The Utah AIDS Foundation is rebranding and expanding into a full-service, LGBTQ-focused primary care clinic meant to better meet the needs of queer patients. 'We needed to pivot and shift to fill the gaps,' its CEO said.
The expanded facility will offer a full range of health care services, including some gender-affirming care.
Afroz said the foundation started 40 years ago to fill a gap when many other health care providers refused to care for patients with HIV/AIDS. Now, he said, the clinic is filling another gap. He has heard of providers who don’t understand how to use pronouns, or consider gender-affirming care as specialty care instead of primary care. He said some providers also don’t know about PrEP, or refuse to provide it, or make patients scramble to receive a post-exposure prophylaxis prescription within the 72-hour time frame that it is considered effective.
He added that the clinic aims to be paneled with as many insurance providers as it can, and would offer services to people without insurance.
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