Resources and Publications

• Definition of Terms: Sex, Gender, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation
  (PDF, 117KB)
  Taken from the Guidelines for Psychological Practice with LGB Clients

• Graduate Students in Psychology

• Making a Doctoral Program Lesbian & Bisexual Friendly/Welcoming

• Practitioner Resources and Publications

• Amicus Briefs

• Public Information Brochures: Sexual Orientation/Homosexuality, Transgender/Gender Identity, Intersex Conditions

• History of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Social Movements

• Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation & Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators, & School Personnel

• Marriage and Family Issues for LGBT People

• Sexual Orientation and Military Service

• Communiqué — Psychological Perspectives on Sexual Orientation in Communities of Color (PDF, 5 MB)

• Promoting Good Practices for Mental Health Facilities in Working with LGBT Clients with Serious Mental Illnesses

• International Activities

• Research Support and Awards

• Publications and Reports

• Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language, American Psychologist, September, 1991

• Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Psychological Research, American Psychologist, September, 1991

• Issues in Psychotherapy with Lesbian and Gay Men: A Survey of Psychologists, American Psychologist, September, 1991

News

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Making Improvements for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Americans; an overview of initiatives.

Reaching All Who Served: an Analysis of Department of Veterans Affairs LGBT Health policies by the The National Coalition for LGBT Health (PDF, 735KB)
November 11, 2011

HHS begins planning for the collection of LGBT health data
- Related APA Science Directorate Newsletter article

Institute of Medicine calls for expanded federal support for LGBT health research
By Howard Kurtzman
Psychological Science Agenda

The Office of Minority Health within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services released its new National Partnership for Action to Eliminate Health Disparities, which includes the LGBT-inclusive National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity. The Partnership welcomes LGBT advocates, organizations, and providers in a wide-ranging effort to eliminate health disparities, including those that affect the LGBT community. Check out the strategy, share your thoughts, and sign up for the Partnership on the Office of Minority Health.

• Feedback onThe National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health (PDF, 55KB) by Linda A. Travis, PsyD, Co-Chair, Division 44 Health Initiatives Task Force

National Coalition for LGBT Health hails Healthy People 2020 integration of LGBT health objective; new LGBT topic area 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' remarks at the 2011 annual meeting of the National Coalition for LGBT Health

SAMHSA Promises Creation of New Task Force On LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention 
APA member inquiries about this task force's status should be directed to SAMSHA Administrator Pamela Hyde and copied to our office

Medicare finalizes new rules to require equal visitation rights for all hospital patients 
New requirements empower patients to designate their own visitors, including a same-sex domestic partner

Aging

Caring and Aging with Pride Project report:
Disparities and Resilience among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults (PDF, 3.75MB) from the Institute for Multigenerational Health
November 2011

State Medicaid programs can extend financial protections to same-sex spouses and domestic partners
June 10, 2011

HIV/AIDS

Estimated HIV Incidence in the United States, 2006-2009, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary.
August 3, 2011

A New HIV Prevention Paradigm for Gay and Bisexual Men in the U.S. (PDF, 1.3MB) amfAR Issue Brief, June 2011

Resources

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention 

  1. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health

  2. Gay and Bisexual Men's Health

• Gay & Lesbian Medical Association

• National Coalition for LGBT Health

  1. NCLGBTH Updates

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Child Welfare Information Gateway

• Psychological Distress, Well-Being, and Legal Recognition in Same-Sex Couple Relationships (PDF, 49KB)
  Journal of Family Psychology (2010) Vol. 24, No. 1, 82-86, Riggle, Rostosky & Horne DOI: 10.1037/a0017942