On November 1 through November 3, the Division of Education and Training at the Fenway Institute hosted the 5th annual Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference.
This three-day course featured topics such as “Taking an Affirming Sexual History,” “Primary …
We are pleased to announce that an article co-authored by Fenway Institute staff has been named the recipient of the 2019 Association for Gerontological Education in Social Work (AGESW) Rose Dobrof Award. This award is presented to the author(s) of …
On Friday, the Trump Administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would eliminate nondiscrimination provisions for LGBTQ people in all of its grant programs, including those for HIV and STI prevention, public health, health research, …
We are pleased to announce that Holly B. Fontenot, PhD, RN/NP, FAAN, has been inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Fontenot is an Adjunct Faculty Member at The Fenway Institute and maintains NP clinical …
The Advancing Ethical Research Conference (AER) will be held in Boston from November 18-20, and Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, and AIDS Action are excited to have a large presence at this year’s sessions. AER is the annual conference of …
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas overturned the Affordable Care Act’s explicit prohibition of gender identity discrimination. Significantly, Judge O’Connor ruled that the gender identity nondiscrimination regulation put in place by the Obama …
The Women’s Health Team at Fenway Health is happy to announce a call for proposals for the Judy Bradford Community Grant. Fenway Health is a community health center in Boston that works to enhance the well-being of the lesbian, …
Recently, Fenway Institute research staff members were selected to attend the 2019 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) in Washington, DC as HIV Advocacy Academy fellows. We caught up with them and other attendees to learn more about their experiences …
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 …
A new study published in The American Journal of Public Health by researchers at The Fenway Institute estimated the prevalence of exposure to gender identity conversion therapy, attempts to change a person’s gender identity from transgender to cisgender. Study authors …
