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Transgender Access to Healthcare
Submitted by Elizabeth on 5 November 2007 - 10:50amJoin Outlaw, HIV Law Society and the Office of LGBT Student Services in a discussion of Transgender Access to Healthcare.
The transgender community faces numerous obstacles in the healthcare system including ignorance on the part of doctors, nurses, and administrators, outright discrimination by staff and practicioners, health insurance complications regarding coverage for services, and a host of other issues.
Join us on November 14th as members of the LGBT community, a lawyer, policy advocate, direct service provider, and healthcare trainer, discuss the issues around access to quality affordable healthcare for the transgender community and what they are doing to change the healthcare system.
Speakers:
Michael Silverman: Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund
Pauline Park: New York Association For Gender Rights Advocacy
Kim Watson: Community Healthcare Network's Transgender Program
GMHC
Submitted by Elizabeth on 20 July 2007 - 8:12pmTheir mission: to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority.
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Submitted by Elizabeth on 20 July 2007 - 8:05pmNew York City's only primary health care center dedicated to meeting the health care needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and people living with HIV/AIDS-regardless of any patient's ability to pay.
We are welcoming to all, regardless of sexual orientation or insurance coverage.
St. James Infirmary
Submitted by Elizabeth on 29 April 2007 - 5:17pmProviding health care, outreach, and research to sex workers.
