Our LGBTQ+ communities deserve great health. Our communities are strong, resilient, beautiful, and proud.

LGBTQ+ folks experience a lot of pressure from social exclusion, limited resources, targeted violence, and discrimination. This pressure leads to stress. We work to promote resources within our LGBTQ+ community and to change healthcare policies to create more welcoming and affirming environments for queer and transgender people.

Violence is often targeted to LGBTQ+ people. LGBTQ+ people experience high rates of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. HEAL Plus NM celebrates the innovation and creativity that queer and trans folks bring to forming relationships, friendships, and family structures. We know that LGBTQ+ communities are resilient and capable of creating new norms for respectful, caring relationships. Our health equity work in sexual violence prevention involves surveying community members, providing resources, and participating in a statewide messaging campaign #startswithusnm.