Washington, DC – The National Coalition for LGBTQ Health announces that the 20th Annual National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week will be held March 21 – 25, 2022 and the theme is LIVE OUT LOUD for LGBTQ Health! The theme encourages everyone to speak openly about all aspects of LGBTQ health, providing an umbrella under which to discuss and raise awareness of mental health, transgender health, and stigma reduction through accessible, affirming, inclusive, and culturally competent healthcare services for LGBTQ individuals.
This theme was developed in part from responses to the Coalition’s Inaugural State of LGBTQ Health National Survey™, which included input from nearly 2,500 LGBTQ health providers and highlights the most pressing healthcare issues faced by the LGBTQ community. The survey report and findings will be released during a webinar on Tuesday, March 22 (see below). Respondents indicated that the three most common problems LGBTQ patients contend with are mental health concerns, accessing gender-affirming care, and stigma from healthcare professionals and society at large. LIVE OUT LOUD aims to reduce stigma through normalizing discussion of LGBTQ people’s health, empowering LGBTQ individuals to voice their needs unapologetically.
The theme also represents resistance to fear and shame by raising our collective voice against those telling us, “Don’t Say Gay.” Anti-LGBTQ ideology and stigma still remain embedded in our political, social, and economic structures: In Florida, the passage of HB 1557 limits students’ access to inclusive information about gender and sexual orientation as well as support services at school; providing gender-affirming care for youth under 18 is currently considered child abuse in Texas; nationally and globally, 2021 saw the highest rates ever recorded of violence against transgender people, including homicide; reproductive rights and sexual health services endure ongoing attacks; and LGBTQ people continue to bear a disproportionate burden of our healthcare system’s failures.
WEBINARS
The Coalition will host the following webinars during National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, with registration open to the public.
- The State of LGBTQ Health: Insights from a National Survey of Healthcare Providers
Tuesday, March 22 at 1pm EST - Optimizing PrEP in Practice: Guidelines & Clinical Considerations, featuring Demetre C. Daskalakis, MD, MPH, Director, Division of HIV Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Free CME/CE available.
Thursday, March 24 at 1pm EST
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Coalition also will lead a social media campaign on LGBTQ health issues during the Week along with over 300 partner organizations. The Coalition will provide a social media toolkit to its membership as well.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
The Coalition is proud to work with over 300 partner organizations to date and thousands of individuals on this year’s National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week. Following are the partner organizations for the Week, as of March 2, 2022.
| A Different Kind of Different, LLC A Touch of YouthAccess Community HealthAce and Aro Alliance of Central Ohio Actualization Recovery Advancing Connecticut Together Advocates for Youth African American Office of Gay ConcernsAfrican Services Committee AIDS Alabama AIDS Funding Collaborative AIDS Healthcare Foundation AIDS Project of the Ozarks AIDS Walk South Dallas, Inc. Alcoholism Center For Women Alder Health Services Alliance of AIDS Services Carolina American Trans Resource Hub Amida Care Anchor Health Apex Community Care APLA Health ASP Cares Bay Integrative Wellness Being Alive People with AIDS Action CoalitionBetances Health Center Bienestar Human Services Brave Space Alliance CA LGBTQ Health & Human Services Network California Health Collaborative CAMBACAMBA YMHP Program Capitol Ballroom Council CARE4ME Services Caribbean Women’s Health Association Caring Communities Carolinas CARE Partnership Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare CDC/ATSDR CDO Executives Center for Black Equity Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services, Ithaca College CenterLink: The Community of LGBT CentersChampaign-Urbana Public Health District Cherry Health Children’s Health Cityworld Family Practice LLC Clove Health / Our Bodies Florida CME Outfitters Coastal Health District 9-1 Cobb & Douglas Public Health Commando LLC Community Health Net Compass Community Center Compassion & Choices Corktown / HELP CrescentCare CrossOver Healthcare Ministry DeKalb County Board of Health Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Diversity Center of Oklahoma Inc Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program Empower U Community Health CenterendoQueer Epilepsy of Florida Erie County Department of Health – Pennsylvania Erie County Medical Center Erie Gay News Escape AYA Cancer Existentialism Family Counselng Service of the Finger Lakes Family Planning of South Central NYFamily Wellness Outreach Center of Georgia Finger Lakes Community HealthFresno EOC LGBTQ+ Resource Center | Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center GBMCGO CARE Community Health Center Golden Rule Services, Inc. GoodWorks: North AL Harm ReductionGrand Rapids Pride Center Guided Path Psychological Services Harlem Pride, Incorporated HBI-DCHe Is Valuable, Inc.HealthHCVHELP Center for LGBT Health & WellnessHenry J Austin Health Center Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group-HCMSG HI SISHIV and Aging Research Project – HARP-PS HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute Houston Equality Dental Network Hudson Pride Center Huntridge Family Clinic Identity Youth Center Impulse San Diego Institute for the Advancement of Minority HealthIU Health Positive LinkJohn Snow, Inc. JOLT Harm Reduction Keck Medicine of USC Kintegra Health Kumukahi Health + Wellness La Gender Inc Lackawanna College Pride Student Organization Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition LGBT Technology Institute LGBTQ Center OC LGBTQ+ Allies Lake County Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of HIV and STI Programs M-Care Healthcare Mary’s House for Older Adults, Inc MassEquality Maverick County Hospital District / Ryan White MCWPMDHHS /Michigan HIV AIDS Council (MHAC) planning group Medical Advocacy and Outreach Mercer Co. Health Dept Miami-Dade County Ryan White Part A Program Middle Path Counseling Services Mount Sinai Health System NACCHONational Coalition of STD Directors National LGBT Cancer Network National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) NECA AETC Oral Health Resource Center Nevada Office of Minority Health and EquityNew England AIDS Education and Training Center New Orleans Office of Health Policy & AIDS Funding New York City Department of Health and Human Services – The New York HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council New York University Langone Long Island North County LGBTQ Resource CenterNorth Idaho AIDS Coalition (NIAC) Nyanza Reproductive Health Society NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Oakland LGBTQ Community Center OHSUOklahoma City Indian Clinic One Colorado Open Aid AllianceOther Options, Inc.PALSS, Inc.Peace-WorkPeaceHealthPGH Equality CenterPhiladelphia Department of Public HealthPlaces for PeoplePOCAAN | Poderosos Pomona Pride Center, Inc.Positive Connections Positive Health Solutions Positively Aware magazine Prairie State Legal Services HIV/AIDS Project Pride Action Tank Pride Center of Vermont Primary Care Development Corporation PROCEED INC. Project Safety NetProject Street Beat at Planned Parenthood of Greater NY Project Vision Hawai’i Q Care Plus Q CenterQueens Health System Rainbow Advocacy Inclusion & Networking Services – RAINS Rainbow Center RAO Community Health Ricky’s Pride Ruth Ellis Center RWPASafeSex808 San Diego American Indian Health CenterSga- Delgado & PFLAG New Orleans/ Get Loud Louisiana SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change SisterLove, Inc Southern Arizona AIDS FoundationSpectrum Medical Stubbs Chiropractic LLC Suffolk County Department of Health ServicesSuffolk County Dept. of Health Services’ Office of Minority Health Suncoast Health Council, Inc. SUNY Sullivan TapestryTerros Health The Boston Congress of Public HealthThe Center The Center on Colfax The Equality Federation The Frederick Center The H Line (NYS HIV/STI/Hepatitis c Hotline)The Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group, Inc. The Lavender Clinic The LGBTQ Center Long Beach The LGBTQ Community Center of Southern Nevada (The Center)The Montrose Center The Society for Children Orphaned By AIDS Inc. (SOCOBA) Tomah VA Medical Center- Department of Veterans AffairsTotalhealthcare Twin Health and Wellness Center Ujima Men’s Collective Unified HIV Health and BeyondUniversity of Kentucky – Target4 Project University of Nevada, Reno University of Southern Maine Health ServicesUntil There’s a Cure Foundation Urban Health Plan VAC | Westbrook Clinics Valley Medical Center Variety Care Virginia Department of Health Visiting Nurse Association of Central JerseyVNACJ/Prevention Resource NetworkW King Health Care Group Waikiki Health Washington AIDS Partnership Washington Health Institute Watts Healthcare Waves Ahead Puerto Rico WeCanStopSTDsLA Wellness Services, Inc. Western North Carolina Community Health Services, Inc. Woman’s Hospital YMCA of Honolulu Young Invincibles Youth Care Team – Philadelphia Department of Public Health Youth for Development and Human Rights Advancement |
