LGBT Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The YMSM+LGBT COE would like to encourage you to visit our archived webinars where you can learn more about the LGBT community. We have webinars available on many topics including Creating an LGBT Affirming Organization, Supporting Change for LGBTQ Young Adults, and Working with and for Two-Spirit Individuals. To learn more please visit LGBT Webinar Recordings.
Please join us on Friday, April 20, 2018 for our first webinar of 2018! The webinar “Meeting the Unique Needs of LGBT Seniors” will explore poverty within the LGBT community, the unique legal needs of the LGBT senior community and best practices for providers working with LGBT older adults.
This interactive webinar will be facilitated by Denny Chan, Staff Attorney from Justice in Aging.
The YMSM + LGBT COE would like to wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season!
Information on our upcoming quarterly webinar series will be sent out in early 2018.
Thank you for your support of the YMSM+LGBT COE!
UCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health hosted the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit (NTHS), the premiere national conference in transgender health. This landmark program presented cutting-edge research, evidence-based educational sessions, and training opportunities across many disciplines.
The Summit was held November 10-12, 2017 in Oakland, California.
To learn more please visit: http://www.transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=ev-summit-2017
The 2017 Annual Statewide Integrated Care Conference in California featured an LGBT track.
The conference was held October 25-26, 2017 at the Hilton Universal City Hotel.
Beck Gee-Cohen, MA, LADC conducted a workshop entitled “Sentenced to Injustice: Trans People and the Trauma of Incarceration” which addressed the disparities of TGNC people entering the current jail/prison system, what current conditions look like in prison, and the conditions that are awaiting TGNC people after release. It also addressed current concerns such as substance use, mental health, and trauma of incarceration. The presentation also looked at the resiliency of trans people and efforts being made to change the institution of incarceration as it is today.
Learn more at: www.uclaisap.org/COD
LGBT Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. As part of CSAT’s recognition of LGBT Pride Month the YMSM+LGBT COE would like to encourage you to visit our archived webinars where you can learn more about the LGBT community. We have webinars available on many topics including Creating an LGBT Affirming Organization, Supporting Change for LGBTQ Young Adults, and Working with and for Two-Spirit Individuals. To learn more please visit LGBT Webinar Recordings.
We are also proud to present a 2-part webinar series featuring four model programs serving YMSM of color. The programs are SAMHSA Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) HIV grantee award winners who will share their successes and lessons learned providing substance use disorder treatment and HIV prevention services. The first webinar will be held on June 23, 2017 and we will hear from Jorge Diaz from the Nuevo Amanecer/New Dawn program at Bienestar Human Services and Wendell Glenn from the ADAM Project at Behavioral Health Services. The second webinar will be held on July 28, 2017 and will feature Donald Powell and Sean Underwood from Project Aspire at Exponents and Anthony Contreras from Getting OFF! at Tarzana Treatment Center. Click here for more information!
On June 6, 2017 Dr. Freese presented at Coping with Hope: HIV in Uncertain Times. This conference was sponsored by the Los Angeles County HIV Mental Health Task Force. His presentation focused on addressing substance abuse risk in LGBT populations. Please visit our Facebook page to watch the hour long presentation and learn more our about out the trainings we provide.
Click here to visit our page: YMSM + LGBT COE Facebook Page
The YMSM+LGBT Center of Excellence hosted a Training of Trainers (ToT) event for Spanish speakers on March 30-31, 2017 in New York. The Center of Excellence is excited to have more trainers available to conduct our new training “A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals (2nd Edition)”.
Last week our National Advisory Board gathered in Rockville, Maryland at the SAMHSA headquarters. We spent a day and a half discussing plans for the future – including upcoming webinar topics in 2017. We look forward to more great things in 2017!
We hosted our fourth TOT event in Los Angeles, California on February 1-2, 2017! We are excited to have twenty new trainers able to deliver trainings on behalf of the YMSM + LGBT CoE!
To learn more about our trainings and to schedule one please email btoeser@ucla.edu.
