LGBTQIA+ Resources
We invite you to explore the following LGBTQIA-centered resources curated by CYFAM.
Healthcare Professionals - Treatment
Here are a few resources CYFAM has compiled for LGBTQIA-centered treatment.
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The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a healing justice organization committed to transforming mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC). We work at the intersection of movements for social justice and the field of mental health to integrate healing justice into both of these spaces. Our overall goal is to increase access to healing justice resources for QTPoC.
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University of Iowa
UI Health Care's LGBTQ Clinic serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community.
Every member of our clinic staff has had LGBTQ-specific cultural humility training. This training, through the Safe Zone Project, is to make sure our clinic setting is welcoming and assuring for all our patients.
Patients with disabilities and non-English speakers are welcome. Our clinic provides full-service health care to meet the LGBTQ health care needs.
LGBTQIA+ Conferences
Kindly note that conferences are listed in chronological order.
Upcoming (2024)
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Sponsoring Institution: Harrisburg University
Dates:
• Thu, April 4, 2024 (11:00 AM EST) — Fri, April 5, 2024 (5:00 PM EST)Location: Hybrid
• Virtual
• UPMC Health Sciences Tower, Harrisburg University, 222 Chestnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101—
The Pennsylvania Department of Health, Office of Health Equity presents the 2024 Health Equity Summit: Joy and Justice. The 2024 Health Equity Summit unites vital stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and disciplines towards the goal of eliminating health disparities in Pennsylvania by 2030. This dynamic 2-day event will foster the emergence of bold and improved solutions that raise awareness about health equity and address differences in health outcomes across communities. Health Equity involves holistic effort to grow cultural competence and racial equity while eliminating barriers to optimal health for individuals. The Summit will promote collaborative engagement amongst various professionals to ensure that people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can live their healthiest and best lives.
The theme for this year’s summit is: “Joy and Justice” We envision a Commonwealth where everyone has the opportunity to live a joyful life with justice for all. -
Sponsoring Institution: Indiana University
Dates:
• Thu, April 11, 2024 (time TBA) — Fri, April 12, 2024 (time TBA)Location: TBD
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The LGBTQ+ Health Care Conference is a three-day event designed for healthcare professionals, learners, researchers, patients, community organizations and interested community members who seek to understand the unique health considerations and barriers to health care in the LGBTQ+ population.Attendees will learn how to provide respectful, patient-centered, culturally competent health care by developing skills to establish rapport, recognize barriers to medical care, offer LGBTQ+ patients competent primary care and/or referrals to such care and identify the unique health risks in the LGBTQ+ population.
Topics will include supporting gender diverse youth; community advocacy; navigating insurance and the law; supporting families of gender diverse people; HIV/STI risk reduction; inclusive sexual health practices; family building in the LGBTQ+ community; minority stress; bisexual health; identity development; spiritual care; introduction to gender-affirming hormone treatments; gender-affirming surgery topics; preventing homelessness and more!
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Sponsoring Institution: Med Student Pride Alliance (MSPA)
Dates:
• Sat, April 13, 2024 (11:00 AM EST) — Sun, April 14, 2024 at (7:00 PM EST)Location: Virtual
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Join us on April 13-14th, 2024 as we host our 3nd annual MSPA Conference. Come learn what medical students are doing for research projects, take part in workshops to learn about getting into medical school or applying to residency, get some leadership development and learn more on how to do advocacy work while being in medical school. This event will be held virtually to maintain minimal cost to pre-medical and medical students. We are proud to continue to host this even geared toward exclusively supporting LGBTQIA+ pre-medical and medical students. -
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Sponsoring Insitution: World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Dates:
• Wed, September 25, 2024 (time TBD) — Tue, September 30, 2024 (time TBD)
Location: Avenida Engenherio Duarte, Pacheco 15, 1070-100 Lisboa, Portugal
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The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Our 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. We are funded primarily through the support of our membership, and through donations and grants sponsored by non-commercial sources.Mission: To promote evidence based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health.
Vision: We envision a world wherein people of all gender identities and gender expressions have access to evidence-based healthcare, social services, justice and equality.
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Sponsoring Institution: Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP)
Dates:
• Thu, May 2, 2024 (7:30 AM EST) — Sat, May 4, 2024 (5:00 PM EST)Location: Belfer Research Building, 413 E 69th St, New York, NY 10021
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The LGBT Health Workforce Conference is the largest and most well known national LGBT health workforce conference in the United States held annually in New York City. The conference provides an overview of up-to-date practices (climate, educational, research, and clinical) in preparing the health care workforce to address the health concerns and disparities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. This conference is designed for health professionals (M.D., D.O., P.A.-C., R.N., N.P., Pharm.D., D.D., Ph.D., Ed.D., public health practitioners, social workers, psychologists, etc.), researchers, educators, administrators, and students (pre-health professions, professional schools, and graduate), but all interested are invited to attend. CME credit will be available.Our mission is to help prepare the health care workforce to address the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities, and to provide professional development resources to support these goals.
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Sponsoring Institution: GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality (previously known as the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association)
Dates: Mon, September 30, 2024 (10:00 AM EST) — Wed, October 2, 2024 (12:00 PM EST)Location: Charlotte, NC
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Since its inception in 1981, GLMA's Annual Conference on LGBTQ+ Health has served as the premier scientific conference for LGBTQ+ and allied health professionals to share innovative healthcare breakthroughs and interventions, as well as the latest research on LGBTQ+ health. The conference is open to health care providers of all disciplines, researchers, academics, health administrators, policy experts, advocates, and all LGBTQ+ health supporters. -
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University
Dates:
• Thu, August 15, 2024 (time TBA) — Sat, August 17, 2024 (time TBA)Location: Emory Conference Center Hotel, 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329
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The National LGBTQ Health Conference is an interdisciplinary translational research conference bringing together scientists, public health professionals, and healthcare providers to discuss issues affecting the health and wellbeing of the LGBTQ community. The largest scientific gathering of its kind in the United States, the conference also fosters professional development and provides networking opportunities.The National LGBTQ Health Conference was founded in 2012 by the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) at Northwestern University and Center on Halsted, the largest LGBTQ community center in the Midwest. In 2019, Emory University joined the conference as a partner.
Concluded (2022-2024)
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Sponsoring Institution: Yale School of Medicine
Dates:
• Concluded April 30—May 1, 2022
Location: Virtual
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The Q-Forward conference* aims to engage and inspire future LGBTQIA+ leaders in health care in the areas of research, clinical care, education, and policy/advocacy.
This virtual conference will include a keynote speaker, plenary sessions, interactive workshops, and posters that address the development of LGBTQIA+ future leaders in health care. Current students in the health care professions and undergraduate students who are interested in studying health care are invited to attend this event, as well as residents/advanced trainees and faculty with an interest in developing leadership among students. -
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Sponsoring Institution: Howard Brown Health
Dates:
• Concluded September 14— 15, 2022
Location: Hybrid
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The Midwest LGBTQ+ Health Symposium 2022 (MLHS 2022), presented by Howard Brown Health’s Center for Education, Research and Advocacy, brings together healthcare professionals, educators, researchers, and advocates from across the country to disseminate evidence-based practices and engage in rigorous discussion around issues relating to the health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. -
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Sponsoring Institution: Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Dates:
• Concluded March 15 | April 12 | May 10 | June 21, 2023
Location: Virtual
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To best share these findings with our community, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is partnering with the Pennsylvania Public Health Association (PPHA) to present Pennsylvania's LGBTQIA Virtual Health Summit. Featuring expert keynote speakers, community moderators, and findings from the PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment, this presentation series builds on momentum built by last year’s virtual Pennsylvania LGBTQIA Health Conference to share critical information on the health and wellness needs of LGBTQIA Pennsylvanians.
Each virtual event will feature a keynote speaker, 2022 PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment presented by the research team, and a Q&A session moderated by an LGBTQIA community advocate working with one of the many incredible community-based organizations that make the PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment possible. -
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Sponsoring Institution: Stony Brook University
Dates:
• Concluded March 29, 2023
Location: Hybrid
• Virtual
• Duke Auditorium at Chancellor's Hall, 39 Tuckahoe Road, Southampton, 11968
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This symposium contains a series of lectures that will focus on key learning points regarding basic LGBTQ Health care education. There will be opportunities at the end on the presenters' lecture to facilitate further learning. We believe that a live in-person symposium will bring passionate individuals together to learn from one another and network in order to build a strong collaborative team to meet the needs of the LGBTQ patient population. -
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Sponsoring Institution: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Dates:
• Concluded May 6-7, 2023
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111
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The 2023 National Transgender Health Summit (NTHS) will present cutting edge research, evidence-based educational sessions, and training opportunities across many disciplines, with an emphasis on HIV. This landmark program will be our sixth NTHS, and we expect over 1,000 attendees. We have hosted Summits in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
The 2023 NTHS will create sustainable networks for healthcare, mental health, policy makers, HIV prevention professionals, and other stakeholders to advance transgender health across health disciplines. We are building the Summit Program through a combination of peer-reviewed session abstracts and curated content selected by the track chairs and the planning committee. The program will provide a professional forum for the sharing of best practices, innovative techniques, and cutting-edge research. -
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Sponsoring Institution: United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH)
Dates:
• Concluded November 2-5, 2023
Location: Virtual
Past Program Guide
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* Adapted from the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (USPATH) Bylaws.
[USPATH’s] stated purpose is to provide a mechanism whereby professionals from various subspecialties of such disciplines as medicine, mental and behavioral health, and the law, residing and practicing in the United States of America, may interact and communicate with each other to share research and clinical practice experience affecting the health and well-being of transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people.
USPATH is a regional affiliate of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). -
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Sponsoring Institution: The N.E.W. Mental Health Connection
Dates:
• Concluded November 3, 2023
Location: The DoubleTree, 123 E Wisconsin Ave, Neenah, WI 54956, United States
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Statement of purpose: The purpose of this activity is to build relationships between health systems and the LGBTQ community through increasing knowledge, practice and skills of gender affirming care for healthcare professionals that is developmental, inclusive of identities, and trauma informed.
Statement of who should attend: This activity is designed for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and mental health counselors.