Equitas Health

09/27/2025

Today is Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day! ❤️🌈

💊 START PrEP! Prep is 99% effective at stopping HIV. You can get a shot 2x/year or take a daily pill. Get started: https://teleprep.equitashealth.com/

👋 GET TESTED! Know your status. Get low/no-cost HIV tests at Equitas Health, at a community testing event, or even at-home. Learn more: https://equitashealth.com/testing

09/25/2025

Paint a pumpkin with Brothers In Unity 🎃 Supplies (and pumpkins!) provided.

🖤 Get free, confidential, & rapid HIV/STI testing on the MOVe.
🍬 Enjoy snacks & drinks.

See you at Equitas Health King-Lincoln (Columbus) on Friday, October 10 at 7 PM!

09/25/2025

Thank you, Athens! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🌈👏 Last week, the community showed up in solidarity & support at the We Won’t Rest Fest. Attendees could:

🛍️ Browse the community closet with Mozaic
✂️ Get a LGBTQ-friendly haircut by The Ivy Social Salon
💊 Know their status & get a HIV/STI test by OHIV Hotline
🎶 Jam out to tunes by DJ B-Funk & feel the power of the Calliope Feminist Choir
🏳️‍⚧️ Get help at the free legal name change clinic
🎨 Paint a community art project
🚌 Get a checkup on the MOVe & learn about TLGBQ+ healthcare navigation

Thank you to all the community partners who made this event possible! Southeastern Ohio Rainbow Alliance, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, ACLUOhio, Gilead Sciences, Athens County Public Libraries, Prism LGBTQ Youth Art Program, Athens Ohio Roller Derby, Dirty South Therapeutics, LLC, Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, Charlie Health, & more!

09/25/2025

ONE MONTH AWAY! 🎉 Art for Life, Ohio’s largest charity art auction, returns on Sunday, October 26. Join us in Columbus’s vibrant new Gay & High neighborhood to experience:

🎨 A silent auction at six prominent downtown art galleries: Brandt Gallery, Chaos Contemporary Craft, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Lindsay Gallery, No Place Gallery, Sarah Gormley Gallery
🖌️ VIP Live Auction at The Citizens Trust

Get your tickets at artforlifecolumbus.org!

09/24/2025

THIS SATURDAY! Celebrate at the Thomas W. Wernert Center with a sober, LGBTQ+ friendly hangout! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈

🙌 Listen to a special guest speaker
❤️‍🔥 Watch drag performances
😋 Enjoy delicious, sober sippables

Date: Saturday, September 27 | 5 - 8 PM ⏰
Location: 208 W. Woodruff Ave. | Toledo, OH 43604 📍

Questions? Call (419) 241-9444.

09/24/2025

We are officially less than a month away from the FREE Fireside Chat with Casey Parks on October 17! 👏

Casey Parks, Washington Post reporter & author of Diary of a Misfit, will discuss the intersections of storytelling, health, legislation, and q***r life in America. Tea Brown (they/them) from Equitas Health will moderate this online chat.

Grab your FREE spot: transformingcareconference.com

09/23/2025

Let’s give it up to the bisexuals! ❤️‍🔥👉😎👉❤️‍🔥 Yay bisexuals! We 🩷💜💙 you! 🗡️😆🔥🤟

09/23/2025

This week, we proudly celebrate Equitas Health Provider Week! 👏🥳

Thank you to the incredible Medical & Psychiatric Providers who give compassionate, dedicated care to the communities we serve. Thank you for your tireless efforts, your deep knowledge, & your dedication to the mission of Equitas Health.

Please join us in celebrating our Medical & Psychiatric Providers! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈

09/18/2025

With a government shutdown looming and a vote coming as early as Friday, September 19*, we need congress to vote on a budget that works – and doesn’t destroy America’s healthcare safety net. Here’s what’s at stake:

❌ HIV treatment & prevention faces $1.5 billion in cuts
❌ Telehealth services are set to expire
❌ Community health center funding is threatened
❌ And more…

These cuts are a devastating attack on trusted & effective public health programs. Call your representatives & senators to let them know: STOP THE CUTS! Visit linktr.ee/equitas.health for how to call, templates, & more.

Read more about Equitas Health’s recent related advocacy work: equitashealth.com/blog/possible-government-shutdown-looming-equitas-health-fights-for-hiv-program-funding-on-capitol-hill/

*Even If Congress does not vote this day, the budget deadline is still September 30. After that date, and if a budget is still not voted on, the government will face a partial shut down.

09/18/2025

More than half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the U.S. are aged 50 & older. Thanks to major advancements in HIV treatment & prevention, people can live long, full lives with HIV!

09/17/2025

UPDATE! Some services are still unavailable at King-Lincoln.

🔴 In-person/walk-in case management & housing services are cancelled but available by phone.
🔴 Mozaic is closed.
🔴 Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Org walk-in hours are cancelled but the team is available via phone.

All other services, including pharmacy, dental, primary care, and mental health & recovery services are still available as usual. We apologize for this interruption in service. For questions, call (833) 378-4827. Thank you!

HEADS UP! Some services at Equitas Health King-Lincoln are still unavailable today.

🔴 In-person/walk-in case management & housing services are cancelled but available by phone.
🔴 OHIV Hotline packing party is cancelled this evening.

All other services, including pharmacy, dental, primary care, and mental health & recovery services are still available as usual. We apologize for this interruption in service. For questions, call (833) 378-4827. Thank you!

09/16/2025

Happy National Voter Registration Day! 🙌 Today, the team registered new voters, helped folks update their registration, and gave out swag at Equitas Health King-Lincoln.

Are YOU registered to vote? 👀 Make TODAY the day you check your registration or get registered online. It takes 5 minutes! Learn more at equitashealth.com/votes