Mazzoni Center

To provide quality comprehensive health and wellness services in an LGBT-focused environment, while preserving the dignity and improving the quality of life of the individuals we serve.[1]

Founded in 1979, the Mazzoni Center was originally known as the Philadelphia Community Health Alternatives (PCHA). The health agency was organized to provide healthcare for Philadelphia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.[1]

PCHA was founded just two years before the HIV & AIDS epidemic was first recognized. It quickly organized the Philadelphia AIDS Task Force (PATF), which became the first AIDS service organization in Pennsylvania. Today, the Mazzoni Center is the oldest HIV service provider in the state.[1]

• Medical Care: Services focus on LGBT needs. The Mazzoni Center has partnered with Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Family and Community Medicine to provide healthcare at a clinic located near the hospital.[2]
• HIV & STD Testing: The Mazzoni Center offers free, confidential HIV and sexually transmitted infection screenings at the Washington West Project in Center City Philadelphia.[3]
• HIV Care: Medical case management is offered for clients who need help obtaining medical care, insurance, public benefits, food, housing, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and other resources.[4]
• Health Education: Services from the Prevention/Education Department offer education, outreach, and counseling services.[5]
• Legal Issues: Legal assistance is offered for low-income LGBT individuals facing discrimination, harassment, family issues, writing wills, and more.[6][7]
• Counseling & Behavioral Health Support Groups: Mental health and substance abuse treatment programs are available for individuals, couples and families.[8]

In August 2017, the Mazzoni Center cancelled a Trans Health Conference panel discussion on detransitioning.[9][10] The conference organizers said, "When a topic becomes controversial, such as this one has turned on social media, there is a duty to make sure that the debate does not get out of control at the conference itself. After several days of considerations and reviewing feedback, the planning committee voted that the workshops, while valid, cannot be presented at the conference as planned".[11]

• Action Wellness
• AIDS Fund
• COLOURS
• GALAEI
• Mautner Project
• National LGBT Health Coalition
• Philadelphia Health Management Corporation
• Safeguards LGBT Health Resource Center
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• William Way LGBT Community Center