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OCR Page 1 of 68Gay
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L.A. GAY & LESBIAN CENTER
McDonald/Wright Building
1625 N. Schrader Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
April 24, 2000
Tel: 323/993-7400
Fax: 323/993-7699
Honorable Donna Shalala
TDD: 323/993-7698
Secretary of Health & Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Immediate Office of the Secretary
California AIDS
200 Independence Ave., SW, Rm. 615-F
Clearinghouse
Washington, D.C. 20201
1443 N. Martel Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Tel: 323/845-4180
Dear Secretary Shalala:
Fax: 323/845-4193
As you well know, the Healthy People 2010 report is an extremely
important blueprint for this country's health care investment and direction.
Jeff Griffith Gay &
It is apparent that in your report, you took great care to report data by
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cross-tabbing important subgroups. However, the report is missing an
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extremely critical demographic: sexual orientation. As the executive
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director of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, the world's largest gay &
Fax: 323/461-8172
lesbian organization, I am writing to express my concern and
disappointment at this serious exclusion. Although we appreciate the focus
you have given to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health
concerns in the companion document, this exclusion will have a
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profoundly negative impact on the access to future health care for the
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LGBT citizens in this country.
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For over three decades now, members of our diverse communities have
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waged an ongoing struggle to improve the health and quality of the lives of
Tel: 323/860-7311
Fax: 323/993-7477
LGBT people in this country. Despite political and cultural resistance, we
have made significant progress in our efforts to de-stigmatize
homosexuality in mental and public health professions and among the
general public. We are not, however, anywhere near the end of our
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struggle. The exclusion of this data in the Healthy People 2010 report will
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greatly hinder our progress. This flawed design study actually begins with
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the fact that no population-based study on LGBT populations has ever
Tel: 323/860-7302
been conducted. As a result, by omitting to report on the demographics of
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LGBT people as part of the overall population, the Department of Health
and Human Services has neglected to establish the baseline data that would
provide the ability to track and monitor extremely important health trends.
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