At Atrius Health, our mission is to provide the right care with kindness and compassion every day for every person we serve. In order to better fulfill our promise to “provide the right care,” we began to routinely request information on gender and sexual orientation in late 2019.  We are now pleased to announce that starting March 7, 2023 we will be inviting our patients to share more details about their race,

We are making strides in our understanding that sexual identity, gender identity, and sexual orientation are not black and white but exist on a continuum. Supported by a growing body of medical research, science is proving that being LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning) is not “a choice” or “a mental disorder” and cannot be changed through any means – it is who each person is intrinsically wired to be.

But sadly,