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Providing Culturally Sensitive LGBTQ+ Diabetes Health Care
Culturally sensitive LGBTQ+ diabetes health care can decrease stigma and advance diabetes care access for the LGBTQ community.
Coming Out Twice: Being a Gay Diabetic
As a type 1 diabetic since the age of 16, this encounter was the first time my chronic illness impacted my sex life. My body went from attacking itself from the inside, to sabotaging my relationships ...
Advocacy 101
Inspiration alert: we have a story that will get you motivated to become the best diabetes advocate you can be! Check out Cameron Keighron's tips for more.
Mental Health Risks Among LGBTQ Youth With Diabetes
For LGBTQ youth with type 1 diabetes, respect and acceptance can change lives. At home, at school, in the doctor's office: it all matters.
Victor Garber on Knowing You’re Not Alone
"[People] feel a certain shame attached to being a Type 1 diabetic, which is, first of all, useless. It's not helpful, because the more you can share your experience with people, the more ed...
Introducing Francine Kaufman: Newest Member of Science Advisory Council
Meet Francine Kaufman M.D., the newest member of the Beyond Type 1 Science Advisory Council! Dr. Kaufman recently spoke with Beyond Type 1 about her history of treating diabetes, her work abroad, the...
How Coming Out Helped Me Accept My T1D Diagnosis
There is a feeling of isolation — that once I ‘disclose’ who I am I will forever be ‘branded’ by others. But coming out had prepared me for this journey.