please ask, please tell
Out With Cancer’s “Please Ask/Please Tell” campaign launches today, encouraging LGBT Cancer Survivors and all Health Care providers to be open about risk, diagnosis, morbidity and outcomes related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender cancer survivorship.
National LGBT Cancer Project Letter to American Cancer Society
John R. Seffrin, PhD Chief Executive Officer American Cancer Society Dear Dr. Seffrin: I write to you today with the hope of getting a greater understanding about why The American Cancer Society’s Pinellas County branch canceled an LGBT-focused Relay For Life that was scheduled for March 21, 2010. As described by the event’s organizer, Bobby […]
American Cancer Society Gives in to Homophobia-Cancels LGBT Cancer Event
The American Cancer Society’s Pinellas County branch canceled the first-ever LGBT-focused Relay For Life that was slated for March 21. See Out With Cancer’s letter to the American Cancer Society at http://lgbtcancer.com/out-with-cancer-letter-to-acs-regarding-homophobia/ The event would have been the first of its kind in the country and organizer Bobby Poth was enthusiastic about its potential success. […]
President Obama Issues Memo on LGBT Health Issues
President tells Lambda Legal client that what happened to her was ‘outrageous’ and thanks her for her courage. Late today Lambda Legal learned that, after signing a memo directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take steps to address hospital visitation and other health care issues affecting LGBT families, President Barack Obama called […]
Five Senators request investigation into LGBT exclusion from Clinical Trials
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) today asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to investigate reports that gay and lesbians are being excluded from medical clinical trials. A recent study conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine found […]