Pride, Progress, and Challenges to LGBTQIA+ Health | Dean's Note

On celebrating Pride Month in a context of gains and setbacks for LGBTQIA+ rights.

I have long felt that public health is more than a series of policies and proscriptions against disease. It is also a celebration of community, of mutual respect and care, of the love and connections that support a rich, full life, of the diversity that makes our world a better, more varied place, and of the progress that advances a healthier status quo. This is what we celebrate each June, as we mark the arrival of Pride Month. Pride Month is a time for celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community, for acknowledging the many contributions of our LGBTQIA+ friends, family, students, and colleagues, for marking progress towards the full acceptance of this community, and for recognizing the challenges it still faces.

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