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Global Perspectives on LGBT Health

Provides knowledge and skills to understand multi-level factors that influence health and well-being among LGBTQ populations globally. Develops an appreciation for various forms of sexual and gender identities, including how culture shapes such identities, and the roles of minority stress, stigma, and discrimination in health disparities. Includes a strengths-based approach to understand how global LGBTQ communities are coping and often thriving through resilience, social support, community action, and positive policy environments. Applies learning into the context of public health research and practice. Features expert guest speakers with firsthand and/or lived experience working in the field of global LGBTQ health and human rights as well as didactic presentations from the instructors and student-facilitated group discussions.