ALLMedicine™ LGBTQ Center

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Tobacco companies use price discounts, including coupons and rebates, to market their products. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities are targeted by these marketing strategies, contributing to inequitably high tobacc...

May 31st, 2021 - Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are associated with eating disorders (EDs), which occur across all sexual orientations and gender identities. Prior traumas and PTSD also are reported to occur significantly more frequently in indivi...

May 26th, 2021 - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) people and populations face myriad health disparities that are likely to be evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of our study were to describe patterns of COVID...

May 25th, 2021 - A well-developed body of literature demonstrates that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals experience poorer health outcomes and report worse health care experiences than straight/cisgender individuals. Many reforms s...

May 18th, 2021 - Though notable progress has been made in protections for LGBTQ people in the United States, they are still disproportionately victims of discrimination and harassment. Activism efforts on behalf of LGBTQ communities by heterosexual, cisgender peop...

Apr 29th, 2019 - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Institute estimates that between 5% and 10% of the general population identifies as LGBTQ. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 1.7 million newly diagnosed cancer cases and nearly 607,000...

Jan 15th, 2019 - This was the first nationwide study, to our knowledge, of oncologists assessing attitudes, knowledge, and institutional practices of LGBTQ patients with cancer. Overall, there was limited knowledge about LGBTQ health and cancer needs but a high in...

Nov 18th, 2018 - The purpose of this position statement is to reinforce the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) recognition that nurses must deliver culturally congruent care and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+) popu.

Sep 30th, 2018 - As a traditionally underserved population that faces numerous health disparities, youth who identify as transgender and gender diverse (TGD) and their families are increasingly presenting to pediatric providers for education, care, and referrals.

Aug 31st, 2018 - The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reaffirms its support of unrestricted access to legal marriage for all adults. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists believes that no matter how a child comes into a family,.

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Tobacco companies use price discounts, including coupons and rebates, to market their products. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities are targeted by these marketing strategies, contributing to inequitably high tobacc...

May 31st, 2021 - Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are associated with eating disorders (EDs), which occur across all sexual orientations and gender identities. Prior traumas and PTSD also are reported to occur significantly more frequently in indivi...

May 26th, 2021 - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) people and populations face myriad health disparities that are likely to be evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of our study were to describe patterns of COVID...

May 25th, 2021 - A well-developed body of literature demonstrates that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals experience poorer health outcomes and report worse health care experiences than straight/cisgender individuals. Many reforms s...

May 18th, 2021 - Though notable progress has been made in protections for LGBTQ people in the United States, they are still disproportionately victims of discrimination and harassment. Activism efforts on behalf of LGBTQ communities by heterosexual, cisgender peop...

May 10th, 2021 - More than 11 million individuals in the United States identify as LGBTQ+, and data show that this population has a shorter life expectancy and increased rates of suicide, violence, and cardiovascular disease, according to Keshav Khanijow, MD, of N...

May 10th, 2021 - The Biden administration is reversing a Trump-era policy that allowed healthcare providers to bar services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) patients. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave notice on Monda...

May 2nd, 2021 - Dermatologists cautioned colleagues to be aware of special hazards facing the LGBTQ community: A higher risk of skin cancer among gay men, possibly because of excess ultraviolet exposure, and acne in transgender people, who are especially vulnerab...

May 2nd, 2021 - Primary care for LGBTQ+ patients should focus on early identification and management of unique health risks, according to a leading expert. Patients who are transgender, for instance, are nine times more likely to commit suicide than the general p...

Apr 12th, 2021 - Stephen Snyder-Hill has waited more than a quarter-century to be heard. In 1995, as a 25-year-old student at Ohio State University, he says he was inappropriately examined and touched by Richard Strauss, MD, a former university team and health cen...