Lesbian Health Fund

08/29/2022

We celebrate the life of Dr. Deb Bowen who not only dedicated her career to advancing healthcare delivery and health promotion but was a champion in advancing the health of LGBTQ+ women.
Dr. Bowen was awarded a
achievement award in 2017. This award recognized her outstanding contributions to improving the health of LGBTQ+ people, including serving as LHF's grants chair for over a decade. We are grateful for her impact and influence on us and our community🌈

Further details of her legacy can be found here: https://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/remembering-dr-deb-bowen

07/01/2022

Don’t miss this conversation on the unique health and wellness needs of the LGBTQIA2+ community over on the with LHF and board of director !

“It’s a fight not only for the right to marry but for every individual to be able to live a full life of health, wellness, and true love - and LHF & GLMA are providing the research to get us there.”

Listen here: https://www.whatgivesproject.com/podcast/episode/33152b0e/s02-ep1-le***an-health-fund-with-love-and-care-with-carey-candrian

06/28/2022

Meet Jared, a gay demisexual clinical psychology doctoral student and LHF Fundraising Committee member, who is passionate about uplifting the voices of those within the LGBTQ+ community who are most at risk of health disparities and who lack resources.

Help uplift LGBTQ+ voices by donating to LHF this month at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth !

06/22/2022

Meet Allison, your self-described favorite bisexual q***r psychiatry resident!

Help her to improve the health of LGBTQ+ women and girls by donating to LHF at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth !

Allison says, "LHF funds meaningful early career research on LGBTQ women and girls, inclusive of gender diverse, non-binary, trans, and q***r individuals."

06/20/2022

LHF grants fund early career researchers, including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and allow them to generate research in order to build their careers and their impact. Hear from Dr. Casey Xavier Hall, MPH, PhD, 2017 LHF grantee.

Donate to support LHF and early career researchers like Dr. Hall at bit.ly/LHFgiveoutmonth !

05/11/2022

Abortion restrictions and bans have roots in white supremacy and misogyny.

The fight to protect abortion access is essential to the pursuit of reproductive, economic, & racial justice.

Tell your legislators to support this critical legislation.

05/10/2022

Whether or not overturns , we must continue to defend and protect EVERYONE’S abortion rights by supporting people who need abortions, providers, abortion funds and clinics on the ground—and by federal protections like the Women’s Health Protection Act ( ).

Tell your Senators to NOW:

Here's how to tell Congress to support the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), federal legislation to protect the right to access abortion care nationwide.

05/10/2022

Abortion access is critical to all people capable of becoming pregnant. will protect the rights of everyone—cisgender women, transgender men, non-binary individuals, those who identify with a different gender & others—who are harmed by abortion restrictions.

It’s time for Congress to ensure that abortion is accessible for everyone and . Tell your Senators to pass now:

Tell your legislators to support this critical legislation.

04/26/2022

Our 2021 grantees are pretty amazing, but they shouldn't be *unusual.* They are.

Only 6.5% of LGBTQ research funded by the Nat'l Institutes of Health focuses on le****ns.

We make LGBTQ+ women and girls visible in research. Donate today to keep us strong: http://giveoutday.org/LHF.

Happy Le***an Visibility Day!

Today, we're spotlighting our 2021 grantees, starting with Michelle Tam, a PhD student at University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Learn more about Michelle's research at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients.

04/26/2022

Last but not least, spotlight on Le***an Health Fund grantee Brian Thoma, PhD! His research fills in critical gaps in the literature about trans youth mental health. Learn more at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients.

From all of us at LHF, happy Le***an Visibility Day! We're proud to fund much-needed—and often underfunded and sidelined—health research on le***an communities. When we improve the health of the most marginalized and ignored, we uplift all of society.

04/26/2022

Meet 2021 Le***an Health Fund grant recipient Emily Helminen, a PhD candidate at Syracuse University in the Department of Psychology.

Her LHF-funded research will be used to inform the development of a tailored self-compassion intervention for sexual minority women to improve their health outcomes. Learn more about the project at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients. ***anVisibilityDay

04/26/2022

Spotlight on 2021 Le***an Health Fund grantee Ninive Sanchez, PhD!

Her LHF-funded research seeks to understand the lived experiences of sexual and gender minority people of color living with polycystic o***y syndrome. More at le***anhealthfund.org/grant-recipients. ***anVisibilityDay