Speaker #1:  Leonardo E. Candelario Perez, Ph.D., L.P.

Dr. Leonardo Candelario-Perez (Dr. Leo) is a Latinx, queer and bilingual clinical psychologist, licensed in Minnesota.  Dr. Leo is currently Mayo Clinic’s full time Associate Consultant in the Transgender and Intersex Specialty Care Clinic, Rochester MN.  In addition to their work at Mayo, Dr. Leo is a training consultant for Queer Space Collective, President of the Board of Directors of Q-Munity MN and faculty member of the UMN’s certificate / MPS program. Dr. Leo has over a decade of experience in the field of Sexual & Gender Health as a consultant, educator, researcher, advocate, and clinician. Their clinical, educational, and research interests include sexual and gender health and wellness, mental health as it relates to issues of sexuality and queer identity development, language and LGBTQIA+ identity formation, the intersectionality of culture, race/ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation and the use of queer informed health care across medical fields. In their personal life, Leo, enjoys indoor and outdoor gardening, keeping koi and tropical fish and cooking and entertaining for their family and friends.

Learning Objectives:

Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. Define what a Queer Informed Lens to health care means.
2. Identify two examples of how Queer Informed health care positively impacts everyone.

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TRANSCRIPT
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