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Health Equity Alliance for LGBTQ+ New Mexicans

HEAL+NM is a community organization that works to achieve health equity and promote wellbeing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, intersex, asexual, and pansexual (LGBTQ+) people through community organizing, education, advocacy, and messaging. Since 2003, we have gathered as a network of concerned community members to develop positive health messages by and for LGBTQ+ New Mexicans.

Our Mission

HEAL+NM’s mission is to address risk across social determinants of health for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, gender nonconforming, questioning, queer, intersex, asexual, and pansexual (LGBTQ+) people and their intersectional lives. HEAL+NM works to advance education, research, and support for the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people.

Our Work

Bright Spaces, Welcome Places, a directory of mental health agencies that have LGBTQ-affirming policies

LGBTQ healthy relationships skills course

Community resource directory & newsletter

Community events and member meetings for LGBTQ+ community health

Our Commitment

Connecting LGBTQ+ folks to health services and health resources

Dismantling the root causes of health inequity — intersecting oppression in our institutions and social norms

Collaborating with LGBTQ+ organizations, public health institutions, and healthcare systems to address health inequities

Creating health messaging and curriculum for LGBTQ+ folks

Educating and advising on pathways to health equity

Reducing the burden of commercial tobacco and nicotine on LGBTQ+ people

Cultivating LGBTQ+ leadership in public health

SQUINCH: Healthy Relationship Curriculum for Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSAs) clubs

The Represents...

All gender and sexualities that diverge from the binaries.

Our vision of a world where all people have health and opportunities to thrive.

The interlocking identities that make up a human experience.

Our commitment to centering the experiences of those most marginalized in the work towards health equity solutions.

Our commitment to dismantling white supremacy, sexism, cisgenderism, ableism, classism, ageism, and oppression in all forms through honest dialogue and coalition-building.