A new article published today in the Annals of Family Medicine puts a spotlight on the health care needs of an often overlooked group of patients: those who identify as non-binary. Communicating With Patients Who Have Nonbinary Gender Identities outlines …
The search process for a new, permanent CEO for Fenway Health is nearing completion. With this in mind, we wanted to share with you the progress that’s been made and a projected timeline for what remains to be completed.
As …
The Fenway Institute and Harvard Medical School are proud to announce a new educational opportunity for health care providers this spring. Advancing Excellence in Health Care for Sexual and Gender Minorities: A Core Course for the Whole Care Team will …
Fenway Health is conducting a new study on gender-affirmative health care starting this November. This innovative study, titled “Transgender cohort study of gender affirmation and HIV-related health,” will enroll 4,500 transgender adult patients from Fenway Health and Callen-Lorde Community Health …
BOSTON, August 13, 2018—A new HIV prevention study published today in JAMA Pediatrics found that Project Lifeskills—a culturally specific, empowerment-based, and group-delivered behavioral prevention intervention—significantly reduced sexual risk for HIV acquisition and transmission in sexually active young transgender women …
Injectable estrogen is a critical health need for transgender women, as shown in the following research by Dr. Sean Cahill and Sophia Geffen of The Fenway Institute,Tim Horn of Treatment Action Group, and Kimberleigh Joy Smith of Callen-Lorde Community Health …
First study to identify an association between PrEP use and receipt of primary care, with potential benefits beyond HIV prevention
Users of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill to prevent HIV infection, are more likely to use non-HIV-related primary …
The Evidence-Informed Interventions Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance (E2i CCTA), funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) and led by The Fenway Institute in partnership with AIDS United, has awarded 26 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) …
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a Colorado baker who refused service to a gay male couple who wished to order a wedding cake, claiming that he objected to same-sex marriage on religious grounds. The …
A new webinar from the Behavioral Health Department at Fenway Health provides guidance for mental health providers in providing gender affirming assessments for surgery referral letters for transgender and gender diverse people. The webinar, titled Providing Mental Health Assessments for …
