Category Archives: LGBT Health

The matter of choice

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

This past week I saw the new HBO documentary “The Case Against 8,” which was fascinating, and inspiring.  The film makers followed the case for over 5 years, filming interactions involving the lawyers and the plaintiffs as the process unfolded. … Continue reading →

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Sexual Minority Aging and Resilience

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Thomas Lawrence Long

Aging is not for the feckless, as my mother used to complain before succumbing to its insults in 2012. The troubles of physical and mental decline come sometimes as single spies and also as whole battalions (to paraphrase Shakespeare). For … Continue reading →

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Leading Nursing Journal Features LGBT Health Issues!

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

The June 2014 issue of the American Journal of Nursing features an article authored by Fidelindo A. Lim, DNP, RN, Donald V. Brown Jr., MA, and Sung Min Justin Kim, BSN, RN  titled “Addressing Health Care Disparities in the Lesbian, Gay, … Continue reading →

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“Special Circumstances” and the ACA (Affordable Care Act)

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Peggy L Chinn

Among my friends in my local community are a number of wonderful lesbian musicians!  In fact, there are times when we feel almost like we have landed in the middle of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival .. at least for … Continue reading →

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How Safe Is Oral Sex?

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Thomas Lawrence Long

Readers of a certain age will recall having learned in the mid-1990s, thanks to U.S. President Bill “I Did Not Have Sex with That Woman” Clinton, that oral sex was not sex. Beyond semantic quibbling, this perception has been documented among … Continue reading →

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