{"id":16296,"date":"2024-06-26T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/?p=16296"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:57:40","slug":"the-states-of-lgbtq-health-in-region-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2024\/06\/the-states-of-lgbtq-health-in-region-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The State(s) of LGBTQ+ Health in Region 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each one of Region 6\u2019s states has a unique identity. From \u201cThe Land of Lincoln\u201d (Illinois), to the \u201cland where the water reflects the clouds\u201d (Mni Sota Makoce\/Minnesota), Region 6 is cities, prairies, farms, dairy land, native history, lakes, rivers, valleys, hills, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Each of our states provides health information resources for the LGBTQ+ communities that populate them. Below are just a few varied and select links from our seven states: government, public health, academic, and other local agencies. Explore!<\/p>\n<h2>Illinois<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.state.il.us\/page.aspx?item=152280\">Illinois Department\u00a0of Human Services<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/childmind.org\/article\/transgender-teens-gender-dysphoria\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=publ_ed_nl_2022-06-14&amp;utm_content=transgender-teens-gender-dysphoria\">Transgender Kids and Gender Dysphoria &#8211; Child Mind Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/childmind.org\/article\/how-to-support-kids-who-are-questioning\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=publ_ed_nl_2022-06-14&amp;utm_content=how-to-support-kids-who-are-questioning\">How to Support Kids who are Questioning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/childmind.org\/article\/how-to-support-lgbtq-children\/\">How to Support LGBTQ Children<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dph.illinois.gov\/topics-services\/life-stages-populations\/lgbtq-health.html\">LGBTQ Health &#8211; Illinois Department of Public Health<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LGBTQ Health Resources and Publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Indiana<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtq.indiana.edu\/resources\/index.html\">Indiana University Bloomington: LGBTQ+ Culture Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/issp\/understanding-suicide\/lgbtq-community-for-teens\/\">Indiana State Suicide Prevention (ISSP): LGBTQ+ Community for Teens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.iu.edu\/index.html\">Indiana University Bloomington<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Iowa<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/central-iowa-health-care\/health-services\/lgbtq-veteran-care\/\">LGBTQ+ Veteran Care | VA Central Iowa Health Care<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascountyiowa.gov\/Home\/Components\/BusinessDirectory\/BusinessDirectory\/750\/\">One Iowa LGBTQ Inclusive Healthcare Providers<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Michigan<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/michigan\/2023\/05\/31\/michigan-lgbtq-resource-guide-how-to-find-support-healthcare-and-legal-resources\/\">Michigan LGBTQ+ Resource Guide: How to find support, healthcare and legal resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.msu.edu\/consumerhealth\/lgbtq\">Michigan State University: Resources for LGBTQ Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/ogm\/commissions\/lgbtq-commission\">State of Michigan LGBTQ+ Commission<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edocs.dhs.state.mn.us\/lfserver\/Public\/DHS-6500-ENG\">Minnesota Department of Human Services: A Practice Guide for Caseworkers, Foster Parents and Facility Staff: Working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer\/questioning and two-spirit youth in the child welfare system<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minneapolismn.gov\/government\/programs-initiatives\/racial-equity\/trans-equity-summit\/career-resource-fair\/resources\/\">Minneapolis Resources for Trans Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/careerexploration\/interactive\/workbook_lgbtq.html\">Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: LGBTQIA+ Career Planning Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ohio<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phdmc.org\/programs-a-to-z\/lgbtq-health-initiatives\">Dayton &amp; Montgomery County Public Health LGBTQ+ Health Initiatives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensplace.osu.edu\/lgbtq-staff-faculty-resources\/lgbtq-local-national-resources\">LGBTQ Local and National Resources | Ohio State University<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Wisconsin<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.preventsuicidewi.org\/lgbtq\">Prevent Suicide Wisconsin &#8211; LGBTQ+<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/lgbthealth\/resources.htm\">Wisconsin Department of Health Services<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Included are LGBTQ Health General Resources, Advocacy, Aging, Cancer, Health, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each one of Region 6\u2019s states has a unique identity. From \u201cThe Land of Lincoln\u201d (Illinois), to the \u201cland where the water reflects the clouds\u201d (Mni Sota Makoce\/Minnesota), Region 6 is cities, prairies, farms, dairy land, native history, lakes, rivers, valleys, hills, and more. Each of our states provides health information resources for the LGBTQ+&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2024\/06\/the-states-of-lgbtq-health-in-region-6\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":16300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[151],"tags":[234,267],"class_list":["post-16296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-lgbtq","tag-lgbtq-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/Pride-week-4.png?fit=940%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-4eQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16296"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16306,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16296\/revisions\/16306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}