This is the Symposium's Keynote presentation by Kenneth Mayer, MD, Medical Research Director and Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute, on the history, services, and research initiatives of Fenway Health, which was founded in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts. The mission of Fenway Health is to enhance the well being of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community as well as people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research and advocacy.