Resources

Eliminating health disparities and enhancing efforts to improve LGBTQ-Two Spirit health are necessary to ensure that individuals are able to lead long, healthy lives. The many benefits of addressing health concerns and reducing disparities include:

• Reductions in disease transmission and progression;
• Increased mental and physical well-being;
• Reduced health care costs;
• Increased longevity;
• Improved social interconnection within the community and family; and
• Improved social and economic stability.

Community Resources

• Bullying and LGBT Youth Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – HHS's StopBullying.gov's site offers unique considerations for strategies to address and prevent bullying of LGBT youth
• LGBT Youth Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – suggestions on what needs should be addressed in public health efforts to improve overall health and eliminate health disparities of LGBT (CDC)
• Gay and Bisexual Men's HealthExit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – from the CDC, provides an overview of the health and other issues faced by gay and bisexual men
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – a site from the CDC addressing issues specific to LQBTQ people
• Stigma and Discrimination Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – a CDC page dedicated to eliminate discrimination against gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
• Lesbian and Bisexual Health Fact Sheet Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – a fact sheet from the Office of Women's Health (OWH) that answers common questions about lesbian and bisexual health.
• LGBT-Aging Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – a page from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Administration on Aging (AoA) Diversity, intended to help increase access and improve programs for a diverse older LGBTQ population.

Provider Resources

• A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – developed to help practitioners understand the critical role of family acceptance and rejection in contributing to the health and well-being of adolescents who identify as LGBT from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Improving Data Collection for the LGBT Community Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – The Affordable Care Act and LGBT Data Collection from the Office of Minority Health (OMH)
• Recommendations on Providing Quality family Planning Services Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  –provides recommendations on how to provide quality family planning services, such as contraceptive services, pregnancy testing and counseling, helping clients achieve pregnancy, basic infertility services, preconception health services, and sexually transmitted disease services from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Training Curricula for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Practitioners Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – professional training curricula to improve the health and well-being of the LGBT population (SAMHSA and HRSA)
• Larkin Street Stories Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  — tips and best practices for providers serving homeless LGBT youth (SAMHSA)
• Providing Services and Supports for Youth who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex or Two-Spirit [PDF - 1.7 MB] Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – a practice Brief for policymakers, administrators, and providers seeking to learn more about LGBTQI2-S youth and how to develop culturally and linguistically competent programs and services to meet their needs and preferences (SAMHSA)
• Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations: Information and Resource Kit Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – from SAMHSA, an overview of current health issues among LGBT populations, designed to create awareness among prevention specialists and healthcare providers of the needs, experiences, and health status of LGBT Americans.
• LGBT Partners Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Resources to help the LGBT community get quality health insurance and health care information (CMS)
• Culture, Language and Health Literacy Resources: Gender – a list from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designed to eliminate LGBT health disparities
• PrEP Overview for Providers [PDF - 482 KB] Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – from the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an overview of PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis (prEP) tool for reducing HIV risk.

Webinars

LGBTQ-Two Spirit IHS Telebehavioral Health Webinar Series

IHS Grand Rounds Webinars

• Transgender Issues
• LGBTQ-Two Spirit Customer Service

IHS Newsroom LGBTQ-Two Spirit listening session Blog Posts

• IHS Hosts Third Public Meeting to Address LGBT2-S Health Issues
  • National LGBT2S Tribal Day of Action
  • IHS Hosts Second LGBT Listening Session: September 11, 2015
• Meeting on LGBT Health Issues Report
• LGBT Communities Meet at IHS Headquarters