On Saturday, Sept. 28, Encore Boston Harbor will host its first ever ‘hightea’ outdoor tea dance day party. From 3 p.m. until sunset, guests will join host Yuhua Hamasaki of RuPaul’s Drag Race and DJs Daniela Sea of …
BOSTON, September 11, 2019—A new study published today in JAMA Psychiatry found that exposure to attempts by professionals to change a person’s gender identity from transgender to cisgender is associated with a range of adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide …
Fenway Health is proud to announce that we have once again been named an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader in the HRC’s annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). Leader status is awarded to healthcare facilities that attained a score of 100 in …
Boston, MA, August 7, 2019–A groundbreaking study published in the most recent issue of Transgender Health finds that young transgender women of color hit several developmental milestones significantly earlier than their white peers. These milestones include outward expressions of …
July 30, 2019 – Fenway Health is excited to celebrate National Health Center Week 2019, which runs from August 4 to August 10. Started by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), this week is a time to …
July 25, 2019―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the harm to LGBT people likely to result from a new health care regulation proposed by the Trump Administration last month. The public has until August …
Fenway Institute faculty members will be presenting at this year’s International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference in Mexico City July 21-24. The IAS Conference is the largest open scientific conference on HIV science in the world.
Kenneth Mayer, MD, Medical Research …
BOSTON, June 26, 2019—A new report out of The Fenway Institute takes a look at the performance of US health centers during the first year of required sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data reporting. The paper, titled Required Sexual …
BOSTON, June 25, 2019—In honor of LGBT Pride Month, the Fenway Institute released a series of three issue briefs to help healthcare organizations collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data from patients to improve quality of care and reduce …
June 12, 2019—This week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation statement giving pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention an A rating for people at high risk of HIV acquisition. Most health insurance plans are required …