Patient and Family Resources

We want you to have all the information you and your child need to access gender-affirming health care and support in your community. This page provides links to resources that we hope will be helpful. If there are gender-affirming care resources you would like to see included in this page, please email us.

General Information About the Gender Clinic

• Gender Clinic Roadmap (English and Spanish PDFs)

Supporting the Gender-Diverse Child in Your Life

• Gender Clinic Booklist and Resources
• Gender Identity Development in Children
• Gender Spectrum – Parenting and Family
• How to Find a Therapist
• HCA Transgender Health Services Program
• Caring for Transgender Youth: A Q&A With Dr. Juanita Hodax

Resources to Support Gender-Affirming Social Transition

• How to Update Legal Name and Gender (English and Spanish PDFs)
• Donated binders
• Name change scholarship
• Binding and Tucking Safety Pamphlets from Callen-Lorde

Resources to Support Gender-Affirming Medical Transition 

• A Guide to Feminizing Hormones: Gender Affirming Care
• A Guide to Masculinizing Hormones: Gender Affirming Care
• Puberty Blockers (English and Spanish)
• Fertility Preservation
• Giving Yourself Subcutaneous Hormone Shots
• Caring for Transgender Youth: A Q&A With Dr. Juanita Hodax

Educational Videos

• AMAZE: age appropriate educational videos for school age youth about gender, sexuality, and puberty
• Feminizing Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Masculinizing Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Testosterone injection instruction, featuring Dr. Kevin Hatfield of The Polyclinic, a member of the Gender Clinic Community Advisory Board
  • Subcutaneous Injection Instruction – Introduction
  • Subcutaneous Injection Instruction – Injecting the Medication

Other Resources

Legal

• Lavender Rights Project
• Medical Legal Partnership
• National Center for Lesbian Rights (serves LGBTQ+ people of all identities)

Schools

• School Action Center
• LGBTQ Programs, Curricula and Support
• Gender Diversity: Best Practices for Schools
• USC Rossier’s Students and Gender Identity Toolkit for Schools

Community Resources

• Ally Moms
• CalmHarm app – an interactive app to help manage self-harm and stay safe
• Crisis Text Line. Text HOME to 741741 any time to start texting with a crisis counselor
• Gender Diversity Support Groups
• Lambert House
• Love Is Respect – chat/phone/reading material and support for healthy relationships and domestic violence prevention
• PFLAG 
• Queer Kid Stuff – offers education for kids 3+ on gender, sexuality, and other identity topics 
• Significant Others, Family, Friends and Allies (SOFFA)
• Trans Lifeline. Call 877-565-8860. Staffed by transgender individuals.
• TransFamily Support Services
• Trill – a moderated peer support app for LGBTQ+ teens
• The Trevor Project. Call 866-488-7386. Peer support hotline run by and for trans people.