Delaware Journal of Public Health LGBTQ+ Issue

The July 2025 issue of the Delaware Journal of Public Health, edited by Christopher Moore & Anna Filip, M.D., focuses on LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness. Read the articles linked below or click here to download the entire issue as a PDF file.

3 | In This Issue: LGBTQ+ Health
Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S. & Katherine Smith, M.D., M.P.H.

4 | Guest Editors: Honoring Voices, Advancing Equity
Christopher Moore & Anna Filip, M.D.

5 | Highlights from The Nation’s Health

6 | Equity in Public Health
Lieutenant Governor Kyle Evans Gay

7 | Letter to the Editor

8 | Is Our Post-Skrmetti World Like a Post-Dobbs World? Lessons from the Fight for Reproductive Rights
Mike Brickner, M.A.

14 | Prevention is Resistance: Upholding LGBTQIA+ Health Equity in the Era of Retrenchment
Suzan Abdallah, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

16 | The Impact of Current and Proposed Funding Cuts on the LGBTQ+ Communities in Delaware, with a Focus on Sussex County
Sharon A. Morgan, M.S.N., R.N.

22 | Provider Perspectives on LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness in Delaware
Rebecca McColl, M.A.; Erin Nescott, M.S.; Erik K. Layland, Ph.D.; Tibor Toth, Ph.D.; Sequoia Rent; Mary L. Mitsdarffer, Ph.D., M.P.H.

26 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disparities by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among Delaware Youth
Eric K. Layland, Ph.D.; August X. Wei, B.S.; Natalie M. Maurer, B.S.; Rochelle Brittingham, Ph.D.; Ronet Bachman, Ph.D.

36 | The Policy and Public Health Implications of Protecting Gender-Affirming Care for Delaware Youth
Stephen Raskauskas, M.A.

40 | Serious Illness and End of Life in LGBTQIA+ Older Adults
Sarah Matthews, M.D.

42 | If You Seek SOGI: Current State and Practical Implementation Considerations for Health Care Organization Seeking to Collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Domains
Alex Waad, M.A., N.B.C.-H.W.C. & Tylisha Johnson, M.S.M.

46 | Talking About S-E-X in Healthcare Settings: Let’s Get Clinical
Catherine Dukes, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

50 | Improvement in Quality of Life in Transmasculine Individuals After Chest Masculinization Surgery
Brett E. Herb, D.S.W., M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

58 | Fogarty International – Global Health Matters

74 | The Role of Dissociation in Surviving Severe, Systemic Bullying: A Reflective Narrative for EMDR Therapists (and Trauma-Responsive Clinicians Serving LGBTQ+ Folx)
Reverend Karla Fleshman, L.C.S.W., M.Div.

80 | Poem: “Who was Nex? Who is Nex.T?”
Reverand Karla Fleshman, L.C.S.W., M.Div.

82 | Legislation as Trauma: The Mental Health Toll of Anti-LGBTQ Policy on Clients in HIV Care
Elise Mora, L.C.S.W.

88 | It Never Stopped: The Continued Violation of Forced, Coerced, and Involuntary Sterilization
Julissa Coriano, L.C.S.W., M.Ed. & Noah J. Duckett, L.C.S.W.

94 | Building Comprehensive Gender Affirming Care Programs: Recommendations Based on Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s Model of Care
April Lyons-Alls, R.N., M.S.N., M.P.A.; Zowie Barnes, M.D.; Noah Duckett, L.C.S.W.; Emily Nardone, P.A.-C.; Nena Rapposelli, M.A.