Equitable care, better health this Pride Month

While June is Pride Month, you can show your support to LGBTQ+ patients all year long with a few simple actions. These small efforts can create an environment where all patients feel welcome and encouraged.

Individuals who feel they have a connection with their provider tend to seek out care and follow through with treatment plans, which improves health outcomes. Often, members of the LGBTQ+ community don’t seek medical care because they don’t feel comfortable or understood.

What you can do

Update your profile to indicate you offer LGBTQ+ supportive services
Earn free continuing education credits while learning more about supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Upon completion, update your profile to showcase your training.

How to update your profile

Visit the My Practice Profile interactive guide for instructions on updating your practice profile to include Health Equity information
LGBTQ+ services are reported and displayed as Areas of Expertise (AOEs) in our provider directory. Available AOEs specific to LGBTQ+ supportive services are:
- Gender-affirming care
- Gender-affirming surgery (female to male) – Bottom
- Gender-affirming surgery (female to male) – Top
- Gender-affirming surgery (male to female) – Bottom
- Gender-affirming surgery (male to female) – Top
- LGBTQ+ supportive
- Transgender
- Transgender – Electrolysis/Hair removal
- Transgender facial feminization surgery
- Transgender – Hormone therapy

Report completed cultural competency training

We display cultural competency in our directory. The available cultural competency value specific to LGBTQ+ training is LGBTQ+ communities.

Completing continuing education classes and updating your profile will help remove barriers to care for this underserved community.

Resources

View the How to enhance your provider profile to support health equity page to learn how you can make additional updates to your provider profile to support health equity.