WorldPride Washington, D.C. Human Rights Conference 2025

Panel: "LGBTQ+ Healthcare: A Global Discussion

This comprehensive panel, moderated by Dr. Shane Westmoreland, Co-Chair for the WorldPride Human Rights Conference brings together distinguished healthcare professionals from diverse global contexts to examine the current state of LGBTQIA2S+ healthcare access, quality, and advocacy worldwide. Featuring Dr. Nasser Mohamed, Dr. Hyman Scott, Ulrika Westerlund, and Dr. Camiel Welling, this critical conversation explores both persistent challenges and promising innovations in healthcare delivery, policy development, and medical education across different healthcare systems and cultural contexts.

Panelists will address:
- Comparative approaches to LGBTQIA2S+ healthcare inclusion across Middle Eastern, American, Swedish, and Dutch healthcare systems
- Best practices for gender-affirming care and HIV prevention across diverse resource and regulatory environments
- Strategies for addressing healthcare disparities that impact specific populations, including refugees, migrants, and communities of color
- Models for integrating political advocacy with clinical practice to advance healthcare equity
- Emerging research and clinical innovations that are transforming care possibilities globally

This global exchange features perspectives spanning asylum medicine, HIV prevention research, political advocacy, and trans healthcare delivery. Dr. Mohamed brings unique insights from his experience as both an asylum seeker and primary care provider, while Dr. Scott contributes expertise from his recognition in TIME's 2025 TIME100 list for STI prevention work and leadership in national HIV prevention trials. Westerlund offers political perspectives from her tenure as chairperson of Sweden's RFSL and current role in the Riksdag, and Dr. Welling provides specialized knowledge in trans refugee healthcare and international advocacy through their work with GATE and UN engagement.

Join us for this vital conversation that moves beyond identifying barriers to exploring actionable pathways toward comprehensive, affirming healthcare for all members of our communities worldwide. This panel embodies the conference's commitment to practical knowledge exchange that can translate directly into improved lived experiences for LGBTQIA2S+ people globally, demonstrating how clinical expertise, political advocacy, and community organizing can collaborate to advance health equity across borders.