LGBTQ Care
Cooley Dickinson Health Care is committed to providing the highest standard of care for every individual in our community, at all points on the spectrums of gender and sexuality. We are dedicated to the inclusion of LGBTQ people in all aspects of our services–for patients, families and employees. We promote LGBTQ health equity and access to care through staff training, specialized services in transgender health, inclusive patient policies, and affirming benefits for our employees.
A Leader in Healthcare Equality
Cooley Dickinson is the only hospital in Western Massachusetts to be recognized as a leader in LGBTQ healthcare equality for the second year in a row, and was recently awarded the highest possible score on the 2022 Healthcare Equality Index.
LGBTQ Care at Cooley Dickinson is overseen by Dr. Miranda Balkin, Medical Director of LGBTQ Services. Dr. Balkin is also a Family Medicine physician and the Medical Director of Oxbow Primary Care in Northampton.
External resources are not in any way affiliated with or endorsed by CDH, but links are provided as a community service to LGBTQ community members.
Additional Resources:
Massachusetts & National
- Rainbow Elders (Franklin County)
- National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center (A Program of The Fenway Institute)
- LGBTQ Health, Pap Smears and STI Prevention Information
- UMass-Amherst Stonewall Center (LGBTQIA+ resource center)
- Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People (UCSF)
- Community Action Pioneer Valley (Generation Q)
- Out Now (LGBTQ Support Group for the Greater Springfield Area)
- The Trevor Project (Crisis Intervention/Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ Youth)
- Trans Lifeline (Emotional and practical/logistical support for trans people in crisis)
- A Positive Place (HIV/AIDS service agency serving the Pioneer Valley)
Connecticut
- True Colors – (Community organization service LGBTQ youth in Hartford, CT)
New Hampshire
- TLC Family Resource Center / Rural Outright (LGBTQ Community Organization, Peer Support, and Family Services in Claremont, NH)
Vermont
- Out in the Open (LGBTQ Community Organization and Peer Support in Brattleboro, VT)
Upstate New York
- Pride Center of the Capitol Region (LGBTQ Community Organization and Peer Support in Albany, NY
- Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center (LGBTQ Community Organization and Peer Support in Kingston, NY)
CONTACT: Transforming Parents (A community support group for parents of transgender children of any age)