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HCFANY’s LGBT Task Force trains in-person assistors in LGBT cultural competency

Posted November, 13 2014 by Amanda

Finn Brigham, trainer for the LGBT Task Force’s webinar on LGBT cultural competancy Guest post: Laurel Swerdlow, LGBT Task Force Program Associate, Raising Women’s Voices – NY With the start of the second open enrollment period just days away on Nov. 16, it is important that Navigator and Certified Application Counselor agencies (CACs) be prepared to […]

Momentum building around access to care in the transgender community: Part 2

Posted June, 18 2014 by Amanda

Guest post by Milo Primeaux, Health Counselor at Community Service Society of NY and HCFANY LGBT Task Force Member This post continues our two-part blog about recent changes at the state and federal levels that will improve access to health care for the transgender community. In Part I, we looked at how a recent change to […]

Momentum building around access to care in the transgender community: Part I

Posted June, 6 2014 by Amanda

Guest post by Milo Primeaux, Health Counselor at Community Service Society of NY and HCFANY LGBT Task Force Member In this two-part blog, we explore recent changes at the state and federal levels that will improve access to health care for the transgender community. Here in Part I, we outline how a recent change to […]

HCFANY’s LGBT Task Force Featured in White House Press Briefing

Posted September, 12 2013 by arianne

Members of HCFANY’s LGBT Task Force at today’s White House Briefing: Barbara Warren, Beth Israel Medical Center’s LGBT Health Services (left), Jonathan Lang, Empire State Pride Agenda (center left), Lois Uttley, Raising Women’s Voices (center), Elisabeth Benjamin, Community Service Society (center right), and Cynthia Nuara, LGBT Community Center (right) We are ecstatic to share with you some great news: […]