LGBT Health Summit

The LGBT Health Summit will be a two-day conference focused on advances in LGBT rights in Health in the UK.

Now in its 6th year, the LGBT Health Summit 2011 will be hosted by the LGBT Excellence Centre in partnership with the Welsh Government, Cardiff Council, and Real Radio and will be held during Come Out & Play 2011on 1-2 September in Cardiff.
Topics covered at the LGBT Health Summit will include the advance of LGBT equality in health with the implementations of the Single Equality Act, the implications of legal recognition for same sex couples for the health sector; the importance of media engagement with the LGBT health sector; the power of social and digital media to stomp on homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and advance LGBT equality; and the opportunities for joint working between the LGBT community, the health sector, and the media. Conference activities will include strategy working groups, paper presentations, plenary sessions, and various networking opportunities and celebrations.

Contact info@ecwales.org.uk for more information.