At the Gender Health Center, we believe care doesn’t begin and end within clinic walls. Care lives in the community. It moves with people. It shows up in the spaces where joy, culture, and connection already exist.

When I first began volunteering at the Gender Health Center in 2014, I could never have imagined the depth and breadth of what this space would become. Back then, the GHC had a small waiting area, a few counseling rooms, and a modest gathering space downstairs. What we lacked in size, we made up for in heart. Community members came through for support and respite, often held by a team of dedicated volunteers and a small staff doing everything we could with what we had. An illustration of the...