Learning Objectives

WELCOME

***No continuing education credit is being offered for the Welcome session.

PRE-SUMMIT WORKSHOPS

The ABCs of LGBTQ+ and Gender Minority Inclusive Education: Addressing the Need, Building the Skills, Championing the Importance

~ Elizabeth Petty, MD

Health care providers and educators must be both competent and caring when serving individuals from LGBTQ+ and gender minority populations to optimize their well-being.

In this workshop participants will engage in safe skill building exercises, including discussion of relevant case studies, to help them develop skills, tools, and knowledge about resources that they may utilize to best support individuals who are sexual and gender minorities.

1. Describe the importance of using appropriate LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive language.

2. Discuss concepts of and intersections between sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

3. Demonstrate correct pronoun use for all individuals in classroom, laboratory, community, and clinic settings as well as in education and program materials.

4. Identify existing gaps in LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive practices in your area of work, education, or practice.

5. Describe two things you could do to help address those gaps and promote an LGBTQ+ and fully gender inclusive work and learning environment.

Ready Player 101 or the Terrain for LGBTQ+ Populations

~ Warren Scherer, MPH

During this workshop, participants will be introduced to and explore the identities, experiences, and needs of transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, plus (+) populations.

The workshop will conclude with discussion of supporting LGBTQ+ populations through and beyond "allyship", with time for Q & A.

1. Recognize the identities, experiences, and needs of transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, plus (+) populations.

2. Discuss ways to support LGBTQ+ populations through and beyond "allyship".

TGNC Caucus: Health Needs & Organizing Strategies

~ Katherine Charek Briggs, MA, MSIS

This caucus session is intended for TGNC people to connect with each other in a closed space. We will hear from the group to determine our own and our community health and wellness needs and then strategize on priorities and next steps. What can we do in the next six months? What do we need longer term?

Representatives from the Wisconsin Transgender Health Coalition and the UW-Madison trans health work group will offer clarity on current health policy, bring next steps back to their groups, and help folks in the room make connections to services and partners they need.

1. Establish community connection with other trans professionals and community members .

2. Contribute to a collaborative list of needs, priorities, and action steps to advance trans health.

PLENARY SESSION

What Next?: A Crowd-sourced and Collaborative Keynote Featuring Our Collective Ideas for Liberatory Queer Health Futures

~ Rae Walker, PhD, RN

1. Describe the failures of current systems and government in the service of health care

2. Discuss our role in designing liberatory queer health futures.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Sexual Health and Disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community

~ Amy Perez, BSN Senior Undergraduate 

Develop a deeper understanding of the health needs of LGBTQ+ individuals and the challenges they face when trying to access sexual health services. These challenges are linked to stigma, discrimination, structural inequities and social determinants of health.

In this session we will discuss the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among LGBTQ+ individuals. You will learn the current recommendations from the CDC for STI prevention, testing, treatment and follow-up for LGBTQ+ patients.

Additionally, you will learn how to collect sexual health data from patients in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner while motivating and empowering them. Learning this will allow you not only to provide excellent patient care, but also to develop trusting relationships with your LGBTQ patients and work to eliminate health disparities. 

1. Describe the Social Ecological Model and how the 5 Social Determinants of Health impact patient outcomes

2. Define intersectionality and how to use its framework to understand the patient’s clinical picture and barriers to access to care

3. Explain the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s STI prevention and treatment guidelines for LGBTQ+ humans

4. Discuss non-judgemental and motivational interviewing during sexual and reproductive care visits

Developing LGBTQ Patient-Provider Relationships: Two Research Examples

Patient-provider relationships, LGBTQ+ identity, and end-of-life discussions

 ~ Madison VanderHill, BSN Senior Undergraduate & Kristen Pecanac, PhD, RN

Learning from Transmasculine Experiences With Healthcare:  Tangible Inlets for Reducing Health Disparities

~ Nickolas Lambrou, PhD

At the inaugural LGBTQ+ Health Summit, many attendees shared in a survey how they relate to their provider and what they look for in their provider.

Interactions between healthcare providers and LGBTQ+ individuals have been shown to be critical to the care they receive and how LGBTQ+ individuals plan for care at the end of life.

We will share the results of the study and discuss the importance of empowering nurses and providers to use communication strategies that enhance patient participation and allow patients to tell their own story.

Patient-provider relationships, LGBTQ+ identity, and end-of-life discussions

1. Discuss how patient-provider relationships can be improved in clinical settings

2.Examine how patient-provider relationships can impact end-of-life care for LGBTQ+ populations

Learning from Transmasculine Experiences With Healthcare:  Tangible Inlets for Reducing Health Disparities

1. Describe historical relationships between medical models and transgender and gender diverse (TGD) embodiment, consequences of medicalizing gender, and sources of stress and resilience.

2. Discuss how patient-provider relationships can be improved in clinical settings.

Anti Transgender and LGBT Actions

 ~ Ginger Baier

The current administration has made it a goal to remove transgender people from American society by changing the rules in most government agencies, like HHS, education, and the military.

1. Identify the policy changes occurring over the past 5 years in the US that have impacted health and healthcare for LGBTQ communities.

2. Forecast LGBTQ health-related policy changes and agendas on the horizon.

Gender Services: The Role of an RN Navigator 

 ~ Emily Smith, RN and K8 Walton, RN, BSN

UW Health Gender Services Program is pleased to submit this proposal to present at the 2020 WI LGBTQ+ Health Summit. Our goal is to educate students, nurses, healthcare providers and patients on the specific roles and responsibilities of a nurse navigator in a gender services program.

UW Health is one of the few comprehensive gender services programs in the United States and the nurse navigator role is a new one that will continue to evolve to meet the specific needs of the transgender and gender non-conforming community.

This session would provide an in depth look at the unique and versatile nursing role that expands beyond patient care and looks at an organization as a whole and the education and policy changes that need to take place for lasting system change.

1. Describe the nurse navigator role in a gender services program.

2. Identify the organizational education and policy changes needed to support a nurse navigator program.

Does My Insurance Have to Cover Transition-Related Care?

 ~ Alina Boyden & Rainer Rosilez, University of Wisconsin–Madison QLaw Student

The law is currently in a state of flux as to trans persons' rights to insurance coverage for transition-related care. This  presentation will outline the current law, identify areas for advocacy, and provide practical advice for obtaining insurance coverage. 

1. Discuss obtaining and using insurance coverage for gender-related services.

2. Outline basic legal requirements for and limits on insurance coverage of gender-related services.

3. Describe ways that health care providers and other stakeholders can advocate for insurance coverage for gender-related services.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Growing Up QPoC (Queer Person of Color) - What We Wish Our Health System & Families Had Told Us

~  Natalia Hildner, MA and Alex Booker, MA

The invisibility and isolation that many Queer People of Color can experience growing up puts them at an extra high risk of physical and mental danger.

There have been some advances towards inclusivity of queerness in some institutions at some level but this does not mean that these very inclusivity measures will also connect or be able to also include QPoC. The barriers that we have faced and our needs as QPoC's growing up is very little understood by both the white queer and PoC communities.

As a Latinx and Black QPoC presenters, we hope to share our intimate experiences of multiple health systems and the gaps which we have miraculously been able to survive. 

1. Describe and value the needs and barriers of QPoC in multiple health systems.

2. Identify inadequacies of advances towards inclusivity of queerness in some institutions to connect to or include QPoC.

Trans-forming Healing Spaces: Tips and Considerations in Creating Trans-affirming Spaces

~  Elliot Tebbe, PhD, LP and Stephanie Budge, PhD

This session will focus on how to make healing spaces as welcoming as possible for transgender and nonbinary patients/clients. Healing spaces are defined as: any health care space that a patient/client will interact with (e.g., waiting rooms, therapy offices, medical offices, hallways, paperwork, virtual appointments, websites).

We will provide practical tips to provide cues for affirming spaces and for patient/client interactions with their providers in spaces.

1. Define healing spaces

2. Identify practical ways to provide cues for affirming spaces

LGBTQ+ Youth: Risk and Protective Factors

~ Robin Matthies, MSW

This presentation will provide an overview of LGBTQ definitions, and terms to allow people to have a foundational understanding of acronyms, definitions, and terminology.

There will be interactive aspects where I'll ask audience members to engage with certain posed questions as a way to share unique experiences. I will share LGBTQ youth specific data that highlights risk behaviors and health outcomes to showcase disparities between LGBTQ youth and their non-LGBTQ identified peers.

Finally, we will collectively discuss ways to create safe and welcoming spaces for LGBTQ youth, protective factors, and ideas for specific advocacy efforts both individually and collectively.

1. Describe at least 2 elevated risk factors for negative mental, and behavioral health outcomes experienced by LGBTQ youth.

2. Identify at least 2 protective factors for mental, and behavioral health that LGBTQ youth have.

3. Discuss at least one new idea for improving mental, social, and behavioral health outcomes among LGBTQ youth.

The Story of OutHealth Inc: It’s not about Us
~  Kathy Oriel, MD, MS and Melisa Arndtt, LPN

1. Discuss the complexities of private and public health insurance companies and how those complexities disproportionately impact the LGBTQ+ community

2. Apply lessons learned by Dr. Kathy and Nurse Melisa in caring for trans and non-binary humans to better advocate in their own work and educational settings

3. Reflect on their own professional journeys regarding professional purpose meaning and humility

Veterinary Medicine and the Human Animal Bond in the LGBTQ+ Community

~  Kelly Schultz, MS, DVM and Levi Sable

The human-animal bond plays an important role across the spectrum of human experience, but that bond can be experienced differently in the lives of folks from marginalized communities.

This session will be an overview of the literature surrounding LGBTQ+ use of veterinary services and of the human-animal bond as experienced by members of the LGBTQ+ community.  

1. Discuss and value the importance of the human-animal bond among LGBTQ communities and families

2. Describe what the scientific literature has documented about LGBTQ families' experiences with veterinary services

PLENARY SESSION

Call me ill

~ T. Banks

T. Banks will be performing spokenword poems from his Chapbooks and new collection of poetry that specifically addresses the harm of the medical industrial complex on Black, Trans, Queer and Disabled people seeking treatment for chronic illness.

He will be reading from poems of his unique experience in healthcare and fighting for wellness as a Black, Trans, Queer and chronically ill person.

Virtual Networking

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