LibGuides: LGBTQ Healthcare: Basics

Digital Initiatives Librarian

Winifred King

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Einstein Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Steering Committee

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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

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