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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: […]

Get Covered NY reaches uninsured people at NYC PrideFest

Posted July, 1 2013 by arianne

Raising Women’s Voices summer interns Delaine Powerful, left, and Olivia Cappello, at the Get Covered New York booth Sunday during NYC’s Pride Fest. Today’s post comes from guest blogger Lois Uttley, of Raising Women’s Voices Health equality for LGBT New Yorkers! That was the message Sunday at the Get Covered New York booth during NYC’s […]

HCFANY launches effort to reach uninsured LGBT New Yorkers

Posted June, 20 2013 by arianne

From left: David Sandman – New York State Health Foundation, Mark Hannay – Metro NY Health Care For All Campaign, Kellan Baker – Center for American Progress, and Lois Uttley – Raising Women’s Voices.  HCFANY launched a new campaign today to provide outreach and education to uninsured LGBT New Yorkers around the new health options that […]