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Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of NHIS 2016 data available at: Dawson, L., Kates, J., and Damico, A. (2018). The Affordable Care Act and Insurance Coverage Changes by Sexual Orientation. Available at: https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/the-affordable-care-act-and-insurance-coverage-changes-by-sexual-orientation/
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Where data do not include transgender individuals, LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual) is used.
IOM. (2011). The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding.
Coffman, KB, Coffman, LC & Marzilli Ericson, KM. (2013). The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment are Substantially Underestimated, NBER Working Paper No. 19508.
Gates, G (2017). Gallup. In U.S., More Adults Identifying as LGBT.
Kann, L., et al. 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. 65(9);1-202.
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Gates, G. Gallup. . (February 6, 2017.). Vermont Leads States in LGBT Identification.
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Jones, J. Gallup. (June 22, 2017.) In U.S., 10.2% of LGBT Adults Now Married to Same-Sex Spouse.
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2016 American Community Survey. Data available here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/same-sex-couples/ssc-house-characteristics.html
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Badgett, M.V., Durso, L.E. & Schneebaum, A. (2013). New Patters of Poverty in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community. The Williams Institute.
James, S. E., Herman, J. L., Rankin, S., Keisling, M., Mottet, L., & Anafi, M. (2016). The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality.
Health Challenges
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Lick, D., Durso, L.E., & Johnson, K.L. (2013). Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities. Pers on Psychological Sci 8(5): 521-548.
Denney, J.T., Gorman, B.K. & Barrera, C.B. (2013). Families, Resources, and Adult Health: Where do Sexual Minorities Fit? Journal of Health and Social Behavior 54(1): 46-63.
Lick, D., Durso, L.E., & Johnson, K.L. (2013). Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities. Pers on Psychological Sci 8(5): 521-548.
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James, S. E., Herman, J. L., Rankin, S., Keisling, M., Mottet, L., & Anafi, M. (2016). The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality.
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Cochran, S.D., Sullivan, J.G. & Mays, V.M. (2003). Prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress, and mental health services use among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual adults in the United States. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 71(1): 53-61.
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Ford, Z. (December 3, 2012). APA Revises Manual: Being Transgender is no Longer a Mental Disorder. Think Progress.
Lick, D., Durso, L.E., & Johnson, K.L. (2013). Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities. Pers on Psychological Sci 8(5): 521-548.
Lee J, Griffin G, Melvin C (2009). Tobacco use among sexual minorities in the USA, 1987 to May 2007: a systematic review. Tob Control. 18:275-282.
Cochran, S.D., Sullivan, J.G. & Mays, V.M. (2003). Prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress, and mental health services use among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual adults in the United States. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 71(1): 53-61.
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Kann L, Olsen EO, McManus T, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. MMWR. 2016;65(No. SS-9):1–202. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6509a1
Kann L, Olsen EO, McManus T, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. MMWR. 2016;65(No. SS-9):1–202. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6509a1
Kann L, Olsen EO, McManus T, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. MMWR. 2016;65(No. SS-9):1–202. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6509a1
Kann L, Olsen EO, McManus T, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. MMWR. 2016;65(No. SS-9):1–202. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6509a1
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The Williams Institute. (2012). Serving Our Youth: Findings from a National Survey of Service Providers Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth who are Homeless or At Risk of Becoming Homeless.
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network. (2012). 2011 National School Climate Survey.
Kann L, Olsen EO, McManus T, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015. MMWR. 2016;65(No. SS-9):1–202. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6509a1.
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Another 41% say they have not encountered this benefits issue and 16% say they do not offer the benefit.
Dawson, L., Kates, J. and Rae, M. (2017). The Kaiser Family Foundation. Access to Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage for Same-Sex Spouses: 2017 Update. . Available at: https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/access-to-employer-sponsored-health-coverage-for-same-sex-spouses-2017-update/
Dawson, L., Kates, J. and Rae, M. (2017). The Kaiser Family Foundation. Access to Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage for Same-Sex Spouses: 2017 Update. . Available at: https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/access-to-employer-sponsored-health-coverage-for-same-sex-spouses-2017-update/
Gonzales, G. (2015). Association of the New York State Marriage Equality Act with Changes in Health Insurance Coverage. JAMA.
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Cochran, SD, et al. (2001). Cancer-related risk indicators and preventive screening behaviors among lesbians and bisexual women. American Journal of Public Health 91(4): 591-597.
National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. (2011). Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.
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Corliss, H.L., Shankle, M.D. & Moyer, M.B. (2007). Research, Curricula, and Resources Related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health in U.S. Schools of Public Health. American Journal of Public Health 97(6): 1023-1027.
GLMA, Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality. (2013). Compendium of Health Profession Association LGBT Policy & Position Statements.
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Impact of Changes in the Legal and Policy Landscape on Coverage and Access to Care
L. Dawson, J. Kates, and A. Damico. (2018). Kaiser Family Foundation. The Affordable Care Act and Insurance Coverage Changes by Sexual Orientation. https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/the-affordable-care-act-and-insurance-coverage-changes-by-sexual-orientation/
Lambda Legal, “When Health Care Isn’t Caring: Lambda Legal’s Survey on Discrimination Against LGBT People and People Living with HIV”.
Baker, K. & Cray, A. (2012). Ensuring Benefits Parity and Gender Identity Nondiscrimination in Essential Health Benefits. Center for American Progress.
Human Rights Campaign. Health Insurance Discrimination for Transgender People.
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 77(59): March 27, 2012.
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 78(37): February 25, 2013.
K. Keith. Health Affairs Blog. ACA Round-Up: Section 1557 Rule On Horizon; CSR And Medicaid Litigation Updates; Focus On Employer Mandate. February 19, 2018. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180219.671383/full/
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 78(39): February 27, 2013.
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). Frequently Asked Questions on Coverage of Same-Sex Spouses . March 14, 2014.
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 81(116): June 16 2016.
Pollitz, K. (2018.) Kaiser Family Foundation. Understanding Short-Term Limited Duration Health Insurance. https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/understanding-short-term-limited-duration-health-insurance/
HHS. 83 FR 2802. “Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority,” January 19, 2018. Available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-01-19/pdf/2018-00820.pdf; HHS. 83 FR 3880. “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority.” January 26, 2018. Available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-01-26/pdf/2018-01226.pdf.
Lambda Legal. January 2018. Trump Administration Plan to Expand Religious Refusal Rights of Health Professionals: Legal Issues and Concerns. Available at: https://www.lambdalegal.org/sites/default/files/2018-01- 18_lambda_legal_analysis_re_hhs_ocr_special_religious_refusal_unit_jcp_issued.pdf
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Cahill, S., Geffen, S., and Wang, T. The Fenway Institute. One year in, Trump Administration amasses striking anti-LGBT record 2018. http://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Fenway-Institute-Trump-Pence-Administration-One-Year-Report.pdf
Cahill, S., Geffen, S., and Wang, T. The Fenway Institute. One year in, Trump Administration amasses striking anti-LGBT record 2018. http://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Fenway-Institute-Trump-Pence-Administration-One-Year-Report.pdf
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IOM. (2011). The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding.
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Supreme Court of the United States, United States v. Windsor, June 26, 2013.
Their marriages were recognized as long as legally valid where performed and not dependent on whether the state they lived in recognized their marriage.
Where the couple lived when seeking the benefit.
Supreme Court of the United States, Obergefell v. Hodges, June 26, 2015.
Internal Revenue Service, Rev.Rul.2013-17.
Internal Revenue Service, Application of Windsor Decision and Rev. Rul. 2013-17 to Employment Taxes and Special Administrative Procedures for Employers to Make Adjustments or Claims for Refund or Credit
How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans, Insurance Journal, June 26 ,2015.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Guidance on the Extension of Benefits to Married Gay and Lesbian Federal Employees, Annuitants, and their Families, June 28, 2013.
The White House, Executive Order 13672, Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity, July 21, 2014.
Department of Labor, Frequently Asked Questions: EO 13672 Final Rule, July 21, 2014.
Department of Defense, Extending Benefits to the Same-Sex Spouses of Military Members, August 13, 2013.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Statement Following Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, June 29, 2015.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Cote v. Walmart Stores, East, L.P., Notice of Right to Sue, May 29, 2015
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Movement Advancement Project. Healthcare Laws and Policies.
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Movement Advancement Project. Employment Non-Discrimination Laws.
Department of Health and Human Services, Guidance on Internal Revenue Ruling 2013-17 and Eligibility for Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit and Cost-Sharing Reductions , September 27, 2013.
Department of Health and Human Services, State Health Officer # 13-006, September 27, 2013.
Department of Health and Human Services, Impact of United States v. Windsor on Skilled Nursing Facility Benefits for Medicare
Advantage Enrollees, August 29, 2013.
Social Security Administration. Program Operations Manual System (POMS): GN 00210.002 Same-Sex Marriage - Determining Marital Status for Title II and Medicare Benefits. TN 10 (06-14). Social Security Administration. Program Operations Manual System (POMS): GN 00210.706 Same-Sex Marriage – HI Premium Reduction for Aged and Disabled Individuals. TN 8 (05-14).
Social Security Administration. Program Operations Manual System (POMS): GN 00210.700 Same-Sex Marriage - Eligibility for Medicare Special Enrollment Period (SEP). TN 6 (04-14).
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Fact Sheet #28F: Qualifying Reasons for Leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, August 2013.
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Fact Sheet: Final Rule to Amend the Definition of Spouse in the Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations, February 2015.
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Mongan, E. October 4, 2017. “CMS withdraws proposal requiring LTC facilities to afford spousal rights to same-sex couples.” McKnight’s Long- Term Care News & Assisted Living.
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Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 77(59): March 27, 2012.
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 81(96): May 18, 2016.
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 77(59): March 27, 2012.
Department of Health and Human Services. Federal Register 78(39): February 27, 2013.
CMS. Frequently Asked Questions on Coverage of Same-Sex Spouses. March 14, 2014.
Supreme Court of the United States, United States v. Windsor, June 26, 2013.
Supreme Court of the United States, Obergefell v. Hodges, June 26, 2015.
Department of Justice, Attorney General Lynch Announces Federal Marriage Benefits Available to Same-Sex Couples Nationwide, July 9, 2015.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will be Recognized for Federal Tax Purposes, August 29, 2013.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Guidance on the Extension of Benefits to Married Gay and Lesbian Federal Employees, Annuitants, and their Families, June 28, 2013.
The White House, Executive Order 13672, Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity, July 21, 2014.
Secretary of Defense, Extending Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses of Military Members, August 13, 2013.
Department of Veterans Affairs, Statement Following Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, June 29, 2015.
Department of Health and Human Services, Guidance on Internal Revenue Ruling 2013-17 and Eligibility for Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit and Cost-Sharing Reductions, September 27, 2013.
Department of Health and Human Services, State Health Officer # 13-006, September 27, 2013.
Social Security Administration. Program Operations Manual System (POMS): GN 00210.002 Same-Sex Marriage - Determining Marital Status for Title II and Medicare Benefits. TN 10 (06-14). Social Security Administration. Program Operations Manual System (POMS): GN 00210.706 Same-Sex Marriage – HI Premium Reduction for Aged and Disabled Individuals. TN 8 (05-14).
Social Security Administration. Program Operations Manual System (POMS): GN 00210.700 Same-Sex Marriage - Eligibility for Medicare Special Enrollment Period (SEP). TN 6 (04-14).
Department of Health and Human Services, Impact of United States v. Windsor on Skilled Nursing Facility Benefits for Medicare
Advantage Enrollees, August 29, 2013.
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. Federal Register 80(37): February 25, 2015.
Office of the Press Secretary, Presidential Memorandum- Hospital Visitation, April 15, 2010.
CMS. (2010). Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Changes to the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation to Ensure Visitation Rights for all Patients.
CMS. (2013). Access and Visitation Rights in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities.
CMS. (2011). State Medicaid Director Letter #11-006: Same Sex Partners and Medicaid Liens, Transfers of Assets, and Estate Recovery.
Department of Health and Human Services, Departmental Appeals Board, Appellate Division. NCD 140.3, Transsexual Surgery, Docket No. A-13-87, Decision No. 2576, May 30, 2014.
Office of Personnel Management, FEHBP Program Carrier Letter No. 2015-12, June 23, 2015.
National Institutes of Health. (January 4, 2013). Statement by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., on opportunities for advancing LGBT health research.
The White House. Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States. October 12, 2017. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-promoting-healthcare-choice-competition-across-united-states/; HHS 83 FR 7437. “Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance.” February 21, 2018 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-21/pdf/2018-03208.pdf
HHS. 83 FR 2802. “Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority,” January 19, 2018. Available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-01-19/pdf/2018-00820.pdf; HHS. 83 FR 3880. “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority.” January 26, 2018. Available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-01-26/pdf/2018-01226.pdf.; Lambda Legal. January 2018. Trump Administration Plan to Expand Religious Refusal Rights of Health Professionals: Legal Issues and Concerns. Available at: https://www.lambdalegal.org/sites/default/files/2018-01- 18_lambda_legal_analysis_re_hhs_ocr_special_religious_refusal_unit_jcp_issued.pdf