NCLR Praises Obama Administration for Advancing LGBTQ Health Care Equality

by Bethany Woolman | Apr 1, 2011 | Obama administration, HHS, hospital visitation

Statement by NCLR Federal Policy Director Maya Rupert, Esq. (Washington D.C., April 1, 2011)—Today, as part of LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced significant efforts it has taken, and several others in development, to improve the health and well-being of the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. HHS’ announcement responds to President Obama’s April 2010 memorandum requesting that HHS protect LGBTQ patients’...

NCLR, Equality California Applaud New Federal Report Urging Researchers to Collect LGBTQ Health Data

by Bethany Woolman | Mar 31, 2011 | Obama administration, HHS, hospital visitation

(San Francisco, CA, March 31, 2011)—A groundbreaking report released today by the Institute of Medicine urges medical researchers to include the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities in health studies to gain a better understanding of their lives and unique health care needs at different stages of life. Authored by leading experts on LGBTQ health, “The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Understanding” concludes that the...