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New Tips From Former Smokers Ad Features Effects of Tobacco & HIV

     Felecia King     Project Specialist    The Network for LGBT Health Equity     This week, the CDC launched the next phase of the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign, and this time they are tackling the issue of tobacco and HIV. The ad features Brian, who smoked for 30 years, and suffered aContinue reading “New Tips From Former Smokers Ad Features Effects of Tobacco & HIV”

Philly the City of Trans Love

    #bishopmakalani-mahee Philly the City of Trans Love Bishop S.F. Makalani-MaHee       The moment I got off the plane I felt it.   While I was waiting for the shuttle bus to take me to my hotel in downtown Philly another transman just looks at me and extends a brotherly greeting , andContinue reading “Philly the City of Trans Love”

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN…and win prizes!

Our very own Dr. Scout may be coming to a town near you! Dr. Scout will be out and about over the next few months; leading cultural competency trainings in many states, speaking on an all Trans pride panel, in Philly at the Trans Health Conference , co-writing an LGBT Health Research Textbook, at theContinue reading “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN…and win prizes!”

Passing the Skinny, Young, Good-Looking Guys

As published on Huffington Post’s new LGBT Wellness blog, see original at: As I travel around the country for the Network for LGBT Health Equity, I get to hear the greatest stories from people. I heard a local newspaper profiled Robert Boo’s incredible wellness story, so I asked him to tell me more. It all started withContinue reading “Passing the Skinny, Young, Good-Looking Guys”

Sia Inspires Me to Be a Healthier Trans Person

There’s something oddly intimate about a person’s exercise playlist. If you’re like me and hear the same songs every day for 30 minutes to an hour of sweating, the playlist takes on its own life. Memories of pushing, sweating, and endorphins get laid on top of each track like delicious frosting. But these are popularContinue reading “Sia Inspires Me to Be a Healthier Trans Person”

We’re working toward a tobacco-free future for LGBT communities!

Here at the National LGBT Cancer Network Summit in NYC, we wanted to get in on the Surgeon General Report excitement! #SGR50

All Hands on Deck: 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report Out Tomorrow!

Scout, Ph.D. Director, CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity It’s a crazy week here at the Network for LGBT Health Equity… not only are we dashing off to the start of the Cancer Network’s historic first National LGBT Cancer Summit, but we’ve been hustling like mad to get ready for one of the biggest tobaccoContinue reading “All Hands on Deck: 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report Out Tomorrow!”

Press Release — New Study of NIH Research Shows Only 0.5% of Portfolio Mentions LGBT

Scout, Ph.D. Director, Centerlink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 17, 2013 Contact: Scout, Ph.D. Telephone: 401-267-8337 Email: scout@lgbtcenters.org Website: lgbtcenters.org NEW STUDY OF NIH RESEARCH SHOWS ONLY 0.5% OF PORTFOLIO MENTIONS LGBT 82% of LGBT Studies Focus on HIV or Sexual Health Ft. Lauderdale, FL December 17, 2013–  American JournalContinue reading “Press Release — New Study of NIH Research Shows Only 0.5% of Portfolio Mentions LGBT”

Calling all LGBT HS, college, & grad students in health! Webinar Wed on great scholarship progs at NIH!

by Scout, Ph.D. Director, CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity UPDATE — Sharon has been struck mute by some nefarious bug. Clearly it’s a viral conspiracy to make sure we don’t get more LGBT people in the scholarship pool! Fight back by researching the opportunities yourself at the NIH website http://www.training.nih.gov… or spreading the wordContinue reading “Calling all LGBT HS, college, & grad students in health! Webinar Wed on great scholarship progs at NIH!”

Announcing: Network Restarts at CenterLink – The Community of LGBT Centers

Scout, Ph.D. Director, CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity We are more than pleased to be announcing the following news right now!   NATIONAL LGBT ORGANIZATION PUTS NEW FOCUS ON ENHANCING LGBT HEALTH CenterLink Awarded New Five-Year CDC Grant Becomes New Home for The Network for LGBT Health Equity Ft. Lauderdale, FL – October 28,Continue reading “Announcing: Network Restarts at CenterLink – The Community of LGBT Centers”