Read the report by the National LGBT Health Education Center. As you read it, think about how the social experiences of LGBTQ+ patients impact their health through complex and interacting pathways. The report concludes with suggestions for ways that clinical practitioners can create inclusive environments. Can you think of practices you've encountered (as a practitioner, a student, or a patient) that were more or less inclusive? In what ways?

Read Chapters 1 and 2 (pages 7-17) from the LGBT Field Guide, published by the Joint Commission. Chapter one describes how health system leadership must articulate an inclusive vision and create inclusive systems. But leadership in a health system occurs at multiple levels and takes different forms in everyday practice. Chapter 2 follows with suggestions for inclusive practice. As you read these chapters, think about how you might be a leader who promotes inclusive environments and practices within not only your health system, but your unit or on your care team.