AUSTIN (KXAN) — This Pride month, local LGBTQ+ and HIV prevention nonprofit Texas Health Action celebrates a decade of service to the Austin community through its Kind Clinic.

Kind Clinic began in 2015 as THA's Austin PrEP Access Project, which worked to help locals get the HIV-prevention drug PrEP. The first physical Kind Clinic location opened in 2017 on 40th Street. Since then, THA has expanded and opened clinics in San Antonio and Dallas.

While the direct history of Kind Clinic only goes back to 2015, THA's story began with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, according to a timeline created by the nonprofit.

THA Chief Advancement Officer Juan Benitez said that many medical providers weren't willing to offer the HIV prevention drug PrEP after it became available.

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