Oak Lawn & Cedar Springs
Dallas LGBTQ+ Resources
Where LGBTQ+ Dallas most often turns for affirming healthcare and community support, and what the organization behind it says about itself, in its own words and checked against public filings.
Resource Center, Oak Lawn's anchor LGBTQ+ organization
Resource Centerdescribes itself as having provided LGBTQIA+ services in North Texas for over 40 years, and positions itself as a leader in affirming healthcare and advocacy for the community. The organization's own site states it serves more than 62,000 individuals every year, a figure published by Resource Center rather than an independently audited count.
Its GuideStar profile and Resource Center's own materials describe the organization as founded in 1983 with a focus on education and service. In 1985, according to those same sources, it mobilized in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and became a source of community awareness, prevention education, legal services, and basic needs in North Texas.
Health and wellness services it describes offering
Resource Center's own site lists a range of health and wellness services, including HIV and STI testing, treatment, and prevention; primary healthcare; mental health counseling; support for people living with HIV; and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for people 18 and older.
Hours, fees, eligibility, and exactly which services are available on a given day can change. Confirm current details directly with Resource Center before visiting or relying on any specific service listed here.
How to verify this organization yourself
Resource Center of Dallas, Inc. is a registered nonprofit with a public profile onCandid, listing its EIN and Form 990 financial filings. Reviewing that filing history is one way to confirm its tax-exempt status independent of anything the organization says about itself; seeDallas Nonprofit Organizations for how that lookup works for any Dallas nonprofit.
Related to this guide
HIV testing and PrEP are large enough topics that we cover them as their own guides rather than folding them into this one: see Free HIV Testing in Dallas for verified no-cost options, and Dallas PrEP & HIV Prevention for how prevention medication works and where to start it.