Overview
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Whitman-Walker Clinic was established in
1978 to provide health care services to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender community. The Clinic was an outgrowth of the Washington Free
Clinic’s Gay Men’s STD Clinic which opened in 1973.
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Today, the Clinic provides health care to
thousands of people in our community with specialty care for the LGBT community
and those living with HIV/AIDS.
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In 2008, Whitman-Walker Clinic served more
than 10,000 individual clients.
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Whitman-Walker Clinic has a staff of more
than 130 and an annual operating budget for financial year 2009 in excess of $15
million.
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In addition to the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center in Northwest Washington, the Clinic
has one regional center, Max Robinson Center,
which serves the community east of the
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The Clinic has hundreds of volunteers who
serve in a variety of areas, donating tens of thousands of hours a year valued
at millions of dollars.
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The service areas at Whitman-Walker Clinic
include:
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Comprehensive outpatient medical services,
including dental care.
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At-cost medications provided through an
on-site pharmacy that filled more than 25,000 prescriptions in 2008.
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Legal support, including entitlements
assistance, estate planning, discrimination litigation and more.
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Behavioral health care services providing
mental health care, addiction care and day treatment.
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More than 13,000 anonymous and
confidential HIV tests and counseling services annually.