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Health & Wellbeing Partnership Consultation

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Health and wellbeing for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Birmingham

Birmingham LGBT Community trust and the health & Wellbeing Partnership held a consultation on LGBT Health Issues.

Notes from the meeting at the Nightingale Club 2nd December 2009:

 
Key issues identified
 
  1. Assumption that you are heterosexual
  2. Having to come out
  3. Need for generic monitoring
  4. Need for diversity training for health and care professionals
  5. More research, particularly in trans health
  6. The Birmingham LGBT community needs a resource centre
  7. A LGBT-friendly sign in primary care settings would support LGBT people, challenge assumptions and raise awareness.
  8. Homophobic / transphobic hate crimes – link to mental health and community safety issues
  9. BME and Faith Communities: need to establish better relationship and support BME LGBT people
  10. Need to work with young people and schools to promote change
  11. Older and disabled people are particularly vulnerable and invisible in services
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Lesbians In Cancer Shock

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Recent research by The Stonewall Charity suggests that 8% of lesbians aged 50-79 develop breast cancer compared to 2% of their heterosexual counterparts. A recent review of unpublished health data in the West Midlands also threw up some further shocking figures, suggesting that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have higher rates of smoking and other risk factors for cancer. Worryingly there is no data on how other cancers such as lung, cervical and prostate cancer affect the LGBT community as the NHS does not monitor patients’ sexual orientation.

Commenting on the findings, researcher Dr Catherine Meads states “There seems to be a high rate of breast cancer in lesbians and bisexual women, but we have no idea why this is so and it was not investigated in any published papers. Currently it is unclear whether more lesbians and bisexual women report having breast cancer because there is a higher incidence, or because lesbians and bisexual women might be surviving longer and so affecting the figures, or for some other reasons. More good quality research needs to be carried out urgently”
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Review of LGBT Health Research : West Midlands

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Following a systematic review of LGBT health research specific to the West Midlands carried out by the University of Birmingham, Birmingham LGBT Community Trust is looking for your views and your experiences of the NHS in the region. The Trust is pleased to have secured Department of Health funding to disseminate the information contained in the review. A leaflet has been produced containing key findings for both LGBT men and women in the region, with a blog page set up to gather people’s views and experiences.

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Capacity Building

The Trust is currently working with LGBT Forum members to build capacity of LGBT voluntary sector in the city. This includes one to one surgeries with forum groups, which include training on fundraising, governance and diversity.

We are also bringing key officers from the city council to forum meetings to consult directly with our mrmbers. These include directorate heads such as Mashuq Ally and Peter Hay and elected members such as Cllr Alan Rudge, Cabinet member for Corporate Equality and Diversity.

 

Gay Village Regeneration

GAY VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS

Following intense lobbying by BLGBT and former city councillor Steve Bedser, Birmingham City Council has committed 1/2 million pounds to be spent on much needed environmental improvements to the gay village area. With 2,500 signatures, a petition which was organised over Pride 2008 was instrumental in our lobbying efforts.

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