Corey Prachniak serves as Chair of LGBT HealthLink’s Steering Committee and is a healthcare and LGBT rights attorney. Corey tweets @CPrachniak. As Chair of LGBT HealthLink‘s Steering Committee, I am happy to announce that we are looking for two individuals to join our diverse and active group. The Steering Committee supports HealthLink’s staff by advisingContinue reading “Apply by June 5th to be on HealthLink’s Steering Committee”
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Building A Culture of Health in the LGBT Communities
Scout, Ph.D. Director LGBT HealthLink [The following is a transcript of a speech I gave at the LGBT Health Funding Summit on January 28, 2015. The transcript has been slightly edited for readability.] My name is Scout, and as many of you know, I’ve been working with HealthLink for about 9 years and in LGBTContinue reading “Building A Culture of Health in the LGBT Communities”
For Immediate Release- LGBT HealthLink Grades States on LGBT Tobacco Integration
PRESS RELEASE December 10, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Dr. Scout (954) 765-6024 scout@lgbtcenters.org LGBT HealthLink Grades States on LGBT Tobacco Integration Ft. Lauderdale, FL – December 10, 2014 – LGBT HealthLink today announced the first ever grades for state tobacco programs’ LGBT inclusion practices. The grades, based on a survey of best practices originally conductedContinue reading “For Immediate Release- LGBT HealthLink Grades States on LGBT Tobacco Integration”
“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”
LGBT Wellness Roundup: October 5
As published on Huffington Post’s new LGBT Wellness blog, see original at: http://ow.ly/DhVNO Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with bloggers Liz Margolies and Scout, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness, visit our page dedicated to the topic here. TheContinue reading “LGBT Wellness Roundup: October 5”
New Mexico Convenes a Large LGBTQ Health Summit
Scout, Ph.D. Director of LGBT HealthLink This year’s Sexual and Gender Diversity Summit in New Mexico was all about health, tackling the topic: “New directions for LGBTQ health and wellbeing.” I had the pleasure of being invited to give a keynote and it was a packed house. Almost 200 people crowded into the University ofContinue reading “New Mexico Convenes a Large LGBTQ Health Summit”
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”
Can You Help Your State Incl LGBT in Their 5 Yr Tobacco Plan? 2 Webinars Thu.
Scout, Ph.D. Director of LGBT HealthLink What’s our October focus? Glad you asked. All state departments of health are busy responding now to a once every five year chance for them to write a proposal for more federal tobacco money. And for the first time we’ve succeeded in making sure LGBT was mentioned as aContinue reading “Can You Help Your State Incl LGBT in Their 5 Yr Tobacco Plan? 2 Webinars Thu.”
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”
Advocating for a Brighter Future: Our Views, Our Issues & Our Lives
Felecia King, Project Specialist LGBT HealthLink Blogging from the National Black Justice Coalition’s Out on the Hill Conference. So day 2 was not as invigorating as Day 1. However, I am noticing a common arising theme, African-American LGBT people, as a group, feel under-served, misrepresented and mistreated. It was “Issue AdvocacyContinue reading “Advocating for a Brighter Future: Our Views, Our Issues & Our Lives”
LGBT HealthLink, The Network for Health Equity 