Our goal is to ensure LGBTQ students receive the highest quality care in a supportive, respectful space.
UHS clinicians are committed to ensuring that LQBTQ students receive the highest quality medical care in a safe, respectful space. Students can use the medical services at the Tang Center just as they would their regular doctor's office and urgent care center, and can . Our facility is fully accredited, staffed by licensed and/or board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nutritionists, and nurses.
The Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) offers a comprehensive medical, counseling, vision and dental plan to all registered students and a separate dependent plan for domestic partners and/or children.
The Health Promotion unit offers:
- Health coaching appointments around LGBTQ sexuality and sexual health concerns
- Free rapid HIV antibody testing through the Sexual Health Education Program's Sexpert Education Clinic
- Student-led sexual health workshops tailored to LGBTQ issues through the Sexual Health Education Program
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides individual counseling, couplescounseling, group counseling, and urgent counseling on a walk-in basis. Whether or not you want to identify yourself as lesbian, gay or bisexual is completely up to you. You may request to work with a queer-identified UHS counselor if helpful. All CAPS staff can provide support around:
- Academic and career concerns
- Coming out issues
- Experiences of homophobia
- Grief, loss or abuse issues
- Issues related to HIV/AIDS
- Relationships and couples issues
- Stress management and resilience
Social Services provides confidential services and counseling to help students with managing problems that can emerge from illness such as financial, academic, legal, family concerns, etc. Social Services staff specialize in helping students with:
- Alcohol and other drugs, including one's own or a family member's use
- Body image and disordered eating
- Chronic medical conditions, including new diagnoses
- Nutrition counseling
- Pregnancy resources and referrals
- Relationship violence, stalking or other violence
- Sexual assault or harassment
- Sexual health, including issues relevant for men who have sex with men
Other LGBTQ counseling services provided through UHS:
- The Hookup: monthly workshops on relevant LGBTQ issues
- LGBTQ Talk: drop-in counseling every Tuesday from 4-6pm and Thursdays from 10:30am-noon in 150 Chavez
- Queer support groups: view current CAPS groups and Social Services groups
The Trevor Project (866-488-7386) provides free, 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline to LGBTQ youth.
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Would you like to give back? Then we want you!
- Promote health in your student living center as a Health Worker
- Conduct one-on-one and group sexual health education through the Sexual Health Education Program
- Represent LGBTQ students or other student communities as part of the Student Health Advisory Committee
- See all volunteer opportunities
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We welcome your input on how we can improve our services related to LGBTQ patients.