This article highlights important findings on LGBT healthcare from the Human Right Campaign’s annual Healthcare Equity Index.
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The PRIDE Study, the nation’s first long-term national health study of LGBTQ+ people, has relaunched on a web-based platform to reach a more diverse pool of applicants.
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This knowledge piece is intended to give public health professionals peer-led insight into how they can better reach and serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) populations in their work.
Enhancing Cancer Survivorship among LGBTQ Individuals
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A Silent Epidemic?
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