Legacy Montrose Lights Building in Honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Category: Advocacy, Gender Health, LGBT
Pictured: The Legacy Montrose building lit for Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2017. By Barrett White Each year on November 20, we observe International Transgender Day of Remembrance. This year, Texas saw the murders of Dallas resident Karla Patricia Flores-Pavon and Brandi Seals, who was right here in Houston—and who was identified by the…
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Sign up for a Legacy Public Health Class
Category: Adult Primary Care, Advocacy, Diabetes, Family Medicine, Gender Health, Geriatrics, Health News, HIV/STD Screening & Treatment, LGBT, OB/GYN & Maternity, Pediatrics, Public Health
A patient who is educated about their health is the best advocate for their own care. That is why we work with individuals, health care providers and communities to improve health outcomes. We are able to accomplish this through our education classes at many of our clinics and at community locations across Southeast Texas. Here…
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Today is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Category: Advocacy, HIV/STD Screening & Treatment, LGBT, Public Affairs, Public Health
By Barrett White According to the CDC, nearly one quarter of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States were among Latino individuals, and yet Latino people make up only 3% of those receiving PrEP, the pill to prevent HIV, according to the CDC’s current estimates. Launched in 2009, Greater Than AIDS is an organization…
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HIV goes overlooked in Dallas, on the rise in Houston
Category: Family Medicine, HIV/STD Screening & Treatment, LGBT, Pediatrics, Public Health
By Barrett White In a study led by Zachary Most, MD, of the Pediatric Infectious Disease department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, it was revealed that in adolescent patients living with HIV, there were a significant number of MOEs, or “missed opportunity encounters”. These MOEs mean that these patients could have…
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Legacy Community Health Welcomes You to Texas, Maddie.
Category: Gender Health, LGBT, Pediatrics
From all of us at Legacy Community Health, we want to welcome you to Texas, Maddie. No matter what you’ve faced elsewhere, welcome to Houston.
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For LGBT youth, self-harm and suicide rates are double that of their peers
Category: Behavioral Health Services, LGBT
By Barrett White August means it’s back-to-school time. For some youth, this might be a time for reuniting with friends they haven’t seen for two months, settling into a new schedule, and dreading the early mornings that have eluded them all summer. For others, this time of year is not so benign—the threats of…
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PSA: “The Voice in Your Head”
Category: Adult Primary Care, Behavioral Health Services, LGBT, Mental Health Mondays
Watch our new PSA and accompanying longer video to see what intimate partner violence is and how to stop it.
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Happy Pride 2018
Category: LGBT
By James Lee Here’s to Houston Pride being 40 years old! Come celebrate with us on Friday night at Rainbow on the Green. It’s sure to be a blast. Then march with us on Saturday at the parade. And be sure to check out our annual Pride lighting of our Legacy Montrose building. Here’s to…
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Legacy Champions 2018’s LGBT Health Awareness Week
Category: Adult Primary Care, Behavioral Health Services, Gender Health, LGBT, Public Health
Almost 40 years ago our roots began as a clinic for gay men during the AIDS crisis. Then, as now, one of our guiding principles is diversity and inclusion.
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Legacy honors those lost to HIV/AIDS as Houston continues fighting the epidemic
Category: Adult Primary Care, HIV/STD Screening & Treatment, LGBT, Public Affairs, Public Health
The event will honor the clinic’s roots in Houston’s AIDS crisis of the 1980s and outline next steps the city must take to end the HIV epidemic.
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