Category Archives: Activism

13th Annual LGBT Health Awareness Week March 23-27, 2015

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Peggy L Chinn

LGBT Health Awareness Week was established by the National Coalition for LGBT Health to promote increased health awareness and outcomes in the LGBT community and promote the need for greater cultural competency in the healthcare system. This year’s theme is … Continue reading →

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HIV/AIDS 30 Years On: MSM Ignorant, In Denial

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Thomas Lawrence Long

For more than three decades we have lived with HIV/AIDS. The earliest years of the epidemic were characterized by both dread and hope, anxiety and action. Community-based peer education and activism emerged among sexual minority collectives. When public officials failed … Continue reading →

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Kelli Dunham calls for LGBT Culturally Competent Care on NPR Blog!

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

“Health News from NPR” just posted an excellent article by nurse Kelli Dunham focused on health disparities in the LGBT community that are aided and abetted by inadequate care for LGBT people and their families.  She points to the recent … Continue reading →

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LGBTQ and Straight Professionals Working Together to Advance LGBTQ Health Care

Posted on August 12, 2014 by nursted

Welcome to Theodora Sirota, who is now a contributor to our blog!   As an advanced practice psychiatric nurse, I am aware that heterosexism has dominated most LGBTQ health care. Sexual minority communities experience health care disparities mainly due to … Continue reading →

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Gay College Presidents – Organizing for Change!

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

Last week “Inside Higher Ed” published an article that starts with the sentence “The number of gay college presidents has increased rapidly in the past seven years.”  What a revelation this is!  Even though I have spent my entire career … Continue reading →

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