4th annual OUT for Health Summit: Registration Open!

We are excited to announce that the 4th annual OUT for Health Summit will be returning to San Antonio on January 28th, 2017! This year, we have a special guest as our keynote speaker: Dr. Harvey Makadon, MD, FACP of the The Fenway Institute National LGBT Health Education Center.

More information regarding the OUT for Health conference is available through the registration link: https://goo.gl/WN6iP5

If you have any questions about the upcoming conference, please let us know! You can also see our past involvement in OUT for Health conferences: 2014, 2015, 2016.

First General Body Meeting of the Year

Pride had a huge turnout for our first general body meeting of the year! Here are a few pictures of the event. For more info on what was discussed, please visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UTHSCSAPRIDE/

Statement from PRIDE Executive board regarding Orlando

All members of the LGBTQI community are suffering in the face of this past weekend’s tragedy in Orlando. As PRIDE leaders here at UTHSCSA, we extend our deepest condolences to the friends and family of those killed and injured in Florida this past weekend. We share your sorrow; we share your anger; we stand witness to your anguish.

To those members of the UTHSCSA community who may be hurting, wounded or simply feeling at a loss in the face of this most recent act of violence, please know that we are here to support you. We hope that you will not feel alone or isolated in this time of great sadness. There is free counseling available to students through the UTHSCSA Student Counseling Center (http://students.uthscsa.edu/counseling/ and 210-567-2648).

We would also like to invite all who are able to join us June 16 at a Candlelight Vigil held in memory of the Orlando victims:
Crockett Park
1300 N Main Ave
San Antonio, Texas 78212
7 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/events/958397290949435/

Finally, during this painful time, we offer these words in the hope that they may provide you with some measure of comfort:

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Hope will never be silent.” - Harvey Milk

Safe Space Training 4/28

We will be holding our last Safe Space Training of the school year NEXT THURSDAY 4/28 from 12-1pm in Library 2.031. We hope to see many of you there! Please RSVP at the form below if you plan to attend.  http://goo.gl/forms/qUYmozAwAB

Safe Space Training is open to all members of the UTHSCSA community, Faculty included!

3rd Annual OUT for Health Summit

Thank you to UTSW, Texas A&M and TTUHSC for hosting the 3rd annual summit in Dallas, TX this year! The itinerary was filled with pertinent topics on gender and sexual minority health including sessions on LGBT Healthcare 101, "Are you Married," Evolution of HIV/AIDS, Pediatric Transgender Care, "Let's Talk About Sex", and Lesbian Health.

Here are some pictures from the event!








Some of our the attendees from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio.

They had some phenomenal food!

Here's a group picture. Thanks again to UTSW, Texas A&M, and TTUHSC for putting on a great conference, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

Pride Works the Annual Pride Fest!

Pride students set up at the annual San Antonio Pride Festival on July 4th, 2015 to provide both first aid for the festival and to provide general health screenings. Pride students recognized that many festival stations would be providing resources for STI screening and safer sex, therefore student leaders decided to step outside of this realm and address the crucial gap in primary care services that exists for the LGBTQ population. Volunteers demonstrated an interdisciplinary approach to patient care consisting of nursing, medical, physician assistant, and dental student volunteers. 

Over one hundred festival goers stopped by to receive blood pressure and glucose screenings, BMI calculations, dental health education, and relevant counseling on their results. UTHSCSA faculty supervised the student volunteers by verifying and assisting in interpretation of clinical findings. Pride volunteers were so excited to have a direct role in the care of LGBTQ individuals and Pride can't wait to continue its presence at future festivals! 

Pride Presents - Health and Marriage Equality Panel

In honor of the upcoming US Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, UTHSCSA Pride put together a panel of local experts from different fields to discuss their work and their viewpoints on the current political climate surrounding the decision. Specifically, we asked panelists to discuss the impacts that these rulings could have on LGBT Healthcare.

We assembled an exciting panel comprising of Amy L. Stone, PhD in Sociology and Anthropology from Trinity University, Christopher Hajek, PhD in the Department of Communication at UTSA, Justin P. Nichols, Attorney at Law from the Nichols Law Firm, and Phillip Schnarrs, PhD from the Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition at UTSA. Due to some unlucky circumstances, Dr. Stone and Dr. Schnarrs were unfortunately unable to make it, but we were still able to have a very interesting conversation with Dr. Hajek and Mr. Nichols.

We better understood the complicated social implications and social pressures involved in same-sex relationships from Dr. Hajek and Mr. Nichols used his legal practice experience to explain some of the practical implications of the ruling, should it be in favor of same-sex marriage. We are so grateful to all of our panelists and we hope to find another excuse to have them back soon!