Real Life Resources. Safer Experiences.
Health Equity
to Beat Disparities
Queer communities of color have historically been marginalized and unable to depend on intimidating systems and biased practitioners to administer OUR health needs.
Disparities in health don’t begin with the disproportionate rates of disease and infections we face: HIV, STDs, depression, anxiety, overdose and addiction are symptoms of deeper-rooted failures in America’s care systems.
Healthcare justice looks like making our communities self-determined arbiters of our own health and freedom. Direct capital investments and grants in Black and Brown Queer leaders, organizers and practitioners is necessary to leveling the plain-field of inequality.
With trusts from our community, cultural competence and personal affect in the outcomes, organizations like DEVIANT with grassroots strategies are the only ones that can effectively put an end to these inequities.
HEALTH PARTNERS
VENUE PARTNERS
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HEALTH
1800 Phoenix Blvd, Bldg 200 Suite 210
College Park, GA 30349
678.705.3814
NEIGHBORHOOD UNION HEALTH CENTER
186 Sunset Avenue
N.W. Atlanta, GA 30314
470.385.9699
2038 Stanton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30344
404.267.1519
VENUE
2069 Cheshire Bridge
Atlanta, GA 30324
404.325.3061
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HEALTH
8240 Professional Pl
Landover, MD 20785
301.851.5310
VENUE
Baltimore Eagle Bar & Night Club
2022 N Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21218
443.759.8228
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HEALTH
1731 E. 120th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90059
323.563.4800
1400 E. Olympic Blvd. #240
Los Angeles, CA 90021
T: 213.622.1650
F: 213.622.0976
info@reachla.org
VENUE
4067 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90019
323.737.1159
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HEALTH
450 Clarkson Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11203
732.609.6448
475 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Email: infonyc@impulsegrp.org
VENUE
2256 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
New York, NY 10027
email: Info@lambdaloungeny.com
Doxy-PEP
to Beat STIs
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Record high STI rates in America for the eighth straight year.
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Sexually transmitted diseases disproportionately affect people under the age of 25, racial and ethnic minority groups, and gay or bisexual men. (Young, Black & Brown Queer)
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By race and ethnicity, the rate of chlamydia infections in were highest among Black individuals at 1,081.9 cases per 100,000
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Black individuals also had the highest rate of reported gonorrhea cases in 2021 at 652.9 infections per 100,000 people
The latest CDC data (from 2021) shows:
PrEP, PEP or ART
to Beat HIV
PrEP
PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is medicine people take to prevent getting HIV. When taken regularly, as prescribed, PrEP is highly effective for stopping the contraction of HIV. — CDC
PEP
PEP (Post-exposure prophylaxis) means taking medicine to prevent HIV after a possible exposure. PEP should be used only in emergency situations and must be started within 72 hours after a recent possible exposure to HIV. — CDC
ART
ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) taken as prescribed reduces that viral load number so low that it is undetectable and unable to pass on, effectively making it no longer contagious.
Stigma Reduction
to Beat Overdose
Fentanyl Testing Strips
(How to Test Drugs for Fentanyl)
Break off a small portion of your drugs and place it in a dry container.
Mix the substance with a small (tablespoon) bit of water
Dip the fentanyl testing strips in the liquid solution.
Read the results:
Single pink line on the left-hand side of your strips means that your drugs are laced with fentanyl, and deadly.
Two pink lines means you’re good. No deadly fentanyl was detected.
Narcan | Naloxone
A life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications—when given in time.
Spray the nozzle into the nostrils of the person believed to be overdosing.
