St. Louis serves up a new exhibit during PRIDE month. Learn more about it and the history of PRIDE in St. Louis.
New Missouri History Museum exhibit celebrates generations of LGBTQIA+ St. Louisans
Tag: LGBTQ Health
Former student works to advance health equity for older adults
Learn more about a former students work to advance health equity among older LGBTQ adults.
Celebrating generations of LGBTQ+ people in our community
Learn a bit of history on how PRIDE month has become a time to celebrate LGBTQ+ communities & health equality.
Service providers in Mexico try out tools to support migrants’ safe disclosure of sexual and gender-based violence
Service providers in Mexico try out tools to support migrants’ safe disclosure of sexual and gender-based violence: WashU puts research into practice
The role of law in addressing (or entrenching) transgender health-care discrimination
Written by Elizabeth Sepper, JD, associate professor in the School of Law Six years ago, a little known provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—Section 1557—marked the first time that federal law prohibited sex discrimination in federally funded health programs. This summer, a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule made clear […]
The fear of discrimination in LGBT healthcare
Written by Brett Tortelli, graduate student at the School of Medicine For many people talking about their sex life with their doctor can be uncomfortable. When someone reveals something so intimate about his or her personal life there is a fear of judgment. We as physicians are trained to ask our patients about their sexual practices […]
Queer aging: Implications for social work practice with LGBTQ older adults
In social work, the current evidence-based practice guidelines for working with LGBTQ older adults are offered by Fredricksen-Goldsen and colleagues (2014) who propose ten practice competencies that “account for the unique circumstances, strengths, and challenges facing LGBT[Q] older adults”. Two of these competencies are particularly aligned with social work values and ethics: Critically analyze personal […]