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2023 Marks 21st Annual LGBTQ+ Health Awareness Week

The annual observance highlights health disparities experienced by LGBTQ+ individuals and serves to uplift LGBTQ+ healthcare workers By Barrett White The 21st Annual National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week is this week, March 20-24, and the theme is Awake and Aware! Per the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health website, “This week is intended to help the …

October is LGBTQ+ History Month

By Barrett White LGBTQ+ individuals are members of every race, ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic status. Health care ought to reflect that. Outside of celebrating Pride Month each year in June, we look back on the history of the LGBTQ+ community through the month of October, anchored by National Coming Out Day on October 11. Historically, …