Indiana Hospital Says No Transgender Patients Allowed (8/2/2010)

Erin Vaught made a trip to the emergency room at Ball Memorial Hospital in Centeral Indiana on July 18th. She came in coughing up blood and was expecting treatment for a lung condition. Instead of receiving appropriate medical treatment, Vaught was subject to ridiculing by hsopital staff and was denied treatment, all because she's transgender. Read more...

Zuna Institute Announces the Release of "Black Lesbians Matter" Report (7/29/2010)

Sacramento, CA (July 27, 2010) -Zuna Institute announces the release of the Black Lesbian needs assessment report, "Black Lesbians Matter." Authored by Francine Ramsey, Zuna Institute's Executive Director; Dr. Marjorie J. Hill, Gay Men's Health Crisis, Chief Executive Officer; and Cassondra Kellam, PhD Student, Graduate Center, CUNY, this report examines the unique experiences, perspectives, and priorities of the Black Lesbian community. Read more...

LGBT and ALLIED Groups Call on Congress to Pass ENDA Now - More than 200 Organizations Demand Immediate Action (4/21/2010)

WASHINGTON, April 21 - Today, the nation's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations, along with allies in the faith, labor and civil rights communities, issued the following statement to members of the United States Congress: "Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act NOW." Read more...

Walking at a moderate pace can lower women's stroke risk: study - NY Daily News News Wire (4/7/2010)

You don't have to be a marathon runner or a triathlete to lower your risk of getting a stroke. You just have to get walking, according to a new study. Read more...

Same-sex weddings open the door to finding the right male attire for women by Monica Hasse (3/23/2010)

When Robin Cloud told her friends she was getting married, they offered to help in the way that friends offer to help, at least for straight weddings. "They said: If you need anything, I'd love to go dress shopping with you." And Robin responded in the way she had learned to respond, at least to straight people...Read more...

Mautner Project celebrates 20th year (3/18/2010)

The Mautner Project, the D.C.-based national lesbian health organization, is celebrating its 20th anniversary Saturday with 800 people gathered for a gala fundraising dinner and dance party at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Read more...

Invisible no more - an article by Executive Director Leslie J. Calman (3/18/2010)

Lesbian activists, writers and organizers were at the heart of the women’s movement that thrived in the 1960s and 70s. Lesbians worked tirelessly for the rights of all women, including the right to abortion and for publicly funded childcare – issues not at the forefront of lesbians’ needs. But those same lesbians were frequently stigmatized within the movement: In 1969 Betty Friedan famously labeled us “the lavender menace” and didn’t renounce that point of view until 1977. Read more...

DC Agenda's article and gallery of images from Mautner Project's 20th Anniversary Gala Go to gallery now...

Metro Weekly's gallery of images from Mautner Project's 20th Anniversary Gala. Go to gallery now...

Calman's Calling: Leslie Calman leads the charge as Mautner Project marks 20 years of fighting for lesbian health (3/18/2010)

New York's loss is Washington's gain. Although, it's not as if New York has given up Leslie Calman completely. The political science Ph.D. returns one weekend a month to run her beloved book group Women's Cultures, Women's Lives. Read More...

Press Release: Society of Breast Imaging and American College of Radiology join American Cancer Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in recommending breast cancer screening should begin at age 40. (1/4/2010)

JACR - The new recommendations from the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) on breast cancer screening, published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), state that breast cancer screening should begin at age 40 and earlier in high-risk patients. The recommendations also suggest appropriate utilization of medical imaging modalities such as mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound for breast cancer screening. Read the press release here. Or visit JACR's website here.

Researchers Identify Possible Imaging Method to Stratify Breast Cancer Without Biopsy (12/16/2009)

Newswise — Scientists from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have discovered a possible way for malignant breast tumors to be identified, without the need for a biopsy. The findings were published online ahead of print in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Read More...

Obesity Linked With Poorer Breast Cancer Outcomes (12/10/2009)

Newswise - 1) Obesity leads to late diagnosis of breast cancer; 2) Obese patients have poorer breast cancer survival; 3) Adjuvant treatment is less effective in patients with a higher BMI. Read More...

Moderate Weight Loss in Obese People Improves Heart Function (12/8/2009)

Newswise - Obese patients who lost a moderate amount of weight by eating less and exercising more improved their cardiovascular health, says a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Read More...

Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence (12/3/2009)

Newswise - 1) Alcohol may raise the risk of breast cancer recurrence; 2) Obese women who drink alcohol may be at greater risk of recurrence; 3) Alcohol was not related to risk of overall death. Read More...

Exposure to Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Over a Lifetime Increased Breast Cancer Risk Later in Life (12/3/2009)

Newswise — Exposure to secondhand smoke for a prolonged period of time and in high quantity may increase the risk of breast cancer, even in women who never smoked cigarettes themselves. Read More...

Gay Marriage: DC Council Approves Same-Sex Marriage Legislation (12/2009)

Huffington Post - The city council in the nation's capital voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages from states that approve them, a step that could propel the emotional issue into Congress and draw Democrats into a culture-wars battle with each other.
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Special Letter - The mammogram controversy: A letter to our community from Dr. Linda Spooner, Chair of the Board of Directors, and Leslie Calman, Executive Director (12/2009)

It is undisputed that mammograms help save lives. The questions raised by the new recommendations made by United States Preventive Services Task Force --- and immediately rejected by the American Cancer Society and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- are about timing (to start at age 40 or 50?), and whether they save enough lives of women in their 40s to warrant the expense, the risk of unnecessary procedures, and the anxieties associated with having a mammogram and learning its results. Read more...

First Ever -- Yale Scientists to Study Female Soldiers (11/18/2009)

Yale - Starting in December, Yale researchers will conduct one of the first ever studies exclusively about female soldiers.Scientists will investigate whether female soldiers are more likely than males to have difficulty adjusting to civilian life after being in combat, School of Medicine professor and principal researcher Rani Desai said. Read More...

Participate in a Survey on 1970s lesbian-feminist presses and literature (11/2009)

Researcher looking for participants for a survey on lesbian-feminist presses and literature of the 1970s. If you are interested in filling out the survey, please copy paste the survey and send it back to mvanausd@purdue.edu. Respondents need not necessarily be lesbian-identified, but they do need to have read lesbian-themed literature from the ‘70s. Copy paste this survey now...

Simone Bell to be first openly Black Lesbian elected official in the United States (12/4/2009).

Zuna Institute Mailing List - Simone Bell won her run-off race for District 58 in the State of Georgia. Atlanta voters turned out in record numbers to support 'Bell' to win a seat in the Georgia General Assembly. She becomes the second openly LGBT member of the Georgia State House, joining Rep. Karla Drenner.

Pink Glove Dance for Breast Cancer Awareness (11/19/2009)

YouTube - Over 200 employees band together and dance at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon all for breast cancer awareness. This video, set to Jay Sean's song "Down," is a fun and insipiring motivating tool. Staff hopes the video will inspires others to join in the cause. View Video...