Sexual and Gender Minority Health Perspectives

PH

343

Sexual and Gender Minority Health Perspectives

This course introduces students to health challenges faced by sexual and genderminority populations (e.g., self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenderindividuals, same-sex attracted persons, asexual persons, gender non-conformingindividuals, intersex persons, men who have sex with men and women who have sex with women). Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will explore sexual and gender minority communities from a population health perspective. Topics covered include terminology and history related to sexual and gender minority health, the composition of communities, and health disparities with a focus on achieving health equity among sexual and gender minority individuals.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

No

031881