Start with a directory, then call two places before you commit. The LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory, which GLMA helped found and relaunched with the Tegan and Sara Foundation in 2022, is free and searchable by ZIP[1]. Florida also has affirming HIV providers in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach. Our locator maps them.
Three directories, and how to actually use them
GLMA — the oldest and largest association of LGBTQ+ and allied health professionals — was a founding force behind the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory, relaunched with the Tegan and Sara Foundation in 2022 as a fully free public resource. In its first year it listed more than 2,700 providers across 43,000 searches[1].
Enter a ZIP code, add a specialty if you have one, then refine by gender, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, language, approach, patient focus, accepted payment, and distance. One caveat the directory states itself: providers self-register and are not individually screened, so it cannot guarantee a positive experience[2]. Treat a listing as a lead, not a vetting.
The HRC Healthcare Equality Index works from the institution side. In HEI 2024, 384 facilities scored a perfect 100 and earned "LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader," and 462 more earned "High Performer"; the page has a View Leaders by State list[3]. Cross-reference: a hospital that scored well and a clinician in the directory is a stronger bet than either alone.
Central Florida and Tampa Bay
SPEKTRUM Health (Orlando) describes its staff as culturally competent LGBTQA+ health providers, with primary care, STI treatment and prevention, medical transition care, med-psych management, and HIV treatment and prevention including PrEP and PEP under one roof[4]. It also runs PRISM, which pairs PrEP with primary care for uninsured patients[4]. Hours Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–6 p.m., with evenings and weekends by appointment; phone (407) 454-1363.
Metro Healthy Communities (formerly Metro Inclusive Health / Metro Wellness) has 30 years of HIV care in Tampa Bay, with sites in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater, Brandon, and New Port Richey. It combines primary care and HIV care with one provider in one appointment, accepts most major insurance including Clear Health Alliance, Medicare, and Medicaid, and uses Ryan White support for uninsured patients — including free medications, medical case management, and health education in English and Spanish. For Ryan White scheduling call 727-321-3854 and say "Ryan White services"[5].
South Florida: Miami, Broward, and Palm Beach
Pridelines (Miami) has been Miami's LGBTQ community center since 1982. Through pharmacy partners it provides HIV testing, STI screening, PrEP and PEP navigation, and primary care, and reaches suburban communities by mobile outreach; testing is confidential and sexual health education is built into every program[6].
Compass LGBTQ+ Community Center (Lake Worth Beach) has more than 25 years of HIV case management and serves 400+ people a year across Palm Beach County: medical and non-medical case management, mental health counseling, peer support, open HIV testing, free STI testing, and same-day PrEP initiation. It is at 201 N. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460; phone 561-533-9699 (HIV testing ext. 4004). Its mission is published in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole[7].
CAN Community Health has served Florida's HIV community since 1991. Its Lake Worth clinic sits inside Compass, takes walk-ins, and lists LGBTQ services and gender-affirming care alongside Ryan White eligibility services, PrEP, nPEP, pharmacy, mental health, support groups, telehealth, and transportation. Fort Lauderdale: 315 S.E. 14th Street, (754) 701-6920. Miami Gardens: 18360 NW 47th Avenue, (786) 800-5631. Lake Worth: (561) 867-9991[8].
SunServe (Wilton Manors) covers Broward and reaches into Miami-Dade and Palm Beach with individual and group counseling and support groups, and has run HOPWA HIV/AIDS housing case management since 2013. Main office: 2312 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, 954-764-5150[9].
Florida's legal landscape, stated plainly
This is worth knowing before you make appointments, and it is narrower than the headlines suggest. Florida's SB 254 (2023) banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted care for transgender adults. On June 11, 2024, a federal district judge ruled in Doe v. Ladapo that the law unlawfully targeted transgender people and blocked both the minor and adult restrictions. A divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit later stayed that ruling, allowing Florida to enforce the restrictions on minors and adults while the appeal is heard[10].
Two things follow. First, the case is still pending on appeal, so the situation can change[10]. Second — and this is the part people most need to hear — HIV treatment itself is not restricted. Antiretroviral therapy, PrEP, PEP, Ryan White services, and ADAP are unaffected by SB 254, and every provider on this page is open. Do not stop or delay HIV care because of it.
If you hit discrimination in care, employment, or housing, Lambda Legal takes legal-assistance inquiries involving sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV through its regional Legal Help Desk. Floridians are covered by the Southern Regional Office: 404-897-1880 — ask for the Legal Help Desk[11].
Vetting a Florida provider before your first visit
Care Resource in Miami is a useful model of what "affirming" looks like in practice beyond a label: when Florida's ADAP and insurance rules changed in 2026, it published plain-language patient guidance explaining what the new state funding restored and how medication access changed[12]. A provider who tells you what shifted, unprompted, is a provider who will tell you other things.
Four questions worth asking on the phone: Do you provide HIV care and gender-affirming care in the same clinic? Do you have Ryan White eligibility staff on site? What languages do your clinicians speak? And how do you record name and pronouns in your chart? Then check the clinician in the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory[2] and the facility in HRC's state leader list[3]. If a first appointment feels wrong, you are allowed to leave and try the next name on the list.
Related questions
What is the fastest way to find an affirming HIV provider in Florida?
Search the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory by ZIP code and filter by language, approach, and payment accepted, then cross-check the facility against HRC's Healthcare Equality Index state leader list. Providers self-register in the directory, so call and ask questions before your first visit.
Does Florida law restrict my HIV treatment?
No. Florida's SB 254 restrictions concern gender-affirming care, not HIV care. Antiretroviral therapy, PrEP, PEP, Ryan White services, and ADAP are unaffected, and Florida's affirming HIV providers remain open.
Can I get gender-affirming care and HIV care in the same place in Florida?
Some clinics offer both. SPEKTRUM Health in Orlando provides HIV treatment and prevention alongside medical transition care, and CAN Community Health's Lake Worth clinic lists gender-affirming care with its HIV services. Availability can change, so call first.
Where can I get legal help if a provider discriminates against me?
Lambda Legal's Legal Help Desk handles inquiries involving sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV. Florida is covered by its Southern Regional Office at 404-897-1880 — ask for the Legal Help Desk when you call.
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References & Sources
- GLMA — Find a provider / LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory. GLMA's role as founding force, the 2022 relaunch with the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and first-year usage. ↩ ↩
- LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory. How to search and filter, and the directory's own note that providers self-register unscreened. ↩ ↩
- Human Rights Campaign — Healthcare Equality Index 2024. 384 facilities at a perfect 100, 462 High Performers, and the View Leaders by State list. ↩ ↩
- SPEKTRUM Health — Services (Orlando). Service list including HIV treatment and prevention, transition care, hours, and phone. ↩ ↩
- Metro Healthy Communities — HIV treatment and care (Tampa Bay). Five Tampa Bay sites, combined primary and HIV care, insurance accepted, and Ryan White scheduling line. ↩
- Pridelines — Miami LGBTQ community center. HIV testing, STI screening, PrEP and PEP navigation, primary care, and mobile outreach. ↩
- Compass LGBTQ+ Community Center — HIV services (Palm Beach). Case management volume, open testing schedule, same-day PrEP, address, and phone extensions. ↩
- CAN Community Health — South Florida clinics. Lake Worth, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami Gardens locations, phones, and listed LGBTQ and gender-affirming services. ↩
- SunServe — Contact (Wilton Manors). Broward main office address and phone for counseling and case management programs. ↩
- Southern Legal Counsel — Eleventh Circuit reinstates gender-affirming care ban (Doe v. Ladapo). The June 11, 2024 district ruling, the divided panel's stay, and the pending appeal status. ↩ ↩
- Lambda Legal — Contact and regional Legal Help Desks. Southern Regional Office covering Florida, and the desk's coverage of HIV matters. ↩
- Care Resource — Important information about ADAP and insurance changes. Miami provider's patient guidance on Florida's 2026 ADAP funding and medication access changes. ↩
Community publications like POZ, Positively Aware, and TheBody inform framing and lived-experience context on RiseUpToHIV. Every clinical, epidemiological, or public-health claim above is anchored to a primary source.