Category Archives: Cultural Competency Trainings

#BWLGBTI Day 3 Part 2: Community-based research is still important

    Dwayne Steward LGBTQ Health Advocate Columbus Public Health     We’ve come to the end of the LGBTI Health Research Conference at Baldwin Wallace University. This has been a very life-changing experience, for which I am truly grateful. Being in the room with so many experts that have and are currently making groundbreaking changes inContinue reading “#BWLGBTI Day 3 Part 2: Community-based research is still important”

#BWLBGTI Day 2 Post-Lunch: Revisiting sexual health

Dwayne Steward  LGBTQ Health Advocate Columbus Public Health After lunch at day 2 of the LGBTI Health Research Conference at Baldwin Wallace is all about sexual health. Historically this would have been the bulk of such a conference as this. As most of us know, pathology-focused research on homosexuality and gender diversity, along with theContinue reading “#BWLBGTI Day 2 Post-Lunch: Revisiting sexual health”

#BWLGBTI Day 3 Part 1: The IOM Report

   Dwayne Steward  LGBTQ Health Advocate  Columbus Public Health       Back at Baldwin Wallace for the last day of the LGBTI Health Research Conference and the morning is being spent on very detailed analysis of the Institute of Medicine‘s National Institutes of Health-commissioned 2011 report “The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and TransgenderContinue reading “#BWLGBTI Day 3 Part 1: The IOM Report”

#BWLGBTI Day 2: Perfect time, perfect place

Dwayne Steward LGBTQ Health Advocate  Columbus Public Health As I continue into the second day of the LGBTI Health Research Conference at Baldwin Wallace University, it struck me as pretty powerful that the BW’s president Robert Helmer opened the first day of seminars with the words “this is the perfect time and the perfect placeContinue reading “#BWLGBTI Day 2: Perfect time, perfect place”

Baldwin Wallace presenting first LGBTI health conference with class

Dwayne Steward LGBTQ Health Advocate Columbus Public Health Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” It’s become a mantra I’ve come to live by. It is the starting of and building upon conversations that matter that truly leads to change. This mantra isContinue reading “Baldwin Wallace presenting first LGBTI health conference with class”

Press Release: LGBT Cancer Survivors’ Voices Spotlight CRACKS in Health CarE SYSTEM

  by Liz Margolies, LCSW  Director, National LGBT Cancer Network     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 11, 2013 CONTACT: Cathy Renna, 917-757-6123, cathy@rennacommunications.com   LGBT Cancer Survivors’ Voices Spotlight CRACKS in Health CarE SYSTEM   MAKES PRACTICAL, LIFE-SAVING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROVIDERS New York, NY….June 11, 2013….The National LGBT Cancer Network released a new report today thatContinue reading “Press Release: LGBT Cancer Survivors’ Voices Spotlight CRACKS in Health CarE SYSTEM”

After Quite a Long Time: Federal Cultural Competency WIN!

by Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity with additional reporting from the esteemed Daniella Matthews-Trigg   Sometimes you really do have to wait for good things to happen. So if you didn’t catch the news earlier this week we wanted to start your weekend off by reporting on the progressContinue reading “After Quite a Long Time: Federal Cultural Competency WIN!”

DO Ask Do Tell: St. Louis Veterans Hospitals initiate LGBT cultural competency training program

  Sherrill Wayland, MSW SAGE: Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders Metro St. Louis       Five years ago when SAGE Metro St. Louis first started providing outreach and trainings, the Veterans Administration (VA) St. Louis Health Care System was one of the last places we expected to be. Fast forward to 2013 and weContinue reading “DO Ask Do Tell: St. Louis Veterans Hospitals initiate LGBT cultural competency training program”

Missed the Trans Health webinar Last Week? It’s okay, we’ve got you covered.

    The Network for LGBT health Equity An insider’s view of informative info… Reporting on HHS’s Transgender Health Webinar       In the interest of keeping you in the loop, we wanted to provide some updates and resources about something GROUNDBREAKING- Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted aContinue reading “Missed the Trans Health webinar Last Week? It’s okay, we’ve got you covered.”

High alcohol and tobacco rates for Puerto Rico LGBTT communities / Altos niveles de consumo de alcohol y tabaco en las comunidades LGBTT de Puerto Rico

Blog Written by: Ms. Sophia Isabel Marrero Cruz, Community Advocacy & Empowerment Advisor and Mr. Juan Carlos Vega, Coordinator, Citizens’ Alliance Pro LGBTTA Health of Puerto Rico The content of this blog puts in perspective the high rates of alcohol and tobacco consumption in LGBTT populations in Puerto Rico. We thank the Latino/a and LGBT CDC-funded National NetworksContinue reading “High alcohol and tobacco rates for Puerto Rico LGBTT communities / Altos niveles de consumo de alcohol y tabaco en las comunidades LGBTT de Puerto Rico”