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Cooperative Care: Queering Self-Care
Self-care is vital to our mental health and wellness. However, many of us in the queer community have limited resources as a result of discrimination, family rejection, and health disparities.
December 4, 2019
Bias Free Child Custody: Changing the Family Code to Improve Lives
Section 3040 of the California Family Code is now amended to include “(c) The court shall not consider the sex, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation of a parent, legal guardian, or relative in determining the best interest of the child…”.
October 17, 2019
What does coming out mean to you?
Today marks the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day. This is an opportunity to celebrate the bravery of all those who have come out as LGBTQ+ and a reminder to keep up the fight for future generations.
Tags: coming out
October 11, 2019
Apply Today! Help Ensure that LGBTQ Communities are Counted in the 2020 Census
Have you been hearing about the 2020 Census? Maybe you’ve seen local job postings, or heard that this is the first year the Census will be conducted online. Maybe you were following the Trump Administration’s decisions around including questions about sexual orientation, gender identity, or citizenship. Or maybe you haven’t heard anything at all (although…
Tags: #WillBeCounted, Census2020, LGBTQ
September 6, 2019
Creating Safer Schools for LGBTQ Youth
Gender and Sexuality Alliance / Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs By Isaias Guzman In high school, my stomach would turn every time I heard anti-LGBTQ slurs and bullying. Words like, “fag,” and “that’s so gay,” would dig into me each time they were casually thrown out by students. Stories of my friends being bullied would break…
August 28, 2019
Section 1557: Protecting our health care laws
Since May, we have been sharing information with you about the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to Section 1557. For those of you following along at home, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act explicitly prohibits discrimination on gender identity and sex stereotypes. The rule was implemented after years of public input, and lined up with California’s state-based protections, which also prohibit health care discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.
August 14, 2019
August 2019 Newsletter – Upcoming listening session with Dr. Tom Insel
Join our Network call to hear information about an upcoming listening session with Dr. Tom Insel, Governor Newsom’s appointed Behavioral Health Czar. Read more.
July 31, 2019
Gender Health Conference 2019
August 29 – Gender Health Conference 2019 – Riverside, CA
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July 22, 2019
Bisexual+ Evidence Based Practice WEBINAR
July 31 – Bisexual+ Evidence Based Practice – WEBINAR
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July 19, 2019
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