Mayo Clinic provides care in a welcoming, respectful and culturally competent manner that is inclusive to patients of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions. Mayo Clinic seeks to ensure that care provided to patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) is consistent with Mayo values of respect, integrity, compassion and healing.
Experience and expertise
Mayo Clinic is committed to inclusivity and health equity for all patient populations the organization serves. Mayo Clinic seeks to be a leader in understanding health disparities so that best practices are implemented to ensure patients' health needs are met.
Staff and students
Employee support
The LGBTI MERG works with Mayo Clinic to provide a welcoming, respectful and culturally competent environment to all visitors and patients who come to Mayo Clinic. The LGBTI MERG provides Mayo Clinic leadership with actionable information on the unique needs and health disparities commonly experienced by the LGBTI community, Mayo patients and employees among them.
A major goal of the LGBTI MERG is to ensure that care provided by Mayo Clinic to this community is consistent with Mayo values of respect, integrity, compassion and healing. The LGBTI MERG continues to shape an inclusive work environment and community using programming created independently and in cooperation with other organizations and employee resource groups.
Leading the way
Mayo Clinic's Minnesota campus earns top score on 2020 Healthcare Equality Index
Mayo Clinic's Minnesota campus has been recognized as a 2020 LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader, registering a top score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, a civil rights organization, on its 2020 Healthcare Equality Index. The index evaluates healthcare facilities' “policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer) patients, visitors and employees.” Mayo is one of four healthcare providers in Minnesota designated as leaders and one of 495 nationally.
Comprehensive care
