Coming Out Day was founded in 1988 by Richard Eichberg, a psychologist and Jean O'Leary, a gay rights activist, to raise awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and its civil rights movement. They chose October 11th to mark the anniversary of the second major National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place 1987.
Resources from the APA can be found here to educate and support patients and colleagues.
To continue the conversation, consider joining
CHARGE for a Happy Hour discussion:
“Access to care, What’s on the Other Side of the Rainbow?”
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Penny Schnarrs she/her
Virtual Communities Program Manager
Association of American Medical Colleges
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