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By Barrett White Each week, Legacy brings you health news, tips, and patient stories. Now that we’re a week into 2019, we took a look back on what you enjoyed the most based on your likes, shares, click-throughs, and comments. Here are a few of your favorite stories from 2018. 1. Seven Ways to …
Category Archives: LGBTQ+
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Watch our new PSA and accompanying longer video to see what intimate partner violence is and how to stop it.
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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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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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