The University of Kentucky Health Profession Colleges do not tolerate discrimination. If you experience discrimination or perceive a threat of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and would like to discuss the situation confidentially, please contact one of our officers and/or see the Links of Interest below.
• UK HOPE SharePoint - Repository for all things UK HOPE. For access, please contact the UK HOPE leadership.
• UK OutSource – In the UK Student Center, below Starbucks and across from the Student Government offices.
• UK Gay Straight Alliance – Undergraduate LGBT advocacy group (website currently inactive)
• UK Martin Luther King Cultural Center – Undergraduate LGBT advocacy group
• UK Counseling and Testing Services (GLBTQ Services) – Provides counseling services, free to full or part-time UK students
• President's Commission on Diversity
• Kentucky Equality Federation – Statewide LGBT civil rights and advocacy organization
• AVOL (AIDS Volunteers of Central KY) – non-profit providing services to those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in central Kentucky.
• Fairness Campaign – grassroots LGBT organization based in Louisville
• Lexington Fairness – community resource for LGBT citizens.
• TransKentucky – state and community resource for transgender individuals.
• National LGBTPM (AMSA) – official AMSA website with resources for LGBT medical students and queer community leaders.
• AMSA LGBT Residency and Medical School Directory – Compendium of survey respondents' opinions of LGBT-friendliness of various residency programs and medical schools
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) – association of over 2,000 medical professionals representing the interests of the LGBT community
• GLMA Physician and Provider Directory – national directory of GLMA member and GLMA-associated physicians and other health professionals
• GayHealth.com – gay health news, STI/drug warnings, sex advice, and more all at one website.
• Trans Youth Family Allies – national transgender youth advocacy group
• UCSF LGBT Resource Center – official and exemplary LGBT resource and advocacy center of the University of California, San Francisco. Be sure to check out the forum held each year.