Callen-Lorde
Laura A. Jacobs, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, therapy, public speaker, public speaking, writing, activist, LGBTQ, transgender, transsexual, transexual, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, gay, lesbian, BDSM, kink, gender, sexuality, HIV, AIDS, polyamory, poly, counseling, bereavement, grief
Callen-Lorde
Former Chair, Board of Directors, the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.
In July, 2016 I was appointed the Chair of the Board for this wonderful organization. With a legacy dating back to the days of Stonewall, Callen-Lorde is a world leader in LGBTQ+ healthcare whose mission is to provide high quality, compassionate health care to the LGBTQ+ community of New York City, regardless of ability to pay. I became the first trans-identified person to hold this position here or at any of the LGBTQ+ health centers.
My term expired June 10, 2020 (around 8:45PM). It was truly a joy and privilege to serve as Chair, and thank you to the staff, management, and the rest of the Board for making me look good. Now I return to being a Member-at-Large, and hope to use my experience to aid the new leadership.
Over the 50 years of its' history, Callen-Lorde has grown from a grass-roots project into one of the largest LGBTQ+ health centers in the nation providing over 100,000 visits a year. With an annual budget of $100 Million, we recently opened a fourth clinical location - a 25,000 square foot facility in downtown Brooklyn. We provide millions of dollars of unreimbursed care to those with no ability to pay.
My term limits expired in 2021, so I no longer serve on the Board. Yet this organization remains dear to me personally; I have been a client there since the beginning of my own transition and still receive my healthcare there today.
A warm ‘thank you’ to staff and management who every day provide care to those in need.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
