Before Callen-Lorde launched its elder care program, our patients often felt like they needed to decide between getting LGBTQ+ affirming care with us or getting elder-friendly care elsewhere. It was a difficult decision–one that Callen-Lorde didn’t want our community to have to make. Luckily, a generous grant from The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels […]
Callen-Lorde unveiled a new video animation and graphics in February that entice new patients to come to all three sites for safe and affirming care. Animator Ollie Yao is a former patient of Callen-Lorde; he gave the backstory on his experience with us and his work. Ollie, a computer graphics artist based here in the […]
Callen-Lorde’s lifesaving healthcare makes an impact in patients’ lives and in legislators’ work at every level of government. This impact was on full display yesterday during our Rally to Protect Trans Health in Albany. Callen-Lorde leaders have made advocating for trans healthcare protections a priority long before a new presidential administration took office. But since […]
Dear Callen-Lorde Patients, Callen-Lorde wants you to know that New York seeks to protect residents and out-of-state visitors that seek reproductive and gender-affirming health care here. In New York there are certain laws in place–shield laws–that aim to safeguard residents and health care providers from investigation and persecution based on the care they receive […]
December 1 marks World AIDS Day, an international day to reflect on the epidemic, remember lives lost and celebrate advancements that now save lives. New York City was one of the epicenters of HIV and AIDS when the epidemic began in the 1980s. As such, health care providers across the city were hit hard as […]
Callen-Lorde’s 24th annual Community Health Awards broke fundraising records as more than 650 individuals from our community, staff and supporters came together to uplift each other in an unprecedented time. The event raised money through both the silent auction and in-the-room fundraising at the dinner, bringing our total to a record $800,000. The funding will […]
On Oct. 21, the Biden administration issued a proposed rule that would require health insurers to cover injectable forms of PrEP, medication that can prevent transmission of HIV. The ruling, if it goes forward, would be a significant step in widening access to breakthrough prevention methods that have the potential to jumpstart efforts to end […]
We hope you’ll join us in celebrating this year’s National Health Center Week, which lifts up 1,400 community health centers around the country including Callen-Lorde. It’s the perfect time to celebrate our role as a CHC that provides compassionate, inclusive care. Centers like Callen-Lorde are an integral part of the city and the country’s […]