The Equality Act Is Needed to Advance Health Equity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations

Affiliations

¹ Gilbert Gonzales is with the Center for Medicine, Health & Society, the Program for Public Policy Studies, and the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. At the time of this writing, Kyle A. Gavulic was a graduating senior majoring in Medicine, Health & Society at Vanderbilt University.

Editorial

Gilbert Gonzales et al. Am J Public Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;110(6):801-802.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305614.

¹ Gilbert Gonzales is with the Center for Medicine, Health & Society, the Program for Public Policy Studies, and the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. At the time of this writing, Kyle A. Gavulic was a graduating senior majoring in Medicine, Health & Society at Vanderbilt University.

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