More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans report that they have experienced violence, threats or harassment because of their sexuality or gender identity. Nearly one in five LGBTQ people has avoided seeking medical care for fear of discrimination. In this Forum, experts in LGBTQ health will explore health disparities and discrimination that impact the LGBTQ community. Drawing from a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, our panel will look at the impact of these experiences on physical and mental well-being — and what can be done to help.
EXPERT PARTICIPANTS
Logan Casey, Research Associate, Harvard Opinion Research Program
Ashland Johnson, Director of Public Education and Research, Human Rights Campaign
Kenneth Mayer, Co-Chair and Medical Research Director, The Fenway Institute
Sari Reisner, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
MODERATOR
Joe Neel, Deputy Senior Supervising Editor and a Correspondent on the Science Desk, NPR
Send our panelists questions in advance to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can during a limited Q&A.
We’ll be conducting a live chat on The Forum’s Health in the LGBTQ Community website.
Tweet us @ForumHSPH #LGBTQ
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Noon-1 p.m. ET
Watch the live webcast at ForumHSPH.org. Registration to watch the event online is not required. We also will stream live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Forumhsph. An on-demand video will be posted afterwards on the event website. A searchable transcript will be posted there a few days after the event.
Presented by The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Media contact: Todd Datz, tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu, 617-432-8077