LGBTQ+ Pride is important to Public Health
It’s June, y’all… HAPPY PRIDE! This month we’re celebrating Pride, the LGBQTQ+ community, and our lab of amazing LGBTQ+ and allied health researchers. One of the main Pride events is kicking off in Columbus, Ohio this week, so we thought…
Op-Ed Published in The Columbus Dispatch
For those who know Joanne, know her research is extremely close to home. As a member of and passionate advocate for the LGBTQ community, as well as a former smoker and current tobacco-researcher, Joanne shares her experience using menthol cigarettes…
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Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer (LBQ+) women and non-binary people assigned female at birth (NB people AFAB) are more likely than their heterosexual peers to smoke. and use e-cigarettes. One explanation is that for over 20 years, the tobacco industry has…
What makes an LGBTQ+ inclusive campus?
Excerpted from PS LGBTQ Health Equity. Today, I am celebrating because I work at an institution that is positively contributing to the health, wellbeing, and education of LGBTQ+ people. The Ohio State University was selected as one of 40 institutions nationwide…