Policy & Advocacy

Callen-Lorde provides care – with action. In addition to directly providing high-quality, culturally responsive healthcare services, we advocate on the local, state, and federal level for legislation, regulation and sustainable sources of funding to  advance health equity.

• Callen-Lorde believes healthcare is a human right, and comprehensive, quality healthcare should be available to all.
• Callen-Lorde participates in grassroots advocacy efforts; we educate and engage our patients and community on matters relevant to our individual and community health.
• Our advocacy and policy initiatives seek to promote sexual health and advance health equity.
• We are committed to breaking down barriers and addressing the social determinants of health, such as housing.

Join our Most Important Fight

We are in a moment of crisis. Recent Executive Orders and federal directives threaten to strip support for medically necessary, gender-affirming care, erase transgender identities, and undermine the safety and well-being of our patients. These attacks are meant to paralyze, frighten and divide—but we refuse to back down.

At Callen-Lorde, we are doing everything in our power to stay ahead of these threats, defend our community, and fight for the healthcare and rights of our most vulnerable here in New York State and beyond. Some of these harmful policies are already facing legal challenges. Others will take time to implement and will meet fierce resistance. But one thing is clear: We must act now.

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