Dear Fenway Health community,
The past year has been one full of changes here at Fenway Health. Change is rarely easy – in fact, it can be downright painful – but for Fenway, these changes have all been important …
In Massachusetts, lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are almost three times as likely as heterosexual youth (61.1% vs. 23.9%) to report feeling sad or helpless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row that they stopped doing …
LGBTQ people experience significant health disparities throughout their lives, and a lack of adequate health data on this patient population leads to further barriers to care. By collecting information on the sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) of patients and …
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 …
Study Examines Efficacy of Interventions for Young Transgender Women in Reducing HIV Infection Risks
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 …