Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Medical Records Can Reduce Disparities
It’s time to require sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in electronic health records nationwide.
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Read more: What the Supreme Court’s LGBT Discrimination Decision Means for Health Care What the Supreme Court’s LGBT Discrimination Decision Means for Health Care
In light of Monday’s Supreme Court decision, many are now wondering whether—and how—the new HHS rule interpreting Section 1557 of the ACA might be affected.
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Read more: New TWIHL with Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby New TWIHL with Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby
By Nicolas Terry This episode was recorded at our recent conference entitled Getting Real About Health Care for All. An outstanding panel at the conference was asked the question, “Can We Make Health Care Inclusive?” To answer that question we welcomed Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. They approached the question from…
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Read more: “Ex-Gay” Speaker, Attempted Suicide, and HCSMs “Ex-Gay” Speaker, Attempted Suicide, and HCSMs
On February 16, Jackie Hill-Perry, an outspoken speaker against homosexuality, delivered a controversial, unapologetically homophobic speech at Harvard’s Emerson Hall. Harvard College Faith and Action, the religious student group that invited Hill-Perry, reserved all the center-front seats for attendees “engaged in protest,” who were “welcomed” to their space of worship. This seemingly beneficent seating arrangement,…
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Read more: LGBT Backlash Legislation and the Politics of Biology LGBT Backlash Legislation and the Politics of Biology
By Maayan Sudai Of the many responses to the monumental victory of the gay marriage movement in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, one was a backlash of legislative proposals submitted by conservative groups. A popular target was the regulation of sex-segregated public spaces like bathrooms, schools, etc. – also called “bathroom bills” – in Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and other states. The anti-LGBT bills are…