As General Manager of Social Inclusion Services and Chairperson of the Regional LGBTI Health Steering Group, it gives me great pleasure to launch LGBT Southeast Regional Fact File which gives a detailed outline of the services available to LGBT people across the south east. LGBTI people, as with all members of our community, require access to appropriate, timely and professional health and social services. The health requirements of LGBT people are similar to those of the general population. However, how society and service providers perceive and treat difference can impact upon the physical, psychological and social wellbeing of LGBTI people. In the last few years, a significant amount of work has been done in South East Community Healthcare (SECH) to raise awareness amongst HSE staff and services on the needs of LGBT people, and to orient services to an understanding that not everyone coming through the door is heterosexual and to adopting a welcoming approach to diversity in all its shapes and forms. We have to recognise difference and adjust our service provision with a commitment to equality for all groups...