This page is dedicated to resources specifically for medical health and mental health. These resources are for the transgender community, as well as medical, mental health, and other professionals seeking to support the community.
Physical Health
- Gender Spectrum Resources (from Gender Spectrum)
- Medical transition for transgender youth (from Transgender Map)
Health Services / Resources
- Local and Bay Area Medical Care: Santa Cruz Trans Resources
- Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (from the University of California at San Francisco)
- Trans Resources (from the Cantú Queer Center from the University of California at Santa Cruz)
- Healthcare Reports and Publications (from Transgender Law Center)
For Medical Professionals
- Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health)
- Supporting Gender-Independent Children and Their Families (from Rainbow Health Ontario)
- Medical Care for Gender-Variant Children and Young People: Answering Families’ Questions (from Gender Spectrum)
- Clinical Management of Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents: A Protocol on Psychological and Pediatric Endocrinology Aspects (from the European Journal of Endocrinology)
- National Transgender Health Summit at UCSF
- Transgender Health Symposium at UCSD
- Upcoming Confrences and Symposiums (from WPATH)
Mental Health
- Santa Cruz Transgender Therapist Team: A list of therapists specializing in gender identity, from Santa Cruz Trans Resources
- GLBT National Help Center: Confidential phone and internet peer-counseling, information, local resources
- Santa Cruz Trans Resources: A website dedicated to providing resources for trans care in Santa Cruz County and the Bay Area
- Health Services in Santa Cruz County
- Dimensions Clinic, San Francisco: Low cost mental health services for trans folk, San Francisco
- Rainbow Community Center, Contra Costa County: Mental health services for transfolk, Contra Costa County
- Transgender psychotherapy (from Transgender Map)
- Dr. Shane Hill’s Website
- The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals (from Amazon)
- Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender Nonconforming Children (by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.)
- Raising Girlboys: A Parent’s Perspective (by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.)
- The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes
- The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens
- Support, Wait, or What?: Finding Your Footing (From TransFamilies)
- Resolution on Gender and Sexual Orientation Diversity in Children and Adolescents in Schools (from the American Psychological Association)
For Mental Health Professionals
- Answers to Your Questions about Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity (from the American Psychological Association)
- The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals (from Amazon)
- National Transgender Health Summit at UCSF
- Transgender Health Symposium at UCSD
- Upcoming Confrences and Symposiums (from WPATH)
- Mental Health Provider Trainings and Consultations (from Gender Spectrum)
- Gender Identity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (by Möller et al.)
- Gender Identity Disorder: Has Accepted Practice Caused Harm? (from the Psychiatric Times)
- To the Beat of a Different Drummer: The Gender-Variant Child (from the Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics)
- An Affirmative Intervention for Families with Gender-Variant Children: Parental Ratings of Child Mental Health and Gender (from the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy)
- Raising Girlboys: A Parent’s Perspective (by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.)