Tag: Advocacy

This special session will: Identify key challenges and political pressures affecting LGBTQ+ health services in California, and examine how healthcare leaders are navigating institutional and regulatory constraints; Analyze real-world strategies and best practices used by health systems and community organizations to protect, sustain, and advance LGBTQ+ affirming care across clinical, educational, and operational settings; and Apply lessons learned from diverse institutional contexts to strengthen participants’ own approaches to advocacy, policy implementation, and adaptive leadership in support of LGBTQ+ health.

Meet the challenges of today’s policy landscape with actionable strategies for igniting and sustaining change. This closing plenary session will examine how advocacy at different levels of the healthcare and prevention continuum can better move in concert together. This plenary session will engage participants in advocacy across HIV, HCV, STIs, Drug User and LGBTQ Health, Immunocompromised Communities, and Health Equity, and closes SYNC 2026 with a clear call to action as we move Forward in SYNChronicity through advocacy.