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LGBT Health Forum

 

The annual LGBT Health Forum spotlights health issues that affect the LGBT community while celebrating the program’s students and alumni. The event takes place on GW’s Foggy Bottom campus each summer and brings together a panel of experts to speak on contemporary LGBT topics. Past forums have focused on the impact of the Stonewall rebellion, health and justice for transgender people, lessons from the marriage equality fight and more.

Past Forums: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

A panel of experts speak at a head table under the sign "LGBT Health Forum"

 

 

LGBT Program News 

Stephen Forssell, founding director of the LGBT Health Policy and Practice Program, speaks at the GLMA Annual Conference

LGBT Health Policy and Practice Program Recognized for Impact

The prestigious 2019 GLMA Achievement Award honors the program’s contributions to improved health outcomes for the LGBTQ community.
Panelists and attendees at a GW discussion, "Getting the Word Out: Stonewall, the Power of Information and LGBTQ Health.”

LGBT Health Forum Discusses Stonewall Riots

For the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, journalists, activists and authors came to GW to talk about the impact that Stonewall had on the progress of LGBTQ rights.

 

 

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