health education series

The LGBTQ+ Healthcare Consortium is conducting it’s first healthcare educational series. We invite you to view and explore the different speakers presenting on various topics that affect the LGBTQ+ community.

Gender Affirming Hormones

Dr. Chris Palazzo is a primary care physician at Corewell Health's Campustowne Clinic who specializes in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Dr. Palazzo discussed gender-affirming hormone therapy with us in this inaugural Health Education Series Event.

Gender Affirming Voice Modifications

Tami Teshima (M.A., CCC/SLP) is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in gender affirming voice therapy. Tami visually demonstrates how voices can be modified through gender-affirming voice therapy.

Trauma Informed care

Brittani Decess (MA, LPC) is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Paul Krauss (MA, LPC) is a Private Practice Psychotherapist. Both specialize in Trauma Informed Care and LGBTQ+ specific counseling. In this webinar, they address what Trauma Informed Care is and is not. Learn more about Trauma Informed Care here: healthforlifegr.com/trauma-informed-counseling-center

Gender Affirming Hysterectomies

Introducing our next topic: Gender Affirming Hysterectomies! On May 23rd at 6:00pm, the Grand Rapids LGBTQ+ Healthcare Consortium will host Suzanne West, an OBGYN who specializes in gender affirming hysterectomies.

Topics we are looking forward to in the coming months:

  • June: PrEP/HIV Toolkit

  • June: Intersex Identities

  • July: Family Planning for the LGBTQ+ Community