You may nominate yourself or another physician whose experience, leadership, or commitment would strengthen the Council.
Physicians from every specialty, geography, and career stage are encouraged to be considered.
Nominate Yourself or a ColleagueThe global health crisis facing gay and bisexual men is growing — and most physicians never see the full picture.
HIV is only the beginning. Stigma cascades into missed care across every specialty — depression, substance use, cardiovascular disease, and cancers that go unscreened because patients don’t trust, or can’t safely access, the healthcare system.
Gay and bisexual men represent nearly 1 in 4 new HIV infections globally.
In many, simply seeking healthcare can mean exposure, arrest, or violence.
In 2025, nearly all organizations doing HIV prevention with LGBTQ+ communities lost USAID funding; most have closed operations.
Of gay, lesbian, and bisexual patients — within the past year alone.
LGBTQ+ Americans who put off medical care due to past discrimination.
Of gay and bisexual men in global surveys — a social determinant that compounds every health disparity.
Criminalization emboldens structural violence. Provider discrimination drives patients underground. You cannot treat the patient in front of you if the society around them is designed to harm them.
What physicians can do: council members gain visibility into conditions most clinicians never encounter — and contribute to changing them. Your travel notes can become a briefing. Your clinical questions can inform research priorities. Your voice carries weight in rooms where health policy is made.
The Council gives physicians a way to engage beyond their own practice.
Council members connect with physicians, public health leaders, researchers, and community organizations working on some of the most important challenges facing LGBTQ+ people globally.
Members can contribute through global briefings, educational programs, working groups, advocacy, research, and direct engagement with Mpact’s partners in more than 60 countries.
Organizations committed to LGBTQ+ health equity can underwrite the council’s work — funding community programs, clinical education, and the annual Physician Summit.
Sponsorship is a mission partnership, built together with our team.
Become a SponsorA yearly gathering of members, sponsors, and community leaders — clinical sessions on HIV, PrEP & queer health, global advocacy briefings, and connection across 62 countries.
Everything physicians ask before joining.
Nominate yourself or another physician whose experience, leadership, or commitment would strengthen the Council. Physicians from every specialty, geography, and career stage are encouraged to be considered.