Lesbian Health Fund

We celebrate the life of Dr. Deb Bowen who not only dedicated her career to advancing healthcare delivery and health promotion but was a champion in advancing the health of LGBTQ+ women.
Dr. Bowen was awarded a
achievement award in 2017. This award recognized her outstanding contributions to improving the health of LGBTQ+ people, including serving as LHF's grants chair for over a decade. We are grateful for her impact and influence on us and our community🌈

Further details of her legacy can be found here: https://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/remembering-dr-deb-bowen

Don’t miss this conversation on the unique health and wellness needs of the LGBTQIA2+ community over on the with LHF and board of director !

“It’s a fight not only for the right to marry but for every individual to be able to live a full life of health, wellness, and true love - and LHF & GLMA are providing the research to get us there.”

Listen here: https://www.whatgivesproject.com/podcast/episode/33152b0e/s02-ep1-le***an-health-fund-with-love-and-care-with-carey-candrian

Meet Jared, a gay demisexual clinical psychology doctoral student and LHF Fundraising Committee member, who is passionate about uplifting the voices of those within the LGBTQ+ community who are most at risk of health disparities and who lack resources.

Help uplift LGBTQ+ voices by donating to LHF this month at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth !

Meet Allison, your self-described favorite bisexual q***r psychiatry resident!

Help her to improve the health of LGBTQ+ women and girls by donating to LHF at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth !

Allison says, "LHF funds meaningful early career research on LGBTQ women and girls, inclusive of gender diverse, non-binary, trans, and q***r individuals."

Meet our team 👋🏻
Over the next week, we'll introduce you to our LHF Fundraising Committee Leaders for Give Out Month — a 100% volunteer run team 👏🏻 They've been working hard to design and run our Give Out Month campaigns 🏳️‍🌈

Donate to support LHF’s work at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth

LHF grants fund early career researchers, including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and allow them to generate research in order to build their careers and their impact. Hear from Dr. Casey Xavier Hall, MPH, PhD, 2017 LHF grantee.

Donate to support LHF and early career researchers like Dr. Hall at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth !

Abortion restrictions and bans have roots in white supremacy and misogyny.

The fight to protect abortion access is essential to the pursuit of reproductive, economic, & racial justice. https://bit.ly/2PdwbzN

#ActForAbortionAccess now! Tell your legislators to support this critical legislation.

Whether or not overturns , we must continue to defend and protect EVERYONE’S abortion rights by supporting people who need abortions, providers, abortion funds and clinics on the ground—and by federal protections like the Women’s Health Protection Act ( ).

Tell your Senators to NOW: https://bit.ly/2TxWEcZ

Tell Congress: We Need the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) Now - Center for Reproductive Rights Here's how to tell Congress to support the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), federal legislation to protect the right to access abortion care nationwide.

Abortion access is critical to all people capable of becoming pregnant. will protect the rights of everyone—cisgender women, transgender men, non-binary individuals, those who identify with a different gender & others—who are harmed by abortion restrictions.

It’s time for Congress to ensure that abortion is accessible for everyone and . Tell your Senators to pass now: https://bit.ly/2PdwbzN

#ActForAbortionAccess now! Tell your legislators to support this critical legislation.

Our 2021 grantees are pretty amazing, but they shouldn't be *unusual.* They are.

Only 6.5% of LGBTQ research funded by the Nat'l Institutes of Health focuses on le****ns.

We make LGBTQ+ women and girls visible in research. Donate today to keep us strong: http://giveoutday.org/LHF.

Happy Le***an Visibility Day!

Today, we're spotlighting our 2021 grantees, starting with Michelle Tam, a PhD student at University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Learn more about Michelle's research at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients.

Last but not least, spotlight on Le***an Health Fund grantee Brian Thoma, PhD! His research fills in critical gaps in the literature about trans youth mental health. Learn more at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients.

From all of us at LHF, happy Le***an Visibility Day! We're proud to fund much-needed—and often underfunded and sidelined—health research on le***an communities. When we improve the health of the most marginalized and ignored, we uplift all of society.

Meet 2021 Le***an Health Fund grant recipient Emily Helminen, a PhD candidate at Syracuse University in the Department of Psychology.

Her LHF-funded research will be used to inform the development of a tailored self-compassion intervention for sexual minority women to improve their health outcomes. Learn more about the project at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients. ***anVisibilityDay

Spotlight on 2021 Le***an Health Fund grantee Ninive Sanchez, PhD!

Her LHF-funded research seeks to understand the lived experiences of sexual and gender minority people of color living with polycystic o***y syndrome. More at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients. ***anVisibilityDay

Happy Le***an Visibility Day!

Today, we're spotlighting our 2021 grantees, starting with Michelle Tam, a PhD student at University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Learn more about Michelle's research at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients.

LHF makes LGBTQ+ women and girls visible in health research and WE WON'T STOP until the causes of inequitable healthcare are dismantled in our community.

On ***anVisibilityDay, support the only US research fund dedicated solely to the unique health needs of LGBTQ+ women & girls: giveoutday.org/LHF.

➡️➡️➡️ Happening today!

Join at www.tinyurl.com/glmapanel.

Happening this Sunday!

Join GLMA's Health Professional in Training Committee to hear from past Le***an Health Fund grantee Jessica Fish, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, and Margaret Manges, MEd, PhD Candidate, 5th year doctoral student in the combined counseling and school psychology program at the University at Buffalo. See you there: www.tinyurl.com/glmapanel.

Past Le***an Health Fund grant recipient Jessica Fish, PhD, and Margaret Manges, MEd, PhD have a wealth of wisdom to share with health professional trainees about:

✨finding research mentors
✨getting involved in LGBTQ research
✨and more!

Health professional trainees, come through!

Le***an Health Fund updated their website address.

Research shows that q***r people face higher rates of cervical cancer and lower rates of preventative care like vaccination and screening. Arm yourself with the knowledge you need to protect yourself from cervical cancer!

What You Need To Know About Cervical Cancer Prevention Advocate for your wellbeing and get the preventive care you deserve.

LHF & GLMA join the Biden Administration in celebrating the re-authorization of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) today at 1:45 ET.

Live | The White House LIVE White House events and press briefings with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other administration officials.

When you share your trans experience in the U.S. Trans Survey, you‘ll be adding your voice to tens of thousands. The USTS is the main source of data about trans people for the media, educators, policymakers, and the general public, covering health, employment, income, the criminal justice system, and other aspects of life. Pledge and share the U.S. Trans Survey today https://www.ustranssurvey.org/

In 2015, nearly 28,000 people took the U.S. Trans Survey, making it the largest survey of trans people in the country. A lot has changed since then. Pledge now to take the 2022 survey and share your trans experience. https://www.ustranssurvey.org/

Our 2022 Grant Call closes at 11:59 PM ET today! Get those proposals in!

le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-call

⏰⏰⏰ Time is running out to submit your proposal for LHF's 2022 Grant Cycle! Get yours in today: le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-cycle

It's Aromantic Awareness Week! Let's show our aromantic friends some platonic love!

P.S. Did you know that the LHF grant cycle is prioritizing research on sub-populations that are often underrepresented in sexual and gender minority research? Yes, that includes aromantic and asexual LGBTQ+ women! Visit le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-call to learn more.

Proposals are due on Feb. 28 at 11:59 PM ET! We're excited to share your research proposals with our expert team of peer reviewers.

Don't wait—submit today at le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-call.

LHF International Women and Girls in Science Day Spotlight!

Allison Rhodes is an MD/MPH Candidate at Tufts University School of Medicine. Allison's qualitative public health research explores perceptions of HPV and the HPV vaccine among trans and gender-diverse young adults. Her medical education research explores knowledge of and perceived competency with sexual and gender minority (SGM) health topics among medical school students and faculty. She is particularly interested in mental health and resilience among SGM individuals, especially SGM older adults, and is applying to psychiatry residency.

Allison's why: It is so important for us to understand more about our community. I am proud to be a part of LHF and to fund studies on LGBTQ+ women and girls.

LHF is part of a hard-won heritage of LGBTQ+ women doing desperately needed health research in our communities. Submit your application for a 2022 LHF Grant by Feb. 28!

le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-call

Check it out! It's no secret we'd love to see you submit your research on the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women and girls to this fabulous conference.

Announcing the call for abstracts! We invite you to submit abstracts pertinent to the field of LGBTQIA2S health for presentation at , scheduled for Oct. 19-22, 2022 in San Francisco. Abstracts describing original research and workshops on the experiences of LGBTQIA2S patients, health professionals, and health profession students will be considered: glma.org/abstracts

This month's SGM Health Researcher Spotlight at the NIH S*xual & Gender Minority Research Office features our VP Kodiak Soled, MSN, RN!

Kodiak's community-informed research explores multidimensional social support among SGM childbearing parents throughout the perinatal period. She places herself in a lineage of SGM health researchers with a deep desire and steadfast commitment to social justice, and we are grateful to her for the carrying the torch for LHF

Featured Investigator: Kodiak Soled, MPhil, MSN, RN | DPCPSI Kodiak Soled is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Columbia University School of Nursing and a National Institutes of Health Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Research Fellow. Kodiak’s community-informed research explores multidimensional social support among sexual and gender minority (SGM) childbearing parents...

Hey, SGM health researchers: Le***an Health Fund proposals are due in 3 weeks! We can't wait to receive your proposals for valuable research to advance the health of LGBTQ+ women and girls.

le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-call

Celebrating ! Despite an American healthcare system steeped in white supremacy, there have always been Black LGBTQ people creating health, healing, and wellbeing.

Don't forget, submissions for our 2022 grant call are due on February 28! We can't wait to see your proposals for research to advance the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women and girls: le***anhealthfund.org/2022-grant-call

"The stories are helpful, but I think when you see an image with a story, it really just gives the data a whole other level of heart and soul," says GLMA Board Member Carey Candrian, PhD about her new exhibit which utilized data collection funded by a grant from LHF.

Looking Inequity in the Eye With Dr. Carey Candrian Portraits of inequity and hope.

The Violence Against Women Act is now four years past due for reauthorization.

Gender-based violence disproportionately harms LGBTQ people. Lawmakers NEED to hear from us that we need the VAWA Reauthorization Act now.

The new VAWA framework ensures access to LGBTQ survivors, rural survivors, survivors requiring culturally specific services, and survivors seeking community-based restorative practices. Use this toolkit to call your senators to demand they pass : bit.ly/vawatoolkit

The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) will be supporting research highlighting health inequities among populations of women in the U.S. that are understudied, underrepresented, and under reported (U3) in biomedical research: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) and Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements for Research on S*x and/or Gender Influences (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional). SMW health researchers, check this out and learn more by clicking the link below.

NOT-OD-22-031: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) NOT-OD-22-031. ORWH

Happy New Year from the LHF team! In 2022, we'll keep building a world where all LGBTQ+ women and girls have access to caring healthcare based on trusted scientific research.

LHF wishes you and your loved ones a safe and joyful holiday season. Happy holidays!