Health information for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual communities.
Hello and Welcome
Hello and welcome to the LGBTQIA+ Health Information Network! This website documents our community-engaged project that addresses the urgent need for accessible, affirming, and quality health information for US LGBTQIA+ communities.
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What Is This Project All About?
We want to bring awareness of available healthcare resources to the LGBTQIA+ community.
LGBTQIA+ communities face barriers to accessing appropriate healthcare and reliable health information. Issues like discrimination in healthcare settings, lack of LGBTQIA+-specific content in medical training, and geographic or economic constraints mean that LGBTQIA+ people are more likely to encounter health misinformation and irrelevant resources that do not reflect their unique needs. LGBTQIA+ communities combat these barriers by creating their own resources (think lists of affirming providers or collaborative documents about top surgery aftercare). However, not all LGBTQIA+ people know about their existence.
This project addresses these barriers by providing accessible, affirming, and quality health information to LGBTQIA+ individuals through a digital consumer health resource created and curated by LGBTQIA+ communities and librarians. The resource will provide a centralized platform where users can navigate consumer health information at national and local levels.
Want More Informtation?
Click on the image to download a PDF.
The project narrative outlines the key objectives, strategies, and activities planned over the three years. It also discusses the sustainability plan, ensuring the guide remains a long-term resource for LGBTQIA+ communities even after the funding period ends. If you have any questions, please email LGBTQHealthGuide@sc.edu.
We are recruiting!
We want to collaborate with you if you are an LGBTQIA+ community health worker or health sciences librarian based in the US.
Please see the flier for more information and, if interested, complete our interest form.
We are looking for collaborators!
Expert Care
Eco-Friendly Practices
Convenient Services
Custom Tailoring
Who Is Leading This Project?
The project is led by Vanessa Kitzie, Ph. D., a faculty member at the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Information Science.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services funds it, and the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 2 is a project partner. Over the next three years, we will collaborate with LGBTQIA+ communities, LGBTQIA+ community health workers, public libraries, and health sciences libraries to identify available health resources, assess them, and curate them. This website will provide project updates and eventually host the digital consumer health resource.
