This Note details and proposes a solution to the deficit in access to justice and to care faced by the LGBTQ+ community due to historical and ongoing homophobia and transphobia in both the legal and medical fields. The proposed solution is the integration of medical-legal partnerships (“MLPs”) into LGBTQ+ resource organizations. These organizations already serve and have the trust of the queer community, which lowers one barrier to access medical and legal services for the LGBTQ+ community: mistrust and negative past experiences. MLPs are the ideal solution to this problem because they would not only allow LGBTQ+ individuals to access medical and legal services, but to receive holistic services that account for their personal circumstances as well as their physical health. Underlying this premise is the concept of social determinants of health, which are environmental and social factors that create systemic roadblocks to wellness. By creating an integrated MLP, professionals can address these social determinants head on and remedy the underlying causes of poor health. This is especially important for LGBTQ+ people whose minoritized identities often lead them to have multiple negative social determinants of health. The integration of MLPs into LGBTQ+ resource organizations would allow queer individuals to get the care they need—not just physically, but socially and environmentally.

本说明详细介绍并提出了解决 LGBTQ+ 社区由于法律和医学领域的历史和持续的同性恋恐惧症和跨性别恐惧症而面临的司法和护理不足的解决方案。提议的解决方案是将医疗法律伙伴关系（“MLP”）整合到 LGBTQ+ 资源组织中。这些组织已经为酷儿社区服务并获得了他们的信任，这降低了 LGBTQ+ 社区获得医疗和法律服务的一个障碍：不信任和过去的负面经历。MLP 是解决这个问题的理想解决方案，因为它们不仅允许 LGBTQ+ 个人获得医疗和法律服务，而且还可以获得考虑到他们个人情况和身体健康的整体服务。这个前提的基础是健康的社会决定因素的概念，这些环境和社会因素会为健康造成系统性障碍。通过创建一个集成的 MLP，专业人员可以直接解决这些社会决定因素并纠正健康状况不佳的根本原因。这对于 LGBTQ+ 人群尤其重要，他们的少数族裔身份常常导致他们对健康有多种负面的社会决定因素。将 MLP 整合到 LGBTQ+ 资源组织中将使酷儿个体获得他们需要的照顾——不仅仅是身体上的，还有社会和环境上的。这对于 LGBTQ+ 人群尤其重要，他们的少数族裔身份常常导致他们对健康有多种负面的社会决定因素。将 MLP 整合到 LGBTQ+ 资源组织中将使酷儿个体获得他们需要的照顾——不仅仅是身体上的，还有社会和环境上的。这对于 LGBTQ+ 人群尤其重要，他们的少数族裔身份常常导致他们对健康有多种负面的社会决定因素。将 MLP 整合到 LGBTQ+ 资源组织中将使酷儿个体获得他们需要的照顾——不仅仅是身体上的，还有社会和环境上的。