The Fenway Institute

04/10/2025

Important Update: We’re Consolidating Our pages

To streamline our communications and ensure you never miss an update, The Fenway Institute will be consolidating this page into the main Fenway Health Facebook account.

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Serving the LGBTQ+ community, Fenway neighborhood, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and beyond since 1971.

09/06/2024

The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute will mark the 10th year of its annual Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Course for the Whole Care Team conference when attendees convene in Boston October 25 – 27. Over 2,800 health care professionals have attended throughout the past 9 years, and another 300 attendees are expected this year. This year’s keynote will be delivered by Professor Alexander Chen, Founding Director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School, where he also teaches Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law.

“We are thrilled to celebrate this 10th anniversary of the course, which has hosted attendees from every U.S. state and over 25 countries. We strive to remain at the forefront of education on advances in the exciting field of transgender and gender diverse health care,” said Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, The Fenway Institute’s Director, Division of Education and Training.

To hear from Professor Chen and other national experts, register online.

The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute will mark the 10th year of its annual Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Co ...

08/14/2024

The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging is holding a virtual listening session Thursday, August 15,

The commission is looking to hear from a diverse group of le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, q***r, questioning and other identified (LGBTQ+) older adults, family, friends and allies. Commissioners want to know what is and isn’t working well for LGBTQ+ older adults and caregivers across the state.

What's working and what's not quite working for older LGBTQ+ adults- The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging wants to know. So, it's holding listening

08/13/2024

Governor Healey signed the Massachusetts Parentage Act that expands parental rights, including for LGBTQIA+ parents. Fenway Health and other organizations advocated for the bill, which updates guidelines for courts and families to make it easier for someone to legally qualify as a parent by addressing various ways that someone can become one, including through birth, adoption, marriage, surrogacy, and assisted reproduction, such as in-vitro fertilization.
https://buff.ly/4dkGJmj

08/12/2024

The Fenway Institute (TFI) is always looking for community members who want to make a difference in LGBTQI+ health and wellness by participating in research. If you are interested in learning more, or want to find out if you may be eligible to participate, please fill out this form or contact TFI directly at 617.927.6450. https://buff.ly/3WGVN6J

08/09/2024

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) officials visited Fenway Health’s 1340 Boylston Street home August 8 to commemorate National Health Center Week. They met with Fenway leadership and toured the health center to learn more about our work and recent accomplishments. Government officials visiting included:

• Everett Handford, Regional Director, HHS Office of the Regional Director
• Taylor Bryan Turner, Executive Officer, HHS Office of the Regional Director
• Jeffrey Beard, Regional Administrator, HRSA Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Region 1

We thank our federal partners for their support and recognition of the important work we do to serve the many communities who rely on us for care, services, advocacy, research, and education!

08/05/2024

Fenway’s Director of Education & Training, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, spoke with Forbes about the opportunities and challenges faced by parents who undergo gender transitions. “No matter the timeline, he says it is important for children to know that “their parents' love is unmodified and still there.””

A story of a transgender parent, Jailyn Avila, experiencing opportunity and challenge.

08/02/2024

Massachusetts is one step closer to making Overdose Prevention Centers a reality! Today, the MA Senate took bold action to address the opioid crisis - including support for overdose prevention centers.

Thank you Senator Julian Cyr and Sen. Senator John Velis Your leadership will save lives.

07/30/2024

The Fenway Institute released a policy brief outlining the dangers to equality and public health posed by the policies in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project, and urging Americans to make sure they understand the potential impact to health care quality, equity, and access if the policies are implemented.

“Project 2025 articulates a dystopian agenda that would radically weaken the nation’s public health infrastructure, further restrict access to reproductive health care, and criminalize efforts to support LGBTQIA+ youth.”
https://buff.ly/4d2PQIn

07/26/2024

Our Care, Our Community - We are welcoming new patients! At Fenway we serve patients from every background and offer specialty care and services centering the needs of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.

Call our registration line at 617.927.6100 or visit us online to become a Fenway Health patient today! https://buff.ly/43tZMXi

07/25/2024

Alex Keuroghlian, Fenway Health’s Director, Division of Education and Training, presented during the Transgender Symposium at the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich. Alex talked about interventions that address intersectionality for transgender women living with HIV focused through gender minority stress and gender affirming care frameworks. Fundación Huésped recorded an interview with Alex that can be watched in English with Spanish subtitles.

Fundación Huésped y la REDLACTRANS llevaron adelante el 7° Simposio Transgénero en América Latina en . En ese marco, Alex Keuroghlian compartió su t...

07/23/2024

Research from our colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests that gender-affirming testosterone therapy may decrease the breast cancer risk for trans masculine individuals. https://buff.ly/3zNx7Sc

07/20/2024

Urge the MA Legislature to Pass Substance Use Legislation with OPCs! The state is facing an ongoing opioid crisis, with 6 people dying every day from overdose. In 2023 alone, we lost 2,105 lives to overdoses, and 2024 is already showing alarming numbers with 504 confirmed and estimated deaths. Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs) are a proven, evidence-based solution that can save lives, reduce harm, and connect individuals to essential healthcare and treatment services, and a key tool to address the opioid epidemic. Help make OPCs a reality in MA!

Massachusetts is facing an ongoing opioid crisis, with 6 people dying every day from overdose. In 2023 alone, we lost 2,105 lives to overdoses, and 2024 is already showing alarming numbers with 504 confirmed and estimated deaths. Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs) are a proven, evidence-based soluti...

07/19/2024

Our educational programming is the gold-standard in LGBTQIA+ community competent healthcare. Our National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center’s web modules are accessed from all 50 states and 182 countries and cover a broad range of topics including transgender health, HIV/STIs, LGBTQIA+ youth, older adults, and BIPOC people, and reproductive health. Begin your education today at: https://buff.ly/3WrLvZt

07/18/2024

Take action to thank Representatives who voted for the Massachusetts Parentage Act (H.4672) and urge your Senator to do the same!

There are many paths to parenthood and many types of families in our state, but Massachusetts statutes have not kept pace with modern science and the diversity of our families, leaving children vulnerable. This Act will update outdated parentage law so that it is clear, equitable, and provides legal protection for all families, including LGBTQ+ families and families built through assisted reproduction. https://buff.ly/3xXwCof

07/17/2024

Did you know that nationwide, approximately 1.2 million people are currently living with HIV and 13% of them are unaware of their status? The American College of Preventive Medicine reminds us that HIV prevention is everyone’s business. Physicians and health care systems must embed HIV care into existing primary care delivery models, making HIV preventive care and treatment routinized and normalized.https://buff.ly/3Y82Qrt

07/15/2024

Recently, Fenway Health staff delved into the crucial topic of Black HIV/AIDS Awareness. With a focus on the theme "Engage, Educate, Empower: Uniting to End HIV/AIDS in Black Communities," a panel of Black staff members at Fenway Health with experience in HIV prevention and treatment came together to lead an insightful discussion on HIV stigma.

In this video, Kelvin Powell, Laboratory Research Assistant at The Fenway Institute, talks about the importance of valuing and connecting with Black elders.

Recently, Fenway Health staff delved into the crucial topic of Black HIV/AIDS Awareness. With a focus on the theme "Engage, Educate, Empower: Uniting to End ...

07/12/2024

"Given how well resourced anti-trans political groups are, it can really distort the public discourse and make it harder to advance evidence-based, clinically sound practices." - Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, Director of Fenway Health's Division of Education and Training speaking to LA Times for their story on LGBTQ+ healthcare workers fight for gender-affirming care amid the rise in anti-trans laws.

The fate of trans healthcare lies in the outcome of a presidential election and next summer's Supreme Court ruling. But these LGBTQ+ healthcare workers are determined to provide gender-affirming care.