25th April 2008, 01:22 pm
We are sad to note the death of an important LGBT health advocate. Deborah J. Aaron, PhD, passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the age of 51. Deborah was the recipient of a 1999 LHF Grant entitled, “Estimating the Lesbian Population for Health Care Research: A Capture-Recapture Approach.”
Dr. Aaron was an Associate Professor of Health and Physical Activity in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. In that capacity, she was an exceptional educator, mentor and researcher always dedicated to her discipline and her students. Finally, she contributed on a global scale serving as a grant reviewer at the National Institutes of Health, participating in numerous committees for professional societies, serving as a consultant, and lecturing at scientific meetings both in the U.S. and abroad.
16th April 2008, 01:21 pm
Cynthia Nixon said, “I didn’t want paparazzi at the hospital while I was going through this,” said Nixon, who said that one of the few people she shared the news with was partner Christine Marinoni. She was diagnosed about a year and a half ago.
The 42-year-old said that she felt a diagnosis of breast cancer was likely as her mother had suffered from the disease.
“I felt scared. I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t want this to be happening’. I was very cognisant of if it’s going to happen, this is the best way for it to happen, that it’s found so early and we can just get right on it,” said Nixon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7350430.stm
11th April 2008, 08:06 am
Our good friends at Gilda’s Club in Dallas have a valuable GLBT event coming up:
GLBT friendly medical care: Dealing with doctors,hospitals and insurance
The third presentation in our GLBT Survival Tactics series explores how
to locate GLBT friendly physicians, as well as what members of the GLBT
community need to know when dealing with hospitals and insurance.
Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to 214-219-8877.
Thursday, April 24, 6:30-8 pm
Gilda’s Club North Texas
One Works of Grace Plaza
2710 Oak Lawn • Dallas, Texas
10th April 2008, 12:37 pm
There are many societal barriers to health care for LGBT cancer patients. “There are acts of legislation and policy to block our families from accessing health coverage, and as a result surveys of the LGBT community show lower rates of being insured,” according to Dr. Eric Meininger, an internist and pediatrician.
When health care is tied to marriage and employment, the people least able to access and who end up not getting into health care are those for whom it is illegal to marry, such as gays and lesbians, and those who frequently find it more difficult to find jobs, such as transgender people transitioning.
http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3657
8th April 2008, 09:45 am
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons have a right to competent and sensitive healthcare providers who understand their unique health concerns and treat them and their families with respect. The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association directory can help you find healthcare providers you can trust enough to be open with. http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=677
3rd April 2008, 04:56 pm
Lesbian health campaigner Chris Walsh, one of the eight New Zealand breast cancer patients called the ‘Herceptin Heroines’ - has secured a High Court order for NZ’s medical funding agency Pharmac to reconsider its decision not to fund 12-month courses on the breast cancer-fighting drug.
In 2006, Pharmac decided against spending up to $30 million a year for the 12-month Herceptin programme for women with the aggressive HER2 positive form of breast cancer. It instead allocated $5m a year to allow suitable patients to undergo a nine-week course, and decided to budget $3.2 million towards participating in an international short-or-long-duration trial of Herceptin and has begun making payments, reports the NZPA. http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5773.php
