Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative

🩺🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ communities have long understood that good health goes beyond medical care—it thrives in safe environments, with supportive caregivers, and meaningful social circles. The Surgeon General's recent advisory underscores how loneliness and social isolation are not simply personal issues but national health crises. Social connection is essential for human flourishing! Our latest report unpacks the historical, cultural, and scientific impacts of social disconnection on #LGBTQhealth, providing recommendations for a better future. Tap the link to read the report and share to spread awareness. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eGGrjgVV ⬅️

🌈 Calling all members of the LGBTQ+ research community! 🌈 Want to drive systemic change in health research? The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) needs your input for their upcoming Strategic Plan for Sexual and Gender Minority Health (SGM) Research. They're calling on researchers, clinicians, patient advocates, professional organizations, and all interested voices to help shape the future of SGM health research. Submissions are open through July 15. Take 5 minutes to share your thoughts 🗓️ https://lnkd.in/eCbpvzXV

🌈 We're thrilled to unveil an impact report of our activities from 2022-2024, a period of remarkable growth at Eidos. Since our inception, we've been busy building a dynamic professional network dedicated to LGBTQ+ health and supporting innovators with cutting-edge research and strategies. Together, we've taken significant strides toward a healthier future for our community. To everyone who has supported us—whether as advisors, clients, or donors—thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Let's continue building a brighter world for LGBTQ+ health! ❤️ Read the Report! https://lnkd.in/een_ztzk

Wrapping up Pride Month, we're honored to spotlight the amazing LGBTQ+ organizations we had the privilege to collaborate with at the 2024 Summer Innovation Institute. Meet COLOURS Organization, Inc. a Philadelphia nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ people of color since 1991. Originally started as a local magazine, COLOURS now serves as a community hub providing health and wellness resources, social connection, and educational programs to help the Philly queer community live better lives. Get involved in one of their many programs at coloursorganization.org Thank you COLOURS Executive Director Andre Ford and staff Jaulie Chante, Laura Wesley, and Elijah Sumners.

A PSA about the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory, a project from Tegan and Sara Foundation (I’m a board member) and GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈 70% of transgender and nonbinary folks and 56% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have experienced discrimination from their healthcare provider. This includes being refused needed care, called slurs, or having their identity “blamed” for their health status according to a study from Lambda Legal In seeking solutions to these issues Tegan and Sara Foundation teamed up with GLMA to create the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory, a free, searchable database of all kinds of doctors and healthcare providers who are knowledgeable and sensitive to the unique health needs of LGBTQ+ people in the USA and Canada. The LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory was created by an incredibly dedicated, diverse, and passionate team of LGBTQ+ creatives, medical professionals, researchers, and developers including Emy Storey and Jessica Halem. All of the providers in this database have come together to take an intentional stand against the lack of care and compassion that so many of us have been forced to experience. Everyone deserves access to healthcare providers who they can be open and honest with and anti-LGBTQ+ hate should not get in the way. Visit https://lnkd.in/gBcg2uds to start searching for a provider who has committed to upholding the rights and wellbeing of the LGBTQ+ community in their medical practice. It’s a great resource for LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Groups to recommend to their members!

This Pride Month, we are thrilled to spotlight the incredible LGBTQ+ organizations we collaborated with at the 2024 Summer Innovation Institute. Meet SAGE, a national advocacy and services organization that’s been improving the lives of LGBTQ+ elders since 1978. Their social entrepreneurship division, SAGEVenture, teamed up with the NYC services division, SAGEServes, to develop their social enterprise arm by leveraging their experience serving LGBTQ+ older adults. Explore their extensive programming at SageUSA.org Thank you SAGEVenture's Executive Director Michele Giordano, MSW & SAGEServes Director of Special Programs Bill Gross for joining us!

This Pride Month, we are thrilled to spotlight the incredible LGBTQ-affirming organizations we collaborated with at the 2024 Summer Innovation Institute. Meet Therapy Center of Philadelphia (TCP), a historic feminist nonprofit providing mental health services to low-income women and trans communities since 1972. TCP is committed to making therapy accessible to those most affected by systemic gender, race, and class barriers, prioritizing healing and growth over pathology and profit. Thank you to TCP Clinical Director Dr. Jacob Glickman, PsyD, MEd, MA, LPC for joining us! Connect with TCP at therapycenterofphila.org

Celebrating a fantastic start to #PrideMonth! 🌈 We had a blast hosting the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Summer Innovation Institute, bringing together healthcare innovators and LGBTQ+ organizations to advance health equity. Thank you to everyone who made it a success! COLOURS Organization, Inc., SAGE, Therapy Center of Philadelphia 🌟 What innovations would you like to see in LGBTQ+ healthcare? https://lnkd.in/efRgE6tE

Are you a Pennsylvania resident looking to make a positive impact on LGBTQ+ health equity this Pride Month? Share your thoughts and experiences via the Pennsylvania LGBTQ+ Health Needs Assessment! Funded by the PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, this biannual survey helps increase understanding to address the health needs of the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️🌈❤️ bit.ly/2024lgbtq

We're thrilled to be featured in the Pride Issue of the Pittsburgh City Paper! Inspired by our latest report on LGBTQ+ health and social connection, the article highlights the loneliness epidemic in the LGBTQ+ community and the health benefits of belonging. “Whatever work you do, assume LGBTQ+ people are part of the public you serve. We seek healthcare, need housing, pursue education, use childcare, and invest in local communities just like anyone else," says Eidos Senior Innovation Manager James Wolfe, MS, NCC. Read the full article by Katy Fleming, LPC, BSN, RN: https://lnkd.in/e27R2Wg2