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Dr. Valerie Stone is honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its 2020 LGBTQ Health Award

June 29, 2020

Dr. Valerie E. Stone, a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2020 recipient of the Society’s LGBTQ Health Award, an honor recognizing an individual who has made outstanding contributions to LGBTQ health.

Dr. Stone serves as the vice-chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Brigham and Women’s. She is a nationally recognized expert on HIV/AIDS who developed and edited a textbook entitled “HIV/AIDS in U.S. Communities of Color.” Dr. Stone’s research focuses on disparities in HIV/AIDS care by race, ethnicity and gender.

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Recommended Readings from the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality

June 26, 2020

In response to the current events of anti-black police violence and other forms of racism, Harvard WGS faculty have compiled a list of recommended reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary formations of racism from a perspective that integrates analysis of race with that of gender and sexuality. We hope that these readings are a guide for all who strive to understand and respond to racism. 

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COVID AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

Panel Discussion: COVID-19 and the LGBTQ+ community

June 24, 2020

Dr. Katz-Wise wrote “COVID-19 and the LGBTQ+ community: Rising to unique challenges” for the Harvard Health Blog in April 2020 and so far over 2120 people have read it. Her piece remains one of the few published on the ways our community is impacted by this pandemic. With all of the media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is striking that the conversation has not addressed the ways this pandemic is affecting LGBTQ+ people.
 
Pride Month offers us the chance to reflect on the barriers and stigma we continue to face in healthcare, policy, research, and our own families. Pride Month is also an opportunity to reflect on our communities’ strengths. This panel discussion offers us a chance to come together and learn from our own LGBTQ+ community at Harvard Medical School as we work together to change the conversation.

A video recording of the panel can be accessed here. 

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