Creating a telehealth platform connecting LGBTQ+ patients with inclusive clinicians is a big, hairy, audacious goal requiring a uniquely qualified founder to execute and implement this vision.

Meet Justin Ayars, a self-proclaimed recovering healthcare trial lawyer turned serial entrepreneur. His newest endeavor is elevating the LGBTQ+ Community through inclusive healthcare.

Since 2009 Justin has been an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, opening an inclusive coffee shop and selling it in 2011, then opening an inclusive bar and restaurant, which he sold in 2014 to focus on his next business, QMedia, a regional LGBTQ+ multimedia/marketing company.

Along the way Justin became involved with the local and national LGBT Chamber of Commerce (https://www.nglcc.org), which added to the skillset and knowledgebase he would need for his future business, equalityMD.

By mid-2019, Q Media had evolved its operations into Equality Rewards, a software/data analytics company. As their new technology debuted, the pandemic hit and the team responded by interviewing 1,000+ individuals across the country.

Through their research, they discovered just how the pandemic exacerbated the existing healthcare disparities experienced by members of the LGBTQ+/SGL community.

In 2021, Justin and his team pivoted from Equality Rewards and are preparing to launch equalityMD, a comprehensive digital platform providing inclusive, personalized healthcare that’s easily accessible and affordable.

Using equalityMD’s telehealth portal, the historically underserved LGBTQ+ community can easily access LGBTQ+ inclusive medical professionals from any device, nationwide.

To learn more about equalityMD and to sign up for their newsletter, visit the website here: https://equalitymd.com.

OutCare Health - the organization equalityMD is partnering with: https://www.outcarehealth.org/

Follow equalityMD via:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equa...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/equalityMD/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/equalitymd/

You can connect with Justin via:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Email: justin@equalitymd.com

00:00 - Meet Justin!
13:55 - Every day can be a teachable moment if you let it. Stitch that on a Pillow!
20:00 - Admitting what you don't know is empowering
31:20 - Putting the humanity back into healthcare and make it less clinical
41:00 - How to find Mentors and why mentorship matters
43:05 - Be open to knowing nothing and learning everything
46:10 - Building a team where each department is in a swim lane, not a silo

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