LBGT Empowered and Free: Special Guest Kellan Baker, Policy




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Summary: Empowering the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community to embrace their authentic selves and ignite the power within. Kellan Baker is a Health Policy Analyst with the LGBT Research and Communications Project at American Progress, where his work includes strategically advocating for LGBT inclusion in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Prior to joining American Progress, Kellan was the senior policy associate at the National Coalition for LGBT Health. Kellan worked closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and leading LGBT health experts to develop the new LGBT health topic area, He also led efforts to advance LGBT health issues through the drafting and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before the coalition, Kellan spent several years in Moscow, Russia, where he co-founded a group that advocates for quality health care for transgender people in the former Soviet Union and worked with Special Olympics Russia. Kellan is an affiliated faculty member for LGBT health policy at the Center for Population Research in LGBT Health. Call or send email to us at lgbtwellness@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! Join us! Listen on Blog Talk Radio at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/awake or in the Friends chat room http://theawakeningcenter.com/tan/m/chat/home/ on The Awake Net. Call in 646-716-8988 With: Dr. Lisa Bufton, D.D. is a Spiritual Counselor, Angel Therapy Practitioner®, and cofounder of LGBT Wellness Conference.  www.purespirithealing.com and www.lgbt-wellness.org Rev Rick Shaffer, Spiritual Emissary New Consciousness Spiritual Center 818-900-2107 www.myanswertoday.com