LGBT Health Care

Connecticut Public Radio

Published September 19, 2011 at 10:51 AM EDT

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There are an estimated 9 million gay, lesbian, and transgender people in the US.

And statistics are not easy to find - as this population has not been accurately counted in the large national population based-surveys, including the census.

But one thing researchers and advocates do know is that our health care system does a poor job reaching out to serve their very specific needs.

For instance, The National Transgender Discrimination Survey found that half the transgender population were actually teaching their clinician about transgender health care. And 19% were refused health care outright.

Today, Where We Live, we’ll talk about GLBT health care and we'll look at what support exists in Connecticut for those beginning the gender transition.

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