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- The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently allowed Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth to go back into effect. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Charles Wilson stated, “This matter is a medical issue, where patients are best left to make decisions alongside health professionals, with access to complete, unbiased information, as needed.” Wilson’s words demonstrate how bans…September 2024Advocacy
- Introduction: From 1969’s Stonewall to the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision for equal marriage, the expansion of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States has been an important development in the past century. LGBTQ+ health is a crucial part of this progress. While awareness of LGBTQ+ health and rights has been given more attention in the past decade, there is also legislation in…June 2024Advocacy
- Research has found that sexual and gender minorities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people (LGBTQI+), have higher rates of substance misuse and substance use disorders than people who identify as heterosexual. People from these groups are also more likely to enter treatment with more severe disorders. People in LGBTQI+ communities can face stressful situations…May 2024Substance Use and Misuse
- By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, the Human Rights Campaign strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people plus community members who use different language to describe identity are ensured equality and embraced as…January 2024Advocacy
- The Elton John AIDS Foundation funded ANOVA Health Institute in South Africa to create We The Brave, a sexual health campaign for men who have sex with men to protect and learn about HIV/AIDS. It is the first large-scale campaign ever in South Africa specifically for gay men which addresses both prevention and treatment issues in an affirming, non-judgmental and sex positive way that is…January 2024HIV, HIV, Global Health
- Nearly a third of all nations class LGBTQ+ people as criminals. Homosexuality is still punishable by death in 12 countries. This can make it impossible for the LGBTQ+ community – still one of the groups most affected by the HIV epidemic to get the healthcare they need. (author introduction)January 2024Advocacy
- October marks LGBTQ History Month, and this week on At Liberty we are honoring the legacy of LGBTQ activism throughout the AIDS epidemic. Throughout the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, AIDS claimed the lives of thousands of New Yorkers per year, with city, state, and national governments doing little to address the crisis. In response to government inaction and homophobia, a group of New York City…October 2023Advocacy
- Purpose of review: Global disparities in HIV infection, particularly among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), indicate the importance of exploring the multi-level processes that shape HIV’s spread. We used Complex Systems Theory and the PRISMA guidelines to conduct a systematic review of 63 global reviews to understand how HIV is socially patterned among GBMSM. The…July 2023HIV
- As the month of LGBTQ+ Pride approaches, it is worth noting the elevated and preventable health risks of those who are LGBTQ+. As two gay men who have been public health officials for a few decades, we see the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people as being at a crossroads. On the one hand, notable progress has been made since we began our public health careers when the health of LGBTQ+…May 2023Advocacy
- The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions increased preconception and postpartum insurance coverage among low-income birthing people, leading to greater use of outpatient care. In this study we evaluated whether the expansions affected rates of postpartum hospitalization. Our analyses took advantage of underused longitudinal hospital data from the period 2010–17 to examine…January 2023Adverse Birth Outcomes, Medicaid
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