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LGBTQ+ Health
"LGBT individuals face health disparities linked to societal stigma, discrimination, and denial of their civil and human rights. Discrimination against LGBT persons has been associated with high rates of psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, and suicide. Experiences of violence and victimization are frequent for LGBT individuals, and have long-lasting effects on the individual and the community" (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, n.d.).
This curated guide pulls together resources on LGBTQ+ health including resources for pediatric LGBTQ+ health.
References
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health. (n.d.) HealthyPeople.gov. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-health
Resources
Affirmative Counseling with LGBTQI+ People by Publication Date: 2017-03-02Handbook will guide educators, students, and clinicians in developing the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to work effectively with LGBTQI+ populations.
A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care by Publication Date: 2018This comprehensive resource outlines the latest research and recommendations to provide you with the requisite knowledge, skills, and awareness to treat TNGC clients with competent and affirming care. As you know, TNGC clients have different needs based on who they are in relation to the world
Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Patient by Publication Date: 2019An up-to-date, multidisciplinary resource on transgender health care and surgery. Covers all aspects of transgender health care, beginning with epidemiology and history and progressing to an in-depth review of the complex transition for patients, including mental health services, endocrine and hormone therapy treatment, and surgical options.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare by Publication Date: 2016This book contains up-to-date expertise from physicians renowned for their work in LGBT health. This important text fills an informational void about the practical health needs of LGBT patients in both the primary care and specialty settings remains, and serves as a guide for LGBT preventive and specialty medicine that can be utilized within undergraduate medical education, residency training, and medical practice.
LGBT Health: Meeting the Needs of Gender and Sexual Minorities by Publication Date: 2017Offers a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of mental, medical, and public health conditions within the LGBT community. This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs.
LGBTQ Cultures by Publication Date: 2017Drawn from real-world experience and current research, the fully updated LGBTQ Cultures, 3rd Edition paves the way for healthcare professionals to provide well-informed, culturally sensitive healthcare to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients. vital guide fills the LGBTQ awareness gaps, including replacing myths and stereotypes with facts, and measuring the effects of social stigma on health. Vital for all nursing specialties, this is the seminal guide to actively providing appropriate, culturally sensitive care to persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
The Remedy by Publication Date: 2016To remedy means to heal, to cure, to set right, to make reparations. The Remedy invites writers and readers to imagine what we need to create healthy, resilient, and thriving LGBTQ communities.
Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care: the Fenway Guide by Publication Date: 2021Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care: The Fenway Guide offers a roadmap for clinicians who seek to provide culturally responsive care that meets the primary, preventive, and specialty health care needs of transgender and gender diverse adult patients. Authored by Fenway Health clinicians, researchers, staff members and other national experts, the Guide highlights best practices in care from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders.
Trans Medicine by Publication Date: 2021As providers navigate the developing knowledge surrounding the medical care of trans folk, Trans Medicine offers a rare opportunity to understand how providers make decisions while facing challenges to their expertise and, in the process, have acquired authority not only over clinical outcomes, but over gender itself.
Trans Reproductive and Sexual Health by Publication Date: 2022Focusing on reproductive and sexual justice, this important book explores in detail both the challenges that trans people face when negotiating reproductive and sexual health in restrictive social contexts, and their agency in advocating for change.
Trauma, Resilience, and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients by Publication Date: 2017This book has two goals: to educate healthcare professionals about the effect of identity-based adversity on the health of their LGBT patients, and to outline how providers can use the clinical encounter to promote LGBT patients’ resilience in the face of adversity and thereby facilitate recovery.
The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health by Publication Date: 2015Written by leading experts in the field of LGBT health in conjunction with The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health, one of the most trusted and respected community- based research, education, and care centers, this edition continues to present the important issues facing patients and practitioners.
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Publication Date: 2019Gender Queer: A Memoir is a 2019 graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe. It recounts Kobabe's journey from adolescence to adulthood and the author's exploration of gender identity and sexuality, ultimately identifying as being outside of the gender binary.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Health Inequalities by Publication Date: 2015Examines inequalities experienced by LGBT people and considers the role of social work in addressing them. The book is organized in three parts: the first provides a policy context in four countries, the second examines social work practice in tackling health inequalities, and part three considers research and pedagogic developments.
LGBT Psychology and Mental Health by Publication Date: 2017Brings together concise, substantive reviews of what is new or on the horizon in science and in key areas of clinical practice. It will equip professionals at institutions with mental health programs that deal with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues with information and insight to help psychologists, mental health clinicians, and counselors better serve the LGBT populations that, increasingly, are seeking their services.
This Book Is Gay by Publication Date: 2021This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it's like to grow up LGBTQ also includes real stories from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, not to mention hilarious illustrations.
- Journal of LGBT Health ResearchProvides an innovative forum for LGBT health issues and highlights the best of social-, psycho-behavioral and biologically-based public health research and health services access/utilization evaluation.
- LGBT HealthThe only peer-reviewed journal covering all areas pertinent to the health of and healthcare services for sexual and gender minority populations worldwide.
- Archives of Sexuality & GenderResearch a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.
- Healthcare Equality Index 2018: Rising to the New Standard of Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Patients and Their FamiliesIn addition to being a valuable tool and resource for healthcare facilities, the HEI is used by LGBTQ patients and their loved ones to find facilities that provide equitable and inclusive care.
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender HealthAn overview of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's goals and objectives to improve the health, safety, and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals
- Stanford Medicine - LGBTQ-MedsAn activist and social organization, dedicated to raising awareness of queer health issues and promoting equal social and political rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.
- Stanford Medicine - LGBTQ Medical Education Research GroupSignificant contributor to the field of LGBT health by creating and communicating new knowledge through innovative research, by influencing health and educational policies, and by advocating for LGBT patients and providers.
Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth by Publication Date: 2018An in-depth, comprehensive look at different types of mental health needs of transgender and gender diverse youth, how these intersect with gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, and provides practical information on how to ethically, responsibly, and sensitively care for these patients.
AM:STARs LGBTQ Youth: Enhancing Care for Gender and Sexual Minorities by Publication Date: 2018Offers adolescent specialists and primary care physicians timely information on matters relating to adolescent health and wellness.
Pediatric Gender Identity by Publication Date: 2020A guide to key topics regarding pediatric gender identity to help clinicians better care for transgender and gender diverse youth. Written by experts in the field, it covers critical considerations for child health providers from a variety of disciplines in a range of clinical settings.
The Pride Guide by Publication Date: 2018Written explicitly for the almost ten percent of teenagers who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or any of the unique identities that are not heterosexual/ cisgendered. It explores sex, dating, relationships, puberty, and both physical and online safety in one resource.
