LGBTQIA+ Resources

Below is a short list of organizations around the DC area that offer a variety of health services tailored to the LGBTQ community. This is by no means an exhaustive list. The DC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs has a more comprehensive list that may be found here: District Wide LGBTQ Resource Guide.

The DC Center for the LGBT Community

The DC Center educates, empowers, celebrates and connects the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. They focus on four core areas: health and wellness, arts and culture, social and supportive services and advocacy and community building. They offer a variety of programs, but also have programs tailored to harm reduction support groups for substance abuse and tobacco cessation programs.

Whitman-Walker Health

Our mission is to be the highest quality, culturally competent community health center serving greater Washington’s diverse urban community, including individuals who face barriers to accessing care, and with a special expertise in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) and HIV care.

DC Health

DC Health promotes health, wellness and equity, across the District, and protects the safety of residents, visitors and those doing business in our nation’s Capital.

Their responsibilities include identifying health risks; educating the public; preventing and controlling diseases, injuries and exposure to environmental hazards; promoting effective community collaborations; and optimizing equitable access to community resources.

Us Helping Us

Incorporated in 1988, UHU is a community-based AIDS organization dedicated to reducing HIV infection in the Black community in the District of Columbia and the metropolitan area. Their programs and services include: HIV Counseling; Testing; STI (Sexually transmitted infections) screenings; Behavioral Health Services; Case Management; Support Groups; and HIV Risk Reduction Interventions. We specialize in programs for black gay and same gender loving men.

The Women’s Collective

The Women’s Collective meets the needs of low-income women, girls and families living with/or at risk for HIV/AIDS and other STDs by addressing the social determinants of health and health disparities they face, reducing barriers to care and services, strengthening networks of support in order to improve health outcomes and quality of life over their lifespan.