A new health care option is now available for those in Nashville’s LGBTQ community.
The Chosen Family Medicine is open in East Nashville ahead of its official launch Jan. 21. The for-profit clinic, which shares a building with sister nonprofit HIV prevention agency Music City PrEP Clinic, provides primary care geared toward the LGBTQ community. But executive director Rich MacKinnon told the Post the organization is not stopping there and has plans to expand further.
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