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
- Parenting Primer (from Gender Spectrum)
- Obtaining Hormones and Anti-Androgens as a Minor: Overview (from Transsexual Road 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)
- Information on Sex Reassignment Surgery (from the Cantú Queer Center from the University of California at Santa Cruz)
- Healthcare Reports and Publications (from Transgender Law Center)
- Sample Medical Carry Letter (from Gender Spectrum) — See second link under “Medical”
For Medical Professionals
- For Medical Providers (from Gender Spectrum): Introduction; Medical Provider Trainings; Medical Provider Consultations
- 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)
- 10 Tips for Working with Transgender Individuals: A Guide for Health Care Providers (from the Transgender Law Center)
- Sample Medical Carry Letter (from Gender Spectrum): See second link under “Medical”
- Clinical Management of Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents: A Protocol on Psychological and Pediatric Endocrinology Aspects (from the European Journal of Endocrinology)
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 (from the Cantú Queer Center from the University of California at Santa Cruz)
- Dimensions Clinic, San Francisco: Low cost mental health services for trans* folk, San Francisco
- Rainbow Community Center, Contra Costa County: Mental health services for trans*folk, Contra Costa County
- Therapy How-To’s (from Transsexual Road 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.)
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)
- For Mental Health Providers (from Gender Spectrum)
- 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.)