Often health issues most relevant to a community are not successfully captured due to lack of connection between researchers and community members. In response to the lack of infrastructure for strong communication between researchers and community members, links to ongoing community based initiatives and ongoing studies which include sexual orientation and/or gender identity are listed below.

More on community based research

Announcing a historic, first-ever, National study looking at the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) cancer survivors.   

There is no systematic information available to guide post-treatment medical, behavioral, and psychosocial care for LGBT cancer survivors.  Results of this needs assessment will be used to better educate health care providers and to directly inform cancer services for LGBT communities.   LGBT cancer survivors deserve to be among those receiving quality, comprehensive care. 

It does not matter where you live or what services you accessed – if you are a LGBT cancer survivor, be a part of history by PARTICIPATING in this anonymous online survey.