Pride
PRIDE is alive and well at UCLA Health
UCLA Health is excited to participate in community-centered events and fundraisers to celebrate PRIDE and promote LGBTQ+ health and wellness. We’re coming together with the community to showcase our diversity and celebrate our LGBTQ+ champions. As part of LA PRIDE, UCLA Health will be on-site at a special concert fundraiser. Swing by our tent to learn about the UCLA Health programs and initiatives that keep our LGBTQ+ community strong, healthy and well.
Mission statement
This year, UCLA Health is focusing on INCLUSION during Pride month. We pride ourselves on being an affirming member of the Los Angeles/SoCal community, both inside and outside of our clinical space. Our pride celebration will bring us together, celebrate our diversity of experience, and showcase LA’s fabulous queer community.
Donate to LGBTQ+ health initiatives at UCLA Health
UCLA Health is raising money to support LGBTQ+ health and wellness. Your gift will accelerate the growth of LGBTQ+ programs within our four central pillars of LGBTQ+ care:
- To create innovative patient care programs and resources
- To promote LGBTQ+ health advocacy
- To advance UCLA LGBTQ+ research
- To provide in-depth education on LGBTQ+ health care.
Clinical resources at UCLA Health
LGBTQ+ Champions
UCLA Health is dedicated to delivering compassionate, inclusive and equitable care to support all of our patients, including our diverse LGBTQ+ community. Providers who have a particular interest and expertise in various aspects of care for the LGBTQ+ community have been designated with "Rainbow U" LGBTQ+ Champion designation.
CARE
Since AIDS was first described at UCLA hospital, a multispecialty team of experts have been caring for people affected by HIV/AIDS. We offer HIV treatment and prevention, primary care, high resolution anoscopy, medical case management, ADAP enrollment and Ryan White services for the uninsured.
Gender Health
Comprehensive care is provided for the transgender and gender diverse community by bringing together experts from medical, mental health and surgical disciplines
EMPWR Program
The EMPWR (“empower”) Program is an initiative of the UCLA Division of Population Behavioral Health designed to promote well-being and resilience in LGBTQ+ children, teenagers, and adults. EMPWR provides a safe, affirming environment for LGBTQ+ clients with mental health concerns related to stressful and/ or traumatic experiences.
Vine Street
The UCLA Vine St Clinic conducts research that focuses on the health of men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM), transgender and gender non-binary persons, including cohort studies and trials of behavioral and pharmacological treatments that target addiction, HIV and other infectious diseases.
LGBTQ Health fellowship enters fourth year at DGSOM
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA launched the LGBTQ+ fellowship in 2019 to address the community’s specific health care needs and inequities. Three years later, the fellowship continues to make an impact on fellows, patients of UCLA Health and beyond.