LGBTQ+ Health Equity: Building local capacity from the inside out

We’re only three months into 2026, but we sure have been busy. Read on to see what our Health Equity team has been up to.

As the year kicked off, Health Equity focused on strengthening the skills that lead to high quality, affirming care—an example of how ChangeLine builds local capacity to improve systems from the inside out.

Fifteen mental health clinicians from the Prism Provider Directory completed training on The REST Framework: Ethical Documentation in Times of Heightened Surveillance, focused on safeguarding client data for trans/gender-expansive and undocumented patients. Because documentation follows patients across systems, these improvements protect privacy and strengthen trust. Provider confidence increased significantly across all areas:

• Reducing identifiable risk in documentation: 25% → 73%

• Eliminating pathologizing language: 35% → 93%

• Analyzing systemic power and access: 45% → 87%

Medical providers also joined the LGBTQ+ Cancer Network for updated LGBTQ+ screening guidelines, and ten more clinicians from El Paso and Teller Counties completed Envision:You’s Cultural Competency Training. By delivering concrete strategies, screening tools, and clinical practices, these efforts expand access for LGBTQ+ patients across the Pikes Peak region.

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