Calling All LGBTQ+ Affirming Businesses!
Are you an LGBTQ+ owned business and/or one that values and supports the LGBTQ+ Community? Are you a business that understands the importance and impact of offering an LGBTQ+ inclusive environment?
If yes, come and learn more about The LOFT's Business Partner Program, join us, and the opportunity to connect the community with your business.
Staff Spotlight Winter Edition 2022 ❄
Join the conversation on Medical Care for LGBTQ+ patients
Join Zoom next Thursday, February 3 for a conversation on palliative care and Project Respect: LGBTQ+ Experiences with Healthcare Providers for Serious Illness, featuring Gary L. Stein, JD, MSW, a Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work- Yeshiva University; Cathy Berkman, PhD, MSW, a Professor and Director of the Palliative Care Fellowship at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service; and moderated by Mary Beth Morrissey, PhD, JD, MPH, SSA Past President and Founder and President of New York State Southern Region Collaborative for Palliative Care.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community experiences discrimination and stigma in accessing health care and social services – including palliative, hospice, and long-term care. Professor Gary Stein and Professor Cathy Berkman will share the results of phase I of Project Respect, recently published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, which reported high levels of discrimination experienced by the community in accessing palliative care services. Professors Stein and Berkman will also discuss phase II of Project Respect, which seeks to obtain LGBTQ+ community experiences with healthcare providers in obtaining care for serious illness. They will also discuss implications for future research, institutional and public policy, and practice, including current policy barriers to respectful and non-discriminatory care, and the importance of staff training to address inadequate knowledge and discriminatory behaviors.
This event is part of the State Society on Aging of New York’s Conversation Series. All events in the Conversation Series are free and open to the public, so please feel free to share with your networks.
Project Respect: LGBTQ+ Experiences with Healthcare Providers for Serious Illness
Thursday, February 3, 2022, 12:00pm – 1:00 pm
Please register at:
https://aoascc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcucu6uqjgoEtRt8pLcUDk7IZBvXfpZrx5s
Join Out Walking
Join OUTWalking on our next hiking adventure!
Graham Hills Park
Sunday, February 13, 2022
10:00 AM -12:30 PM
Route 117, Mount Pleasant, NY 10570
Join us for a beautiful wooded hike through scenic Graham Hills Park, which features 431 acres of forest. Please note that there will be hills to climb throughout our journey, but the trails should be suitable for most skill levels.
CALM's special guest facilitator Zoe Flowers
C.A.L.M Meets every Thursday from 5:30pm-6:30pm Eastern Time.
In this time when our lives are very off-balanced, a centering practice can be a useful tool to get through challenging moments. Utilizing guided meditation, breathing exercises and reading and reflection, this session will introduce a variety of practices to help you feel grounded and centered to better connect to your emotional core.
OUT At The Movies: FLEE
Come and watch the powerful and gripping documentary that has been racking up awards and is garnering serious Oscar buzz!
The LOFT’s Out at the Movies group will be going to see “Flee” on Thursday, Jan 27th to the 7:20 pm screening. The group will meet in the lobby around 7:05 pm. Look for group leader Geoff wearing the OATM logo button.
Click to learn more and watch the trailer that everyone has been buzzing about!
FREE Covid Self-Test Kits and Masks
THANK YOU to NY State Senator Shelley Mayer and NY State Assemblymember Chris Burdick who generously provided Covid self-tests and KN95 masks for the LGBTQ+ Community.
If you need a test and/or mask, click the button below
LOFT Business Partner Spotlight: Eadie Scott
Read about The LOFT's newest Business Partner, Eadie Scott from Manhattan Cabaret Arts. Learn about her community connection and more about the Jan 24 online cabaret class she's hosting. Click here to read more
Get Free HIV /STI Testing
FREE HIV & STI Testing
TUESDAY-January 18, 2022 | 5-8 PM | By Appt.
Free HIV/STI Testing is provided through a collaboration with Hudson Valley Community Services (HVCS) on a monthly basis at The LOFT. Includes testing for HIV, Hepatitis C, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Syphilis.
To learn more and schedule an appointment,click button below
Office Closed for MLK Day
