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The LGBT Checkbox on Medical Forms

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Michael Johnson

The Washington Post recently published a piece on its advice column about the importance of including check boxes on medical forms to identify LGBT people. The advice column included quotes from Hector Vargas, executive director of GLMA, and Liz Margolies, … Continue reading →

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Coming Out to Our Patients: Dilemmas of Bedside Nursing

Posted on October 27, 2014 by laurabrimberry

I’m out. I’m out to most everyone; even some of my closest colleagues are aware. But, just when I think I have finally conquered my own discomfort with my coming-out process and embraced myself, my patient asks me: “Are you … Continue reading →

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From Music Festivals to College Campuses: Trans* and Women’s Communities

Posted on October 25, 2014 by monashattell

Co-authored by Elizabeth McConnell Some of you may have read the article “When Women Become Men at Wellesley,” authored by Ruth Padawer, in last week’s New York Times Magazine. Padawer skillfully and thoughtfully brings to light the challenges related to … Continue reading →

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Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Mickey

Don’t you just love it when you read something that jolts you to attention; that makes you consider another perspective? I had that experience a few weeks ago when I read an article in the Hastings Center Report special issue … Continue reading →

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Victory in California!

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Michael Johnson

If you have not heard, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that includes specific recommendations for the inclusion of LGBTI health in continuing medical education (CME). The law amends the current cultural competence law to include information … Continue reading →

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