On April 5, 2014 Equality Virginia will celebrate OUTstanding Virginians to highlight the importance of being out to the LGBT movement. These individuals represent Virginia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community with distinction.
The Jim Collins Foundation recently announced a record number of grantees and is now accepting applications for the next grant cycle. Founded in 2008 by two transgender men, the Jim Collins Foundation is the only national nonprofit organization with a mission to fund gender-confirming surgeries.
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an official statement about observing LGBT health awareness week. With the deadline for open enrollment for affordable health care via healthcare.gov, Sebelius put out a statement on March 26 to remind the LGBT community to take action.
Shawn Jain has joined Whitman-Walker Health (WWH) as its Director of Communications. In this position, he will lead external and internal communications and marketing efforts for WWH.