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Dr. Lulu Umeh

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Dr. Lulu electrifies audiences with her dynamic talks that transform how people understand and support LGBTQ+ individuals. She blends her physician expertise with personal experience as a trans child's parent, creating spaces where attendees feel "seen and heard" while challenging their biases with "honest" and "direct" conversations. Her "infectious enthusiasm" and vulnerability spark profound shifts in both clinical practice and personal perspectives, empowering healthcare professionals and parents alike to become "fierce affirming advocates." Participants leave Dr. Lulu's sessions astonished by her unique approach that combines wisdom with practical strategies for creating affirming spaces. Her talks function as "mini retreat/anti-racist workshops that rock your soul," opening dialogue and co-creating solutions around LGBTQ+ issues that combat the harm of invisibility. Medical professionals, parents, and allies seek her out for her ability to deliver thought-provoking content that equips them with tools to address biases while maintaining a safe, accepting environment.

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  • Participants gained a deeper understanding of intersectionality and its impact on healthcare.
  • Attendees felt more equipped to address their biases and create safer, more affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals.
  • Caregivers learned practical strategies to provide affirming care to queer and trans individuals.
  • Parents of LGBTQ+ children felt empowered and supported in their journey towards acceptance and advocacy.
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Dr. Lulu's Bio

Dr. Lulu (Uchenna Umeh, MD, MBA, FAAP) Pediatrician | Speaker | Author | Professor | LGBTQIA+ Healthcare Advocate Dr. Lulu is a Nigerian-born, pediatrician, bestselling author, proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and nationally recognized speaker on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in healthcare. She is the creator of TAHPPP, The AFFIRM Healthcare Professionals Prescription Program: an 8-week transformational training designed to help healthcare providers build affirming, bias-aware, patient-centered and patient-led practices for Black LGBTQIA+ individuals. A three-time TEDx speaker by and national and internationally sought speaker, Dr. Lulu brings her lived experience as the mother of a transgender daughter and the professional expertise of a board-certified physician, life coach, educator, a former U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and disabled veteran.

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Dr. Lulu Offers the Following Talks

What You Don’t Know IS Hurting Your Black LGBTQIA+ Patients

  • How implicit bias drives the Bias–Burnout–Turnover cycle in clinical settings

  • The ripple effect of affirmation: trust, compliance, return visits, and retention

  • The difference between acceptance and affirmation in healthcare

  • Why affirming care reduces staff burnout and improves morale

  • Tools to build inclusive systems from intake to follow-up

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Awareness Is the Best Medicine: How to Spot and Stop Bias Before It Hurts Your Patients

  • The top 3 everyday habits that unintentionally harm LGBTQIA+ patients

  • How to self-audit for bias using the Bias Recovery Script method

  • “Repair over perfection”: what to do when you get it wrong

  • Affirming language swaps you can implement immediately

  • Why awareness is the first prescription toward healing

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Gender Affirmation Through the Ages: Integrating Affirming Practices from Pediatrics to Geriatrics

  • What affirmation looks like at 3, 13, 33, and 83

  • Why gender-diverse elders are an often-overlooked population in healthcare

  • How affirming early leads to lifelong trust in care

  • The mental health consequences of delayed or denied affirmation

  • One small, affirming act that can change a patient’s trajectory

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The Audacity of Living Out Loud

  • Why visibility and affirmation are protective acts of liberation

  • The danger of shrinking to survive—and the power of choosing joy

  • What clinicians, parents, and educators must do to co-create brave spaces

  • How to use storytelling to affirm identity and dismantle shame

  • From trauma to truth: affirming care as an act of resistance

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Healing the Healers: Affirming Ourselves as We Affirm Our Patients

  • How unaddressed trauma and bias sabotage patient care

  • Why healing ourselves is a public health intervention

  • Affirmation as a practice, not a policy

  • Tools to support staff wellness and reduce compassion fatigue

  • A new definition of professionalism rooted in authenticity

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