Health & Wellness

After a life-altering injury, Malissa Dunnings shifted from financial services to wellness, founding Composition ID Houston with a focus on sustainability, representation, and long-term health.

Founded by Emma Weyand and Itzel Ibarra, Houston’s Revival Run Crew offers pace-inclusive fitness rooted in queer community, advocacy, and connection beyond the run.

For JuJu Faragher, wellness is a lived, imperfect practice. Through yoga, storytelling, and community work, he centers rest, affirmation, and collective care for LGBTQ people.

After a serious injury, Thomas Ramon rediscovered wellness through hiking and community. Now an ambassador for LGBTQ Outdoors Houston, he’s creating inclusive, accessible spaces for queer people to connect with nature.

For more than 40 years, Dr. Gordon Crofoot has advanced HIV care through groundbreaking research, compassionate medicine, and unrelenting advocacy, helping lead the world toward a future free of the virus.

The Human Rights Campaign and The Normal Anomaly Initiative will host “Party with a Purpose,” blending entertainment, harm reduction, and education to support Houston’s LGBTQ communities.

Queer nonbinary therapist Duewa “Kaya” Spicer reimagines healing through Infinite Zen Therapy, where inclusivity, pleasure, and acceptance guide clients toward self-awareness, freedom, and transformative growth.

Houston Art Weeks launches October 10–19, spotlighting the city’s visual arts scene while raising support for mental health services through the StellaNova Foundation.

Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill to reinstate LGBTQ crisis support through the 988 suicide hotline, following a rollback under the Trump administration.

For 31 years, FLAS—founded by Elia Chino—has supported Houston’s LGBTQ Latino community with free, bilingual services, from HIV testing and mental health care to housing and wellness programs.