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LGBTQ+ Precarity in Nursing Homes

LGBTQ+ Precarity in Nursing Homes

Discussions regarding the care of elderly LGBTQ+ populations have been recent developments. The global visibility of non-heterosexual populations with political gay rights activism has contributed to the increasing relevance of this topic. Public and privatized healthcare systems throughout the world...

Cortney Hughes Rinker

Cortney Hughes Rinker

Cortney Hughes Rinker is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Director of the Global Affairs program. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine with emphases in Feminist Studies and Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies. ...

Lisa Eckenwiler

Lisa Eckenwiler

Lisa Eckenwiler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in bioethics and a range of topics in global health ethics. Her research centers broadly on vulnerability and structural health injustice, with special interests in mig...

Leah M Adams

Leah M Adams

Dr. Leah Adams is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in the department of Psychology and in the Women & Gender Studies program, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She received a B.S. from the University of Richmond in 2008, and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from G...