CCHE PACT

🌈 Happy Pride Month!
We celebrate the resilience, leadership, and advocacy of LGBTQ+ communities while honoring individuals whose courage helped shape the fight against HIV stigma, discrimination, and health inequities.

We'll be spotlighting inspiring advocates including Ryan White, Matthew Shepard, and Phill Wilson, whose stories continue to remind us of the importance of compassion, dignity, equality, and access to quality healthcare for all.

Together, we remain committed to advancing health equity, supporting our communities, and creating spaces where everyone is respected, valued, and empowered.

🖤✨ LIBERATING LOVE ✨🖤⁠
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Join us for an afternoon dedicated to Black pleasure, s*xual liberation, and community wellness.⁠
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The first 15 attendees will receive a CASH INCENTIVE!!⁠
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🌿 Workshops Include:⁠
✨ Sound Healing with Lotus Love ⁠
💃🏾 Body Positivity & Movement for Confidence with Mocha Mocha 2.0 ⁠
🪢 Intro to Sh***ri with Kay of Haus of Blaque⁠
💆🏾 Massage Therapy by Rehnbowz ⁠
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We’ll also share health and social services resources, offer free rapid HIV testing, and enjoy lunch, desserts, and wellness bags for all attendees!⁠
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📅 Saturday, June 27, 2026⁠
⏰ 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM⁠
📍 The Village⁠
1525 E. 55th St, Suite 310⁠
Chicago, IL 60615⁠
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✨ No RSVP required — just come as you are and bring a friend!⁠
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Stay protected and informed with Doxy-PEP! 🌟 Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis is a key step in reducing your risk of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea after unprotected s*x. Remember the 3-2-1 rule: within 3 days, take 2 tablets, just 1 time. It's safe alongside HIV PrEP and ART. Talk to your provider or visit UChicago Wellness Clinic at 840 East 59th Street for more details. Your health matters! 💊✨

Stay protected and informed with Doxy-PEP! 🌟 Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis is a key step in reducing your risk of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea after unprotected s*x. Remember the 3-2-1 rule: within 3 days, take 2 tablets, just 1 time. It's safe alongside HIV PrEP and ART. Talk to your provider or visit UChicago Wellness Clinic at 840 East 59th Street for more details. Your health matters! 💊✨

At University of Chicago Medicine, PACT's work sits at the intersection of care, community, and discovery. We provide HIV/STI clinical services grounded in respect and accessibility, while advancing research that pushes prevention and treatment forward.
Every test, every conversation, every study participant represents a step toward reducing stigma, expanding knowledge, and improving health outcomes. Our team is committed to meeting people where they are—offering compassionate care today while building the evidence that shapes tomorrow.
PACT is more than a program—it’s a partnership with the communities we serve, driven by trust, science, and a shared goal of ending HIV and improving s*xual health for all.

This , we’re reminded that HIV outcomes are shaped by more than individual behavior. Structural factors — including housing instability, poverty, stigma, and limited access to affirming care — continue to impact the health of transgender people.

Supporting transgender communities means addressing these barriers and investing in equitable, community-informed solutions.

Learn more:

National Transgender HIV Testing Day Toolkit 2026 - AIDSVu On April 18, AIDSVu recognizes National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD) and acknowledges the disproportionate impact of HIV on the transgender community while encouraging routine HIV testing, prevention, and care among transgender and gender non-binary people. Recent data continue to highlight d...

During STI Awareness Week, CDPH reminds you that we provide STI testing and treatment at our health hubs across the city: www.chicago.gov/SexualHealth

We encourage you to this .

In 2023, young people ages 13–24 accounted for 18% of all new HIV diagnoses nationwide.
Only 69% of youth living with HIV are virally suppressed—below national goals.