Callen-Lorde Community Health Center

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Callen-Lorde is the global leader in LGBTQ+ healthcare, based in New York City.
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Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities — in all their diversity — regardless of ability to pay. To further this mission, Callen-Lorde promotes health education and wellness, and advocates for LGBTQ health issues.

We're continuing our series with GMAD and Reverand Charles Angel!Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) was founded in 1986...
11/02/2026

We're continuing our series with GMAD and Reverand Charles Angel!

Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) was founded in 1986, making it the oldest social services organization serving Black gay men in New York City. Recognizing the intertwined needs of the community, GMAD built coalitions to address homophobia and racism while providing HIV and AIDS care, treatment and education. And while GMAD is no longer in operation, its impact on the Black q***r community and legacy of action still resonate today.

Reverend Charles Angel (he/him) was a Pentecostal minister and activist. He experienced firsthand the crises of HIV and AIDS in NYC. As a q***r Black man who was living with HIV himself, he was personally impacted by the failings of the government and healthcare system. He and fellow community leaders came together to form GMAD to organize, advocate and care for one another. Sadly, he passed away due to HIV complications the same year he helped found GMAD.

Let us honor GMAD and Rev. Angel's legacies with care and action because the fight is far from over.

Photo credit: New York Public Library

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Callen-Lorde is kicking off our 2026 advocacy season this week, and we need your help to reach our $10K goal! ✨Your gene...
09/02/2026

Callen-Lorde is kicking off our 2026 advocacy season this week, and we need your help to reach our $10K goal! ✨

Your generosity will help sustain healthcare access for the transgender community, end the HIV and AIDS epidemic and expand the healthcare safety net for all. Make your mark today at callen-lorde.org/action

Looking for other ways to get involved? Sign up for Care With Action, our community advocacy program, at the link above.

Reminder ⏰ Applications for the Keith Haring Fellowship close in one week, February 16!Apply and complete your applicati...
09/02/2026

Reminder ⏰ Applications for the Keith Haring Fellowship close in one week, February 16!

Apply and complete your application today! ✨

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ( )! Since 1999, this day has highlighted the persistent racial dispariti...
07/02/2026

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ( )! Since 1999, this day has highlighted the persistent racial disparities in HIV diagnosis, PrEP uptake, s*xual health education and more.

For over forty years, health agencies in the U.S. have sounded the alarm to the disproportionate impact of HIV on Black Americans and other communities of color with little action. According to a report by the New York State Department of Health released this past , Black New Yorkers represented over 40% of new HIV diagnoses in 2024, despite making up less than 20% of the population. The report similarly noted HIV diagnoses among non-Hispanic Black people were 9.2 times higher than for non-Hispanic White people in the same period.

Let's use this day to keep the conversation going. Book your next appointment at Callen-Lorde to get tested or to learn more about our expanding methods of HIV prevention at callen-lorde.org/register. Together, we can .

Two years ago today, we lost beloved trans activist, artist and friend Cecilia Gentili.Cecilia was fearless and deeply c...
06/02/2026

Two years ago today, we lost beloved trans activist, artist and friend Cecilia Gentili.

Cecilia was fearless and deeply compassionate. Her experience coming to the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant, participating in s*x work and living her authentic life as a trans woman of color all informed her advocacy and leadership.

She worked in many roles across partner organizations, including Apicha Community Health Center, GMHC and more. She went on to found Trans Equity Consulting in 2019, which continues to develop LGBTQ+ affirming services throughout the country.

Cecilia was also a co-founder of Decrim NY, an organization advocating for the decriminalization of s*x work in New York State. She was instrumental in the successful repeal of the “Walking While Trans” ban and passage of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA).

In 2021, after many years of relentless advocacy, Cecilia secured funding for a free clinic for s*x workers. She worked with Callen-Lorde to open Cecilia’s Occupational Inclusion Network, our COIN Clinic. COIN was the first clinic of its kind on the East Coast and carries on Cecilia’s legacy of caring for all and uplifting the s*x trade by seeing self-identified s*x workers in a safe, affirming environment.

Together, we’ll carry on Cecilia’s legacy of love and action.

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Today marks 17 years since the passing of Thea Spyer, a beloved member of our community and the namesake of our Thea Spy...
05/02/2026

Today marks 17 years since the passing of Thea Spyer, a beloved member of our community and the namesake of our Thea Spyer Center at our Chelsea clinic.

Born in Amsterdam, her family immigrated to the U.S. during World War II. Dr. Spyer earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University and interned at St. Vincent's Hospital and the Veterans Administration. She later became Director of the Psychiatric Clinic at the International Center for the Disabled and was a Clinical Consultant in Rehabilitation at St. Vincent's Hospital. She later shifted her focus to her private practice, where she continued to see patients until the end of her life.

Dr. Spyer was known for her many passions—including violin, golf and dance—and after her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis, she adapted and reinvented herself alongside her advancing physical disability. She continued to find ways to create community and joy until her passing in 2009.

Her legacy of compassion continues to be celebrated through the Thea Spyer Center, a behavioral health clinic housed within the Callen-Lorde Chelsea location, that continues to care for patients regardless of identity or ability to pay.

In 1963, she met her future partner, Edie Windsor, in the West Village. They remained engaged for decades until 2007, when the pair was married in Toronto, Ontario, under the Canadian Civil Marriage Act. After Dr. Spyer's passing, Edie was required to pay federal estate taxes on her inheritance of her wife's estate because federal law did not recognize their marriage. The resulting legal dispute culminated in United States v. Windsor, a landmark civil rights case that held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Today, as part of , we are highlighting the incredible work of SisterLove, Inc and Dázon Dixon Diallo.SisterLove is the...
04/02/2026

Today, as part of , we are highlighting the incredible work of SisterLove, Inc and Dázon Dixon Diallo.

SisterLove is the first women’s HIV, s*xual and reproductive justice organization in the southeastern U.S. Based in Atlanta, GA, this revolutionary, inclusive space for Black women and other marginalized communities addresses the adverse impact of HIV and other s*xual and reproductive health issues impacting women and their families. For more than 35 years, it has served the community, both locally in Atlanta and abroad, through education, research, advocacy and community-based public health. Learn more at sisterlove.org

Dázon Dixon Diallo (she/we) is the founder and president of SisterLove and a visionary leader in the reproductive justice movement. Over the past four decades, she has approached health and human rights initiatives with innovation, compassion and empathy. Her works spans national and global contexts, but is always deeply rooted in intersectionality and justice.

Join us in celebrating Dázon and SisterLove for their commitment to health justice for all!

Photo credit: sisterlove.org

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This past Saturday, Callen-Lorde's CEO Patrick McGovern joined Zohran Kwame Mamdani and the rest of the Mayor's office i...
02/02/2026

This past Saturday, Callen-Lorde's CEO Patrick McGovern joined Zohran Kwame Mamdani and the rest of the Mayor's office in the Bronx as they announced five brand-new appointments—including the new Commissioner of the New York City NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Dr. Alister Martin, and the new Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, Stanley Richards.

"Callen-Lorde congratulates Stanley Richards on his appointment as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction and Dr. Alister Martin on his appointment as Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

"Their combined leadership – rooted in lived experience, civic leadership, and a deep commitment to equity – reflects the kind of visionary stewardship New York City needs. As a global leader in LGBTQ healthcare, Callen-Lorde looks forward to partnering with both Commissioners to advance health, dignity, and justice for all New Yorkers. We commend Mayor Zohran Mamdani for assembling such an impressive team." - Patrick McGovern

Callen-Lorde is honoring throughout the month of February.Join us here to celebrate organizations—both legacy and exis...
01/02/2026

Callen-Lorde is honoring throughout the month of February.

Join us here to celebrate organizations—both legacy and existing—that continue to advance health equity and address health disparities among Black and Brown communities. Check back every week to learn more and drop your own comments on who you’d like to honor this Black History Month. ❤️ 💛 💚

Life moves fast, choose a that can keep up. 👟 🩺The Callen-Lorde Community Pharmacy is located within our Chelsea, Down...
23/01/2026

Life moves fast, choose a that can keep up. 👟 🩺

The Callen-Lorde Community Pharmacy is located within our Chelsea, Downtown Brooklyn and South Bronx clinics for convenient access.

Can't make it in person? No problem. We offer free, next-day* delivery in every borough and parts of New Jersey. Free delivery is also available to all other parts of and 🚚 📫

Best of all, anyone can use Callen-Lorde Community Pharmacy, regardless of if you're a patient, and every dollar is reinvested in our mission to provide care for all.

Learn more at: callen-lorde.org/pharmacy

*Next-day delivery is available when orders are approved before 12pm. Excludes holidays, weekends, inclement weather and other extenuating circumstances.

20/01/2026

Calling all nurse practitioners: the Keith Haring NP Fellowship application is live 📣📣

This premier, postgraduate training program accepts NPs from around the country to learn from experts in + and care and work at Callen-Lorde, the global leaders in LGBTQ+ healthcare.

Hear more about the program from the director of the fellowship, Mark Deguzman, and our incoming chief medical officer, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, and visit callen-lorde.org/KHF to explore more.

Applications close on February 16, so apply today! ✨

19/01/2026

Today on , let us remember that Dr. King's commitment to racial justice was intersectional at heart. Health equity is racial equity.

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Monday 12:30pm - 8:15pm
Tuesday 8:15am - 8:15pm
Wednesday 8:15am - 8:15pm
Friday 9:45am - 4:45pm
Saturday 9am - 3:15pm

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