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HHS Expands Affordable Care Act Protections to LGBTQ

WEBThe new rule restores and clarifies important regulatory protections for LGBTQ+ people and other vulnerable populations under Section 1557, also known as the health care nondiscrimination law, that the Trump administration previously rescinded. “Healthcare is a fundamental human right. The rule released today restores critical …

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Corktown Health Center CEO Talks Coronavirus …

WEBAs coronavirus cases continue to rise in Michigan and across the U.S., efforts by medical practitioners to both treat the sick and stop further infections have also ramped up.And for LGBTQ people, who tend to be more vulnerable to health disparities, it's perhaps more important than ever for the health care they receive to be from LGBTQ …

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HHS Rule Allows Religious Discrimination in Health Care

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has finalized a new rule that will allow health care workers to refuse to provide or assist in providing medical services if doing so violates their religious or moral beliefs. In other words, it will allow them to discriminate widely and putting LGBTQ people and our families, among others, at risk.

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Need Health Insurance

WEBOpenenrollmenton the Health InsuranceMarketplacebegan Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 15, 2022; and Medicare enrollment began Oct. 15 and runs until Dec. 7. Members of the LGBTQ+ community face some unique health care needs that will influence the types of plans that should be chosen. With hundreds of plans available and …

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Another Year Waiting: How the Pandemic Has Caused …

WEBCandace Nguyen, 28, works at Fenway Health in Boston as a clinical coordinator for STI and HIV prevention clinics. Fenway Health recently marked its 50th year of providing healthcare to the LGBTQ+ community of Boston and beyond.

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A Major Step Forward': New Medicaid Policy Will Finally Recognize

WEBAleisha, a trans woman of color with masculine facial features, has endured decades of suffering. Because her face "outs" her as a transgender woman, she's had to deal with discrimination at work and when looking for housing.

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Opening the Doors to LGBTQ-Focused Care

WEBThe new Corktown Health Center opening this summer near downtown Detroit will bring LGBTQ health to the forefront. While Southeast Michigan boasts a number of top-notch health systems and individual providers, up until now, there has been no center for LGBTQ health excellence. Patients often feel invisible, isolated or even …

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Will Michigan Become the Next Safe Haven for Trans …

WEBGender-affirming healthcare has come a long way in Michigan. Just this past March, Gov. Whitmer signed legislation to amend the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) to include LGBTQ+ people, which will ensure transgender Michiganders won’t suffer discrimination when seeking gender-affirming care, which is oftentimes lifesaving.

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Community Health Awareness Group Receives $2 Million …

WEBThe CDC has awarded a $2 million grant — the total amount for five years — focused on HIV prevention to Community Health Awareness Group (CHAG). The grant will go toward implementing a high-impact project for young men of color who have sex with men. LGBT Detroit will help CHAG with the work.

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Corktown Health: A Merging of Two LGBTQ-Inclusive …

WEBHealth Emergency Lifeline Programs (HELP) and its Corktown Health Center announced Wednesday that the two agencies were merging for marketing purposes and that henceforth they would be known as one sole organization to be called Corktown Health. HELP was started some 35 years ago as a pioneering AIDS service …

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Corktown Health to Expand Care, Open First Queer-Affirming Non …

WEBCorktown Health, Michigan’s first medical home for the queer community, just announced a new initiative — the Driving Health Equity Campaign — to raise $8 million to expand care, including opening a second clinic in Hazel Park.

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HRC Names Ingham Community Health Centers 'Leader in LGBT …

WEBThe Ingham County Health Department's Community Health Centers recently participated in the 10th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and was named a "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality." Of the more than 1,500 facilities included in the 2017 HRC HEI …

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LGBTQ Resources in Detroit

WEBLGBT Detroit is located at 20025 Greenfield Road in Detroit. Call 313-397-2127 or visit lgbtdetroit.org for more information. Ruth Ellis Center. According to the Center's leadership, it's hard to put into context the significance of a space like the Ruth Ellis Center unless members of the community see it for themselves.

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Looking to Get Vaccinated

WEBThe City of Hazel Park and Corktown Health Center are partnering to host a walk-in Vaccine Clinic and Health Fair from 3 to 8 p.m on Thursday, May 13. The center will administer the Moderna vaccine that day, with the second dose being given on June 10.. The vaccines will be administered by staff from Corktown Health Center.

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Planned Parenthood Rolls Out Gender-Affirming Care at Michigan Health …

WEBCurrently available at its Lansing and Marquette health centers, services are scheduled to roll out to centers across the state by the end of 2022. The two Michigan locations join 41 other nationwide affiliates of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in offering gender-affirming care. “‘Gender-affirming care’ means embracing the

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New book looks at struggle of homeless youth of color in New …

WEBIt's a good bet that most of the people reading this story - indeed, most of people reading any portion of this paper - have never been to East New York.

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Health Club Closes Doors, Sale of Site's Contents Sept. 13 to 15

WEBThis week, antique dealer Scott Utke will hold an estate sale of sorts at the TNT. The sale, which runs Thursday, Sept. 13 to Saturday, Sept. 15, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the club. For sale are the club's exercise equipment, homoerotic art, holiday decorations, a washer, dryer and lots more.

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Oakland County Launches At-Home Flu Shots for Older Adults

WEBOakland County Launches At-Home Flu Shots for Older Adults. Oakland County Health Division is launching a new program to vaccinate homebound residents 65 years and older for influenza in their homes beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27. Appointments are required. The Health Division's Nurse on Call at 800-848-5533 will start accepting …

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Marriage equality for New York

WEBCompiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "The story of how same-sex marriage became legal in New York is about shifting public sentiment and individual

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Addressing Southeast Michigan’s HIV Crisis: Why This $2 Million …

WEBThe city of Detroit comprises six percent of Michigan’s population, but 31 percent of the state’s reported cases of HIV infection, according to 2020 data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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