LGBTQIA+ and Cancer

Host:  Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky

Guest: Tiffany Arps, LCSW, Oncology Social Worker, Markey Cancer Center

Cancer Conversations Episode 44

Living with cancer is challenging.  Living with cancer when you are also dealing with other barriers to care often faced by the LGBTQIA+ community can be daunting.  On this episode of Cancer Conversations on Talking FACS, Tiffany Arps, a licensed clinical social worker with Markey Cancer Center, shares unique challenges faced by this community and provides strategies for overcoming these obstacles while managing a cancer diagnosis.

Cancer Conversations on Talking FACS is a partnership project between Family and Consumer Sciences Extension and the Markey Cancer Center.

For additional information, click any of the links below:

Coping with Cancer as an LGBTQ Person

National LGBT Cancer Network

The LGBT Cancer Project

LBGTQI Cancer Support Resources

Connect with the UK Markey Cancer Center

Online Markey Cancer Center

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