LGBT Inclusion on National Health Survey

Today, April 1,  is the last day that Representatives can sign on to the request for the $2 million necessary to add a question on the LGBT population to the federal government’s most important and comprehensive health survey, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). As we told you earlier, Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), and Donna Christensen (D-VI) have been circulating a sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter in the House to show support for adding $2 million in increased funding to the budget for the National Center for Health Statistics, which will pay all costs associated with adding a question about sexual orientation and gender identity to NHIS.

Contact your Representative today to ask them to sign onto the Baldwin-Weiner-Christensen Letter in the House.   It is especially that the Representatives listed below are contacted.  The Representatives are organized by state.

To contact your Representative, please call the House of Representatives switchboard at (202) 224-3121, give your zip code, and ask to speak to your Representative. When you are connected, ask for the staff member who works on Health and Human Services appropriations. Tell them that you are a constituent who supports appropriating an additional $2 million for the National Health Interview Survey and that you would like them to sign on. In order to sign on, they need to contact Rebecca Fox at the National Coalition for LGBT Health, by email at Rebecca@lgbthealth.net or by phone at (202) 436-0228. They must email Rebecca by 7 PM EST TODAY.