LGBTQ+ Support Group – Gay Men Wh Cancer

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUP – GAY MEN WH CANCER
• GAY MEN WH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
• GAY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
• GAY MUNICH

LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUP – GAY MEN WH CANCER

DcriptnConnect wh others our ee, 15-week onle support group for gay men diagnosed wh ncer. DcriptnIn partnership wh the Natnal LGBT Cancer Network, CancerCare is offerg a 15-week onle support group for gay or bisexual men diagnosed wh ncer.

Sendly, the public policy advocy anizatn, GLMA: Health Profsnals Advancg LGBT Equaly (formerly the Gay & Lbian Medil Associatn), has many rourc for profsnals as well as patients, cludg Top Ten Issu to Discs wh Your Heath Care Provir for Lbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgenr People. They also have a wealth of rmatn on trans health LGBT senrs, SAGE (Servic and Advocy for Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenred Elrly is an important natnal rource. SAGE n direct llers to their lol gay support systems clost to last, but certaly not least, here at CancerCare we have a number of support servic for LGBT patients, survivors, and regivers.

We also have a face-to-face support group nng our New York Cy office:Gay and Bisexual Men Wh Cancer Support Group, llaboratn wh SAGEIn addn to checkg out the above rourc, please feel ee to ll our Hopele at 800-813-HOPE (4673) to speak wh an onlogy social worker about helpg your LGBT patients and regivers lote addnal support. Known llectively as the The Natnal LGBT Cancer Project, we provi ncer-related programs, servic and rearch foced on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex people and other sexualy and genr diverse people and muni. Mteldorf veloped and facilated a New York Cy based support group for Gay men prentg wh prostate ncer.

GAY MEN WH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

That one group grew to an ternatnal work of ncer survivor support groups for Gay, Bisexual, MtF and FtM men.

We noticed the stove pipg of our LGBT muny to separate groups and anizatns for Lbian and Gay ncer survivors. The Pri Cancer Support Group wel patients, survivors, and loved on impacted by ncer who intify as bisexual, gay, lbian, nonbary, queer, transgenr, 2-spir, and all other sexual and genr mori.

GAY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

Gay Men's Prostate Cancer Support Group wh Los Angel LGBT Center. In llaboratn wh the Los Angel LGBT Center, this group wel gay and bisexual men wh prostate ncer and their partners.

Gilda’s Club Chigo and Howard Brown Health Center ve you to jo for this supportive, virtual monthly group for all those who intify as part of the LGBTQIA+ muny (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, pansexual, nonbary, genrqueer) and have been impacted by ncer, cludg those who are livg wh ncer and fay and iends. Gay Men's Networkg Group. Facilated by a licensed onlogy social worker, our ee support and workg group offers a safe and supportive space for gay, bisexual, and transgenr men impacted by ncer any way, cludg men wh a ncer diagnosis, regivers, and iends and fay members.

Discrimatn and systemic barriers to re for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Qutng, Intersex or Asexual (LGBTQIA+) dividuals n add to the strs of pg wh a ncer diagnosis. Outright nial of re: While acceptance of LGBTQ+ inti is risg, homophobia and transphobia rema stark reali.

GAY MUNICH

For gay men and others, doctors may not be aware that the human papilloma vis (HPV) is equally transmted by anal terurse as is vagal terurse, and so requir screeng for anal ncer. At the same time, LGBT regivers pot out that a “one size fs all” approach is appropriate, sce the regivg and social support needs of dividual lbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgenr people often differ.

In one example, a medil team arranged a rpe day for a gay male regiver so that he uld attend Pri Week activi, when he had not tend to take part that event. This rmatn scrib support rourc available to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) patients and their loved on. Amerin Cancer Society (ACS) Survivors Network: Gay Men Talk About CancerThis onle fom offers a place for gay men and their loved on to discs issu related to ncer.