Texas nonprofit launches free sexual healthcare program for LGBTQ community
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A new statewide program aims to provide the LGBTQ community with comprehensive sexual health services.
The program, launched by the nonprofit group Texas Health Action, was designed to help people in the LGBTQ community find information they need.
Harlingen resident Steven James Cano, who works for the Valley Aids Council, says growing up, he put himself in dangerous situations without knowing.
“We’re not really taught LGBTQ exclusive comprehensive science-based education,” Cano said. “As a gay male, HIV is very prevalent.”
Texas Health Action offering low-cost telehealth for HIV, gender-affirming care
Apr 27, 2021 |
Texas Health Action has launched a statewide telehealth service providing access to HIV prevention and care and to gender-affirming care at little to no cost to the patient, THA officials said this week. THA is the first non-profit organization in the country to do so.
TeleKind, the organization’s new program, allows any Texas resident 18 years and older to access comprehensive sexual health services regardless of gender identity, gender expression, race, creed, sexual orientation, immigration status or ability to pay, according to a press release announcing the program.
Virtual appointments are available through secure, two-way video with a health care provider specializing in each of the services offered through TeleKind. Patients are also assigned a personal care navigator to help guide them through the appointment process, care plans and options for at-home testing kits and direc
Texas Health Action expands access to virtual HIV prevention, HIV care and gender affirming care in rural areas
Texas residents will have access to free virtual services through TeleKind with optional at-home testing and prescription delivery
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Texas Health Action (THA) is the first non-profit organization in the country to launch a statewide telehealth service that provides access to HIV prevention & care and gender affirming care at little to no cost to the patient. TeleKind, the organization s new program, allows any Texas resident 18 years and older to access comprehensive sexual health services regardless of gender identity, gender expression, race, creed, sexual orientation, immigration status, or ability to pay.
Austin’s largest sexual healthcare center expands with new Kind Clinic Kind and compassionate care for all is the objective.
Courtesy of Kind Clinic In the light of the various anti-LGBTQ bills making their way through the Texas Legislature this session and lawmakers’ attempts to deny young transgender people essential healthcare treatments and other rights, one growing Austin health nonprofit is taking a kinder and more inclusive approach.
Texas Health Action, a nonprofit that offers access to quality health services for all in a safe and supportive environment, has outgrown its Central Austin clinic location after five years of providing sexual health services to Austinites, and has opened a spacious new Kind Clinic.
Kind Clinic, Embrace Austin host movie night for LGBTQIA+ community
Kind Clinic, Embrace Austin host movie night for LGBTQIA+ community
The movie was Blackbird, a coming-of-age tale based in Mississippi that merges the worlds of religion and sexuality. Cars lined up to watch the movie, but also be part of a conversation.
AUSTIN, Texas - It was movie night at the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-in Theater in East Austin. The event was put on by the Kind Clinic and Embrace Austin to create a safe space for members and allies of LGBTQIA+ this Easter weekend. What I want people to take away specifically from this event is that you can be queer, you can be gay, bi, lesbian, trans, and still practice religion and still be spiritual. There is no divide and so you can identify within a lot of different communities, and we want to create this space for you to feel comfortable talking about it, said Joe Anderson Jr., Marketing and Special Events Manager for Texas Health Action a