2STLGBQIA+ Health Conference

The 2025 2SLGBTQIA+ Health Conference, organized by Out In The Open, Pride Center of Vermont, and Outright Vermont is a great opportunity for all LGBTQ+ and allied adults, including healthcare and wellness professionals, to learn self and community care strategies to protect our whole community.

The conference takes place Saturday, May 3 at VT State University in Randolph, VT and is FREE for community members - Register here to attend!

This Conference will create a collaborative space to host the many intersections of health and wellness work within the 2STLGBQIA+ people-centered care models. There will be healthcare provider specific content, community learning/practice spaces, lived-experience storytelling, and social convergence spaces that help strengthen all our relationships.

An additional goal of the conference is to increase capacity and ensure access to quality, culturally-affirming medical and mental health care for traditionally underserved communities, including 2STLGBQIA+ people who hold intersecting identities.

The workshop schedule will be released soon on this conference landing page. Workshops will be led by a variety of LGBTQ+ and allied community experts, including Outright staff! Workshop content will include:

• Harm Reduction

• Mental wellness

• Burnout

• Somatic first aid

• Gender affirming care

• Alternatives to suicide

• And more!

Here’s the tentative schedule for the day:

• 9:00 am - Registration

• 9:45 am - Welcome

• 10:15 am - Workshops until 4pm

• 10:00 am - 3 pm - Everyone’s Books selling; Resource fair with non profit tablers; Free / donation-based community care space in library with herbal tea, tinctures, craniosacral and acupuncture

• 12:00 - 3:00 pm - free STI testing and vaccines with UVM Medical Center

• 5:00 pm after-party hang out at Babes Bar in Bethel

Be sure to register to save your spot!