LGBTQIA+ Resources

"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning or queer (LGBTQ) patients should always be treated with dignity when seeking and receiving health care. But often, they experience significant disparities in care and barriers to health care access that can lead to potential health complications. It’s critical to protect LGBTQ patients from discrimination that threatens their health and well-being. You have the opportunity to to create a welcoming and inclusive clinical environment. Simple changes to practices, policies and staff training can dramatically improve access and the experiences of LGBTQ patients, resulting in the respectful care they deserve."

"This toolkit provides clinics with guidance and resources to implement recommendations that are likely to improve services for SGM people and individuals who are intersex or have differences of sex development."

"A 10-Hour Curriculum for Preclinical Health Professions Students"

Aimed at preclinical medical and dental students, this workshop is designed to help students recognize and respond to microaggressions in clinical practice. Includes facilitator guides, case examples, and other workshop materials.

The Health Equity Rounds (HER) program serves as a forum for practitioners across training levels to address structural racism and implicit bias. HER could serve as a component of larger, multifaceted efforts to decrease structural racism and implicit bias in health care.

"A selective collection of web resources archived by the National Library of Medicine beginning in 2024 related to Sexual and Gender Minority health, including health disparities and health resources for the LGBTQ+ community. This collection includes federal government websites, organizational and advocacy websites, websites of leading gender-affirming clinics in the U.S., and other personal narratives. Archived websites are primarily in English. NLM will continue to develop, review, describe, and add content to the collection. The web archive is being developed in collaboration with the NIH Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office."

The World Health Organization has developed a software tool that helps researchers, faculty and students explore and compare health inequalities in different countries. You can read more about application of this tool in the following article:

Hosseinpoor, A.R., Nambiar, D., Schlotheuber, A. et al. Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT): software for exploring and comparing health inequalities in countries. BMC Med Res Methodol 16, 141 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0229-9 https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-016-0229-9

The AAMC has curated a collection of videos, articles, and online resources to assist our member institutions, constituents, and the public in learning more about and exploring the complex issues and strategies related to LGBTQIA+ persons and make health care more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

The ADL offers helpful suggestions and strategies for having classroom conversations with young people about LGBTQIA+ persons. There are also many resources linked.

"APA has produced many resources to educate the public, support the work of psychologists and inform public policy about LGBTI people and their lives and health"

This toolkit defines respectful dialogue, identifies goals for faculty, staff, and students, provides strategies, and shares additional resources and supports.