Business pressures, policy shifts weigh on LGBTQ+ program advocates

As the LGBTQ+ community commemorates Pride Month, those who are committed to providing affirming substance use care to the community worry that the current policy environment is compromising both patient outcomes and business prospects. Also weighing on the psyche of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender addiction professionals and their supporters is the impact of recently having lost one of the nation's most prominent LGBT‐specific treatment programs, with the closure of the Pride Institute's residential program in Eden Prairie, Minnesota at the end of last year.