Health, HIV & Addiction Topics in the LGBTQ+ Community

Services aimed at the trans community are a matter of “life and death” as government policies aim to restrict support.

Evidence suggests that some sexual and gender minorities — especially people of color — are hesitant to get vaccinated due to mistrust of the medical establishment.

The major insurance carrier will cover breast augmentation.

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine has been selected by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as the assistant secretary of health and human services in the forthcoming administration. Levine, who has served as the state's top health official since 2017, would become the first openly transgender federal official if confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

15% of overall LGBTQ participants in a 2020 Center for American Progress survey, and 28% of transgender participants, postponed or avoided care due to discrimination.

WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Jesse Ehrenfeld and medical student Nicolas Leighton about the importance of visible LGBTQ physicians to help patients and fight bias in medicine.

Will they go back on, when and if this ever ends? And if it doesn’t, what happens to our sex lives?

"Kissing can spread COVID-19 and rimming might spread it," the NYC health department warns.

From 1999 to 2018, Adam struggled with drug abuse. He said that like many, his crystal meth addiction was helped by gay dating apps like Grindr.

Medical schools are beefing up education on LBGTQ health issues. And some schools are making a major push to recruit LGBTQ medical students, backed by research showing that patients often get better care when treated by doctors more like them.

Normally just $99, MISTR has eliminated the high out-of-pocket costs normally associated with accessing PrEP, but also understands that even $99 can be unaffordable for some. To mark the 31st anniversary of World AIDS Day, MISTR will offer its online PrEP service for just $49, from December 1st to December 15th, using code DEC19.

One in 5 LGBT adults has avoided medical care for fear of discrimination, according to a recent survey, and 80 percent of physicians surveyed say they feel "not competent" to treat LGBT patients.

Demetre Daskalakis, who previously oversaw disease control in New York City, will take on one of the most vexing challenges in the immunization campaign.

The data itself is not new, and advocates are urging the Biden administration to step up efforts to reach queer Americans. 

A company named FOLX Health recently launched as "the first-ever digital healthcare service provider specifically designed to provide customized medical plans for the LGBTQIA+ community" to address the frequent discrimination and even violence in healthcare.

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UCSF Medical Center was the first major hospital in the nation to participate in the Index when it was created in 2007 and is the only institution to have received Equality Leader status every year since then. 

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