Virtua Health will open its first primary care clinic specifically built for members of South Jersey's LGBTQ+ community. GoldnerTV reports.
MARLTON, N.J. — Virtua Health will open its first primary care clinic specifically built for members of South Jersey’s LGBTQ+ community on Monday.
Virtua PRIDE Primary Care Clinic, located in Marlton, will do standard primary care practices, like yearly physicals, but they’ll also specialize in medical topics like gender-affirming hormone therapy and HIV prevention.Dr. Shanin Gross, who identifies as they/them, said the clinic will provide a safe space where people can meet with doctors and nurses who are also a part of the LGBTQ+ community.
“Knowing that you’re going to see a provider who is part of the community, or can at least identify with the community, it helps you really feel that you’re the norm and not the exception,” Gross said. “When they walk in this space, they’re going to feel that someone is there for them, on their side, understands where they have come from, and where they might want to go, and we’ll be that partner in that journey.
South Jersey’s largest healthcare provider will be opening up its first PRIDE primary care clinic for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Today on