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June 4, 2023
LGBTQ+ Health.
SPH THIS WEEK | SPECIAL EDITION
DEAN'S NOTE
In a new Dean's Note, Dean Sandro Galea shares thoughts on celebrating Pride Month in a context of gains and setbacks for LGBTQIA+ rights. Read the note.
RESEARCH
SCHOOL NEWSKyla Botsian, president of SPH’s Queer Alliance, discusses the meaning behind Pride Month and the student organization’s plans for the upcoming academic year. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTRecent changes to the Older Americans Act aim to improve LGBTQ+ elder health outcomes by removing barriers to care, write Kristina Carvalho and Callie MacDonald, policy analysts with the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center, in a new Viewpoint. Read more. |
MONDAY
JUNE
5
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION—ONLINE AND IN-PERSON
Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street
US Senator Edward Markey & US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy will visit SPH to discuss the worsening mental health of youth and adolescents, and how to address this public health issue.
Past SPH research, news, viewpoints, and more on LGBTQ+ health.
RESEARCH
A study coauthored by Sarah Lipson found that genderqueer/nonconforming students had the highest risk of developing an eating disorder. Researchers say colleges should implement inclusive policies that minimize this risk and support the wellbeing of all gender minorities. Read more.
VIEWPOINTA 2023 CDC report highlights the importance of passing the Act, which would ensure that more young people in our state have access to quality sex and relationship education in school, write Julia Raifman and Jamie Klufts (SPH'15) in a Viewpoint. Learn more. |
ALUMNI NEWSAlum Katie Haupt (SPH'22), an implementation and quality improvement specialist at The Baker Center for Children and Families, authored a study with Kimberly Nelson and Journey Simmons in the Journal of LGBT Youth about the sexual health topics that adolescent sexual minority males discuss with parents. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH CONVERSATION
REPLAY
Gender-affirming care "allows each individual to better know themselves, their identity, and their own needs," said Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth, during a December 2022 Public Health Conversation with scholars on trans rights. Watch the full video here.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTAdverse outcomes of conversion therapy extend beyond psychological, physical, and social consequences; they also cause economic pain, writes PHP fellow Connor McCombs. Read more. |
ALUMNI SPECIAL REPORTAlum Rachael Sorcher (SPH’21) reported this story as an MPH student and 2021 Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Fellow exploring how transgender and nonbinary healthcare workers, such as Candace Nguyen (pictured), are helping TGNB patients as they seek gender-affirming care. Read more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Access to gender-affirming treatments and care decreased the odds of both depression and suicide in transgender and nonbinary youth, writes PHP fellow Bethany Hallenborg in a databyte. Read more.
FACULTY NEWSUlrike Boehmer co-edited the book LGBT Populations and Cancer in the Global Context, which offers a global perspective on cancer outcomes in LGBT populations that Boehmer calls “a necessary step forward.” Read more. |
ALUMNI NEWSAlum Nicholas Diamond (SPH’16) discusses his work as a co-investigator on RESPND-MI, which mapped mpox symptoms and exposure among queer and trans communities in New York City to inform vaccine distribution. Read more. |
RESEARCH
A 2021 report led by Allegra Gordon examined the social, economic, physical, and psychological well-being of cisgender and transgender women and girls, and found that almost half of LBQ women have been assaulted since age 18. Learn more.
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PUBLIC HEALTH POSTIn this databyte by PHP fellow Bethany Hallenborg, the graph provides a snapshot comparing home ownership between LGBT and cisgender straight individuals. Read more. |
DEAN'S NOTE
In the second of a two-part Dean's Note on free speech, Dean Sandro Galea considers the parameters within which SPH should speak collectively as a community about issues of consequence—such as the school's support of a 2018 Massachusetts ballot initiative that upheld protections prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations. Read the note.
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Seeing people who have helped create the world that we have now for queer people is really inspiring.
KYLA BOTSIAN
PRESIDENT OF QUEER ALLIANCE
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In the Media.
Mentions research by Lisa Sullivan, associate dean for education and professor of biostatistics; Amanda Velez, executive director of educational initiatives; Nikki Longe, registrar and director of academic integrity; Ann Marie Larese, assistant dean for admissions; and Sandro Galea, dean and Robert A. Knox Professor.
Quotes Jessica Leibler, associate professor of environmental health.
Quotes Sarah Lipson, assistant professor of health law, policy & management.
Quotes Matthew Fox, professor of epidemiology and global health.
Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health, and mentions center led by Wellenius and Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.
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