By: Andrew Shaughnessy @andrewshag For the LGBT community health is a complicated matter. It is further complicated when health insurance companies deny or exclude certain forms of coverage that for some are basic health needs. For LGBT folks seeking gender-affirming health care coverage barriers exist at every turn — until the Affordable Care Act. OrContinue reading “Ending Exclusions Under Obamacare”
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Taking a Breath: First Night at the Conference on LGBTI Health Research
Herukhuti, Ph.D., M.Ed. Professor, Goddard College Founder and CEO, Center for Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality I awoke this morning feeling a familiar restriction in my chest. Asthma held at bay a part of the air I depend upon to breathe. My rescue inhaler, acquired from someone else, read fourteen more puffs of relief medicine. IContinue reading “Taking a Breath: First Night at the Conference on LGBTI Health Research”
Vice President shout-out to LGBT community for ACA enrollment awesomeness
The Network for LGBT Health Equity Keepin’ you in the loop! Passing on the good news! With the end of open enrollment only a few days away, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius hosted a call yesterday thanking LGBT community centers, health centers, and organizations for their work inContinue reading “Vice President shout-out to LGBT community for ACA enrollment awesomeness”
It’s Not Too Late To Get Covered!
Felecia King Project Specialist The Network for LGBT Health Equity LGBT people make up for 3.5 percent of all Americans, bringing us to about nine million people. And, one in every three LGBT people don’t have health insurance (which is more than two times higher than theContinue reading “It’s Not Too Late To Get Covered!”
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!”
LGBT HealthLink, The Network for Health Equity 