HealthLink E-Summit: One Day Down, One to Go!

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!”

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”

Missouri Case Study 11 – Reviewing LGBT Welcoming Policies in Rural Missouri Hospitals

By: Andrew Shaughnessy Manager of Public Policy, PROMO Missouri @AndrewShag At the beginning of February 2015, LGBT advocates in Missouri began reviewing our second list of hospitals on their LGBT welcoming policies. Having successfully accomplished several LGBT policy victories during our first round of outreach, we began to tackle a new beast — rural Missouri. Choosing 10 hospitalsContinue reading “Missouri Case Study 11 – Reviewing LGBT Welcoming Policies in Rural Missouri Hospitals”

The Master’s House: Day 3 AT THE CONFERENCE ON LGBTI HEALTH RESEARCH

Herukhuti, Ph.D., M.Ed. Professor, Goddard College Founder and CEO, Center for Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s the house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threateningContinue reading “The Master’s House: Day 3 AT THE CONFERENCE ON LGBTI HEALTH RESEARCH”

Out2Enroll: Getting LGBT communities connected to care!

    Network for LGBT Health Equity Out2Enroll LGBT Communities   #GetCovered        The Network for LGBT Health Equity, along with CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers would like to announce the roll-out of our #GetCovered ad campaign, highlighting the experiences of uninsured and underinsured LGBT folks and the barriers they faced accessing healthcare prior toContinue reading “Out2Enroll: Getting LGBT communities connected to care!”

“Home-Queer-Home” Rural Organizing

By Alex Aldana Blogging Scholarship Recipient Recap on Saturday’s SONG Rural Organizing workshop       A wrong turn down the second floor, in the hopes I could find the nearest wash room, and listening to the  echoes of vivid voices  on this particular room,, made me forget about my personal deeds in the toilet to whatContinue reading ““Home-Queer-Home” Rural Organizing”