Category Archives: Events

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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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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GLMA Nursing Summit Registration Open Now!

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

  It is happening on September 10, all day, in Baltimore, Maryland!  The GLMA Nursing Summit promises to be another inspiring – and historic – day for nursing and for LGBTQ health!  If there is any way for you to … Continue reading →

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GLMA board approves Nursing Section!

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

The board of directors of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality unanimously approved the formation of a section specifically for nurses, with details to be finalized over the next few months. The organization has taken this step not only to … Continue reading →

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Sports Matters!

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

We are, at this very moment in time, starting to see the end of suffering in silence for LGBTQ athletes.  This landmark moment is marked by the 2014 winter Olympics in Russia, a country that has life-threatening laws against LGBT … Continue reading →

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