LGBTQIA Resources for Healthcare Interpreters and Interpreter Trainers

Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or asexual face significant barriers in accessing health care. These barriers are heightened when a person is both LGBTQIA and also limited English proficient (LEP). In an effort to support healthcare interpreters and interpreter trainers in incorporating LGBTQIA issues into interpreter training and practice, NCIHC has compiled the following list of resources:

Regulatory

Standards of Care

Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community, The Joint Commission
The Standards of Care, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Community Standards of Practice for the Provision of Quality Health Care Services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Health Access Project
Providing Affirmative Care for Patients with Non-binary Gender Identities, National LGBT Health Education Center
Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Disorders of Sex Development in Childhood, a project of the Consortium on Disorders of Sex Development
Ethical principles and recommendations for the medical management of differences of sex development (DSD)/intersex in children and adolescents, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Creating Equal Access to Quality Health Care for Transgender Patients: Transgender-Affirming Hospital Policies, Lambda Legal

Barriers and Health Disparities

Definitions and Language

Culture and Biases

Sensitive Health Issues

Additional Resources for Trainers

Multilingual Resources for Interpreters

Additional Resources

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