The LGBTI Health Summits are an opportunity for individuals working for the health of intersex, trans, bisexual, lesbian and gay people to meet and share ideas. Attendees are mostly health activists, a mix of medical care professionals, alternative and complementary health providers, outreach workers, volunteers, and other interested parties.

The LGBTI Health Summits grew out of a resurgence in queer health movements which looked beyond a victim deficit based model of disease, using an asset based approach.

The LGBTI Health Summits grew out of the first Gay Men's Health Summit, held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1999.[1]

The first National LGBTI Health Summit was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 2002. The second was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2004. The third was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2007.[2][3] The fourth was held in Chicago, Illinois, August 14–18, 2009.[4] The fifth summit took place in Bloomington, Indiana, July 16–19, 2011.[5]

Gay Men's Health Summits have been held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1999 and 2000, and Gay, Bisexual and Trans Men's Summits in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2003,[6] and Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2006;[7] a Gay Men's Health Summit was held in Seattle, Washington, in October 2008,[8] and another was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in August 2010.[9]

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  1. ^ Michael Scarce. (2000). The second wave of the gay men's health movement: medicalization and cooptation as pitfalls of progress. J Gay Lesbian Med Assoc 4(1):3-4
  2. ^ "Welcome to Community Health Data Base". Welcome to Community Health Data Base. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  3. ^ "National LGBTI Health Summit Website launches". ChicagoPride.com. 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. ^ "2009 LGBTI health summit set in motion". Windy City Times News. November 19, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the National LGBTI Health Summit Webpage!". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Eric Rofes Website". Ericrofes.com. 2003-01-15. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  7. ^ "INVENIO - Utah Gay Men's Health Summit". Utah AIDS. Archived from the original on September 25, 2006. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "SGN - Seattle Gay News - Page 6 - Gay City Health Project to host National Gay Men's Health Summit - Friday, October 3, 2008 - Volume 36 Issue 40". sgn.org. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  9. ^ Wallman, Brittany. "Gay men's health summit this weekend gets assist from Lauderdale commission". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2020-12-11.