Los Angeles based recovery center creates accessible, affordable treatment for LGBTQ+ community
Los Angeles based Rainbow Hill Recovery is creating a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community to achieve sobriety.
Joey Bachrach, co-founder of the Los Angeles based Rainbow Hill Recovery, says that many recovery centers claim LGBTQ+ friendliness, but he says there is a huge difference between “friendly” and “affirming.” He defines that “friendly” is when the recovery center or sober living home accepts everyone into their program, but their staff is ill-informed on nuances within the queer community like pronouns and gender expressions.
“There are some programs that have no right working with our community, to put it lightly,” Bachrach continues. “They’re not bad programs, they’re just not inclusive and they can be very harmful to queer and trans people.”