LGB health promotion ideas
One of the things that is often a challenge is how to get messages across to lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. The resources on this part of the website are all available on the web and just give some some examples of doing things a little differently. If you want to use a resource or adapt it, please get in touch with the organisation responsible and have a chat, many will happily share the original with you so it can be adapted to local services. So here are some things that caught my eye:
NHS Barking and Dagenham has developed specific resources for gay men and lesbians on domestic violence and will also be publishing a domestic violence for trans people in 2009, these can be found at www.domesticviolencelondon.nhs.uk
Bolton PCT developed a fantastic resource for Lesbians around smear tests and is certainly worth a look:
Lesbian Smear Guide PDF
Here's a leaflet produced by ILGA for women who love women on breast and cervical cancer:
Breast and Cervical Cancer PDF
GayCity is an organisation in Seattle who never fail to produce exciting and different health promotion material and is definitely worth a look for inspiration:
www.gaycity.org (head for media and the poster gallery)
We'd be shot if we didn't flag up some of our home grown talent. GMFA are currently rebuilding their site but you can find much of their work and the work of the Terrence Higgins Trust at www.metromate.org.uk
Work across the UK has illustrated that gay men and lesbians are more likely to smoke than straight people but there are still limited resources available to give LGBT people the facts. The American Cancer Society produced a range of leaflets specifically for lesbians and gay men and are definately worth a look:
Tobacco and the GLBT Community
Cancer Facts for Gay and Bisexual Men
