Addressing the LGBTQI+ Health Disparities Gap

Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Cancer & the LGBTQI+ Community, Including HIV & HPV
• The LGBTQI+ Community’s Disproportionate Cancer Burden
• Addressing the LGBTQI+ Health Disparities Gap, Including Mistrust of Health Care Providers
• Barriers to Health Care Access, Including Discrimination
• Health Care, Cancer Screening, Palliative & Supportive Care, Affordable Housing, Gay Men & Lesbian Cancer Issues
• Transgender/Gender-Nonconforming People’s Cancer Concerns
• Challenges for LGBTQI+ Caregivers
• Social Security Disability Benefits for LGBTQI+ People Living with Cancer
• Military Service & the LGBTQI+ Community
• Practical, Financial, Emotional & Social Concerns
• Cancer Resources for the LGBTQI+ Community
• Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

NFN Scout, MA, PhD

Executive Director, National LGBT Cancer Network, VP of Social Justice, The Torvus Group, Los Angeles, CA

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, now part of the Mt. Sinai Health System, Author, Researcher in Oncology

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop