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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is excited to be working with FOLX Health to ensure our LGBTQ+ members have access to the best care available to them that meets their needs. Read more via Modern Healthcare: https://bit.ly/4eQtACP
If you're the parent or loved one of a transgender or gender diverse person, your support is crucial to their wellbeing. Jae Corman, PhD, who leads clinical analytics and research here at FOLX Health, published a recent article highlighting the critical role of family support in the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth. Among those aged 18-25 seeking telehealth for gender-affirming hormones, less than half reported family support. A lack of family support is linked with higher rates of poor mental health. This is why we are committed to helping transgender and gender diverse individuals AND their families. Family relationships, and everyone's wellbeing, depends on having support, for everyone. We offer resources, consultations, and support groups for parents and loved ones. While families are not the only source of support for youth—chosen family and other key relationships matter too—they do play a significant role. Your acceptance can make all the difference. 🏳️🌈💜 Reference: Downing, Jae, et al. "Family Support in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults Seeking Telehealth for Hormone Therapy." Telemedicine and e-Health (2024). https://lnkd.in/gA778Nxj
This Nonbinary Awareness Week learn more about healthcare needs for nonbinary people and what truly inclusive and affirming care can look like! At FOLX, we're proud to champion inclusive healthcare for all, including our nonbinary community members, who are so underserved by mainstream healthcare. From the forms they have to fill out to the challenges they can face in getting coverage for needed services, and so much more. Join us in advancing healthcare inclusivity by reading and sharing this article—we all play a role in ensuring everyone feels seen and supported in their healthcare journey. https://lnkd.in/g_pzwF-6
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🌈 Happy Disability Pride Month! 🌈 Did you know that transgender adults have higher rates of disabilities than cisgender adults, particularly functional limitations related to cognition (difficulty remembering, concentrating, or making decisions) and independent living (difficulty doing errands alone, such as visiting a doctor’s office)? 🧠🏠 This means that traditional Pride events can be challenging for many in our community. Crowded venues, loud environments, and physical barriers often limit participation and enjoyment. At FOLX Health, we embraced the power of virtual spaces this year by offering a Virtual Pride celebration! 🎉💻 Virtual environments are incredible for celebrating identities and learning new skills. Our members highlighted several benefits of virtual events: • Accessibility: Virtual events remove physical barriers, making it easier for everyone to participate. 🚪✨ • Comfort: For those with mobility or sensory considerations, virtual events provide a more comfortable experience. 🛋️ Virtual events allow individuals to join from their own safe and controlled environments, reducing stress and enhancing participation. 👂💬 As a person with unilateral hearing loss (UHL), I often get overwhelmed or exhausted being in noisy environments for long periods of time. Virtual Pride allows everyone, including those with disabilities, to join in the celebration without limitations. Personally, it means a lot to me as it provides a space where I can comfortably participate. This is just a step in the right direction, a start toward creating truly inclusive spaces. Let's keep working together to support and empower all members of our community. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤝 #DisabilityPrideMonth #VirtualPride #Inclusivity #Accessibility #Pride2024 #DisabilityIsDiversity #DisabilityVisibility #DisabilityInclusion #WalkingTheWalk #UnlearnAbleism #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityPride Citation: Smith-Johnson, M. (2022). Transgender Adults Have Higher Rates Of Disability Than Their Cisgender Counterparts: Study examines rates of disability among transgender adults and cisgender adults. Health Affairs, 41(10), 1470-1476. FOLX Pride Camp: https://lnkd.in/gt3QHEWd
We had such a meaningful time at Pride Camp 🏕️🌈! Nearly 500 registrants joined us at a series of incredible events, including meditation and wellness activities, creative workshops, support groups, community celebrations and sharing, and so much more! Our events received a 91% CSAT score, and the feedback has been extraordinary. Creating access and spaces of belonging is core to our mission at FOLX, and we're glad the fun doesn't have to stop just because June is over. Here at FOLX, we're queer all year. Join us for future events and reach out if you want to partner!
What a month of celebration, partnerships, wellbeing, and growth!
Pride should be more than a rainbow-washed logo on LinkedIn for 30 days. At FOLX, we try to live up to the values of Pride year-round but we also love the opportunity to leverage Pride for celebration, for creativity, for education, for health and to integrate life with work. And this year I was so proud of our team for sponsoring, producing or supporting a grand total of 36 events that offered something for everyone. We got to partner with the likes of Aon, Homethrive, Accolade, Inc., Mercer and Blue Shield of California to celebrate our community via webinars, parades and other collaborations. I even got to speak to the team at CVS Health’s signature Pride event where we covered the challenges our community faces in accessing equitable and affirming healthcare and how partnerships like ours are helping to make the care our community needs and deserves more accessible. A highlight for me personally? Joining nearly 500 members of our FOLX Health community at our inaugural Pride camp (https://lnkd.in/e6HhW4SJ) - a legit summer camp for adults with crafts, ghost stories, open mics and s'mores. Watching members of our community connect in these ways gave me a much needed moment to reflect on why Pride continues to mean so much. How did you celebrate Pride this year? Hot tip: If you’re an employer and looking for some creative ideas, look no further than our own Haley E. and the brilliant FOLX marketing team. She and I are always looking for ways to work together. And if you’re interested in working even more closely with us, we’ve got some open positions - if check them out and if something feels like a good fit, apply at https://lnkd.in/ejMBjh4A.
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It has been a joyous #PrideMonth for #TeamCVS as we celebrated #LoudandProud. From sharing heart-touching stories — including from CVS Health colleagues like Samantha McKenzie (https://lnkd.in/eBB6WpHN) — to engaging in thought-provoking panel discussions around the Future of LGBTQ+ Healthcare with a FOLX Health and to participating in several Pride Month activities across the country, our PRIDE+ Colleague Resource Group (CRG) has done a fantastic job at amplifying the importance of LGBTQ+ voices. The exceptional leadership of our PRIDE+ National CRG Co-Chairs – David Crawford and Jason Heckert – alongside our PRIDE+ CRG Executive Sponsors - Jennifer Truscott and Tom Cowhey - continues to empower our LGBTQ+ colleagues to live out loud and authentically, not just during Pride Month, but every day. I hope your Pride Month was as impactful as mine! I’m excited next to celebrate ADA/Disability Pride Month in July! Oh, what a glorious summer! #PrideMonth #LGBTQ+ #LoudandProud #ADAPrideMonth #DisabilityPrideMonth #DEIB #Summer2024
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If you’re not heading out of the house for Pride this weekend and want to learn more about building businesses solving LGBTQ+ challenges, you should check out this one hour panel with Famm and FOLX Health 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Im joining Haley Everheart and four other entrepreneurs & businesses from the Famm platform including Origami Customs, Chipper Digital, The Gender Doula, and LGBTQ Mindfulness. We are so excited to share our stories with y’all and hope you can join us! #pride2024 #pride #lgbtq #shopqueer #lgbtqentrepreneur 👉🏽https://lnkd.in/gEnCDcCA
This year we decided to host a virtual summer camp for our members to celebrate Pride! With tens of thousands of folks in our community across all 50 states, a virtual event allows us to gather at this special time of year. Moreover, many of our members have told us they don't have Pride events where they live, or they don't feel comfortable being "out" in public, or they have mobility or sensory or health or accessibility concerns with in-person events. Enter Pride Camp! If you're a part of the community and you'd like to join, we'd love to have you! And if you're an ally, you're welcome too. From Pride Trivia to learn your history to Drag Story Hour (bring your kids!) and from letter writing to trans youth to a panel on starting an LGBTQ+ business, there is really something for everyone. RSVP at the link: https://lnkd.in/gBfSUYH9
We're proud to partner with New England Donor Services to bring expert and affirming LGBTQIA+ specialized care to their employees 🌈 Happy Pride!
This year, New England Donor Services was proud to introduce two inclusive 🌈 employee benefits to support the health and wellbeing of our workforce. FOLX Health provides comprehensive health care 🏥 for the LGBTQIA+ community, plus a supportive and safe space to access events, educational resources, and peer support groups. Carrot Fertility provides inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, personalized for every employee's unique journey. It is important for NEDS to offer benefits that meet the needs of employees and we're excited for these partnerships! #pridemonth