Howard Brown Health Center

Our Mission

Rooted in LGBTQ+ liberation, Howard Brown Health provides affirming healthcare and mobilizes for social justice. We are agents of change for individual wellbeing and community empowerment.

Our Vision

Howard Brown Health envisions a future where healthcare and transformative social policies actualize human rights and equity for all.

Howard Brown Health was founded in 1974 and is now one of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) organizations. With an annual budget of over $145 million, the agency serves more than 40,000 adults and youth in its diverse health and social service delivery system focused around major programmatic divisions: primary medical care, behavioral health, education, dental, research, advocacy, and social services including elder services, youth services, and community initiatives. Howard Brown serves anyone who needs care across the gender identity, sexual identity, and age spectrums.

Howard Brown also runs the Brown Elephant: resale shops in Chicago (Lakeview and Andersonville neighborhoods) and Oak Park. Resources from these thrift stores benefit Howard Brown.