FOCUS
QUESTIONS
1. What does the term LGBT mean?
2. What are some of the health issues that people in the LGBT community may encounter? (the answer to this is typically very wide: from issues of social stigma to inability to do a transgender surgery because there are no hospitals in New York that are approved for that)
3. What are some of the social issues (stigma, social acceptance, bullying, work discrimination) that impact lives of the members of LGBT community?
4. How easy or difficult is it to be a transgender individual in our society?
5. Does your high school have LGBT students? How are they treated and do they have a club of their own?
6. What can be done to make sure that members of the LGBT community have proper access to healthcare that they need and experience less stigma in our society?
7. What organizations address the issue of health and wellness in the LGBT community?
LINKS
1 What does the term LGBT mean?
Heartland Alliance International:
http://www.rainbowwelcome.org/faq#faq1
USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/01/lgbtq-questioning-queer-meaning/26925563/
Tahoe Safe Alliance:
https://tahoesafealliance.org/for-lgbqtia/what-does-lgbtqia-mean/
OK2BME:
http://ok2bme.ca/resources/kids-teens/what-does-lgbtq-mean/
University of Michigan Spectrum Center:
https://internationalspectrum.umich.edu/life/definitions
Youth Engaged 4 Change:
http://engage.youth.gov/blog/lgbt-key-terms
2. What are some of the health issues that people in the LGBT community may encounter? (the answer to this is typically very wide: from issues of social stigma to inability to do a transgender surgery because there are no hospitals in New York that are approved for that)
Healthy People.org:
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-health
National Institutes of Health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1070935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081377/
Identities MIC:
https://mic.com/articles/92349/11-major-obstacles-to-equality-that-lgbt-americans-still-face-in-2014#.w71okzmZQ
Catalyst:
http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-workplace-issues
National Alliance on Mental Illness:
https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/LGBTQ
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA12-4684/SMA12-4684.pdf
CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/
http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/stigma-and-discrimination.htm
Transgender Equality:
http://www.transequality.org/issues
Glaad:
http://www.glaad.org/publications/understanding-issues-facing-transgender-americans
3. What are some of the social issues (stigma, social acceptance, bullying, work discrimination) that impact lives of the members of LGBT community?
Identities MIC:
https://mic.com/articles/92349/11-major-obstacles-to-equality-that-lgbt-americans-still-face-in-2014#.w71okzmZQ
National Association of Social Workers:
http://www.socialworkers.org/diversity/new/lgbt.asp
Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/4-lgbt-issues-to-focus-on-now-that-we-have-marriage-equality-20150629
American Civil Liberties Union:
https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights
SAGE:
https://www.sageusa.org/issues/general.cfm
CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/stigma-and-discrimination.htm
PEW Research Center:
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/06/13/chapter-2-social-acceptance/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/25/how-lgbt-adults-see-society-and-how-the-public-sees-them/
Stop Bullying.gov:
https://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/groups/lgbt/
No Bullying.com:
https://nobullying.com/lgbt-bullying-statistics/
The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/14/a-scientific-look-at-the-damage-parents-do-when-they-bully-their-gay-kids/?utm_term=.620f598165e1
Mental Health America:
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/bullying-and-gay-youth
4. How easy or difficult is it to be a transgender individual in our society?
National Center for Transgender Equality:
http://www.transequality.org/issues
Human Rights Campaign:
http://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-transgender-community
Advocates for Youth:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/497-tips-and-strategies-for-addressing-the-challenges-that-face-transgender-youth
USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/22/transgender-primer-manning/2687869/
The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/parker-marie-molloy/anti-transgender-discrimination_b_4273822.html
5. Does your high school have LGBT students? How are they treated and do they have a club of their own?
ACLU:
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/lgbt-high-school-students-what-do-if-you-face-harassment-school
https://www.aclu.org/other/how-start-gay-straight-alliance-gsa
GLSEN:
http://www.glsen.org/learn/research/national
The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/health/gay-lesbian-teenagers-violence.html?_r=0
Tolerance.org:
http://www.tolerance.org/lgbt-best-practices
GSA Network:
https://gsanetwork.org/get-involved/start-gsa
6. What can be done to make sure that members of the LGBT community have proper access to healthcare that they need and experience less stigma in our society?
LGBT Health Education:
http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/Improving-the-Health-of-LGBT-People.pdf
Center for American Progress:
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/reports/2009/12/21/7048/how-to-close-the-lgbt-health-disparities-gap/
APA:
https://www.apa.org/about/gr/issues/lgbt/disparities-brief.pdf
Chron:
http://work.chron.com/solutions-lgbt-discrimination-workplace-school-23934.html
National Center for Transgender equality:
http://endtransdiscrimination.org/action.html
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/29/lgbt-health-disparities-stigma-us
7. What organizations nationally address the issues of health and wellness in the LGBT community?
Alliance for Strong Families and Communities:
http://www.alliance1.org/magazine/issue1-12/serving-lgbt-community
CenterLink:
http://www.lgbtcenters.org/localstatenational-groups.aspx
GLSEN:
http://www.glsen.org/
Diversity Best Practice:
http://www.diversitybestpractices.com/news-articles/22-lgbt-organizations-you-need-know
GLAAD:
http://www.glaad.org/
Useful Links:
http://www.glsen.org/
http://www.glaad.org/
http://www.tolerance.org
http://www.transequality.org
https://nobullying.com
http://www.lgbthealtheducation.org
https://www.stopbullying.gov