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John Auerbach, MBA

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston

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Ten years ago, when I left my position as an assistant commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, very few state—or local or federal—health departments mounted health initiatives targeted at lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) populations. The only exception involved HIV/AIDS, which the large numbers of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men made virtually (although not always) impossible to ignore.

Over the past decade, several city health departments, including the one I led as commissioner of health for Boston, have created staff positions or offices to address the health of the LGBT community. Yet, when I returned to the . . . [Full Text]