Texas Health Action receives major grant to expand insurance enrollment for LGBTQIA+ and HIV-impacted patients
$250,000 grant from St. David’s Foundation will support organization’s efforts in Central Texas
Kind Clinic’s Central Texas Community Health Report Finds 1-in-5 Test Positive for an STI
Table of Contents High Rates Illustrate Demand for STI/HIV Testing and Care Texas Health Action’s Kind Clinic Community Health Program and walk-in testing center provided nearly 11,000 patient visits for walk-in STI/HIV testing last year, according to the organization’s 2023 Central Texas Community Health Report. The report shows a continued demand for STI testing and […]
Texas Health Action expands access to Intersex health care
Texas Health Action expands access to Intersex health care Kind Clinic, a program of Texas Health Action, now offers Intersex-specific sexual health care at no cost to patients at its Austin, Dallas and San Antonio locations. This program is designed to provide adult patients who have an Intersex diagnosis with culturally aware, Intersex-specific sexual health […]
Kind Clinic’s Central Texas Community Health Report finds need for stigma-free healthcare
Kind Clinic’s Central Texas Community Health Report finds need for stigma-free healthcare Texas Health Action’s Kind Clinic provided more than 11,000 patient visits for walk-in STI/HIV testing in a judgment-free, culturally affirming environment last year, according to the organization’s Central Texas Community Health Report. The inaugural report shows demand for STI testing through Kind Clinic’s […]
Texas Health Action on Senate Bill 14 Becoming Law
Texas Health Action on Senate Bill 14 Becoming Law The 88th Texas Legislature has been a dysfunctional mess, and children have been used as pawns for political gain, something we find reprehensible. Additionally, the testimony of hundreds of Texans has been blocked in favor of listening to out-of-state special interest groups who spread disinformation from state […]
Updates on the Texas Legislature
Updates on the Texas Legislature We’re doing our part as Texas Health Action to protect the rights of trans people to access healthcare in Texas and expand HIV prevention and treatment services across the state. We are continuing to testify and meet with legislators to share our perspective as experts in providing healthcare to LGBTQIA+ Texans […]
Texas Health Action Names Chief Advancement Officer
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas Health Action, a community-informed nonprofit with an expertise in serving LGBTQIA+ people and people impacted by HIV, recently named Juan Benitez as its chief advancement officer. In this role, Benitez will oversee communications and marketing, as well as development and fundraising for the organization and its programs across the state. This newly created role […]
Access to PrEP is Access to Freedom…
For several decades, a lack of comprehensive sexual education has harmed the health and safety of people across all sexual identities. At the dawn of discovering our sexualities, we are taught to suppress and stigmatize them, rather than becoming educated about our bodies, healthy relationships, and how to maintain positive health outcomes. From the void […]
A Senseless Act of Hate and Violence Towards Our Community
The mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs was a senseless act of hate and violence toward our LGBTQIA+ community converging with the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Beautiful lives were tragically cut short, and our hearts are with the friends and families of those gone too soon. To our patients, employees, […]
Texas Health Action to ‘Rock the Ribbon’ to offer free HIV testing on World Aids Day
Kind Clinic to offer free walk-in testing in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio AUSTIN, Texas—Texas Health Action—a community-informed nonprofit that provides access to quality health services in a safe and supportive environment—will provide free HIV testing beginning on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2022, at Kind Clinic locations in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. Texas […]
