Help Lambda Legal commemorate the Ninth Annual LGBT Health Awareness Week (March 28-April 1) by sharing your health care stories.
The theme of this year's event, "Come Out for Health," represents a call to action for community members, advocates, service providers, and governmental officials to recognize health and wellness as an essential part of the social justice movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
One of our goals for the week is to collect 100 stories about the challenges and positive experiences of LGBT people and people living with HIV while trying to receive health care services.
These stories will be delivered to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and other public officials. As the Affordable Care Act is being implemented, your stories are needed more than ever. The law provides funding for training a diverse health care workforce. In Lambda Legal's 2009 health care fairness survey, more than half of all respondents reported that they have experienced at least one type of discrimination in care.Our stories can help show why health care providers should receive training about the specific health care needs of LGBT people and those living with HIV.
Please take a few minutes and share your story today. Help us spread the word by sharing this link with all your Facebook friends. www.lambdalegal.org/take-action/partners-for-health-care-fairness/share-your-story.html
You can get more information about LGBT Health Awareness Week and order posters, flyers and postcards from the National Coalition for LGBT Health.