LibGuides: LGBTQ Healthcare: Basics

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Einstein Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Steering Committee

The mission of the Einstein LGBT Steering Committee of the Office of Student Affairs is to establish and maintain an environment to support the personal and professional development of LGBT students and to prepare all students to address LGBT-related health disparities and health care issues.

Basics for Health Professionals

Sexual and Gender Minority Health Resources

Guidelines, Reports, & Policies

Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records Taking the Next Steps
Do Ask, Do Tell: Talking to your health care provider about being LGBT
Improving the Health Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People: Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities
Medical Care of Trans and Gender Diverse Adults (PDF)
Promoting Health Care Access to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Farmworkers
Providing Inclusive Services and Care for LGBT People: A Guide for Health Care Staff (PDF)
Transgender Women and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know

8 Best Practices for HIV Prevention among Trans People
Behavioral interventions to reduce risk for sexual transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men.
Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Disorders of Sex Development in Childhood
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed.
The new edition of the comprehensive resource used to diagnose and classify mental disorders. It is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health.
Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents seeking health care for their children: a systematic review of the literature (Structured abstract)
Practice Guidelines for LGB Clients - American Psychological Association (APA)
Practice parameter on gay, lesbian, or bisexual sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and gender discordance in children and adolescents.
Standards of Care (SOC) for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (from WPATH)
Transgender Standards of Care in English and many other languages

For Professionals Who Work with Youth

American Psychological Association (APA)

• Promoting safe school policies for all youth
• Protecting the right to privacy around sexual orientation and gender identity for youth in schools
• Collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools
• Developing anti-bullying efforts within schools
• Developing programs to increase school engagement for sexual orientation and gender identity minority children and youth
• Increasing access to facilities and programs for youth and children based on their gender identity, not their assigned gender
• Research on LGBTQ youth and school engagement