Ethics and Society Newsfeed – October 26, 2018

Politics With Migrant Caravan, Trump Stokes a Familiar Fire: Immigration “Barely two weeks away from an election that threatens … More

Fear of Practitioner Bias and Confidentiality Breaches are Barriers to HIV Prevention among Transgender Youth, Study Finds

Celia B. Fisher, PhD, Director of Fordham University’s Center of Ethics and Education, explores transgender youth healthcare and HIV prevention … More

Fordham University’s Dr. Celia Fisher Discusses Transgender Healthcare on WFUV

Transgender and gender non-conforming communities face a number of various healthcare challenges, both social and medical, including “stigma, discrimination … More

The National Transgender Study is a Start – But More is Needed to Protect the Sexual Health of Transgender Teens

On Thursday, December 9th, the largest survey of transgender people ever conducted was published by The National Center for Transgender … More

Medical Training for Transgender Patients Needs to Include Sensitivity to Social Stigmas for both Gender and Sexual Orientation

The recently published article on doctor’s lack of expertise in treating transgender patients in The Guardian is an important step forward in … More

New WHO diagnostic labels perpetuate transgender stigma

The movement of the World Health Organization (WHO) to declassify transgender identity as a mental disorder is simultaneously a step … More

Ethics & Society Newsfeed: February 26, 2016

Apple vs. FBI is a sign of a dangerous divide Rogers and Grumet examine Apple’s decision to fight a … More

Ethics & Society Newsfeed: February 19, 2016

Voices for Our Fathers Keeping Memory of Horrific Study Alive The Tuskegee syphilis experiment recruited poor men with “bad blood” … More

Fit to a “T”: Addressing the Unique Needs of Transgender Students

For more information, please visit & “like” RELAY: Resources & Education for LGBT & Allied Youth: www.facebook.com/lgbtrelay On Monday, August 3, … More

American College of Physicians Calls for End to Healthcare Disparities Faced by LGBT People

Originally published May 12, 2015 on HRC Blog by Alison Gill, Senior Legislative Counsel Today, the American College of Physicians called for … More

Dr. Celia B. Fisher & Co-PI awarded $1.9 million grant to examine the ethics in HIV prevention research involving LGBT youth

For more information, please visit & “like” RELAY: Resources & Education for LGBT & Allied Youth: www.facebook.com/lgbtrelay Fordham University Center for … More