New Report Aims to Help Evaluate Critical LGBTQ+ Health Data Collection
The report provides the NIH with guidance for gathering data on gender and sexuality, key to understanding disparities across marginalized populations.
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Nashville CARES is pleased to announce the appointments of Dakerri Rhone as the new Community Engagement & Volunteer Manager and Karen Gregg as the new...
Healthcare is Self-Care
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Preventative and routine maintenance healthcare is a main component of self-care. The way the U.S. healthcare system has been set up, people typically only...
Did Biden Uphold His Promises to LGBTQ+ Americans in His First Year?
One year into his presidency, Biden has fulfilled many of those promises but has fallen short on others. We broke down Biden’s LGBTQ+ platform...
I Don’t Want to Stop Saying ‘AIDS’
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As someone who was already writing about advances in HIV treatment in 2001 when I was diagnosed, I truly never worried I would die...
Nashville CARES Announces New COO
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Nashville CARES is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Hoke, LCSW as Chief Operating Officer of the organization.
ACA Health Insurance Plans Need More Protections for LGBTQ+ People, White House Says
Health insurance plans offered through the Affordable Care Act that exclude coverage of gender-affirming treatment for transgender people are discriminatory, the Department of Health...
Work Resumes on Nation’s Only Major Transgender Study
The data has been used by Congress, the Supreme Court and medical institutions for everything from writing legislation to creating social service programs. But...
It Begins With You
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Dez explained that when she was younger she knew she wanted to help others but didn’t know what that was going to look like....
Virtual Mental Health Services are More Available Than Ever. Is it Enough?
The marginal increase in efficiency isn’t enough to accommodate the mammoth upswell in people experiencing signs of mental distress — especially since there already...