{"id":24310,"date":"2025-06-29T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24310\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:57:27","slug":"new-lgbtqia-health-center-opens-in-dallas-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/24310\/","title":{"rendered":"New LGBTQIA+ health center opens in Dallas \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new chapter in LGBTQIA+ healthcare in North Texas is underway as a nonprofit opens the doors to its new medical facility this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myresourcecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resource Center<\/a> officially launched an expanded facility in Dallas, called Resource Center Health. It consolidates and enhances services offered by the organization into a one-stop, 20,000 square-foot health hub in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Resource Center Health leaders say it is designed to meet the community\u2019s growing needs, offering everything from primary healthcare and mental health services to HIV\/AIDS care, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), STI\/STD testing, PrEP access, nutrition services, and case management. A full-service pharmacy is slated to open within the facility on October 1.<\/p>\n<p>The renovated medical-grade building is located adjacent to the Inwood\/Love Field DART rail station and directly across from Oak Lawn Place, Resource Center\u2019s affordable senior housing development.<\/p>\n<p>The opening comes at a time when access to LGBTQIA+ healthcare is under increasing pressure. According to national studies:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>29% of transgender people report being turned away by a healthcare provider.<\/li>\n<li>On average, U.S. medical students receive fewer than five hours of LGBTQIA+-specific training.<\/li>\n<li>LGBTQIA+ people experience higher rates of chronic illness and disability, yet often struggle to find competent, compassionate care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the Resource Center or to access services, <a href=\"https:\/\/myresourcecenter.org\/health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/resource-center.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new chapter in LGBTQIA+ healthcare in North Texas is underway as a nonprofit opens the doors to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,210,5603,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-24310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-lgbtq","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114766298714552058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}