Combating Sexual and Gender Minority Cancer Health Disparities w/ Stewart O'Callaghan

We are kicking off Season 2 with our first significant topic in the LGBTQIA+ health disparity space: cancer. Join me and Stewart as we discuss the important work of the UK cancer charity, OUTPatients UK, focused on providing social and emotional support for queer individuals or their loved ones such as friends and family affected by cancer. Topics discussed include:importance of cancer charity worksupport for queer individuals w/ a cancer diagnosisfighting misconceptions on cancer risk impacting queer populationsStewart O'Callaghan (they/them) is the award-winning Founder and CEO of OUTpatients, the UK's LGBTIQ+ cancer charity. Building upon their personal experience as a cancer patient, the charity is proudly patient-led and working to improve the representation, information and support available to LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer...Reference: A case-control study of healthcare disparities in sex and gender minority patients with breast cancer...Thank you for listening in! If you would like to read more about the charity we discussed today, please visit outpatients.org.uk. You can find references for our conversation in this episode’s biography. Let’s push the conversation more on Instagram @EQueerityPodcast, Twitter/X @EQueerityPod or on TikTok @theeqpod. Full video podcast episodes are posted on YouTube which is also linked in bio or you can type The E(Queer)ity Podcast in the search bar. If you liked what you heard today, please give the show a quick star rating, follow, and/or subscribe on your preferred listening platform. Take care and see you in the next episode! 😊.If you have any ideas on another segment, yourself or someone you know who would like to come on as a guest, or any feedback/comments/questions, email [email protected] views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker's and guest's own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of anyone, thing or place affiliated with the speaker or guest...#health #medicine #publichealth #healthdisparities