Patient perceptions of power dynamics are a root cause of our healthcare woes

Fact: patients are clueless about the clinician-patient relationship

Sociopolitics and the social determinants of health: you can’t have one without the other

LGBT Content in Health Assessment Textbooks

by Olivia Homer

A new study evaluated nursing textbooks for LGBT inclusivity and found very little relevant content, especially content that…

PrEP Has a Race Problem

Over 500,000 non-Hispanic African Americans are estimated to benefit from a once-daily PrEP pill for HIV prevention. In 2015, only 1% had been prescribed the HIV prophylactic drug.

PrEP and Disability Insurance: It’s Everybody’s Issue

More people have access to Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention than ever before, but stigmatizing barriers and…

LGBTQIA Diversity Training in Healthcare

Many healthcare organizations now recognize the need for LGBTQIA diversity training. However, surface discussion of explicit bias rarely shifts the needle on more…

Using Chosen Names for Trans Youth Helps Reduce Risk of Suicide and Depression

by Olivia Homer

For transgender youth with chosen names that differ from the one given to them at birth, use of…

Supporting LGBTQ Youth At School

A new CDC survey shows state-by-state changes across eight domains of…

If You See Me, Count Me

The federal government ignores broad support, yet again, to collect population data on LGBTQ+ Americans in the 2020 Census and American Community Survey (ACS).