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20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard
20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard
Two decades after his murder, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Kelly Writers House, and the Penn LGBT Center will host a memorial reading to celebrate Shepard’s life.
With Pride Month in full swing, a look forward and back at Penn’s LGBT Center
With Pride Month in full swing, a look forward and back at Penn’s LGBT Center
For 35 years, the LGBT Center has been a trailblazer in academia and a resource for students, staff and their families, and helps the University navigate issues around health benefits, pronouns, and even restrooms.
In the News
Forbes
How to detect rainbow washing versus genuine LGBTQ+ support
Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School says that for decades the LGBTQ+ community’s needs were met with either indifference or intolerance.
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Philadelphia Gay News
UPenn hosts free online panel for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion
The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative, led by José Bauermeister and Jessica Halem of the School of Nursing, will host a free online panel in April on the integration of LGBTQ+ people in the workforce.
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Huffington Post
Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director
Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Medicine appoints first medical director of LGBTQ health
Kevin Kline speaks about his appointment as Penn Medicine’s first medical director of LGBTQ health and his concerns about politicization of care.
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CBS Philadelphia
Symposium at Penn aimed at improving healthcare for LGBTQ community
A weeklong symposium at Penn organized by José Bauermeister of the School of Nursing will brainstorm ways to educate medical providers about special needs in the LGBTQ community.
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