2018
MAR
21
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018, 08:00am - Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018, 09:00am
Location
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
HEALTH IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY:
Improving Care and Confronting Discrimination
Presented jointly with NPR
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
The Leadership Studio, Kresge 10th Floor
NEW SERIES TIME: Noon– 1:00pm ET
Please RSVP HERE
More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans report that they have experienced violence, threats or harassment because of their sexuality or gender identity. Nearly one in five LGBTQ people has avoided seeking medical care for fear of discrimination. In this Forum, experts in LGBTQ health will explore health disparities and discrimination that impact the LGBTQ community. Drawing from a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, our panel will look at the impact of these experiences on physical and mental wellbeing -- and what can be done to help.
EXPERT PARTICIPANTS
Logan Casey, Research Associate, Harvard Opinion Research Program
Ashland Carter, Director of Public Education and Research, Human Rights Campaign
Kenneth Mayer, Co-Chair and Medical Research Director, The Fenway Institute
Sari Reisner, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
MODERATOR
Joe Neel, Deputy Senior Supervising Editor and a Correspondent on the Science Desk, NPR
Can’t Attend in Person? Watch at ForumHSPH.org
E-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. Or Tweet them to @ForumHSPH using #LGBTQ
We also will stream live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Forumhsph/
We'll also be conducting a live chat on The Forum’s HEALTH IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY web page.
The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can during a limited Q&A. If time does not allow for us to ask your question, we encourage you to continue the conversation by posting comments on our website at ForumHSPH.org.