2017 ANNUAL REPORT HEALTH | ADVOCACY | COMMUNITY | GIVE ® COMMON THREADS 2017 was a year of growth, leadership and impact the lives of everyone we touch. for Resource Center. Fully settled into our new and renovated facilities, we remained committed During these accomplishments, our communities to serving the LGBTQ and HIV communities with faced and defeated multiple attempts of the Texas innovative programs and events. The common legislature to pass anti-transgender “bathroom bills.” thread that runs through the organization is an Advocacy staff was busy educating and mobilizing our unwavering commitment to these communities— community on state and national issues that impact supported by donors like you. LGBTQ and HIV-positive persons. As a longtime leader in HIV prevention, we opened We are grateful for your support of Resource Center’s a PrEP Care Program at our Nelson-Tebedo Clinic, mission and programs. I hope you enjoy these stories and quickly responded to the high demand by about the people you reach every day through your expanding hours of service. The Center also added investment in our work. staffi ng and hours to the Transgender Health Clinic. Programs for youth (Youth First), seniors (Gray Cece Cox, J.D., Chief Executive Offi cer Pride), mental health counseling, transgender Deborah McMurray, Current President, individuals (GenderBrave) and women (Women Board of Directors DEBORAH M. with Pride) continued to grow, positively impacting AND CECE C. Photo by Chuck Marcelo 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: MISSION: RESOURCE CENTER OPERATES: Chuck MarLett, President Resource Center is a trusted Behavioral Health Deborah McMurray, President-Elect leader that empowers the lesbian, gay, Community Center Lauren Mutti, Secretary bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning Health Campus Rick Thompson, Treasurer (LGBTQ) communities and all people Nelson-Tebedo Clinic Keith Bernardo aff ected by HIV through improving health FUSE Leslie Carr and wellness, strengthening families and GenderBrave Laurie Foley communities and providing transformative Gray Pride Gary Fraundorfer education and advocacy. Grupo Orgullo Hispano (GOH) Blake Klement United Black Ellument (UBE) Chris Kouvelis, Jr. Women with Pride Enrique MacGregor Youth First John McDowell Kate Newman Jay W. Oppenheimer Toni Steele Ray Switzer Paul von Wupperfeld Mary S. Waller ® HEALTH Resource Center provides HIV testing in a variety of settings to increase access for those at greatest risk for HIV infection who may be unaware of their HIV 4,779 tested 115 positive results status. 127,084 condoms distributed 182 clients served 295 clients in Transgender enrolled in Health Clinic with Insurance 622 clients served over 364 visits $945,500.42 in in HIV Dental Clinic insurance assistance Assistance HIV & STD TESTING | OUTREACH & PREVENTION | DENTAL CLINIC | STD TREATMENT | TRANSGENDER HEALTH CLINIC INSURANCE ASSISTANCE | HOT MEALS PROGRAM | FOOD PANTRY | CLIENT SERVICES 1,524 food pantry clients Food pantry 1,007 hot provided Served 18,406 meals clients 25,797 shops hot meals HEALTH “I have been fi ercely healthy, bold and independent But the most powerful tools the for most of my adult life. But in 2013, that began to change. I developed several health issues Center has given me are peace of including testing positive for HIV, which forced me mind, reassurance that I am not to dramatically change my lifestyle and future plans. alone, and the kindness of the For months I struggled to pay for my pricey health volunteers and staff who work insurance and for the meds I needed to survive. Perhaps I was too proud to ask for help, but after there. being urged by a friend, I fi nally made the call to a charity I had donated to in the past never dreaming In turn, they have rekindled my self-esteem, that in the future I would need assistance. I made positive energy, and determination to get well the call to Resource Center, and it changed and and re-engage in life. We all have a responsibility probably saved my life. to give back no matter how big or small, to ensure that great organizations like the Center The Center has helped me regain my health through and its principles will be there for those who the insurance assistance program and given me need it in the future. I intend to give back; please access to the food pantry and counseling. join me.” TONY A. Photo by Chuck Marcelo BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | SUPPORT GROUPS | LGBTQ-FOCUSED COUNSELING OUTREACH AND PREVENTION | UNITED BLACK ELLUMENT (UBE) | FUSE | GRUPO ORGULLO HISPANO (GOH) 198 FUSE events with 3,001 outreach contacts 6,066 outreach contacts by UBE Behavioral Health serves 135 FUSE volunteers 500 clients in intensive outpatient adult and adolescent mental health counseling, couples and family counseling 285 UBE volunteers provided HIV prevention programming for young gay and bisexual men Grupo Orgullo Hispano and held 194 community events hosted 10 community events ADVOCACY The Center’s advocacy for the communities it serves For the 2017 legislative session, the Center: extends back to its founding in 1983 as the Foun- dation for Human Understanding. Today, advocacy takes many forms, from visiting with state law- makers about policy and funding issues to actively working with government and schools to develop more inclusive policies. Particpated in news conference at DISD headquarters pushing back against the Texas legislature special session and “bathroom bills.” EDUCATION | CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING | COMMUNITY ISSUES INCLUSIVITY | STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY Education and advocacy are a big part of what Medical students were assigned to teams and the Center does - and 2017 was no exception! visited transgender healthcare clinics located A particular point of focus was healthcare. around North Texas and reported back on what The UT Southwestern Medical School Offi ce they saw. The reports were followed by panel of Diversity and Inclusion reached out to the discussions with experts in the fi eld. This program Center for assistance in establishing the fi rst of teaches future doctors more than what can be its kind LGBTQ Mentorship program. Training in found in an anatomy book, and UT Southwestern mentorship and cultural competency helped will reap the benefi t of a bright young crop of make this eff ort a success. doctors with added compassion and sensitivity. Creating “safe spaces” through Ally Dr. Shawna Nesbitt, Professor and Associate Dean training helped show that even at UT Southwestern Medical Center says, “We are though someone may not be LGBTQ grateful to the Center for their help and guidance themselves, we have many common not only in setting up our LGBTQ Mentorship threads that bind us together as a initiative but in training both faculty and students community. A little education can in cultural competency to foster respect and help anyone become a “safe space.” understanding of an often misunderstood population.” SHAWNA N. Photo by Chuck Marcelo EDUCATION | CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING | COMMUNITY ISSUES INCLUSIVITY | STAFF AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY Resource Center, through its family and community services, provides vital services and programs of interest that embrace, GenderBrave, a new program established in 2017, is for enhance and nurture the needs of the LGBTQ community. transgender and gender non-conforming young adults ages 18-29 15 GenderBrave volunteers 387 outreach Since 2013, Gray Pride has been the only contacts by LGBTQ-focused senior program in Dallas GenderBrave 13 GenderBrave events 506 visits to Gray Pride events GENDERBRAVE | GRAY PRIDE | WOMEN WITH PRIDE | YOUTH FIRST 362 parent/family visits to Youth First 234 visits to 201 Youth First members Women with Pride events 1,818234 Youth visits First to Womenvisits by LGBTQWith teens Pride and events allies 125 teens attended the 2017 LGBTQ Prom COMMUNITY “I started my road to transition to a woman diff erence in our community. in the fall of 2014. At the time, I didn’t have much information about what to do, like In all my years of volunteering at the which doctor to talk to, and was clueless Center, I have made so many close about the steps I needed to take. Then a friend friends who are like family to me now. told me about a support center in Dallas that I have learned so much about myself served the LGBTQ community. I started going and know that I am not alone in the to a Resource Center support group with others LGBTQ community. like myself. Since then, the Center has helped me along each step of my transition, and I I like cycling, space exploration, and LEGO!!!!! I have met so many friendly people who are on have been playing with LEGO bricks since I was the same journey. six years old, and now I make LEGO models professionally. My models have been displayed in Now I give back to the Center for the help museums including the Space Center in Houston, and support I received over the years. I John Glenn Visiting Center/Great Lakes Science love volunteering at Gaybingo and other Center in Cleveland, Perot Museum of Science fundraising events! My favorite part of and History and Frontiers of Flight Museum in volunteering is working with other volunteers Dallas.” LIA C. and knowing that together, we are making a Photo by Chuck Marcelo WAYS TO GET INVOLVED Resource Center delivers programs, events and volunteer opportunities covering a wide variety of interests in the community. Hike or OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES visit a museum with Women with Pride. Meet new senior friends at Gray Pride. Find support Advocacy Hot Meals