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On Monday afternoon, the founders teamed up with the Tegan and Sara Foundation and Harvard Medical School’s LGBT program director, Jessica Halem, to talk healthcare with LGBTQ people and medical providers from around the world using the hashtag #QueerandCaredfor. Tegan and Sara are Canadian twin...

by Trish Bendix Seeing a Harvard Medical School diploma hanging in your doctor’s office may in itself be impressive, but now, for some LGBTQ patients, the degree may provide some additional comfort. With a new LGBTQ elective course, the incorporation of LGBTQ health needs into existing courses and...

By Alice Pettway “It’s hard to know who you can trust.” Those are the words of a 26-year-old gay student at a U.S medical school who participated in a Stanford University School of Medicine study examining the experiences of sexual and gender minority medical students. In particular, the survey...

By Ellen Barlow Bullying started early for Nicole Maines, now a college freshman, who has known since she was 2 years old that she was not the boy she was born as. She wanted to dress as Ariel the mermaid in a world that expected her to be a Batman. By age 12, her transition was complete. She took...

Read original oped here: USA Today: Trump's transgender ban is cruel, medically unethical and damaging to the US military by Robert H. Goldstein Though President Donald Trump tweeted his solidarity with LGBT Americans as PRIDE month began, his actions speak louder than words. His administration’s...

Take a moment — yes, right now — to consider your gender. Do you identify as a woman, man, or another gender: essentially, how would you describe your gender identity? How do you show your gender to other people through how you look or act — in other words, your gender expression? And has your...

Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. For Rhi Ledgerwood, who was designated female at birth, identifies as trans and doesn’t have sex with men, it was a doctor advising about condoms and pregnancy prevention. For Tim...

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce the Archives for Diversity and Inclusion. Building on the successes of the Archives for Women in Medicine program, the Archives for Diversity and Inclusion will expand in scope to include acquiring the research, teaching, and professional...

Double discrimination from both heterosexual and homosexual communities was a common theme mentioned by all three researchers. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, an assistant professor at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, mentioned that bisexuals are "often experiencing discrimination from...

Jennifer Potter, MD, LGBT Population Health Program Director and Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute, has been named a Professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS). An announcement from the HMS LGBTQ and Allies group cited the appointment as recognition of Dr. Potter’s “hard work in LGBT health research...