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The UCLA LGBTQ+ Health Initiative In the News
Below are articles from the UCLA Health Newsroom that reference LGBTQ+ patient care and research.
![Dr. Janet Pregler, left, and Dr. Erin Baroni at the Iris Cantor — UCLA Women’s Health Center in Westwood on Thursday, January 18, 2024. (Joshua Sudock | UCLA Health)](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/c0/0011ucla-lbq-01182024-js.jpg?f=8127acd0&itok=d0aIz75Y)
How UCLA Health's LBQ+ program creates more space in health care for all
February 2, 2024
7 min read
![Clinical researcher Christopher Blades and laboratory coordinator Demetria Villanueva walk down a hallway of the Vine Street Clinic.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/3c/0233ucla-vinest11022023-js.jpg?h=f680b6b0&f=adc77151&itok=zHf5rDVZ)
Clinical researcher’s studies offer hope to a medically underserved community
November 14, 2023
6 min read
![Gregory Victorianne leaning against a tree](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/79/0022ucla-greg-10242023-js.jpg?h=f680b6b0&f=a651a8a1&itok=i6ATolTq)
Meet Gregory Victorianne, who has dedicated decades to HIV prevention and research in Los Angeles
October 31, 2023
7 min read
![Black female doctor in examination room](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/e1/0010ucla-k-richardson06072023-js-resized.jpeg?h=30a79e1f&f=0aefc6e0&itok=zpWoveuQ)
How ‘Champions’ provide LGBTQ+ patients with access to care, comfort and representation across Los Angeles
June 20, 2023
6 min read
![Some of UCLA Health's more than 50 LGBTQ+ Champion health care providers.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/f2/lgbtq-champions_0.jpg?f=6a427187&itok=q-Qee1uA)
What is an LGBTQ+ Champion?
May 22, 2023
2 min read
![Female, transgender and male symbols on chalkboard](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/d7/istock-847839400.jpg?f=7124dfbc&itok=O3cCt3hV)
How gender-affirming care can help treat emotional pain
March 17, 2023
7 min read
![LGBTQ+ colors and stethoscope](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/LGBTQ-stethoscope-3x4_0.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=8YyI5mse)
LGBTQ+ Champion Providers help break down the barriers to obtaining primary care
March 16, 2023
5 min read
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Supporting LGBTQ+ youth as they head back to school
September 8, 2022
8 min read
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Meet Dr. Maliha Khan, the 2022-23 David Geffen School of Medicine LGBTQ+ Fellow
August 23, 2022
3 min read