It's good for our health!

I was just searching the ‘net and decided to go to Advocate.com, where I get most of my news. I found this article about how there’s going to be a new health survey released in Wales to look at the needs of GLBT people there. I think it’s about time that something like this happened. Even if it’s not in the states, I’m glad it’s happening somewhere.

Here’s the original article:

New survey to look at health needs of LGBT community in Wales

A new survey by Stonewall Cyrmu’s health care project is set to look at the health needs of the LGBT community in North and Mid Wales. The survey, entitled Inside-Out, will be the first survey in Wales to explore such needs, reports The Liverpool Daily Post."The Inside-Out survey is a vital part of our ongoing campaign work to ensure all lesbian, gay, and bisexual people receive fair treatment,” said Jenny Porter, community liaison officer for Stonewall Cymru. "We are still hearing of lesbians being refused smear tests simply because of their sexuality and gay men fearful to come out to their doctor in case they are sent for an HIV/AIDS test."Porter added that the survey’s results “will provide a clear indication of what the issues are for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in health care situations and will inform our future campaigning work."The findings of the survey will be submitted to the Welsh Assembly and The NHS Cymru Centre for Equality and Human Rights in spring 2007.