Thursday, April 1, 2010

National LGBT Health Awareness Week


This week is National LGBT Health Awareness Week. Observe the occasion by helping Lambda Legal collect the stories of gay people who have been affected by health care discrimination.

Share Your Story today and help ask policy-makers and health care providers to ensure that LGBT people and people living with HIV receive care free from discrimination.

In Lambda Legal's recent health care fairness survey, most of the 5,000 respondents reported experiencing discrimination in health care settings—including more than half of all lesbian, gay and bisexual respondents, 70 percent of transgender respondents and 63 percent of respondents living with HIV.