Spotlight on History - Community Health Center Leaders in LGBTQ+ Care

Whitman-Walker Health, Washington DC

For decades, from the Stonewall era through the earliest days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic to the present, many health centers have provided comprehensive LGBTQ-focused care, engaged in essential research and promoted frontline advocacy to advance health equity for LGBTQ people. We're showcasing here the exemplary work of just a few of these community health centers, LBTQ champions and part of a broader movement dedicated to health care access and equity or fall.

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