The LGBTI Health Summits are an opportunity for individuals working for the health of intersex, trans, bisexual, lesbian and gay people to meet and share ideas.
Attendees are mostly health activists, a mix of medical care professionals, alternative and complementary health providers, outreach workers, volunteers, and other interested parties.
The LGBTI Health Summits grew out of a resurgence in queer health movements which looked beyond a victim deficit based model of disease, using an asset based approach.
[1] The first National LGBTI Health Summit was held in Boulder, Colorado, in 2002.
[5] Gay Men's Health Summits have been held in Boulder, Colorado, in 1999 and 2000, and Gay, Bisexual and Trans Men's Summits in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2003,[6] and Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2006;[7] a Gay Men's Health Summit was held in Seattle, Washington, in October 2008,[8] and another was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in August 2010.