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In this glossary, you will find terms relevant to the health care and identities of LGBTQIA+ people.
Compiled by PFLAG, a large and well-respected LGBTQ+ advocacy network, this glossary defines a large number of terms relevant to the LGTBQ+ community.
Open Access Media
The AAMC is pleased to bring you a set of online, on-demand video resources on a range of diversity and inclusion topics. The Diversity 3.0 Learning Series includes interviews with thought leaders and experts, faculty career development webinars, guidance on institutional strategic planning and culture and climate assessment, and presentations on innovative programs at AAMC member institutions.
Over the past 10 years, people have shared over 70,000 unique #ItGetsBetter stories to show how things got better for them.
As of 2010, over 115,000 same-sex couple households have children, and that number is growing. Providing high-quality health care for LGBT couples seeking to adopt or conceive is essential in creating an environment that is tolerant of the unique needs of these populations. Participants in this webinar will gain a broad understanding of the physician’s role in various contemporary family building options.
Quality Healthcare for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People is an education program open to anyone interested in learning about the healthcare needs of LGBT people. This cultural competence four-part series will explore the health concerns and healthcare of LGBT people.
Includes Resources for Families and Communities Organized by Region
Fenway Health advocates for and delivers innovative, equitable, accessible health care, supportive services, and transformative research and education. They focus on LGBTQIA+ people, BIPOC individuals, and other underserved communities.
GIRES is a UK wide organisation whose purpose is to improve the lives of trans and gender diverse people of all ages, including those who are non-binary and non-gender.
Healthy People 2030 focuses on collecting data on LGBT health issues and improving the health of LGBT adolescents in particular.
Information and resources regarding LGBT health disparities and advocacy from the Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
Men's Health Network (MHN) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to reach men, boys, and their families where they live, work, play, and pray with health awareness and disease prevention messages and tools, screening programs, educational materials, advocacy opportunities, and patient navigation.
SIECUS advances sex education through advocacy, policy and coalition building.
Advocacy:
AccessMatters is known locally for its community engagement and health promotion work to improve health outcomes for HIV affected women and families, HIV positive consumers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
AXYS, the Association for X and Y Chromosome Variations, is an advocacy, education and support organization for individuals with X and Y chromosome variations and their families.
FORGE strives to create a world where ALL voices, people and bodies are valued, respected, honored, and celebrated; where every individual feels safe, supported, respected, and empowered.
Through the expertise of members and in collaboration with other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights and health organizations as well as with health associations and policy-makers at all levels, GLMA is a major force in the effort to ensure the health and well-being of LGBTQ individuals and families.
Work locally, nationally and globally on issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. HRC partners with people across demographics, industries and governments to provide leadership on how to back up pro-equality statements with real action.
Conducts rigorous community-based medical and behavioral research, cultivates responsive healthcare professionals, and advances policies that affirm the lives of LGBTQ people and their families.
interACT uses innovative legal and other strategies to advocate for the human rights of children born with differences in their genitals, chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive anatomy.
NCTE is a team of hard-working staff members supported by a nationwide community of transgender people, allies, and advocates with an extensive record of winning life-saving change for transgender people.
The National LGBT Cancer Network works to improve the lives of LGBT cancer survivors
Promotes human rights and equality for all intersex people through art, education, and action, to ensure an end to all forms of intersex oppression, such as social and legal erasure, workplace discrimination, infanticide, and the practice of subjecting intersex minors to medically unnecessary sex organ surgeries that they did not request but that are recommended to due to extreme prejudice against intersex traits and people.
Out2Enroll is a national initiative launched in September 2013 to connect communities—LGBT people and our families, friends, and allies—with the new health insurance coverage options available under the Affordable Care Act.
PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies.
SAGE stands proudly with the LGBT pioneers across the country who’ve been fighting for decades for their right to live with dignity and respect.
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
Professional Associations:
The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a professional organization for sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists.
AGLP is an independent organization from APA, but works closely with APA through LGBTQ+ representation on the APA Assembly (the LGBT Caucus of the APA), APA position statements, LGBTQ+ Committees of the DSM, the creation and staffing of an AIDS Committee, Awards, such as the Dr. John Fryer, M.D., Award, and research and advocacy of particular interest to the LGBTQ+ Community through our quarterly Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. AGLP offers an online referral service to those seeking LGBTQ+-friendly counselling, support, and psychiatric treatment.
The Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues highlights LGBTQ news and topics related to patients and physicians.
Advancing the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge on gender identity and sexual orientation to benefit society and improve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's lives.
Since its founding in 1975, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus has been an association of public health professionals committed to furthering LGBT issues within the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the field of public health at large.
GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments.
The Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies is a membership organization founded in 1979 and dedicated to the prevention and treatment of alcoholism, substance abuse, and other addictions in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer communities.
The mission of the LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee (LGBTQAC) is to advocate for an environment of inclusion, respect, equity and appreciation of differences in both athletic trainers and their diverse patient populations. The committee will identify, explore, address and provide educational resources regarding emerging topics and concerns relevant to diverse sexualities, gender identities and gender expressions within the profession and health care topics affecting patients in the LGBTQ+ community.
We empower LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM by providing education, advocacy, professional development, networking, and peer support. We educate all communities regarding scientific, technological, and medical concerns of LGBTQ+ people.
A network of lesbian, sexual minority women and gender expansive physicians committed to each other’s professional and personal growth in a feminist space.
Professional, supporting, and student members engage in clinical and academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally.