Fear of facing discriminatory behavior within the health care system, along with other factors, may keep members of the LGBTQIA+ community from receiving cancer diagnoses.

The healthcare needs of the LGBTQ community go beyond HIV testing and prevention, of course, but you wouldn’t know it from watching typical pharma TV ads. In fact, nearly half of the people surveyed in a new study think pharma companies aren’t doing enough to reach out to members of the LGBTQ community,

“Many doctors see her from the point of view that she ’should be’ a man, who for them is so weak that he resorts to wearing feminine garments.”

Employers have the power to create a foundation for strong mental health and growth.

As Pride approaches, a San Francisco digital health behemoth has picked up a health care navigation company focused specifically on the LGBTQ+ population.

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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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.

Discrimination, delays and systemic hurdles prevent young trans people from reaching the care they need, a new study finds.

The month-long, virtual celebration will focus on the holistic care of the queer and trans community and features curated events led by world-renowned leaders dedicated to the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of LGBTQ+ people.

The move comes as the care challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ community increasingly catch policymakers and investors' eyes.

Over 180 LGBTQI and allied community organizations have signed on to an open letter to health leaders calling for an end to the invisibility of LGBTQI people in health data. Community leaders ask for data collection in health records, research, surveillance, clinical trials and more. They provide sample measures and urge health leaders not to wait further before making LGBTQI health data collection routine.

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.

Wayne Carkeek struggled with the anxiety of being out as gay before discovering CBD. Ministry of Hemp Podcast on CBD & its benefits for the LGBTQ community.

The slight, bespectacled doctor speaking at a White House briefing on TV revived bleak, 30-year-old memories for Gary Cooper. Dr. Anthony Fauci's reassuring voice guided Cooper and thousands of gay men worldwide through the terrifying AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Now, as Cooper watches and listens to Fauci issue stark but calm warnings about the threat of the coronavirus, the 74-year-old who has spent the past 35 years living with HIV has a...