Washington, DC – The National Coalition for LGBTQ Health announces that the 20th Annual National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week will be held March 21 – 25—and the theme is LIVE OUT LOUD for LGBTQ Health! The theme encourages everyone to speak openly about all aspects of LGBTQ health, providing an umbrella under which to discuss and raise awareness of mental health, transgender health, and stigma reduction through accessible, affirming, inclusive, and culturally competent healthcare services for LGBTQ individuals.
This theme was developed in part from responses to the Coalition’s Inaugural State of LGBTQ Health National Surveyâ„¢, which included input from nearly 2,500 LGBTQ health providers and highlights the most pressing healthcare issues faced by the LGBTQ community. The survey report and findings will be released during a webinar on Tuesday, March 22 (see below). Respondents indicated that the three most common problems LGBTQ patients contend with are mental health concerns, accessing gender-affirming care, and stigma from healthcare professionals and society at large. LIVE OUT LOUD aims to reduce stigma through normalizing discussion of LGBTQ people’s health, empowering LGBTQ individuals to voice their needs unapologetically.
The theme also represents resistance to fear and shame by raising our collective voice against those telling us, “Don’t Say Gay.” Anti-LGBTQ ideology and stigma still remain embedded in our political, social, and economic structures: In Florida, the passage of HB 1557 limits students’ access to inclusive information about gender and sexual orientation as well as support services at school; providing gender-affirming care for youth under 18 is currently considered child abuse in Texas; nationally and globally, 2021 saw the highest rates ever recorded of violence against transgender people, including homicide; reproductive rights and sexual health services endure ongoing attacks; and LGBTQ people continue to bear a disproportionate burden of our healthcare system’s failures.
WEBINARS
The Coalition will host the following webinars during National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, with registration open to the public.
The State of LGBTQ Health: Insights from a National Survey of Healthcare Providers
Tuesday, March 22 at 1pm EST
Register Here
Optimizing PrEP in Practice: Guidelines & Clinical Considerations, featuring Demetre C. Daskalakis, MD, MPH, Director, Division of HIV Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Free CME/CE available.
Thursday, March 24 at 1pm EST
Register Here
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Coalition also will lead a social media campaign on LGBTQ health issues during the Week along with over 240 partner organizations. The Coalition will provide a social media toolkit to its membership as well.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
The Coalition is proud to work with over 240 partner organizations to date and thousands of individuals on this year’s National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week. Organizations can sign up here to become a partner. Following are the partner organizations for the Week, as of March 2, 2022.
A Different Kind of Different, LLC
A Touch of Youth
Access Community Health
Ace and Aro Alliance of Central Ohio
Actualization Recovery Advancing Connecticut Together
Advocates for Youth African American Office of Gay Concerns
African Services Committee
AIDS Alabama
AIDS Funding Collaborative
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Project of the Ozarks
AIDS Walk South Dallas, Inc. Alcoholism Center For Women
Alder Health Services Alliance of AIDS Services Carolina
American Trans Resource Hub
Amida Care
Anchor Health
Apex Community Care
APLA Health
ASP Cares
Bay Integrative Wellness
Being Alive People with AIDS Action Coalition
Betances Health Center Bienestar Human Services
Brave Space Alliance
CA LGBTQ Health & Human Services Network California Health Collaborative CAMBA
CAMBA YMHP Program Capitol Ballroom Council CARE4ME Services Caribbean Women’s Health Association
Caring Communities Carolinas CARE Partnership Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare
CDC/ATSDR
CDO Executives
Center for Black Equity
Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services, Ithaca College
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
Cherry Health Children’s Health Cityworld Family Practice LLC
Clove Health / Our Bodies Florida
CME Outfitters Coastal Health District 9-1
Cobb & Douglas Public Health
Commando LLC Community Health Net Compass Community Center Compassion & Choices Corktown / HELP CrescentCare CrossOver Healthcare Ministry
DeKalb County Board of Health
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
Diversity Center of Oklahoma Inc
Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program Empower U Community Health Center
endoQueer
Epilepsy of Florida
Erie County Department of Health – Pennsylvania
Erie County Medical Center
Erie Gay News Escape AYA Cancer Existentialism
Family Counselng Service of the Finger Lakes
Family Planning of South Central NYFamily Wellness Outreach Center of Georgia
Finger Lakes Community HealthFresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center
Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center
GBMC
GO CARE Community Health Center
Golden Rule Services, Inc. GoodWorks: North AL Harm Reduction
Grand Rapids Pride Center Guided Path Psychological Services
Harlem Pride, Incorporated HBI-DC
He Is Valuable, Inc.
HealthHCV
HELP Center for LGBT Health & Wellness
Henry J Austin Health Center Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group-HCMSG
HI SIS
HIV and Aging Research Project – HARP-PS
HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute Houston Equality Dental Network
Hudson Pride Center Huntridge Family Clinic Identity Youth Center Impulse San Diego
Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health
IU Health Positive Link
John Snow, Inc.
JOLT Harm Reduction
Keck Medicine of USC Kintegra Health Kumukahi Health + Wellness
La Gender Inc Lackawanna College Pride Student Organization Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition
LGBT Technology Institute LGBTQ Center OC LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of HIV and STI Programs M-Care Healthcare
Mary’s House for Older Adults, Inc
MassEquality Maverick County Hospital District / Ryan White MCWP
MDHHS /Michigan HIV AIDS Council (MHAC) planning group Medical Advocacy and Outreach
Mercer Co. Health Dept Miami-Dade County Ryan White Part A Program
Middle Path Counseling Services
Mount Sinai Health System NACCHO
National Coalition of STD Directors
National LGBT Cancer Network
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
NECA AETC Oral Health Resource Center
Nevada Office of Minority Health and Equity
New England AIDS Education and Training Center
New Orleans Office of Health Policy & AIDS Funding
New York City Department of Health and Human Services – The New York HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council New York University Langone Long Island
North County LGBTQ Resource Center
North Idaho AIDS Coalition (NIAC)
Nyanza Reproductive Health Society
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
OHSU
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
One Colorado
Open Aid Alliance
Other Options, Inc.
PALSS, Inc.
Peace-Work
PeaceHealth
PGH Equality Center
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Places for People
POCAAN
Poderosos
Pomona Pride Center, Inc.
Positive Connections Positive Health Solutions Positively Aware magazine
Prairie State Legal Services HIV/AIDS Project
Pride Action Tank
Pride Center of Vermont Primary Care Development Corporation PROCEED INC. Project Safety Net
Project Street Beat at Planned Parenthood of Greater NY Project Vision Hawai’i
Q Care Plus
Q Center
Queens Health System Rainbow Advocacy Inclusion & Networking Services – RAINS Rainbow Center
RAO Community Health Ricky’s Pride
Ruth Ellis Center
RWPA
SafeSex808
San Diego American Indian Health Center
Sga- Delgado & PFLAG New Orleans/ Get Loud Louisiana SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change
SisterLove, Inc Southern Arizona AIDS FoundationSpectrum Medical Stubbs Chiropractic LLC Suffolk County Department of Health Services
Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services’ Office of Minority Health
Suncoast Health Council, Inc.
SUNY Sullivan Tapestry
Terros Health
The Boston Congress of Public Health
The Center
The Center on Colfax
The Equality Federation
The Frederick Center
The H Line (NYS HIV/STI/Hepatitis c Hotline)
The Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group, Inc.
The Lavender Clinic
The LGBTQ Center Long Beach
The LGBTQ Community Center of Southern Nevada (The Center)
The Montrose Center
The Society for Children Orphaned By AIDS Inc. (SOCOBA)
Tomah VA Medical Center- Department of Veterans Affairs
Totalhealthcare
Twin Health and Wellness Center
Ujima Men’s Collective Unified HIV Health and BeyondUniversity of Kentucky – Target4 Project University of Nevada, Reno University of Southern Maine Health Services
Until There’s a Cure Foundation
Urban Health Plan
VAC | Westbrook Clinics
Valley Medical Center Variety Care Virginia Department of Health Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey
VNACJ/Prevention Resource Network
W King Health Care Group
Waikiki Health
Washington AIDS Partnership Washington Health Institute
Watts Healthcare
Waves Ahead Puerto Rico WeCanStopSTDsLA
Wellness Services, Inc.
Western North Carolina Community Health Services, Inc.
Woman’s Hospital
YMCA of Honolulu
Young Invincibles
Youth Care Team – Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Youth for Development and Human Rights Advancement
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About the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health
The National Coalition for LGBTQ Health is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals through federal and local advocacy, education, and research. The Coalition represents and consists of: providers, practitioners, individuals, advocates alike who serve LGBTQ communities nationally, including individuals of every sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and age regardless of disability, income, education, and geography. Visit http://HealthLGBT.org for more information.