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

Am J Public Health

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.

Published: June 2020

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