Social and Public Health

Social health focuses on relationships and personal connections. Public health focuses on protecting and improving the health of greater communities. These two facets of health incorporate social and environmental contexts to create greater healthcare accessibility and equity across different populations.

Sexual Identity

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Heteroflexible: Here's What It Means

Advocating for Yourself

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Your Patient Rights: 10 Accommodations You Can Request Before and During a Medical Visit
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How To Avoid Gender-Based Medical Gaslighting
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7 Major Health Disparities Affecting the LGBTQ+ Community

Defining Key Terms

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Equity vs. Equality: What's the Difference?
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What Is Ableism?
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Examples of Institutional Racism: What It Is and What You Can Do
Why Misgendering People Is Harmful, and How to Apologize When You've Done It
Misgendering: Why It’s Harmful and How To Apologize if You Do It
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What Is Cultural Appropriation?

Explore Social and Public Health

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What Does It Mean to Be Polyamorous?
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What Does It Mean to Be Asexual?
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What Are the 5 Love Languages?
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What Does Nonbinary Mean?
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What Is Testosterone?
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What Is White Savior Complex and Why Is It Harmful?
23 LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and What They Represent
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Transgender Surgery: Everything You Need to Know
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Autosexuality: Meaning and Relationship Advice
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5 Things You Should Never Say (or Do) to a Little Person
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Tokenism: What It Is and Its Mental Health Effects
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Digital Detox: Your 10-Step Guide
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Bisexual Erasure: Why It's a Health Threat and How to Stop It
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'Hospital Diversion' Is Perfectly Legal and Putting People at Risk
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Code-Switching: What Does It Mean and Why Do People Do It?
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What Does It Mean To Be Cisgender?
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What To Say to Someone Who Hates Their Body
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What Does It Mean To Be Omnisexual?
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What Does Being Non-Binary Mean? Experts Explain the Gender Identity
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Why Queerbaiting in Marketing and Media Is Harmful and How You Can Help Stop It
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What Is Gynesexual? How Does It Differ From Gynephilia?
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Madison Beer's Unedited Acne Selfie Shows How Deceiving Social Media Can Be
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Gender-Affirming Medical Care: What It Is and Why It Can Be Lifesaving
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What Does It Mean To Be Polysexual?
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What's the Difference Between Being Bi-Curious and Bisexuality?
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I Transitioned During Medical School— Difficulties and Equality Issues Faced by the Trans Community
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What It's Like to Have a Period as a Non-Binary Person: 'We Need to Stop Associating Periods With Womanhood'
Kids Are Coming Out Earlier Than Ever—Here's How to Give Them the Support They Need
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What Does It Mean To Be Bisexual?
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What to Know About Allyship—And Why It's More Important Than Ever
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Experts Explain Xenophobia—And How It Affects Mental and Physical Health
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Experts Explain What It Means to Identify as Transgender
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This Transgender Man's 'Quarantine Weight' Turned Out to Be a Huge Ovarian Tumor
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These 7 Black Women Are the Unsung Heroes of the COVID Pandemic
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5 Black Women on Why It's Essential to Prioritize Mental Health During Black History Month—And How They Do It
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What Would Reparations Look Like? What They Are and How They Can Reduce Black Health Care Disparities
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Be a Better LGBTQ+ Ally
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What Does It Mean To Identify as Transmasculine?
What Is Whitewashing, and Why Is It Harmful?
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Health's Most Innovative Hospitals 2022: The Cleveland Clinic
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This Regulator Is Working To Make The Cannabis Industry Safer For People of Color
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Stand-Up Comedian Dina Hashem Explains How Performing Live Allows Her to Embrace Her True Self
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Artist Mia Sanchez, Who Is Deaf, Uses Her Work to Help Her Connect With Others
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Asian American Actress Caroline Donica Talks Reconciling the Worlds of Her Adoptive and Birth Parents
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Asian-American Actress Carolyn Kang on the Rise of Hate Crimes During COVID-19: 'I Felt Like I Did Not Belong'
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This Nurse Practitioner Served on the Frontlines of the AIDS Epidemic, and Now She's a Pioneer in Gender-Affirming Health Care
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A Diversity and Inclusion Leader Explains Why People Code Switch at the Office—And Why They Shouldn't Have To
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What Does It Mean To Be Gender Fluid?
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What Is Doomscrolling? Experts Explain Why We Do it—And How to Stop
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Elliot Page, Known for His Role in 'Juno', Announces He Is Transgender
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6 Trans Activists Speak Out on Why Gender-Affirming Care Is Life-Saving Care
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Elliot Page Just Gave His First Interview Since Coming Out as Transgender
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The CDC Just Declared Racism a Public Health Threat—Here’s Why That’s So Important
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Leyna Bloom's 'Sports Illustrated' 'Swimsuit' Cover Is Historic—Here's Why It's a Win For Trans Representation
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NFL Pledges to Stop Controversial ‘Race-Norming’—Here’s What That Means
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How Sarah McBride, the First Openly Trans State Senator, Plans to Bring Equity to Health Care
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Insecure Actress Yvonne Orji Has Traveled the World to Help Improve Public Health
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Grammy Award Nominee and Antebellum Star Janelle Monáe Knows Emotional Health is Important, Especially Now
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Living in a Racially Segregated Neighborhood Linked to a Shorter Lifespan
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Here’s Where to Donate to Help India During Its Devastating COVID-19 Surge
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Youth Suicide Rates Have Increased Over the Past Decade, Experts Push Crucial Changes
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What to know about your health?