Community
Individual
Public Policy
Interpersonal
Community
Objec)ves
1.
Define
heteronorma)ve & other useful terms
2.
Explain
how heteronorma)ve bias & discrimina)on affect
public health
What is Bias?
Defining “Heteronorma)ve”
Other Useful Terms
Bisexual
Queer
LGBTQ2-S
Heteronorma)ve Bias
in Public Health
Sexuality and Gender:
Implica)ons for Health Care
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Biological sex
•
Sexual orienta1on
•
Sexual iden1ty
•
Sexual a4rac1on
•
Sexual behavior
•
Gender iden1ty
•
Gender expression
Sexuality and Gender:
Implica)ons for Health Care
•
Biological sex
•
Sexual orienta1on
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Sexual iden1ty
•
Sexual a4rac1on
•
Sexual behavior
•
Gender iden1ty
•
Gender expression
What are the rela)onships among the following concepts?
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Biological sex
•
Sexual orienta1on
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Sexual iden1ty
•
Sexual a4rac1on
•
Sexual behavior
•
Gender iden1ty
Sexuality and Gender:
Implica)ons for Health Care
•
Biological sex
•
Sexual orienta1on
•
Sexual iden1ty
•
Sexual a4rac1on
•
Sexual behavior
•
Gender iden1ty
•
Gender expression
What are the rela)onships among the following concepts?
•
Biological sex
•
Sexual orienta1on
•
Sexual iden1ty
•
Sexual a4rac1on
•
Sexual behavior
•
Gender iden1ty
Enabling Services
Popula)on-‐Based Services
Sexuality and Gender:
There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admiZed to the hospital. In these hours of need and moments of pain and anxiety, all of us would hope to have a hand to hold, a shoulder on which to lean -‐-‐ a loved one to be there for us, as we would be there for them.
Yet every day, all across America, pa)ents are denied the kindnesses and caring of a loved one at their sides -‐-‐ whether in a sudden medical emergency or a prolonged hospital stay. O]en, a widow or widower with no children is denied the support and comfort of a good friend. Members of religious orders are some)mes unable to choose someone other than an immediate family member to visit them and make medical decisions on their behalf.
Also uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans who are o]en barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives -‐-‐ unable to be there for the person they love, and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.
There are few moments in our lives that call for greater compassion and companionship than when a loved one is admiZed to the hospital. In these hours of need and moments of pain and anxiety, all of us would hope to have a hand to hold, a shoulder on which to lean -‐-‐ a loved one to be there for us, as we would be there for them.
Yet every day, all across America, pa)ents are denied the kindnesses and caring of a loved one at their sides -‐-‐ whether in a sudden medical emergency or a prolonged hospital stay. O]en, a widow or widower with no children is denied the support and comfort of a good friend. Members of religious orders are some)mes unable to choose someone other than an immediate family member to visit them and make medical decisions on their behalf.
Also uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans who are o]en barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives -‐-‐ unable to be there for the person they love, and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.
For all of these Americans, the failure to have their wishes respected concerning who may visit them or make medical decisions on their behalf has real consequences. It means that doctors and nurses do not always have the best informa)on about pa)ents' medica)ons and medical histories and that friends and certain family members are unable to serve as intermediaries to help communicate pa)ents' needs. It means that a stressful and at )mes terrifying experience for pa)ents is senselessly compounded by indignity and unfairness. And it means that all too o]en, people are made to suffer or even to pass away alone, denied the comfort of companionship in their final moments while a loved one is le] worrying and pacing down the hall…
…uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans
who are o@en barred from the bedsides of the
Legal Discrimina)on
Health Consequences of
Repressive Laws:
HIV prevalence in men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Caribbean
Countries that criminalize
sex between men
Countries that
sex between men
do not
criminalize
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Tobacco
Gay men & lesbians are
1.5 -‐ 2.0 (mes
as likely to smoke
as
their heterosexual counterparts
•
Tobacco
Gay men & lesbians are
1.5 -‐ 2.0 (mes
as likely to smoke
as
their heterosexual counterparts
•
Suicide
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual
adolescents
are
≥
2 (mes
as
likely to report suicide idea1on or a suicide a4empt
as
heterosexual adolescents
Healthy People 2020:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
GOAL:
How Can We Take Ac)on
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