This image shows the logo of the University of Wisconsin – Madison medical student group, PRIDE in Healthcare. The logo is a rainbow colored 7-pointed star with a banner across it bearing the group’s name. Their webpage states: “Our name stands for Promoting Recognition of Identity, Dignity, and Equality in Healthcare. Our main goals are to improve the conditions of healthcare for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people—and for those who may not identify as LGBT, but who do not have strictly hetero-normative sexual practices, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We also hope to increase quality and quantity of LGBT content in medical education, to raise awareness of LGBT health disparities and their causes while cooperating with professional and community members, and to provide a social forum for LGBTQ/allied students and professionals in the health sciences.”
As LGBT pride month in the U.S. draws to a close, The Courier-Post brings us an article on LGBT patients’ access to health care, with obstacles ranging from stigmatizing treatment and discrimination to lack of access to health insurance due to employment discrimination:
A 2010 survey of LGBT patients found that 70 percent of transgender and gender nonconforming patients and nearly 56 percent of gay, lesbian and bisexual patients said they experienced some form of discrimination in health care, including harsh or abusive language, physical abuse, or rough handling. Some said their providers denied care, or refused to touch them.
For more on this, the Editor of IJFAB Blog suggests you read the 2014 Kaiser Family Foundation’s report on access to health care for LGBT patients and/or the Institute of Medicine’s 2011 report on the health of LGBT patients.
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You might also find something of value in past IJFAB Blog entries on LGBTqi issues, including several that deal specifically with trans health care access.
