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Gender Identity Pronouns Assigned Sex Gender Gender ID ≠ Sexual Orientation ≠ Sex ≠ Gender Expression GENDER IDENTITY Psychological Sense of Self Male Two-Spirit Agender Genderless Female Gender-Queer Gender-Fluid Enby PRONOUNS Respectful Communication he/him/his she/her/hers they/them/theirs ze/hir/hirs none (use name) something else SEXUAL ORIENTATION Romantic/Erotic Attraction to Men, Women or Multiple Genders heterosexual asexual demisexual pansexual bisexual lesbian gay queer homosexual ASSIGNED SEX Anatomy/Chromosones/Hormones male female intersex GENDER EXPRESSION Overall Communication/Perception of Gender masculine feminine gender-neutral gender-variant hyper-masculine hyper-feminine butch femme androgynous gender non-conforming CISGENDER TRANSGENDER Your biological sex Your biological sex aligns with your does not align with gender identity your gender identity Johanna M. Dolan B.Msc., SIC, RCP, RPS . [email protected] www.DOLANASSOC.com © 2019 Dolan Research International Infographic created by Additional Participant Resources General LGBT and LGBT Health Advocacy Human Rights Campaign (HRC): www.hrc.org HRC advocates on behalf of LGBT Americans, mobilizes LGBT HealthLink: www.lgbthealthlink.org grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests strategically LGBT HealthLink works to support the many local tobacco to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates the public control and health equity advocates to eliminate tobacco use about LGBT issues. and other health disparities for all LGBT people. o Healthcare Equality Index: http://www.hrc.org/hei o It’s Time for Smoking to Come Out of the Closet infographic: https://www.lgbthealthlink.org/Assets/U/Documents/smoki o Health and Aging resources: ng%20infographic-05-15.pdf https://www.hrc.org/explore/topic/health-and-aging GLAAD: www.glaad.org Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA): GLAAD works with print, broadcast and online news sources www.glma.org to bring people powerful stories from the LGBT community GLMA is the world’s largest and oldest association of lesbian, that build support for equality. And when news outlets get it gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health care professionals. wrong, GLAAD is there to respond and advocate for fairness GLMA’s mission is to ensure equality in health care for lesbian, and accuracy. gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and health care providers. o GLAAD’s Media Resource Guide: https://www.glaad.org/reference o GLMA’s LGBTQ-affirming healthcare provider directory Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network o Cultural Competence webinar series: (GLSEN): www.glsen.org http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage GLSEN works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn &pageId=1025&grandparentID=534&parentID=940 and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. Gay Men Institute for Gay Men’s Health: www.gmhc.org National Coalition for LGBT Health: The Institute for Gay Men’s Health (IGMH) at GMHC is com- https://healthlgbt.org/ mitted to HIV prevention in the context of wellness among gay The Coalition is committed to improving the health and men, men who have sex with men (MSM) and their affiliated well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals communities. through federal advocacy that is focused on research, policy, education, and training. Gay Health Advocacy Project at Columbia University: https://health.columbia.edu/content/gay-health- National LGBT Health Education Center at Fenway advocacy-project Health: www.lgbthealtheducation.org A group of concerned students and medical staff at Columbia The National LGBT Health Education Center provides University organized the Gay Health Advocacy Project in 1985 educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care to address the health-related needs of gay men affected by the organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective emerging HIV epidemic. health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Lesbians National Center for Transgender Equality: www.transequality.org The Mautner Project: www.whitman-walker.org/ The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a The Mautner Project of Whitman-Walker Health is committed 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the to improving the health of women who partner with women equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration including lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, through and empowerment. primary medical care, support services, education and advocacy. Lesbian Health and Research Center: Center of Excellence for Transgender Health: The Lesbian Health and Research Center at the University of transhealth.ucsf.edu California at San Francisco works to speed up the pace of re- The mission of the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health search for the LBTQ community and to close the gap in LBTQ is to increase access to comprehensive, effective, and affirming health disparities. health care services for trans and gender-variant communities. Bisexual Men and Women o Acknowledging Gender and Sex: An online course for healthcare providers: Bisexual Resource Center: www.biresource.net https://prevention.ucsf.edu/transhealth/education/acknow The Bisexual Resource Center envisions a world where love is ledging-gender-sex celebrated, regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression. Because bisexuals today are still misunderstood, o Primary Care Protocol for Transgender Patient Care: marginalized and discriminated against, the BRC is https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines committed to providing support to the bisexual community and raising public awareness about bisexuality and bisexual o Transgender Issues in HIV: people. https://lgbthealtheducation.org/wp- American Institute of Bisexuality: content/uploads/2018/03/Delivering_HIV_Prevention_Car www.americaninstituteofbisexuality.org e_Transgender_People.pdf The American Institute of Bisexuality encourages, supports and Intersex assists research and education about bisexuality, through pro- grams likely to make a material difference and enhance public Intersex Society of North America: knowledge, awareness and understanding about bisexuality. www.isna.org The Intersex Society of North America Transgender and Genderqueer (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an Transgender Legal Defense Fund (TLDEF): anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or www.transgenderlegal.org female. Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is committed to o Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Disorders of Sex ending discrimination based upon gender identity and Development in Childhood: expression and to achieving equality for transgender people https://isna.org/books/clinical_guidelines/ through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, and public policy efforts. o Teaching Intersex Issues: http://www.isna.org/teaching_kit o Tips for Parents: http://www.isna.org/articles/tips_for_parents MyPronouns.org: www.mypronouns.org Advocates for Informed Choice: A practical resource dedicated to the empowering and https://aiclegal.wordpress.com/ inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language. Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC) was founded in 2006 This website will help you understand what and how to use through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship and continued with the pronouns someone goes by. an Echoing Green Fellowship, AIC is the first, and only, organization in the U.S. to undertake a coordinated strategy of legal advocacy for the rights of children with intersex conditions or DSDs (differences of sex development). People of Color Youth The Audre Lorde Project: www.alp.org Make the Road: www.maketheroad.org The Audre Lorde Project Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and The Globe Project at Make the Road NY works with schools in Transgender People of Color center for community organizing, Brooklyn and Queens to address the institutional homophobia focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, that drives students to drop out of school. Globe also fights job education and capacity-building, works for community wellness discrimination against transgender New Yorkers and promotes and progressive social and economic justice. community awareness and understanding of LGBTQ discrimination and oppression. o The SOS Collective Anti-Violence Program: FIERCE! www.fiercenyc.org https://alp.org/programs/sos A community organizing project for transgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two Spirit, queer, and questioning (TLGBTSQQ) o Trans Justice political group for trans and gender nonconforming people of color: youth of color in New York City. FIERCE includes the https://alp.org/TransJustice Education for Liberation Project (ELP), a paid training program which provides comprehensive community organizing, Gay Men of African Descent: www.gmad.org political education, and anti-oppression trainings to our GMAD offers a wide range of programs for the black gay constituency. community, including HIV testing, support groups, technical assistance, training and advocacy. o Transgender youth and the prison industrial complex: https://srlp.org/trans-youth-and-the-prison-industrial- APICHA: www.apicha.org complex/ APICHA is a community health center in Chinatown, New York Hetrick Martin Institute: www.hmi.org City, that specializes in care for Asian and Pacific Islanders, trans* A comprehensive package of direct services, including a high people, LGB people, HIV+ people, and other
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