderevolution is to: Foster community building among trans* folk and allies alike, to help create a strong and safe space to push gender boundaries in the Salt Lake City area. Educate employees, cisgender/non-trans* folk, trans* folk, health and mental care providers,Continue reading “Upcoming! Sixth Annual Genderevolution conference, Salt Lake City UT”
“It’s Your Time To Shine!” 2014 LGBTQ Youth Regional Retreats Recap
National Youth Pride Services recently hosted it’s 2014 “It’s Your Time To Shine” Regional Retreat series in Detroit, Michigan (Midwest), Columbia, South Carolina (South) and Washington D.C. (East) thanks to sponsors CenterLink, Lambda Legal, 3LW TV, South Carolina Black Pride, Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services and Al Sura. The retreat was designed to uplift, inspireContinue reading ““It’s Your Time To Shine!” 2014 LGBTQ Youth Regional Retreats Recap”
The Black Bisexual Experience: Intersections Can Electrify To Save Lives
The National Black Justice Coalition, America’s leading Black LGBT civil rights organization focused on federal public policy, hosted the 5th annual OUT on the Hill Black LGBT Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, from September 24-27, 2014. As a black bisexual cisgender woman identified person attending Out on the Hill was an honor and a deepContinue reading “The Black Bisexual Experience: Intersections Can Electrify To Save Lives”
Bisexual Naming at National Black Justice Coalition Out on the Hill Conference
One of the great things we discussed at length during last week’s Bisexual Awareness Week (#biweek) was the bisexual identity, the many labels bi people consider using to describe their experiences and why. Awhile back the Patheos.com “Camels with Hammers” blog published a great piece that detailed the vital function that both labels and theContinue reading “Bisexual Naming at National Black Justice Coalition Out on the Hill Conference”
The Black Bisexual Experience Presentation at Out on the Hill Conference
Faith Cheltenham, President of BiNet USA Blogging from the National Black Justice Coalition’s Out on the Hill Conference. On the 2nd day of the NBJC Out on the Hill Conference I was honored to present one of the very first presentation/panel discussions on the black bisexual experience from inside Capitol Hill’s Hart Senate building. FromContinue reading “The Black Bisexual Experience Presentation at Out on the Hill Conference”
BLACK HEALTH: FINAL THOUGHTS ON CONFERENCE ON LGBTI HEALTH RESEARCH
Herukhuti, Ph.D., M.Ed. Professor, Goddard College Founder and CEO, Center for Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality “Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well? I like to caution folks, that’s all. No sense us wasting each other’s time, sweetheart. A lot of weight when you’re well. Now, you just hold that thought…. Just so’sContinue reading “BLACK HEALTH: FINAL THOUGHTS ON CONFERENCE ON LGBTI HEALTH RESEARCH”
LGBT HealthLink, The Network for Health Equity 