Education
Are you queer and unsure of how to approach the medical system? Are you a provider that wants to learn how to provide inclusive care? Check out the resources below!
Why We Need Queer Resources
LGBTQ+ Disparities in Healthcare
- Queer individuals experience healthcare disparities and poorer health than straight and cisgender individuals do.
- Healthcare providers lack immediate education and knowledge on how to treat queer people.
- Many healthcare providers feel unprepared in treating queer patients.
- There are disparities in treating queer people's mental health.
- Older queer individuals experience disparities in the healthcare field.
How Queer-Safe Healthcare Helps
- Telehealth is life-saving for LGBTQ+ individuals.
- Telehealth helps get rid of inequalities in healthcare.
Education
For Queer Individuals
Frequently Asked Questions
- What should I talk about with my healthcare provider?
- For Gay Men: Ten Things Gay Men Should Discuss With Their Health Care Providers
- For Lesbians: Ten Things Lesbians Should Discuss with Their Health Care Providers
- For Transgender Individuals: Top 10 Things Transgender People Should Discuss with their Healthcare Provider
- For Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals: What Do I Need to Know About Trans and Nonbinary Health Care?
- For Queer Women: Advice on Advocating for Yourself at the Doctor's Office
- Coming Out to Your Doctor
- What if I'm older?
- What if I'm a veteran?
- LGBTQ+ Veteran Healthcare: Nonbinary Veterans provides what to talk to your healthcare provider about and other resources specifically made to support veterans.
- Serving LGBTQ+ Veterans provides a long list of national resources for queer veterans.
For Healthcare Providers
What to Know About Queer-Safe Care
- LGBTQ Mental Health: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
- What Doctors Don't Know About LGBT Health
- 6 Things Patients Wish Physicians Knew About Gender Identity
- Gender Fluidity: What It Means and Why Support Matters
- Communicating With Patients Who Have Nonbinary Gender Identities
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Aging
Creating Safe Medical Spaces
- Creating LGBTQ-Friendly Practice
- Providing Inclusive Services and Care for LGBT People
- Addressing Health Care Disparities in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Population: A Review of Best Practices
- Putting Gender Inclusion into Practice
- The Battle Over Gender Therapy
- Treating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer IPV Survivors
- Stress & Trauma Toolkit for Treating LGBTQ in a Changing Political and Social Environment
- Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in EHRs
- Understanding Disability in the LGBTQ+ Community
Training
- Transgender Mental Health Course
- National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals (2nd Edition)
- The Nurses' (HEALE) Curriculum