The Young Survival Coalition's Diversity Program aims to foster a committed, connected and diverse community for young women affected by breast cancer. The Diversity Committee brings together women of color, women who partner with women, women of various socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures and disabilities.
As a collective, this committee works to create programs and to establish partnerships to work towards ensuring that all young women affected by breast cancer, in all communities, have access to the information and support they need.
Specific topics include:
- Diversity
- Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
- Asian
- Black/African Descent
- Latina
It's not yet clear if the drug Gardasil, the vaccine intended to prevent the 
During National LGBT Health Awareness Week, March
12-18, the Howard Brown Health Center, the Lesbian Community Cancer Project and the University of Illinois at Chicago,
are working together to gather information on the experiences and needs of cancer survivors across the country and
around the globe. This is the first study to look at the combined experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender cancer survivors. The information gathered from this survey will be used as a guide in the design of a
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cancer survivor research center, and to improve understanding of the special
needs of cancer survivors. The investigators of this study will publish the results of this survey to make them
available to community-based organizations across the country interested in better serving the needs of LGBT cancer
survivors. The 
