The work on the initial Goals and Objectives has been organized around five areas: research; policy; programs and services; professional and cultural competency and the diversity of the national LGBT community.

The following statements represent long-range goals for the LGBT community. The goals are not mutually exclusive, but rather purposefully interrelated. Taken together, achievement of the goals -and their related objectives - will help to ensure equity in health status and participation in the decision-making process for individual members of the LGBT population and representative organizations.

• To increase knowledge regarding LGBT populations' health status, access to and utilization of health care, and other health-related information.

• To increase LGBT participation in the formation of public and private sector policy regarding health and related issues.

• To increase availability of, access to, and quality of physical, mental, and behavioral health and related services for the LGBT population.

• To increase professional and cultural competencies of providers and others engaged in health and social service delivery to the LGBT population.

• To eliminate disparities in health outcomes of LGBT populations and the community including differences that occur by gender, race/ethnicity, education or income, disability, nationality, geographic location, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or presentation.