Additional Resources on Cultural Competency/Inclusion:

Gender and Sexual Diversity Learning Module This Canadian site provides a comprehensive, interactive online module good for all healthcare providers, showcasing the importance of being culturally competent while giving mini lessons on things like LGBTQ+ insider language, gay culture, and common health concerns in the LGBTQ+ community.

The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health A textbook entirely devoted to LGBTQ+ issues in healthcare. Though it is quite long, it is an exhaustive resource.

Healthy People Recommendations to the U.S. government for how to treat LGBTQ+ people, their specific health concerns, and how to provide culturally competent care to the LGBTQ+ population.

Intimate Health Consulting Intimate Health Consulting works to address gaps in medical professional training resources and provider competency around sexual health. IHC offers full-service consultations on staff training and professional development, sexual health program evaluation, and cultural diversity and sensitivity needs.

Transcultural Nursing Society TNS encourage cultural competence in practice, research, education, and administration by supporting scholarship and developing strategies to advocate for social change.

Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide For Health Care Providers This guide is a healthcare provider handbook for understanding medical issues surrounding transgender men which includes a discussion of hormone therapy, sex reassignment surgery and other treatment options.

Nonprofit Organizations:

GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality GLMA’s mission is to ensure equality in health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals and health care providers.

The National Coalition for LGBT Health The Coalition is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals through federal advocacy that is focused on research, policy, education, and training.

Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index The HEI surveyed many hospitals looking for five main policy criteria: patient non-discrimination, visitation, decision making, cultural competency training and employment policies and benefits. This is a great place to find out what policies are in place at your hospital.

Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) SAGE is a great resource for LGBTQ+ elders, their caregivers, and their loved ones. Based in New York City, they provide direct services to LGBTQ+ elders as well as training programs for healthcare providers. And they can serve as a good resource for any healthcare providers’ questions on LGBTQ+ aging issues.

Professional and Academic Associations:

American Medical Association (AMA) LGBTQ+ advisory committee and the AMA’s policy statements on LGBTQ+ healthcare.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Specifically for medical students, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA)’s Gender and Sexuality Action Committee is a cross-discipline group that aims to support LGBTQ+ and women patients.

American Academy of Pediatrics The SOLGBTHW of the American Academy of Pediatrics is a group of pediatricians and other health providers interested in LGBTQ+ health and wellness.

American Nurses Association The ANA is committed to addressing discrimination of any kind in nursing, education, practice, and in the organizations where nurses work.

American School Nurses Association NASN believes that all students are entitled to a safe environment that is conducive to academic achievement regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

American Psychological Association The mission of the APA Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge on gender identity and sexual orientation to benefit society and improve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s lives.

The Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists A site not only for LGBTQ+ psychiatrists, but also allies in the psychiatric field.

National Association of Social Workers What social workers need to know about LGBTQ+ issues.