Pride in How We Care

LGBTQ+ individuals face real, documented barriers to health care, rooted in discrimination, stigma, and a history of being failed by systems that were supposed to be for everyone. The CHWs, CBOs, doulas, and care providers who serve LGBTQ+ clients are often the critical trusted link between those clients and the care they need.

This Pride Month, Pear Suite is bringing together two partner organizations to help the community-based workforce show up more fully for LGBTQ+ clients.

• The history of LGBTQ+ health care and the barriers that continue to shape access and trust today
• Key statistics on LGBTQ+ mental health disparities, discrimination in care settings, and intersectional risk factors
• What gender-affirming care looks like in community health practice, and skills any CHW can build
• How OutCare’s inclusive care training can help your organization serve LGBTQ+ clients more effectively
• What a CBO serving both the LGBTQ+ and Hispanic communities wants community-based workers to know
• How Pear Suite supports CHWs in providing inclusive, affirming care through documentation, billing, and referral tools

• Community Health Workers (CHWs) and promotores
• Doulas, midwives, and maternal health workers
• CBOs serving LGBTQ+ populations or communities where LGBTQ+ identities intersect with race and ethnicity
• ECM and Community Supports providers seeking to expand their inclusive care practice
• Clinical providers interested in community-based models of inclusive and affirming care