FOR HEALTH PROVIDERS

Educational Programs & Training for Health Providers

Sayftee: Jamaica Plain

  • A safe place for gender expansive and LGBTQ+ youth and families to build connections and resiliency through workshops, groups and services. Sayftee provides consultation for healthcare providers who are interested in learning more about working with trans and non-binary youth.

The National LGBT Health Education Center

  • An arm of Fenway Health Center and Institute, this center provides educational trainings, programming, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of helping LGBTQ people receive quality and cost-effective health care.

World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)

  • A non-profit devoted to professional and educational transgender health. Brings together multi-disciplinary health professionals from around the world to develop and support best evidence-based practices for transgender and gender variant people in all cultural settings.

Journal Articles & Publications

Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

  • Journal articles of Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues.

Journal of LGBT Youth

  • Journal publications dedicated to LGBTQ+ research. Sponsored by National Art Education Association, LGBT/Queer Issues Caucus.

Schools: A Missed Opportunity to Inform African American Sexual and Gender Minority Youth About Sexual Health Education and Services

  • A Journal of School Nursing article, reviews findings from this qualitative study discuss how schools are missing the opportunity to adequately teach their SGM students about sexual health. November 15, 2016.

Supporting the Health & Well-Being of Transgender Students

  • A Journal of School Nursing article discusses ways the school nurse can advocate for more inclusive school policies, better support their non-binary, gender variant students, and learn about the current LGBTQ+ terms and concepts. January 20, 2017.