January 9, 2013 Reposted at http://www.keystothecloset.blogspot.com,
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Mexico Removes Ban on Blood
Donations by Gay and Bisexual Men
Federal Judge Ordered Alabama to
Stop Segregating Prisoners Living with HIV
Call for Abstracts: GLMA’s 31st Annual Conference
Call for Papers: Journal of
Environmental and Public Health
Call for Manuscripts for
Literature Review
Event: Save-the-Date for GLMA in Los Angeles
Event: LGBT Inaugural
Celebration of Barack Obama & Joe Biden
Survey of LGBT Student Experiences at Academic Medical
Centers
Mexico
Removes Ban on Blood Donations by Gay and Bisexual Men
According to the Advocate
on December 28, 2012, a procedural change in Mexico went into effect on
December 25th, which lifts the country’s two-decade old ban on blood donations
by gay and bisexual men. The new policy instead bans donations from people with
HIV or hepatitis and their partners—regardless of sexual orientation—who engage
in “risky” sexual practices.
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Federal
Judge Ordered Alabama to Stop Segregating Prisoners Living with HIV
According to Fox
News on December 21, 2012, a federal judge issued a permanent
injunction ordering Alabama to stop segregating prisoners living with HIV, a
practice that violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The
injunction ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections to end its
discriminatory practices against prisoners living with HIV, including housing
them separately from all other prisoners, excluding them from work-release jobs
in the food industry, and a number of other rehabilitative, educational, trade
skills and vocational programs. "Today's decision is historic. It spells
an end to a segregation policy that has inflicted needless misery on Alabama
prisoners with HIV and their families," said Margaret Winter, associate
director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project and lead
counsel for the plaintiffs.
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Call for
Abstracts: GLMA’s 31st Annual Conference
GLMA invites you to be a part of the premier LGBT health conference by
submitting an abstract for this year’s Annual Conference in Denver, CO (Sept
18-21, 2013). GLMA’s Annual Conference educates health professionals and health
profession students about the unique health needs of LGBT patients. The
conference is a forum for discussion and exploration of how best to address
these needs as well as the needs of LGBT health professionals and health
profession students.
This year’s conference will place a special emphasis on the role of health
professionals in promoting positive, healthy LGBT communities. GLMA encourages
the submission of abstracts that explore avenues for optimizing health through
effective social supports and wellness, maintaining and improving function and
reducing disparities in LGBT communities.
For more on GLMA’s 31st Annual Conference and how to submit an abstract, please
click
here. Abstracts are due by March
11, 2013.
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Call for
Papers: Journal
of Environmental and Public Health
We have a need to publish data relevant to the sexual and gender minority
population and the Journal
of Environmental and Public Health has issued a special issue on
sexual and gender minority health. Manuscripts for this Special Section are due
January 25, 2013. Contact Dr.
McElroy, lead guest editor, with any questions. For more information on the
Call for Papers, please click here.
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Call for
Manuscripts for Literature Review
Seeking unpublished manuscripts, in press articles and data reports about
weight-related issues among lesbian and bisexual women for a comprehensive
review of the literature funded by the Office on Women's Health. We are a
collective of five projects nation-wide developing and testing interventions to
improve health among lesbian and bisexual women who are at risk for
weight-related health problems and would like to be in touch with anyone doing
this type of research. Please contact Mickey
Eliason if you are interested.
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Event:
Save-the-Date for GLMA in Los Angeles
Join GLMA members in Southern California for a reception to support LGBT health
equality! The reception will take place the evening of Saturday, February 2,
2013, in Los Angeles, CA. Click
here for more information!
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Event:
LGBT Inaugural Celebration of Barack Obama & Joe Biden
Building on the tradition begun in 1993, the LGBT community celebrates the
Inauguration. Join the HRC and many community sponsors for this historic
evening celebrating the Inauguration and the successes around the nation. The
event will include live musical performances, celebrity guests, dancing,
cocktail buffet and premium open bar.
Monday, January 21, 2013
8:00pm - 1:00am
The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
Washington, DC 20036
Tickets: $375
To purchase tickets, click here or call Box office
Tickets at (800) 494-8497.
GLMA is proud to be a community sponsor of this
event.
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Survey
of LGBT Student Experiences at Academic Medical Centers
The Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health is conducting an anonymous survey of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) experiences of students at
academic medical centers. Specifically, we are interested in the experience of
bias, discrimination and/or harassment due to sexual orientation and gender
identity. Survey participation is completely voluntary and anonymous, and
survey participation will imply informed consent.
The survey includes questions assessing instances of discrimination/harassment
of LGBT individuals at your medical center and the level of support available
for LGBT students and employees. The survey should take about 15 minutes to
complete and participation in the survey is voluntary. The survey is
confidential and responses will be stored in a secure database with access
restricted to Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, Kristen Eckstrand and Minoo Sarkarati. Click here to
complete the survey. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the
study PI Minoo Sarkarati.
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GLMA’s LGBT Health Digest is an electronic
newsletter with information and resources for health professionals concerned
about the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations.
The Digest highlights issues, events,
publications and other newsworthy items pertinent to LGBT health. Please feel
free to circulate the Digest to your
colleagues.
To sign up, send your request to digest@glma.org. Also, to submit an item to be considered for
publication in the Digest, please
send your request to Emily Kane-Lee at ekanelee@glma.org
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