Category Archives: Education

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

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!

“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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Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20

In the hopes that this memorial will one day become unnecessary, we mark Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20) with attention to health issues. The 2011 Institute of Medicine report The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a … Continue reading

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Understanding Queer!

Even though the term “queer” has been used for many many decades as a pejorative term, and now has been re-claimed as a term of pride to deliberately dismantle its negative implications, there still are many  folks that I encounter … Continue reading

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GLMA Nursing Summit Agenda – September 10, 2014

Join us if you can for the GLMA Nursing Summit to be held in Baltimore, Maryland on September 10, 2014!  Ifpo you cannot be there, watch the GLMA Nursing Section web site for full reports and information about the work we … Continue reading

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