Health Care Advocacy: A Central Focus of the LGBTQ Rights Movement

Advocacy for culturally competent, affirming health care has been a central focus of the LGBT movement since soon after the Stonewall rebellion in 1969. This panel convened LGBT leaders and experts working in health care, research, and advocacy to discuss the role of health care advocacy in LGBTQ community organizing, both over the past half century and in the future.

Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston St. Boston, 10th floor auditorium

Confirmed panelists:

Jennifer Potter, MD, Co-Chair of the Fenway Institute

Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW, Professor, Simmons University School of Social Work and School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Stewart Landers, JD, MCP, Senior Consultant, John Snow, Incorporated

Grace Sterling Stowell, MA, Executive Director, Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth

Gary Daffin, Executive Director, Multicultural AIDS Coalition

Sue Katz, Wordsmith and Rebel

Moderator: Sean Cahill, PhD, Director of Health Policy Research, Fenway Institute