TRANS
SOUTH
Updated
October 2017
A Guide to Resources and Services
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WHAT’S INSIDE:
Trans in the South
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How to use this resource guide
About the Campaign for Southern Equality
and the lgbtQ rights toolkit
Resources in southern States
Resources for Funding YOUR Transition
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
National Resource Guides
This document provides information about acquiring medical or attor-
ney referrals; it is not medical or legal advice. Moreover, due to the rap-
idly changing nature of the law and our reliance on information provid-
ed by outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee.
DISCLAIMER:
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How To Use This Resource Guide
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How To Use This Resource Guide
elcome to Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services, compiled by the
Campaign for Southern Equality.
Our hope is that every trans person in the South can access the services and
support they need to be healthy and to thrive. Our goal is that this resource guide is a
helpful tool in that journey. In these pages you’ll nd lists of service providers through-
out the South, information about insurance coding, and resources to assist with fund-
ing medical transition.
Accessing friendly therapists, medical providers, and legal assistance can be dicult as
a trans person in the South, especially if you don’t know where to start or who to reach
out to. That’s why we created this resource guide.
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Trans in the South oers resources for trans folks in Al-
abama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten-
nessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Resources in this
guide are divided by type of services oered within
each Southern state. So, if you’re looking for an endo-
crinologist in South Carolina for example, just scroll
down to South Carolina and look for the heading
“ENDOCRINOLOGY.”
We compiled these resources from trans folks who
reported having a positive and arming experience
using these services, referrals from trans-friendly pro-
viders, and pulling from other resource guides that
list these providers as being trans-friendly. To con-
rm the status of these resources as trans-friendly,
we called each provider and spoke with the sta at that agency. We only included pro-
viders who report actively working with trans folks in this guide.
Some providers oered additional information about their practice like accepting in-
surance, charging on a sliding scale, oering Hormone Replacement Therapy, or work-
ing with youth. These are marked with icons. We still encourage calling the provider
you’re interested in and asking about the specic services you’re seeking.
This edition of Trans in the South was published in October of 2017 and can be down-
loaded at www.southernequality.org/transinthesouth. We’ll be collecting new resourc-
es throughout the year and updating the guide annually. If you have additional re-
sources, questions, or feedback, please email them to me at [email protected]g.
Thanks for accessing Trans in the South. I hope you’ll nd it helpful!
Best Wishes,
Ivy Gibson-Hill
Campaign for Southern Equality
LGBTQ Rights Toolkit Coordinator
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ICONS IN THIS GUIDE
Writes Letters - Many endocrinologists and surgeons require a letter from a mental
health professional before they will move forward with assisting with medical tran-
sition. These mental health professionals will write the letters that are required for
Hormone Replacement Therapy and/or surgery. If this icon is beside an endocrinolo-
gist, it means they will write the necessary letters to change gender markers on legal
documents without requiring the patient to undergo surgery.
Doesn’t Write Letters - These providers report being trans-friendly; however they
won’t write the letters folks need to begin HRT, undergo surgery, or change gender
markers legal documentation.
Requires Letter - These providers do not oer treatment with informed consent, but
require a letter from a therapist before beginning HRT.
Informed Consent - These providers do not require a letter from a mental health
professional to begin HRT.
Sees Adolescents - These providers will assist individuals under the age of 18 with
their medical transition.
Oers HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy is a big step for many trans folks. The
general providers that are marked with this symbol oer HRT in their oce. This cuts
the step of also nding an endocrinologist.
OB/GYN - These providers also oer pelvic exams for trans men.
Planned Parenthood - These providers operate within Planned Parenthood oces.
Most Planned Parenthood aliates oer HRT with informed consent.
Scheduling 6 Months to a Year Out - At the time that we called, these providers
reported scheduling 6 months to a year out for new patients.
Doesn’t Take Insurance - These providers report that they don’t accept any insur-
ance.
Takes Insurance - These providers report accepting insurance.
Charges on a Sliding Scale - These providers report charging on a sliding scale
based on need.
Free Sessions Available - Some providers report working with local clinics in order
to provide free sessions to the clients who aren’t able to make payments even on a
sliding scale basis. We encourage calling providers with these icons and asking about
the process to take advantage of those free needs-based services.
Veterans Only - These providers only work with veterans.
Student Counseling Services - These providers are trans-friendly, but they are only
available to students at their university.
Support Group - These providers also oer peer support groups.
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the campaign for
southern equality
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ased in Asheville, North Carolina, the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE)
promotes full LGBTQ equality - both legal and lived - across the South.
One third of all LGBTQ Americans live in the South, including more than
one third of all trans Americans. Yet across the region, LGBTQ people lack basic
legal protections, face robust opposition to our rights and have limited resources
for advocacy and direct services. LGBTQ people in our region are also at an elevat-
ed risk of poverty and health disparities. Our community meets every denition
of political powerlessness, evidenced most recently by the wave of anti-LGBTQ
bills sweeping the South and by a dismal lack of elected representation in local,
state and federal oces. While national funding to the LGBTQ South is increasing
(it has grown from less than 8% to 25% in recent years), the majority goes to large
metro areas and large organizations within the South.
At the same time, LGBTQ Southerners live each
day with courage and strength. Every day, we hear
stories about how the South is changing and how
support for equality is growing. Our work starts by
asking what a LGBTQ Southerner needs when they
are ready to lead equality eorts in their hometown, or ready to access support
and services. Responding to this complex mix of urgent needs and entrenched
structural issues requires a new approach. Tactically, this requires that we use
a range of tools in our work, including direct services, direct action, litigation,
grant-making, and long-term organizing strategies to support a new generation
of LGBTQ leaders and to build political power.
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hrough our LGBTQ Rights Toolkit, we respond to the acute and widespread
need for direct services and resources for LGBTQ Southerners. Current
programs include our digital toolkit - www.lgbtrightstoolkit.org - which
provides information about concrete ways LGBTQ Southerners can protect their
rights and access support; publications like the
Trans in the South guide; free Pop-Up clinics
that provide direct services and resources;
and providing training, networking and
funding to support front-line providers of
culturally-competent direct services.
The LGBTQ RIGHTS
TOOLKIT
VISIT ONLINE AT
www.lgbtrightstoolkit.org
LEARN MORE AT
www.southernequality.org
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If you are in need of immediate help, please use these resources from anywhere
in the country.
Emergency Help
and Resources
Additional Resources
If you are in need of immediate medical assistance or need law
enforcement assistance, call 911.
If you are thinking about hurting yourself, call the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
If you are an LGBTQ youth who is thinking about hurting yourself
or is in crisis, call The Trevor Project’s 24-Hour Suicide Prevention
Hotline at 866-488-7386.
If you are a transgender person in crisis or needing support,
call Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.
If you are a college student check out this College Suicide
Prevention Guide by Aordable Colleges Online: https://www.af-
fordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/college-sui-
cide-prevention/
GLBT National Help Center Hotline
P: 1-888-843-4564
W: www.glnh.org
Hours: 4 PM – 12 AM, EST
GLBT National Youth Talkline
P: 1-800-246-7743
W: http://www.glnh.org
Hours: 4 PM – 12 AM, EST
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ALABAMA
Charlar Barnes
Licensed Professional Counselor
Exceptional Living LLC.
600 S. Court Street Suite 312
Montgomery, AL 36104
334.647.1781
Jane Brown MA, LPC
2305 Arlington Ave.
Birmingham, AL 35205
205.933.9276
www.adultandchilddevelopment.com
Ashley Garrett
Garrett Counseling
1215 Jackson’s Way, SW
Jacksonville, AL 36265
256.239.5662
www.garrettcounseling.com
David Goldberg PsyD
400 Oce Park Drive #120
Birmingham, AL 35223
205.380.6304
dr.davidgoldberg@gmail.com
www.drgoldberg.net
Amanda Keller
Magic City Acceptance Center
2500 4th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
205.877.8677
amanda@mcacc-bao.org
Mental Health
Sarah E. Mulder, PsyD
Longwood Psychological Center
111 Longwood Drive SW
Huntsville, AL 35801
256.469.1949
www.sarahmulderpsychology.com
Michelle Omara
Online Services
2680 E Main St, #121
Plaineld, IN 46168
317.517.0065
https://micheleomara.com
Susan E. Riser PhD LPC
5510 Wares Ferry Rd. Suite U3
Montgomery, AL 36117
334.387.2317
Angela Stowe, PhD
Univ. of Alabama
at Birmingham’s Student Health
and Wellness Center
1714 9th Ave. South
Birmingham, AL
205.934.3581
www.uab.edu/students/health/health-services
Nick VanWaggoner, MD
U of AL at Birmingham’s
Student Health and Wellness Center
1714 9th Ave. South
Birmingham, AL
205.934.3581
www.uab.edu/students/health/health-services
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ALABAMA
Dr. Stephen R. Steinzmetz, M.D., F.A.C.S.
(Accepts payment plans; Will advocate for you
against insurance )
St. Vincent’s Professional Oce Building
2700 Tenth Ave. South, Suite 510
Birmingham, AL 35205
205.930.0980
www.steinmetzplasticsurgery.com
Other
Hussein Abdul-Latif, MD
The Childrens Hospital of AL
University AL • Birmingham
Department of Pediatrics
1601 4th Avenue South
Children’s Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35233
205.638.5028
www.childrensal.org/Endocrinology
Dr. Huey McDaniel (HRT
oering changes quarterly)
1700 Spring Hill Ave.
Mobile, AL 36604
251.435.1200
Dr. Scott Weisberg
Magic City Wellness Center
2500 4th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
205.877.8677
www.magiccitywellnesscenter.org
ENDOCRINOLOGY
PRIMARY CARE
T. Shane Smith
Steel City Law, LLC
3000 Crescent Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35209
205.607.0225
ssmith@steelcitylawrm.com
Morissa Ladinsky, MD
The Childrens Hospital of AL
University AL • Birmingham
Department of Pediatrics
1601 4th Avenue South
Children’s Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35233
205.638.5028
www.childrensal.org/Endocrinology
Legal resourses
Planned Parenthood Locations
Planned Parenthood Mobile
717 Downtowner Loop West
Mobile, AL 36609
251.342.6695
Planned Parenthood Birmingham
1211 27th Place South
Birmingham, AL 35205
205.322.2121
More details on each location are available at:
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/alabama
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ALABAMA
AIDS Alabama -
(Counseling Services
& Housing Assistance)
3529 7th Avenue S.
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
205.324.9822
www.aidsalabama.org
AIDS Alabama South
4321 Downtowner Loop N.
Mobile, AL 36609
251.471.5277
www.aidsalabamasouth.org
Albertville Clinic - (Free Testing,
Med Program, Housing Assistance)
Thrive Alabama
201 E. McKinney Avenue
Suite A
Albertville, AL 35950
256.660.5127
Birmingham AIDS Outreach
205 32nd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35233
205.322.4197
www.birminghamaidsoutreach.org
Dothan AIDS Outreach
1865-3 Honeysuckle Rd.
Dothan, AL 36305
334.673.0494
www.maoi.org
HIV CARE
Montgomery AIDS Outreach
2900 McGehee Road
Montgomery, AL 36111
334.280.3349
www.maoi.org
Thrive Alabama
600 St. Clair Avenue
Building 3
Huntsville, AL 35801
256.536.4700
www.thrivealabama.org
The Hames Clinic -
(Free Testing, Counseling,
Med Program, Housing Assistance)
Thrive Alabama
112 S. Pine Street
Suite 202
Florence, AL 35630
256.764.0492
www.thrivealabama.org
Selma AIDS Information & Referral
102 Park Place
Selma, AL 36701
334.872.6795
www.selmaair.org
West Alabama AIDS Outreach
2720 6th Street
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
205.759.8470
www.waao.info
State Resource guide
Association of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender
Issues in Counseling of Alabama (ALGBTICAL)
www.algbtical.org/2A%20COUNSELOR%20LIST.htm
Covers entire state
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ARKANSAS
State Resource guideS
Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition
www.artranscoalition.org/health
Covers entire state
Transgender Equality Network
www.transeqnet.org/resources/arkansas-resources/#.WV1KIVTyvIU
Covers entire state
Arkansas AIDS Foundation
523. S. Louisiana, Suite 404
Little Rock, AR 72201
501.376.6299
HIV CARE
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Fayetteville
3729 North Crossover St.
Fayetteville, AR 72703
479.443.7791
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-cen-
ter/arkansas/fayetteville/72703/fayette-
ville-health-center-2972-90740
Arkansas Department of
Health Ryan White Program
Multiple Locations Across the State
501.661.2408
www.healthy.arkansas.gov
Planned Parenthood Little Rock
5921 W. 12th Street
Little Rock, AR 72204
501.666.7526
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-cen-
ter/arkansas/little-rock/72204/little-rock-
health-center-2807-90740
More details on each location are available at:
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/arkansas
Michelle Omara
Online Services
2680 E Main St, #121
Plaineld, IN 46168
317.517.0065
www.micheleomara.com
MENTAL HEALTH
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FLORIDA
Coral Schlosberg Arvon
PhD, LMFT, LCSW
2999 NE 191st St. Suite 703
Aventura, FL 33180
305.936.8000
Aimee Beardslee
Rainbow Counseling
4554 Central Avenue
Suites E & F
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
727.314.1864
www.rainbowcounselingtampabay.com
Ieshai Bailey, LMHC, CST
Bailey House of Wellness, LLC
1881 NE 26th Street, Suite
202A Wilton Manors, Florida
33305
3190 Post Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205
954.903.7611
www.bhowyou.com
Angela Bulla
Solution Counseling Center
51 S Main Ave Suite 304
Clearwater, Fl 33765
727.328.4672
www.angelabulla.com
angelabrownbulla@gmail.com
Mary G. Davenport PhD
1608 Oak St.
Sarasota, FL 34236
941.366.3134
Mental Health
Deborah Huntley PhD
1608 Oak St.
Sarasota, FL 34236
941.366.2442
Adele Kates & Associates PA
1 NE 168th St.
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
305.651.6442
Eric Leever LMHC
607 Saint Lucie Cresent
Suite 106
Stuart, FL 34994
772.233.9982
www.levermhc.com
Felicia Levine, LCSW, CST, LLC
23257 State Road 7, Suite #
203C, Boca Raton, FL 33428
954.657.3151
felicialevinelcsw@aol.com
Dr. Lawrence Levy PsyD, PA
398 Camino Gardens Blvd.
Suite 207
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561.210.5125
954.495.8749
www.levypsychology.com
Barbara LoFrisco LMHC, LMFT
6811 N Central Ave.
Tampa, FL 33604
813.404.9215
counselorbarb@earthlink.net
www.counselorbarb.com
FLORIDA
Stephany Mahaey
Authentic Life Transitions, LLC
3001 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL
32792
321.420.6095
www.authenticlifetransitions.com
stephanymaha[email protected]
Lisa J. Moore LMHC
1732 Kingsley Ave. Suite 1
Orange Park, FL 32073
904.269.2931
Anagloria Mora, PhD, LMHC, CCS
6861 SW 51st St., Miami, FL 33155
305.333.2263
www.dranagloriamora.com
Bonnie R. Saks MD
3333 W Kentucky Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33609
813.354.9444
Mental Health
Dr. Kristie Overstreet
Therapy Department
18821 Delaware St Suite 208
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
904.566.9256
www.TherapyDepartment.com
Heather Stambaugh
Lakeland LGBT Therapy
2033 E. Edgewood Drive, Suite 4
Lakeland, FL 33803
863.271.2001
www.lakelandlgbttherapy.com
heather@lakelandtherapy.com
David B. Wohlsifer, PhD, LCSW
370 W Camino Gardens Blvd,
Suite 117, Boca Raton, FL 33432
561.409.9701 ext 1
www.drdavidw.com
drwohlsif[email protected]
Brenda M. Barry
930 Lake Baldwin Ln.
Orlando, FL. 32814
407.898.1500 Ext. 10
WomenCare@c.rr.com
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Dr. Christopher Estes
1611 NW 12th Ave.
Miami, FL 33136
305.243.3000
Dr. Sadaf Jeelani
4340 W. Newberry Rd. Suite 301
Gainesville, FL 32607
352.372.9414
State Resource guideS
Equality Florida
http://www.eq.org/sites/default/les/.images/TransGuide_041517.pdf
Covers entire state
Trans Florida
http://transorida.tumblr.com/hrt
Covers entire state
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FLORIDA
Ft. Myers Health Center
8595 College Parkway Suite 250
Ft. Myers, FL 33919
239.481.9999
Gainesville Health Center
914 NW 13th St.
Gainesville, FL 32601
352.377.0881
Dr. Michael Horseman
4410 W. Newberry Rd. Suite B
Gainesville, FL 32607
352.372.7800
Immokalee Center
419 N First St.
Immokalee, FL 34142
239.262.0301
Jacksonville Health Center
3850 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
904.399.2800
Lakeland Health Center
2250 E. Edgewood Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33803
863.665.5735
Manatee Health Center
1105 53rd Ave. East Suite 201
Bradenton, FL 34203
941.567.3800
PRIMARY CARE
Naples Center
1425 Creech Rd.
Naples, FL 34103
239.262.0301
Orlando-Eastside Clinic
11500 University Blvd. Suite B
Orlando, FL 32817
321.235.5513
Orlando-Westside Clinic
726 South Tampa Ave.
Orlando, FL 32805
407.246.1788
Pinellas Health Center
8950 Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr St. N #102
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
727.898.8199
The Sally Bellamy Health Center
2121 W. Pensacola St. Suite B2
Tallahassee, FL 32304
850.574.7455
Sarasota Health Center
736 Central Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236
941.953.4060
Christopher Salgado, M.D.
LGBTQ Center for Wellness,
Gender and Sexual Health
University of Miami Hospital, 1400
NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
866.GENDRUM
www.umiamihospital.com/lgbtq-services
MiamiT[email protected]
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Care Resource Ft. Lauderdale
871 West Oakland Park Blvd.
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311
954.567.7141
www.careresource.org
Care Resource Miami
3510 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33137
305.576.1234
www.careresource.org
Care Resource Little Havana
1901 SW 1st St, Miami, FL 33135
305.203.5230
Care Resource Miami Beach
1701 Meridian Avenue, Suite 400
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.673.3555
Care Resource Miami Beach
1680 Michigan Avenue, Suite 912
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.534.0503
Hope & Help Center of Central Florida
Main Oce
707 Mendham Blvd, Suite 104
Orlando, FL 32825
407.645.2577
www.hopeandhelp.org
Hope & Help Center of Central
Florida, Kissimmee
600 N Thacker Ave, Ste A27
Kissimmee, FL 32741
407.994.2825
https://www.hopeandhelp.org
HIV CARE
Hope & Help Center of Central
Florida, South Orange Blossom Trail
750 South Orange Blossom Trail #268
Orlando, FL 32805
407.645.2577
www.hopeandhelp.org
Miracle of Love Administrative Oce
741 W. Colonial Dr.
Orlando, FL 32804
407.843.1760
www.miracleooveinc.org
Miracle of Love Lake County Oce
4400 N Hwy 19A Unit 10, Mt Dora, FL 32757
352.357.6341
www.miracleooveinc.org
Miracle of Love Osceola County Oce
600 North Thaker Ave., Kissimee, FL 32741
Ryan White Program: 407.994.2995
www.miracleooveinc.org
Miracle of Love The Staord House
711 Seminole Ave., Orlando, FL 32804
407.532.0070
www.miracleooveinc.org
Christopher Salgado, M.D.
LGBTQ Center for Wellness,
Gender and Sexual Health
University of Miami Hospital
1400 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
866.GENDRUM
www.umiamihospital.com/lgbtq-services
MiamiT[email protected]
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FLORIDA
Boca Raton
8177 Glades Rd.
Boca Raton, FL 33434
561.226.4116
Bradenton
1105 53rd Ave East
Suite 201
Bradenton, FL 34203
941.567.3800
Fort Meyers
8595 College Parkway
Suite 250
Fort Myers, FL 33919
239.481.9999
Gainesville
914 NW 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
352.377.0881
Immokalee
419 N. First Street
Immokalee, FL 34142
239.262.0301
Jacksonville
5978 Powers Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32217
904.399.2800
Kissimmee
610 Oak Commons Blvd.
Kissimmee, FL 34741
407.246.1788
Lakeland
2250 E Edgewood Drive
Lakeland, FL 33803
863.665.5735
Planned parenthood Locations
Miami
11440 SW 88th Street
Suite 109
Miami, FL 33176
786.263.0001
Miami
3119A Coral Way,
Miami, FL 33145
305.285.5535
Miami
585 N.W. 161 St. Suites 200-
300,
Miami, FL 33169
305.830.4111
Naples
1425 Creech Road
Naples, FL 34103
239.262.0301
Orlando
11500 University Blvd
Orlando, FL 32817
407.246.1788
Orlando
726 South Tampa Ave
Orlando, FL 32805
407.246.1788
Pembroke Pines
263 North University Drive
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
954.989.5747
Saint Petersburg
33 6th Street South
Saint Petersburg,
FL 33701
727.898.8199
More details on each location are available at:
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/orida/
Sarasota
736 Central Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
941.953.4060
Stuart
1322 NW Federal Hwy.
Emerald Plaza
Stuart, FL 34994
772.692.2023
Tallahassee
2121 W Pensacola Street,
Tallahassee, FL 32304
850.574.7455
Tampa
8068 North 56th St.
Tampa, FL 33617
813.980.3555
Wellington
10111 Forest Hill Blvd Suite
340
Wellington, FL 33414
561.296.4919
West Palm Beach
931 Village Blvd.
Suite 904
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
561.683.0302
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GEORGIA
Anna Baxter, LAPC
Wellspring Counseling Cen-
ter
700 Old Roswell Lakes Pkwy
Suite 300 Roswell, Georgia 30076
678.446.8653
anna@lovepositivecounseling.com
www.lovepositivecounseling.com
Eli Budd PhD, Psych
2300 Cheshire Bridge Rd.
Unit 101
Atlanta, GA 30324
404.873.5517
www.bebuddPhD.com
Anna Lisa Derenthal LPC, NCC
11285 Elkins Rd. Suite D4
Roswell, GA 30076
678.431.3901
annalisaderenthal@gmail.com
www.annalisaderenthal.com
Melissa L. Dickinson
Wellspring
Counseling Center
321 W Hill Street, Suite 2D,
Decatur, GA 30030
404.969.5139
www.melissadickinson.com
Tana Hall, LPC
204 Church St
Decatur, GA 30030
404.496.8262
www.tanahall.com
Mental Health
Dr. Sally Herbert
Psychiatrist
41 Lenox Point
North East Atlanta, GA 30324
404.842.0070
Karuna Counseling
1945 Mason Mill Rd. Suite 100
Decatur, GA 30033
404.321.4307
www.karunacounseling.com
Metropolitan
Counseling Services
(Sliding Scale as low as $25. If going
through Health Initiative you can re-
ceive 8 free sessions.)
2801 Buford Hwy. Suite 470
Atlanta, GA 30329
404.321.1794
www.mcsatlanta.org
Michelle Omara
Online Services
2680 E Main St, #121
Plaineld, IN 46168
317.517.0065
https://micheleomara.com
Dr. Kristie Overstreet
Therapy Department
18821 Delaware St Suite 208
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
904.566.9256
www.TherapyDepartment.com
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GEORGIA
Dr. Mark Earhart
1612 Mars Hill Rd. Suite B
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706.769.1100
Equality Clinic
987 St. Sebastian Way
Augusta, GA 30901
762.218.2226
Maria Holder
Intown Primary Care-Cheshire Bridge
730 Ponce De Leon Place, Unit B
Atlanta, GA 30306 and
2215 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
404.541.0944
www.intownprimarycare.com/about/
PRIMARY CARE
Dr. Vin Tangpricha
1365 Clifton Rd.
Emory Clinic Bldg A
Atlanta, GA 30322
404.778.3280
Equality Clinic
987 St. Sebastian Way
Augusta, GA 30901
762.218.2226
Endocrinology
Trans Health Initiative
1924 Cli Valley Way
Atlanta, GA 30329
404.728.7900 or 404.929.1742
transhealth@feministcenter.org
www.transhealthinitiative.org
Dr Isabel Lowell
Emory Healthcare
Multiple Locations
404.778.7777
www.emoryhealthcare.org
Dr. Scott Parry
2215 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
404.541.0944
www.intownprimarycare.com
Dr. Joseph Smiddy
1700 Briarcli Rd.
NE Atlanta, GA 30306
404.228.2648
Trans Health Initiative
1924 Cli Valley Way
Atlanta, GA 30329
404.728.7900
Mental Health
Erin Swenson
1708 Peachtree St.
NW Atlanta, GA 30309
404.312.5677
www.erinswen.com
Equality Clinic
987 St. Sebastian Way
Augusta, GA 30901
762.218.2226
GA Tech Counseling Center
353 Ferst Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
404.894.9179
Wellspring Counseling Center
321 W. Hill St, Decatur, GA
30032 & 700 Old Roswell Lakes
Pkwy, Suite 300, Roswell, GA
30076 (on Sundays)
678.667.1522
AmariahLove.com
18
GEORGIA
Dana P Shaner
1842 Independence Square
Atlanta, GA 30338
770.551.9366
LEGAL RESOURCES
Equality Clinic
987 St. Sebastian Way
Augusta, GA 30901
762.218.2226
Lawrenceville
798 Lawrenceville
Suwanee Road,
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
404.688.9300
Planned parenthood Locations
Marietta
220 Cobb Parkway North.
Suite 500
Marietta, GA 30062
404.688.9300
More details on each location are available at:
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/georgia/
Savannah
720 East 71st St.
Savannah, GA 31405
912.351.0116
Brittany Garner, MSW
Lost-N-Found Youth
2585 Chantilly Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
678.856.7825
brittany@lost-n-found.org
www.lnfy.org
Other
State Resource guideS
Atlanta Gender
atlantagender.org/professionals.html
Covers Atlanta
Reddit
www.reddit.com/r/transhealth/com-
ments/320gvc/looking_for_a_trans-
friendly_endo_in_georgia/#bot-
tom-comments
Covers Primarily Atlanta
Georgia Equality
www.georgiaequality.org/wp-content/
uploads/2015/08/GA-Trans-Resource-
Guide-DIGITAL-1.pdf
Covers Primarily Atlanta
Feminist Women’s Health Center
www.feministcenter.org/assets/pdfs/
THI_Resource_Guide.pdf
Covers Atlanta
Trans Georgia
www.transgeorgia.org
Covers entire state
Therapist Tana Hall’s resource guide:
www.docs.google.com/docu-
ment/d/1VsKNyaZ3P4pptqb-
Fk1-3etIrYO-hHydxsKdah4ntJz8
Covers Primarily Atlanta
Additions?
Email Ivy Gibson-Hill at
the Campaign for
Southern Equality at ivy@
southernequality.org
+ + +
19
KENTUCKY
Mona Gallo, Ed. D., L.P.C.C.
Counseling in Lexington
207 E. Reynolds Rd
Lexington, KY 40517
859.312.0901
Dave Harmon & Associates
3934 Dixie Highway #510
Louisville, KY 40207
502.896.8006
Natasha Lacey
New Life Counseling Services
1099 S. Broadway, Ste. 280 & 260
Lexington, KY 40504
859.309.2384
newlifecounselingsv[email protected]
Susan S. Mathews-Duvall PhD
2220 Executive Dr. #103
Lexington, KY 40505
859.227.9998
drmathewsduvall@gmail.com
Michelle Omara
Online Services
2680 E Main St, #121
Plaineld, IN 46168
317.517.0065
www.micheleomara.com
Mental Health
Sanders and Associates
160 N. Broadway, Lexington, KY 40507
859.266.6786
sandersandassociatespllc@gmail.com
Janet Vessels, LCSW
Center for Child and
Family Counseling
1315 W. Main Suite A
Lexington, KY 40508
859.554.6028
janetvessels@yourcounselor.org
20
KENTUCKY
Joanne Brown
UK University Health Service
(UK Students only)
University Health Service
Building
830 S. Limestone
Lexington KY 40536-0582
859.323.2778 & 859.323.4636
www.uky.edu/lgbtq/transform-health
Keisa Fallin-Bennett, MD/MPH
UK Department of
Family & Community Medicine
2195 Harrodsburg Rd Suite 125
Lexington, KY 40504-3504
859.323.6371
keisa.bennett@uky.edu
www.uky.edu/lgbtq/transform-health
PRIMARY CARE
Lexington
268 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503
859.252.8494
Planned parenthood Locations
Louisville
842 South 7th Street, Louisville, KY 40203
502.584.2473
More details on each location are available at:
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/kentucky/
Trans Health Advocates
502.694.2227
www.kentuckyhealthjusticenetwork.org/
trans-health.html
SUPPORT GROUP
State Resource guide
TransKentucky
www.transkentucky.com/directory/
Covers Entire State
Dr. Clayton Smith
Internal Medicine at UofL Physi-
cians Outpatient Center 401 E. Chestnut St.
Suite 370 Louisville, KY 40202
502.588.4500
www.uoflphysicians.com/1235371840-
clayton-smith
21
LOUISIANA
Carlos Cuneo
3080 Teddy Dr. Ste A
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
225.923.8255
Dr. Jen Chandler
5208 Magazine St Ste 138. New
Orleans, LA 70115
General: 504.708.493
Therapy & Medical: 504.278.4006
nolamedpsych@gmail.com
drjchandler@yahoo.com
www.drjchandler.com/
Bobby Kizer PhD
300 B Codifer Blvd.
Metairie, LA 70005
504.390.5782
kizer[email protected]
www.bobbykizer.com
Mental Health
Kelley Massengale, LCSW, BACS
7474 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225.246.2359
www.counselingbatonrouge.com
Terry Meyers MEd BCSW
1412 Thalia St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504.524.5973
Dr. Kristie Overstreet
Therapy Department
18821 Delaware St Suite 208
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
904.566.9256
www.TherapyDepartment.com
Joan Ellen Young LPC, NCC
New Orleans, LA
504.810.1450
Jamie Buth
1555 Poydras St. #405
New Orleans, LA 70112
504.558.3637
Jennifer Garrett
1315 Antonine St
New Orleans, LA 70115
504.891.4015
Michele McCarthy Larzelere PhD
200 W. Esplanade Ave. #412
Kenner, LA 70065
504.471.2750
Michelle Simoneaux
711 N. Broad St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
504.988.3000
PRIMARY CARE
Dr. Ryan Pasternak
Crescent Care Family Care Ser-
vices Center
Family Services Center, 4640 S.
Carrollton Ave., Suite 120, New
Orleans, LA 70119
504.378.0427
www.crescentcarehealth.org/
Rachana Sus
4770 S I-10 Service Road W #110
New Orleans, LA
504.988.8050
22
LOUISIANA
Dr. Ryan Pasternak
Kids First Tiger Care
Adolescent Clinic
1661 Canal St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
504.299.9980
www.crescentcarehealth.org/
GENERAL PEDIATRIC CARE
Baton Rouge
3955 Government Street, Ste. 2
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225.387.1167
Planned parenthood Locations
New Orleans
4636 S Claiborne Ave
New Orleans, LA 70125
504.897.9200
More details on each location are available at:
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/louisiana/
State Resource
guide
Louisiana Trans Advocates
www.latransadvocates.org/
Statewide list of providers
and support groups
Mary Melissa Albritton
2449 Hospital Dr.
Bossier City, LA 71111
318.212.7902
Endocrinology
Children’s Hospital
New Orleans
Adolescent Health Specialty
Clinic and Gender Health Clinic
200 Henry Clay Ave.,
Ambulatory Care Center,
New Orleans, LA 70118
504.896.2888
Baton Rouge AIDS Society
4560 North Blvd. Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225.923.AIDS(2437)
www.batonrougeaidssociety.org
Central Louisiana AIDS Support Services
1785 Jackson St. Alexandria, LA 71301
318.442.1010
www.class-cenla.org
HIV/AIDS Alliance for Region 2
4560 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225.927.1269
www.haartinc.org
HIV CARE
Philidelphia Center
2020 Centenary Blvd Shreveport, LA 71104
& the Mercy Center at 740 Austin Place
Shreveport, LA 71101
318.222.6633
www.philadelphiacenter.org
Southwest Louisiana AIDS Council
425 Kingsley St, Lake Charles, LA 70601
337.439.5861
www.slac.org/
Brandy A. Panunti
610 John Churchill Chase, Loft 10
New Orleans, LA 70130
504.842.3000
Louisiana Civil Justice Center
Hotline: 1.800.310.7029
Free legal advice
laciviljustice.org
Legal Resource
23
MISSISSIPPI
G Beals
Delta State University
DSU Box 3142 Ewing 345,
Cleveland, MS 38733
662.846.4362
Patricia Brawley PhD, LPC
McComb, MS
601.564.0174
John A. “Tony” Caldwell,
LCSW
Caldwell Counseling
501 Heritage Dr., Oxford, MS 38655
662.625.4639
tonycaldwelllcsw@yahoo.com
LGBT Mental Health Center
University of Mississippi
Med. Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
601.984.6925
Arti Barnes University
of Mississippi Med. Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
601.984.5560
www.oahcc.org
Open Arms Healthcare Center
500 E Woodrow Wilson Ave
Jackson, MS 39216
601.500.7660
www.oahcc.org
Mental Health
PRIMARY CARE
Millsaps College
Counseling Services
1701 N State St.
Jackson, MS 39202
601.974.1206
www.millsaps.edu/student_life/counsel-
ing individual.php
Open Arms Healthcare Center
500 E Woodrow Wilson Ave
Jackson, MS 39216
601.500.7660
www.oahcc.org
Dr. Ty Staord
Mississippi State University
Student Counseling Services
76 Magruder Street 115C
Hathorn Hall Mississippi State
Starkville, MS 39762
662.325.2091
tstaord@saairs.msstate.edu
www.health.msstate.edu/scs/
24
MISSISSIPPI
Bear Atwood (Name change;
Gender Marker Change)
360 Comet Drive
Jackson, MS 39206
601.940.3195
Bear@BearAtwoodAttorney.com
Dana Baumgartner
727 W. 5th St.
Laurel, MS 39440
601.422.8898
dana@bumgardnerlawoce.com
Hays Burcheld (Name change;
Gender Marker Change)
Burcheld Law Firm, PLLC
15 N. Dunn St.
P.O. Box 733
Eupora, MS 39744
662.258.6633
LEGAL RESOURCES
Mississippi Center for Justice
(Legal services for HIV+ individuals)
5 Old River Place, Suite 203 (39202)
P.O. Box 1023
Jackson, MS 39215-1023
601.352.2269
Carey Reid Varnado
Montague, Pittman and Varnado, P.A.
Hattiesburg, MS
601.544.1234
cvarnado@mpvlaw.com
Robert McDu and Sibyl Byrd
(Name Change)
McDu and Byrd
767 N Congress St.
Jackson, MS 39202
601.969.0802
HIV CARE
AIDS Services Coalition
Hattiesburg, MS
601.450.4286
Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson
(Legal services for HIV+ individuals)
5 Old River Place, Suite 203 (39202)
P.O. Box 1023
Jackson, MS 39215-1023
601.352.2269
Mississippi Center for Justice Biloxi
963 Division Street, Biloxi, MS 39530
228.435.7284
http://www.mscenterforjustice.org
Mississippi Center for Justice Indianola
120 Court Avenue, Indianola, MS 38751
662.887.6570
http://www.mscenterforjustice.org
Open Arms Healthcare Center
500 E Woodrow Wilson Ave
Jackson, MS 39216
601.500.7660
www.oahcc.org
Arti Barnes University
of Mississippi Med. Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
601.984.5560
www.oahcc.org
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Planned Parenthood
Hattiesburg
214 South 27th Avenue
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
251.342.6695
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-cen-
ter/mississippi/
25
NORTH
CAROLINA
Nicole M. Armbrust, LCSW
70 Woodn Pl. Suite 217 Ashe-
ville NC 28801
828.348.0527
Luce Beagle, LPC
Empowered Transitions
Counseling
5 Ravenscroft Dr.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.231.9337
empoweredtransitionsasheville@
gmail.com
Heather Branham, LCSW
263 Haywood Street, Suite 206,
Asheville, NC 28801
678.313.8747
heather[email protected]
www.heatherbranhamlcsw.com
Jamie Brazell, M.Ed.,
LMFT Licensed Therapist,
Trained Sexologist
Out of the Woods
Therapeutic Counseling, PLLC
96 Central Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
828.290.2347
jamie@outofthewoodstherapy.com
Kristin Carswell, MA, LPCS
383 Merrimon Ave. Suite C
Asheville, NC 28801
828.670.1275
www.manifestcounseling.com
Mental Health
Donna Clausen
Red Bird Counseling
404.808.6701
Donnaclausen@redbirdcounseling.org
Redbirdcounseling.org
Daymark Recovery Services
1400 Willow Lane
North Wilkesboro NC 28659
336.667.5151 ext. 4831
abliving@daymarkrecovery.org
daymarkrecovery.org
Duke Child and
Adolescent Gender Care
2301 Erwin Rd.
Durham, NC 27701
919.684.8361
www.dukehealth.org
Dr. Mary Ellen Grin
100 Central Ave
Asheville NC • 828.331.8100
Additional Oce: 11 Schulman St.
Sylva, NC • 828.331.8100
Beverly L. Moss, LPC
Moss Counseling Services
4921 Albemarle Rd, Suite 108,
Charlotte, NC 28205
704.493.8535
www.mosscounseling.com
26
NORTH CAROLINA
Peyton Kinnaird
MA, LPCS
383 Merrimon Ave. Suite C
Asheville, NC 28801
828.775.5535
www.manifestcounseling.com
Holly Mackin, MA
LMFT AASECT Certied
PsychloTherapy
133 W Catawba Ave.
Mt. Holly, NC 28120
and 13420 Reese Blvd West,
Huntersville, NC 28078
704.266.0479 & 704.689.5075
holly[email protected]
www.hollymackintherapy.com
Abby Nardo, Ph.D.
Downtown Psychology
416 Morson St, Raleigh NC 27601
919.816.2411
nardo@downtownpsychology.com
www.downtownpsychology.com
Jen Oman
Asheville, NC 28806
480.351.0276
Chandra Passero
2 S. Main St. Suite 28
Weaverville, NC 28787
828.337.2716
Joe Pope, MS, LPC, LCAS, CRC
Eastover Psychological
& Psychiatric Group, P.A.
3303 Latrobe Dr. Charlotte, NC 28211
704.362.2663 x126 dial 0
Sarah B. Raines
Sarah B. Raines Counseling
390 Merrimon Avenue Asheville, NC
28801
828.280.6391
sarahbrainescounseling@gmail.com
www.sarahrainescounseling.com
Will Ray
Caring for Children
50 Reddick Rd.
Asheville, NC 28805
828.298.0186
will.ra[email protected]
www.caring4children.org
Jenny Shealy
Crossing Point Counseling
67 Charlotte St, Asheville, NC 28801
828.279.5369
crossingpointcounseling.com
shealy.jenny@gmail.com
Crystal Smith,
BA, MACC, LPC-A
Counseling And Support Asso-
ciates At Lake Norman
1835 Davie Avenue, Suite 411 Statesville,
NC 28677
828.244.5725
crystaldsmith@yahoo.com
Tanya Stiers
168 S. Liberty St.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.713.7804
Jocie Sweeney, PhD
Sweeney Psych
801 East Morehead Street
Suite 304 Charlotte, NC 28215
980.236.073
drsweeney@sweeneypsych.com 4
Transgender Health Program
WNC Community Health Services
285 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.285.0622 Ext. 2144
Mental Health
27
NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Elizabeth Holt
2709 Blue Ridge Rd. Suite 320
Raleigh, NC 27607
919.876.7692
Shannon Hopson, MD
2544 Court Dr. Suite A
Gastonia, NC 28054
704.671.6400
Craig Speiser, MD
200 Medical Parks Dr.
Suite 460
Concord, NC 28025
704.403.1311
Endocrinology
Dr. Thomas Marlowe
Charlotte Transgender
Healthcare Group
400 Clarice Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28204
704.348.4000
Dr. Deanna Adkins
Duke Child and
Adolescent Gender Care
2301 Erwin Rd.
Durham, NC 27701
919.684.8361
www.dukehealth.org
PRIMARY CARE
Dr. Jennifer Abbott
Transgender Health Program,
WNC Community Health Services
285 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.285.0622 Ext 2116
Dr. Rhett Brown
Charlotte Transgender
Healthcare Group
335 N. Caswell Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28204
704.384.7980
Carrboro Community
Health Center
Piedmont Health
301 Lloyd St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
919.942.8741
Carrboro Pediatrics
& Internal Medicine
27 Fidelity St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
919.933.8381
www.carrboropediatrics.com
Chapel Hill Health Center
1765 Dobbins Dr.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919.942.7762
Community Family Practice
260 Merrimon Avenue, Suite 200
Asheville, NC 28801
828.254.2444
Charlotte Health Center
4822 Albermarle Rd.
Suite 103 & 104
Charlotte, NC 28205
704.536.7233
Duke Child and
Adolescent Gender Care
2301 Erwin Rd.
Durham NC, 27701
919.684.8361
www.dukehealth.org
Durham Health Center
105 Newsom St. Suite 101
Durham, NC 27704
919.286.2872
Fayetteville Health
Center
4551 Yadkin Rd.
Fayetteville, NC 28303
866.942.7762
Aleece Fosnight, MSPAS, PA-
C, CSC, CSE
Mission Medical Associates,
Pisgah Urology
87 Medical Park Drive, St A
Brevard, NC 28712
828.883.5858
aleece.f[email protected]
www.mission-health.org
28
NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Deanna C. Jones
(Not taking new patients)
1242 S 5th St. Suite C
Mebane, NC 27302
919.563.3007
Dr. Grace Ivins • Living Well WNC
40 North Merrimon Avenue, Suite 305
Asheville, NC 28804
828.575.9562
Dr. Lauren Livingston
Asheville’s Community Family
Practice
260 Merrimon Avenue, Suite 200
Asheville, NC 28801
828.254.2444
www.communityfamilyonline.com/
Planned Parenthood
Asheville
Health Center
68 McDowell St.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.252.7928
Raleigh Health Center
100 S. Boylan Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.833.7526
Dr. Lisa Reed
MAHEC Family Health
Center at Newbridge
218 Elkwood Avenue
Asheville, NC 28804
828.257.4747
www.mahec.net/?/patient-information/fami-
ly-health/newbridge
Student Health Services,
University of North Carolina
at Asheville
118 W. T. Weaver Boulevard
Asheville, NC 28804
828.251.6520
Dr. Heidi Swygard
CAPUS Clinic
Wake County Health Department
1011 Rock Quarry Rd, Raleigh NC
919.833.3111
www.advancechc.org/providers/heidi-swygard-md/
Wesley Thompson
Ballantyne Family Medicine
6010 E WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28215
704.208.4134
Transgender Health Program
WNC Community
Health Services
285 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.285.0622 Ext. 2144
Wake Forest University
Student Health Service
336.758.5218
www.shs.wfu.edu/
Wilmington
Health Center
1921 & 1925 Tradd Ct.
Wilmington, NC 28401
910.762.5566
Melissa Wilson, LCSW
828.989.5080
melissawilsontherapy.com
melissawilsontherap[email protected]
Winston-Salem
Health Center
3000 Maplewood Ave.
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
336.768.2980
Richard Wynn
Ballantyne Family Medicine
6010 E WT Harris Blvd. Char-
lotte, NC 28215
704.208-4134
PRIMARY CARE
29
NORTH CAROLINA
Meghann K. Burke
(Name changes; gender
marker changes)
Brazil and Burke, P.A.
77 Central Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.255.5400
mburke@cobralawrm.com
www.brazilburkelaw.com
Frank Goldsmith
Goldsmith, Goldsmith,
and Dews, P.A.
Marion, NC
828.652.3000
www.goldsmithdews.com
Marion Groat
Parsons Laws
168 S. Liberty St.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.581.9LAW
Hart Law Group
93 Church St.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.271.4278
www.thehartlawgroup.com
LEGAL RESOURCES
Paula Kohut
Kohut & Adams, P.A.
513 Market Street
Wilmington, NC, 28401
910.815.4066
www.kohut.pro
Luke Largess
Tin Fulton Walker & Owen
Charlotte, NC
704.338.1220
www.tinfulton.com
Beckie Moriello
Raleigh Immigration
Law Firm
3033-3 Stonybrook Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27604
919.376.2933
beckie@raleighimmigration.
org
PJ Roth
Marshall Roth and Gregory
Asheville, NC
828.281.2100
www.mrglawrm.com
State Resource guides
LGBT Center of Raleigh
www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com/adult-pro-
grams/transgender-initiative/transgen-
der-local-resources.html
Covers Triangle Area
LGBT Center of Durham
www.lgbtqcenterofdurham.org/com-
munity-resources.html
Covers Triangle Area
Connie J. Vetter
Charlotte, NC
704.333.4000
www.cjvlaw.com
Joan Waldron
Waldron Law Firm
5624 Executive Center Dr
#130, Charlotte, NC 28212
704.444.0057
Diane Walton
(Name changes; gender
marker changes)
Walton Law Oce
Asheville, NC
828.255.1963
www.waltonlawoce.com
Charlotte Transgender
Healthcare Group
www.cthcg.org/
Covers Charlotte Area
Gender and Sexuality
Diversity Initiative
www.carolinapartners.com/2017-gs-
di-transgender-provider-resource-list/
Covers Entire State
30
NORTH CAROLINA
Kevin Dorman
Prismatic speech services
3407 Suite I W Wendover Ave Greensboro,
NC 27407
336.609.6258
Heather Edwards, PT
Resilient Pelvic Healing
201 Charlotte St, Asheville, NC 28801
828.713.8338
resilientpelvichealing@gmail.com
www.resilientpelvichealing.com
Excellase Noushi Haeussler
Laser treatment
2015 Fairview Rd
Raleigh, NC 27608
919.833.8484
www.excellase.com
Wendy Flynn
Willow Therapeutic Massage
2 South Main Street, Suite #29
Weaverville, NC 28787
828.989.0125
www.willowtherapeuticmassage.com
willowtherapeuticmassage@gmail.com
Other
Patricia Handlon
Speech Therapy
Asheville, NC
828.213.0850
Michael C. Farmer, DMD, PA
Plaza Midwood Dentistry 1308
The Plaza Suite F Charlotte, NC 28205
704.837.8480
Dr Gerald Truesdale
Greensboro Plastic
Surgical Associates
2716 Henry Street
Greensboro NC 27405
336.954.2633
www.gpsa.biz
Our Voice
35 Woodn St, Asheville, NC 28801
828.252.0562
www.ourvoicenc.org/
REACH of Haywood County, Inc.
627 N Main St, Waynesville, NC 28786
828.456.7898
www.reachofhaywood.org
Asheville
68 McDowell St,
Asheville, NC 28801
828.252.7928
Chapel Hill
1765 Dobbins Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919.942.7762
Charlotte
4822 Albemarle Road
#103 and #104 & 106
Charlotte, NC 28205
704.536.7233
Planned parenthood Locations
Durham
105 Newsom Street,
Ste. 101
Durham, NC 27704
919.286.2872
Fayetteville
4551 Yadkin Rd
Fayetteville, NC 28303
866.942.7762
Greensboro
1704 Battleground Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27408
336.373.0678
More details on each location are available at:
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/nc
Raleigh
100 S Boylan Ave.,
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.833.7526
Wilmington
1925 Tradd Court, Wilming-
ton, NC 28401
910.762.5566
Winston-Salem
3000 Maplewood Ave
Ste. 112
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
336.768.2980
Dr. Heidi Swygard
Wake County Health
Department (PrEP Services)
1011 Rock Quarry Rd, Raleigh NC
919.833.3111
www.advancechc.org/providers/hei-
di-swygard-md/
Transgender Health
Program, WNC
Community Health Services
285 Biltmore Ave. (PrEP Services)
Asheville, NC 28801
828.285.0622 Ext. 2303
31
NORTH CAROLINA
HIV CARE
Dr. Claire Farel, Dr. Heidi Swygard,
or Dr. Lisa Hightow-Weidman
Trans Health Program (PrEP Services)
UNC Infectious Diseases Clinic
101 Manning Drive
First Floor Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
984.974.7198
Infectious Diseases Clinic
(Clinic B)
Wake County Health Department
General: 919.250.3999
Case management for people living
with HIV/AIDS: 919.212.7801
MOre resources in north carolina
Charlotte Transgender Health Group maintains an expansive list of
trans-friendly providers in the Charlotte area:
The Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group (CTHCG) is a multi-disci-
plinary team of licensed medical and mental health providers who work
with gender-diverse individuals of all ages in the Charlotte and surround-
ing area. They collaborate with one another in order to stay informed
about best practices, engage in case consultation, collect resources and
referrals for trans-arming services, communicate about current events,
and engage in advocacy eorts.
Below are links to their service provider guides:
• Mental Health Professionals Who Work with Adolescents: www.cthcg.org/mental/youth
• Mental Health Professionals for Adults: www.cthcg.org/adult
• Endocrinologists and General Practitioners Who Oer HRT: www.cthcg.org/medical
TranzMission maintains a list of trans-friendly providers in Western North Car-
olina, including mental health professionals, general practitioners, endocrinol-
ogists, and other miscellaneous resources. To report out of date information on
TranzMission’s resource page or to add additional resources email them at info@
tranzmission.org.
www.tranzmission.org/resources.html
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SOUTH
CAROLINA
Landa M. Basham
503 W. 2nd Street
Spartanburg, SC 29301
864.585.5010
www.skylyncounseling.com
Charlton Hall - Transitioning to new
oce in Travelers Rest, SC
3527 Pelham Rd #E2
Greenville, SC 29615
864.384.2388
Shawna Kirby, PhD
Midlands Neurobehavioral
Services, LLC
1705 Richland ST
Columbia, SC 29201
803.339.9178
www.midlandsneuro.com
Drkirby@midlandsneuro.com
Hadley Mullen
1100 Rutherford Rd.
Greenville, SC 29609
864.467.3434
mullenh@compassofcarolina.org
www.compassofcarolina.org
Mental Health
Beatrice Hull, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Kathleen May
214 Keowee Trail
Clemson, SC 29631
864.654.0813
Jacob Parsons-Wells,
MMFT, LMFT
Lumos Counseling Services
300 Plaza Circle, Suite A
Clinton, SC 29325
864.939.8224
Elizabeth Pratt
236 Union St. #2
Spartanburg, SC 29302
864.649.6272
Dr. Jerey Smith
2094 Woodru Rd.
Greenville, SC 29607
864.676.9211
Jerah Sowinski, LLC
121 Interstate Blvd.
St. 2-A, Greenville, SC 29615
864.406.6464
www.therapywithjerah.com
33
SOUTH CAROLINA
Deborah Bowlby, MD, MSc
Medical University of SC
96 Jonathan Lucas St. CSB
428 Charleston, SC 29425
843.876.0444
bowlby[email protected]
Molly Benedum
Center for Family Medicine
877 W Ferris Rd.
Greenville, SC 29605
864.455.7800
Charleston Health Center
200 Rutledge Ave.
Charleston, SC 29403
843.628.4380
PRIMARY CARE
Columbia Health Center
2712 Middleburg Dr.
Suite 107
Columbia, SC 29204
803.256.4908
Gweneth Lazenby
Medical University of South
Carolina
Women’s Health at Cannon,
135 Cannon Street
Charleston, SC 29425
Oce: 843.792.5300
Nurse: 843.876.1222
HIV Care
AID Upstate
P.O. Box 105, Greenville, SC 29602
811 Pendleton St Ste 10, Greenville, SC 29601
864.250.0607
www.aidupstate.org/
Lowcountry AIDS Services
3547 Meeting Street Road
North Charleston, SC 29405
843.747.2273 or toll-free at 877.874.0230
www.aids-services.com
Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services
2638 Two Notch Road, Suite 108
Columbia SC 29204
803.779.7257
www.palss.org/
South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council
1813 Laurel Street, Columbia, SC 29201
803.254.6644
www.schivaidscouncil.org/
Sexual Trauma Services of the Mid-
lands
533C Oxford Street
Sumter, SC 29150
and 1530 Main Street, Suite 201
Newberry, South Carolina 29108
Hotline: 803.771.7273; 1.800.491.7273
Oce: 803.790.8208
State Resource guides
Gender Bender’s Resource Page
www.genderbenders.org/resources.html
CATS: http://www.chasareatsupport.
org/links • Covers Charleston Area
We Are Family
http://wearefamilycharleston.org/tlf/
south-carolina-resources/
Covers Low Country
Planned parenthood locations
Charleston
200 Rutledge Ave.
Charleston, SC 29403
843.628.4380
More details on locations available at: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/sc
Columbia
2712 Middleburg Drive Suite 107
Columbia, SC 29204
803.256.4908
34
SOUTH CAROLINA
Ashley Andrews
544 Savannah Hwy.
Charleston, SC 29407
843.762.3554
andrews@lafondlaw.com
JJ Andrighetti
114 Manly St.
Greenville, SC 29601
864.370.8222
jj@palmettolawrm.com
Anne Frances Bleecker
82 Church St.
Charleston, SC 29402
843.722.2900
afbleecker@bleeckerlawrm.com
www.bleeckerlawrm.net
Sarah E. Brown
114 Manly St.
Greenville, SC 29601
864.370.8222
sarah@palmettolawrm.com
M. Melissa Burnette
2322 Devine St.
Columbia, SC 29295
803.251.0202
Margaret Chamberlain
600 Pettigru St.
Greenville, SC 29601
864.250.0505
info@margaretchamberlainlaw.com
www.margaretchamberlainlaw.com
Collen T. Condon
3 Gamecock Ave. Suite 301
Charleston, SC 29407
843.225.7288
colleen@colleencondonlaw.com
www.colleencondonlaw.com
Deborah K. Lewis
234 Seven Farms Dr. #212
Daniel Island, SC 29492
843.747.9540
LEGAL RESOURCES
Erin Culbertson
110 Williams St.
Greenville, SC 29601
864.370.8222
erin@culbertsonalexander.com
Suzanne Gro
1058 Sea Eagle Watch
Charleston, SC 29412
843.406.7733
suzannegro@groaw.com
Mary Ann Hall
1327 Ashley River Rd. Suite C 100
Charleston, SC 29407
843.377.1341
www.mahlawrm.com
Edward Hawkins
800 Wappoo Rd.
Charleston, SC 29407
843.255.7565
www.edhawkinslaw.com
John M. Mussetto
2607 Woodru Rd. Suite E 228
Simpsonville, SC 29681
864.283.0040
john@mussettolaw.com
Heather S. Shaw
2129 Dorchester Rd.
North Charleston, SC 29405
843.377.1686
shawlawrm@inbox.com
Nekki Shutt
1812 Lincoln St. #200
Columbia, SC 29201
803.256.2371
Elizabeth Stringer-Nettles
753 Folly Rd.
Folly Beach, SC 29412
843.795.1331
liz@stringerlaw.us
www.stringerlaw.us
35
TENNESSEE
Melissa A. Bartsch PhD
University of Tennessee
1800 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37996
865.974.2196
April M. Broussard, LCSW
567 Cason Lane, Suite A
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
615.680.9822
Saroj Chand
3105 Essary Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37918
865.687.8990
Brandi C Cowan
Tennessee Mental Health
Consumers’ Association - East Tennessee
200 W. Fifth Ave, Suite B
Knoxville TN, 37917
865.304.6980
Dan Dumont, MSSW
Oasis Center, Inc.
1704 Charlotte Ave.
Nashville, TN 37203
615.327.4455
www.oasiscenter.org/
Dr. Terry Edwards
1007 Murfreesboro Rd.
615.791.3449
terredwar[email protected]
Beth Evelyn
ETSU Counseling Center
412 J.L. Seehorn Rd.,
Johnson City, TN 37614
P.O. Box 70724,
Johnson City, TN 37614
423.439.3333
Mental Health
Margot Feintuch, M.D., PLLC
1507 16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
615.200.6858
Kathleen Puckett MA, LADC
612 Sevierville Rd.
Maryville, TN 37804
865.724.4923
avfwc[email protected]
aviewfromwithincouselingcenter.com
Joan M. Schleicher, Ed. D.
Nashville Center for Hope and
Healing
2125 Belcourt Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212
615.269.0525 ext. 5
www.healnashville.com/
Jennifer Strickland
LPC/MHSP
Momentum Counseling, LLC
211 Donelson Pike, Suite 113,
Nashville, TN 37214
615.645.3753
Dr. Tanner - VA Med Center
Johnson City, TN 37684
423.926.1171 Ext. 7709
Jane R. Weinberg, M.D.
Center for Integrated Healthcare
602 West Iris Drive
Nashville, TN 3204
615.383.1995
Jennifer Valli
AASECT certied therapist
1384 Cordova Cove Suite 1,
Germantown, TN 38138
901.299.3224
jenvalli@gmail.com
www.jennifervalli.com
36
TENNESSEE
Dr. Terri W. Jerkins
2010 Church St. Suite 410
Nashville, TN 37203
615.329.5029
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Dr. Bradley N. Bullock
Cool Springs Internal
Medicine & Pediatrics Clinic, PLLC
1607 Westgate Cir.
Brentwood, TN 37025
615.376.8195
www.coolspringsinternalmedicine.com/
CHOICES (Memphis Center
for Reproductive Health)
1726 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
901.274.3550
www.memphischoices.org
Dr. Rodney Carter
1017 Middle Creek Rd.
Sevierville, TN 37862
865.453.2806
Dr. Laura Travers
Maryville, TN
865.681.0103
PRIMARY CARE
Donna McCormick NP
9221 Middlebrook Pike Suite 102
Knoxville, TN 37931
865.539.2873
Kristin Rager, M.D., M.P.H.
Rager Adolescent Health
2201 Murphy Avenue, Suite 310
Nashville, TN
615.933.0173
www.rageradolescenthealth.com/
Alice Sattler, MSN
Vinehill Clinic
601 Benton Avenue, Nashville, TN 37204
615.292.9770
www.connectus.org/vine-hill
Gary J. Smith, M.D.
Saint Thomas Health
7640 Highway 70 South,
Suite 201 Nashville, TN 37221
615.646.8098
Southeast TN Legal Services
423.756.0128
www.selegal.org
LEGAL RESOURCES
Laura Bomar, LE, CPE, CCE
Hendersonville Electrolysis
Hendersonville, TN 37075
615.681.0778
Other
Vanderbilt Trans Buddy Program
37
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Cares
1000 East 3rd Street Suite 300, Chatta-
nooga, TN 37403
423.265.2273
news@chattanoogacares.org
www.chattanoogacares.org
Friends for Life
43 N Cleveland, Memphis, TN 38104
901.272.0855
www.friendsforlifecorp.org
Nashville Cares
633 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 37204
HEARTline: 1.800.845.4266
Oce: 615.259.4866
www.nashvillecares.org
HIV Care
Street Works
520 Sylvan St
Nashville, TN 37206
615.259.7676
www.street-works.org
Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic
Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
1211 Medical Center Drive
Nashville, TN 37232
615.875.5111
www.vanderbilthealth.com/comprehen-
sivecare/
Planned parenthood locations
Knoxville
710 North Cherry St.
Knoxville, TN 37914
865.694.7155
Memphis
835 Virginia Run Cove
Memphis, TN 38122
901.725.1717
Details on locations available at: www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/tennessee
Memphis
2430 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38112
901.725.1717
Nashville
412 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37203
615.321.7216
State Resource guides
My Trans Navigator
www.mytransnavigator.com/tennnessee
Covers Entire State
Out Central
www.outcentral.org/category/health-wellness
Covers Nashville Area
Out Memphis
www.outmemphis.org/resources/
Tennessee Vals
www.tvals.org/medical-resources/
Covers Nashville Area
Program for LGBTI Health
at Vanderbilt Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1211 Medical Center Drive
Nashville, TN 37232
615.936.5194
University of Tennessee Knoxville
www.cflgbt.utk.edu/transgender-non-bi-
nary-resource-guide/
Covers Knoxville Area
38
TEXAS
Tricia Blewitt, LPC
Tricia Blewitt Counseling & Sex Therapy
930 S. Bell Blvd Suite 402,
Cedar Park, TX 78613
512.547.9704
Natalie Love LPC, LMFT
5902 Laird Dr., Austin, TX 78757
512.850.4059
nataliejlove@gmail.com
www.nataliejanelove.com
Mental Health
The Practice ATX
3811 Bee Cave Road Suite 204
Austin, TX 78746
512.861.4131
www.thepracticeatx.com
Savannah Stoute, LPC
Savannah Stoute Counseling
950 Westbank Dr. Ste 104 Aus-
tin, TX 78746
512.270.9683
www.savannahstoutecounseling.com
Legacy Community Health
Multiple Locations
832.548.5000
www.legacycommunityhealth.org
PRIMARY CARE
Kelsey Snapp
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Multiple Locations
1.888.988.9996
www.trla.org
Legal resources
Lou Weaver
Trans Legal Aid Clinic Houston
www.facebook.com/TransLegalAid-
ClinicHouston/
Montrose Center
401 Branard St.
Houston, TX 77006
Main: 713.529.0037
LGBT Switchboard: 713.529.3211
www.montrosecenter.org/hub/
OTHER
39
TEXAS
Planned parenthood locations
Addison
5290 Beltline Road #134
Addison, TX 75254
972.991.1424
Arlington
3701 South Cooper Street #235
Arlington, TX 76015
817.472.8196
Austin
201 E. Ben White Blvd. - Bldg. B,
Austin, TX 78704
512.276.8000
9041 Research #250
Austin, TX 78758
512.331.1288
1823 E 7th Street
Austin, TX 78702
512.477.5846
Bedford
2824 Central Drive
Bedford, TX 76021
817.545.0077
Brownsville
870 E. Alton Gloor Blvd.
Brownsville, TX 78526
956.546.4571
Cedar Hill
140 W FM 1382, Ste 160
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
972.709.0081
Dallas
9100 N. Central Expwy, #169
Dallas, TX 75231
214.368.1485
Denton
2436 S IH-35 E #340
Denton, TX 76205
940.891.0737
Details on locations available at: www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/texas
Fort Worth
6464 John Ryan Drive - Suite B,
Fort Worth, TX 76132
817.276.8063
3863 Miller Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76119
817.536.4942
Harlingen
712 N 77 Sunshine Strip, Ste. 18,
Harlingen, TX 78550
956.423.8584
Houston
9919 North Freeway Service Rd
Suite 107, Houston, TX 77037
713.514.1106
13169 Northwest Freeway,
Houston, TX 77040
713.514.1107
5800 Bellaire Blvd.,
Houston, TX 77081
713.541.5372
Lewisville
1356 W. Main Street
Lewisville, TX 75067
972.221.7644
Mesquite
1220 North Town East Blvd.
#240, Mesquite, TX 75150
972.613.0915
Paris
1735 17th Street NE
Paris, TX 75460
903.784.1301
Plano
600 North Central Expressway,
Plano, TX 75074
972.424.6311
StateWIDE Resource guides
Gender Innity
www.resource.genderinnity.org/
University of Texas Medical Branch
www.utmb.edu/health-resource-cen-
ter/lgbtq-resources
Trans Name and
Gender Marker Change
www.law.utexas.edu/probono/proj-
ects/special-projects/trans-legal-name-
gender-marker-project/
San Antonio
8725 Marbach Rd., Ste. 215,
San Antonio, TX 78227
210.674.2222
2346 E. Southcross Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78223
210.333.5454
2140 Babcock Rd
San Antonio, TX 78229
210.736.2262
920 San Pedro Ave.,
San Antonio, TX 78212
210.736.2475
11514 Perrin Beitel Rd
San Antonio, TX 78217
210.590.0202
Spring
4747 Louetta Road
Spring, TX 77388
713.514.1102
Tyler
3500 South Broadway Ave.
Ste E, Tyler, TX 75701
903.581.8277
Waco
1121 Ross Avenue Suite B,
Waco, TX 76706
254.759.5750
Unless otherwise marked, all
locations do not oer HRT, and
all services are available at dis-
counted rate, with no sliding
scale
40
VIRGINIA
Capital Area Health Network
2809 North Avenue #206
Richmond, Virginia 23222
804.780.0840
www.cahealthnet.org
Dr. Chiappinelli
601 George St.
Fredricksberg, VA 22401
540.370.4344
Maggie Chubb LCSW
930 Redgate Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23507
757.626.3733
Maggie.Chubb@gmail.com
Thomas Coughlin
1633 Q St. NW #210
Washington, DC 20009
202.643.5675
Eleanor Criswell
312 S. Washington St. #3B
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.748.4900
info@drcriswell.com
www.drcriswell.com
Anne L. Edwards PsyD
7019 Backlick Ct.
Springeld, VA 22151
703.509.6753
Lisa Grin PhD
14 S. Auburn Ave.
Richmond, VA 23221
704.458.0433
info@drlisagrin.com
www.drlisagrin.com
Mental Health
Heather Kay
Clearwater
Counseling & Wellness Services
530 E. Main St. Suite 1012;
Richmond, VA 23219
804.382.6546
clearwatercounselingrva.com
clearwater[email protected]
David Lewis
Region Ten, Child & Family
500 Old Lynchburg Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.970.1266
David.Lewis@RegionTen.org
RegionTen.org
Pamela E. Marcus
RN, MS, CS-P
14460 Old Mill Rd. #201
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
301.952.9286
Chris McClure MA, LPC
7450 Heritage Village Plaza #101
Gainesville, VA 20155
703.895.5208
www.gpccva.com
Joan Picket CSAC
1485 Chain Bridge Rd. #203
McLean, VA 22101
703.749.7928
Dr. Shawn Rubin Psy.D
2700 Dorr Ave Fairfax, VA 22031
501.725.7600
41
VIRGINIA
Fan Free Clinic
Transgender Clinic
(Contact Keri)
1010 North Thompson Street
Richmond, VA 23230
804.358.6343
www.fanfreeclinic.org
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Capital Area Health Network
2809 North Avenue #206
Richmond, VA 23222
804.780.0840
www.cahealthnet.org
Catherine Casey MD
University of Virginia
375 Four Leaf Ln Suite 103
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.243.0700
https://uvahealth.com/locations/pro-
file/uva-family-medicine-and-special-
ty-care-crozet
Chippenham Family Medicine
681 Hioaks Road
Richmond, VA 23225
804.233.9661
PRIMARY CARE
Michael G. Tancyus
LCSW, DCSW
79 N. Medical Park Dr.
Fishersville, VA 22939
540.941.2508
Lauren E. Tancyus
Augusta Behavioral Health
79 Medical Park Drive
Fishersville, VA 22939
540.941.2525
Mental Health
Carrie J Walker, LPC, RPT-S
Richmond Creative Counseling, LLC
1900 Byrd Ave Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23230
804.592.6311
www.richmondcreativecounseling.com
Lauren Woolfolk
Richmond Creative Counseling
1900 Byrd Ave Richmond VA, 23230
804.592.6311
www.richmondcreativecounseling.com
laurenwoolfolkrcc@gmail.com
Jenn Gallienne
Health Brigade
1010 N Thompson St.
Richmond, VA 23230
804.358.6343
www.healthbrigade.org
Dr. Patel
Carilion Clinic
3 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, VA 24016
540.266.6000
Julia Taylor, MD
UVA Teen & Young Adult Health
Center
1204 W. Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.982.0090
42
VIRGINIA
Fan Free Clinic
Transgender Clinic
(Contact Keri)
1010 North Thompson Street
Richmond, VA 23230
804.358.6343
www.fanfreeclinic.org
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Charlottesville
2964 Hydraulic Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
434.296.1000
Hampton
403 Yale Drive
Hampton, VA 23666
757.826.2079
Richmond
201 N Hamilton Street
Richmond, VA 23221
804.355.4358
Planned Parenthood locations
Roanoke
2207 Peters Creek Road
Roanoke, VA 24017
540.562.3457
Vienna
522 Grand Central Ave.
Vienna, WV 26105
304.295.3331
Virginia Beach
515 Newtown Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757.499.7526
LGBT Life Center
Multiple Locations
757.640.0929
info@lgbtlifecenter.org
www.lgbtlifecenter.org
OTHER
ACCESS AIDS Care
LGBT Center at 247 W. 25th Street
Norfolk, VA 23517
757.200.9198
www.accessaids.org
HIV CARE
Cheryl Ware, MEd., CCC-SLP
8306 University Place
Richmond, VA 23229
804.387.3806
StateWIDE Resource guides
Equality Virginia
www.equalityvirginia.org/resources/
transgenderresources/
Psychology Today
www.psychiatrists.psycholo-
gytoday.com/rms/prof_results.
php?state=VA&spec=187
Side by Side
www.sidebysideva.org/partners/
Transgender Inclusion Shelter Project
www.diversityrichmond.org/what-we-
oer/education-and-advocacy/tisp.html
Transgender Health
Alliance of Central Virginia
www.thacva.org/providers.html
Virginia Department of Health
www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/up-
loads/sites/10/2016/12/TransRRList.pdf
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WEST
VIRGINIA
Jerey Hammond, PhD
1286 Suncrest Towne Centre
Morgantown, WV 26505
304.381.4168
drj.psychasso@comcast.net
www.psychassociatespllc.com
Mental Health
Additions?
Email Ivy Gibson-Hill at
the Campaign for
Southern Equality at ivy@
southernequality.org
+ + +
StateWIDE Resource guides
Free HIV Testing through Charleston Area Medical Center
http://www.camc.org/freetestinglocations
Charleston Area Medical Center -
Ryan White Program
CAMC Memorial Hospital
3200 MacCorkle Ave SE
Charleston, WV 25304
304.388.8106 or 304.388.9337
www.camc.org
HIV CARE
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H
i! So, you found the doctor you’re looking for, but you don’t know how you’re
going to pay for it? You’re in the right place! This section of the guide is all about
how to fund your transition.
This is a compilation of research on grants that are available to assist trans folks with
medical transition, helpful things to know about insurance coverage, and tips and
tricks to assist with crowd-funding. All information contained herein is current, to the
best of our knowledge, as of October 2017.
If you have additional resources to add, or would like to report out of date information
for this funding section of the guide, please email me at [email protected]g.
Additionally the Human Rights Campaign maintains a list of employers which oer
at least one trans inclusive healthcare plan; it can be found in the Corporate Equality
Index, which they publish annually at www.hrc.org/resources/corporate-equality-in-
dex-list-of-businesses-with-transgender-inclusive-health. This has been very helpful
for many folks, as you can nd employers like Starbucks which oer trans inclusive
healthcare plans after only six months of part-time employment.
I know looking at the expenses involved in medical transition can feel really over-
whelming, especially for a segment of the population that faces the high rates of un-
der and unemployment that we face. That’s why I created this guide, and I hope you’ll
nd it helpful on your journey!
Best Wishes,
Ivy Gibson-Hill
LGBTQ Rights Toolkit Coordinator
Campaign for Southern Equality
RESOURCES
for
FUNDING
your
TRANSITION
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Grants & Funding
for Transition Expenses
The Jim Collins Foundation now oers two grant options. General Fund grants
cover 100% of the medical fees associated with gender-arming surgery.
Grants from the Krysallis Anne Hembrough Legacy Fund cover 50% of the
medical fees associated with gender-arming surgery and require each re-
cipient to match each dollar of funds received with a dollar of their own mon-
ey or other money raised by the recipient. Applicants may only apply once per
grant cycle and in their application must choose to be considered for either
the General Fund or the Krysallis Anne Hembrough Legacy Fund.
Criteria for the Jim Collins Foundation Grants
Applicant must understand the steps that are currently required to undergo
the medical process of transition, and must have completed (or have outlined
plans to complete) the following steps:
• Secure a letter of support from a licensed medical or mental health pro-
fessional, such as a psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, or therapist.
• Select a surgeon who is knowledgeable in transition-related surgeries. If
applicant is chosen, the organization assumes this named surgeon is nal.
• Identify who will care for and provide support post-surgery.
• If applicant has not completed all of these steps, but is planning to do so,
please include your plans in your application.
• Note: If you are selected for funding, the payment will be made directly to
the doctor or hospital facility. You must comply with any and all require-
ments according to the Standards of Care of the World Professional Asso-
ciation for Transgender Health’s (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry
Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, HBIGDA), as deter-
mined by your selected surgeon.
• Applicant must demonstrate a genuine need for nancial assistance.
• Applicant must detail the eorts they have made to fund-raise and the
amount of cost that they will be able to cover on their own, if any.
The Jim Collins Foundation makes selections for grants based on a combina-
tion of demonstrated nancial need and level of preparedness.
THE JIM COLLINS FOUNDATION
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Grants & Funding
for Transition Expenses
ONE surgery must be selected per application number (Hysterectomy With GCS
will count as one surgery. Multiple FFS which are performed by the same surgeon
in one operation will count as ONE surgery.) If you would like to be considered for
dierent types of surgery, you may request a dierent application number for each
type of surgery, but you must complete an entire application for each application
number.
Criteria for the CK Life Scholarship Fund
• Cover Page
• Name (Both Legal and Preferred, if dierent)
• Date of Birth
• Contact Info (Email and/or Telephone)
• Must State which ONE Surgery* you are asking for assistance accessing.
• Name of Surgeon(s) you prefer, along with the surgeon’s contact info. An alter-
nate surgeon MUST be named. If no alternate surgeon is listed an explanation
must be given.
Personal Statement
• Write a personal statement of no more than 1000 words. (Anything beyond 1000
words will NOT be read.)
• Detail what eorts you have made to fund raise or save towards your surgery.
• Please include in this statement who will care for you and provide support
post-surgery.
• Include how having surgery will impact your life. (Please be as specic as possi-
ble.)
• What will you do to try and aord surgery if you are not granted a scholarship?
(Be as specic as possible.)
Professional Letter
• One letter from a Medical OR Mental Health Provider.
• Acceptable Providers: MDs, DOs, PHDs, Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Social
Workers, Therapists, Counselors (if any questions about your provider, email us.)
• Letter must state how long you have been in transition and what steps you
have taken/completed in your transition process.
• Note: We understand there is no one way to transition, but applicants must
meet WPATH standards of care with regards to being eligible for scholarship
approval. For a list of standards, check out the WPATH.
CK LIFE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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Personal Reference
• From someone you know stating why they think you should be selected for a
scholarship.
• Contact information should be included because the individual may be contact-
ed for clarication and/or verication.
• Must be a maximum of 500 words. (Over 500 words Will NOT be read.)
Financial Statement
• State annual income and source of income
• Annual expenses
• Amount saved toward surgery, if any, with a break down (i.e. $500 for travel saved,
$1,000 toward surgery saved etc.)
• Amount still needed toward surgery
• State whether or not you have insurance. If you have insurance, state what kind
and why you are unable to use it for surgery.
All applicants will be given an application number. You can request an application
number by emailing [email protected]g. This number must be included on
each page of application materials to help keep track of application.
Any awarded funds MUST be used within 3 months (for all non-genital surgery pro-
cedures) or 6 months (for genital surgeries) of time they are awarded. If there are
extenuating circumstances (such as surgeon has a long waiting list) then that time
frame may be extended based on the circumstances. If the funds are not used in an
appropriate amount of time, then the funds will go back into the pool of money to-
ward the next scholarship cycle.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this application process, please
email: [email protected]
Grants & Funding
for Transition Expenses
Point 5cc Surgery Fund awards money raised from T-shirt sales to go toward one
person’s gender arming surgery each year. The grants are awarded in February.
No criteria is up on their site currently. This year they awarded just over $1,200 to
one person and had 57 nominations and 103 applications. For more information
check out www.point5cc.com
Point 5cc surgery fund
The Trans Love Fund is a program of We Are Family, an organization dedicated to
providing resources, support and leadership development to LGBTQ+ youth. The
Trans Love Fund is dedicated to helping the transgender community of South Car-
olina by providing microgrants to trans identied individuals for medical, legal, and
emergency living expenses. Apply through www.wearefamilycharleston.org.
Trans Love Fund
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Transgender Hormone Fund has awarded scholarships of $1,500 to 6 transgen-
der women to assist with the purchasing of hormones each year. They also pro-
vide one surgery grant to a trans* person each year.
Please write a letter of interest and email it to [email protected] for
consideration. In the letter, be sure to tell us a bit about yourself (where are you
from; are you GNC, FTM, or MTF; how far are you in transition; why do you need
this fund; and other pertinent information.)
Rizi Timane Ministries
Grants & Funding
for Transition Expenses
Founded in 2013, Trans United with Family and Friends (TUFF) aims to provide
access to healthcare, transition services, safe housing and education for the
underserved transgender population. TUFF oers individualized case man-
agement by pairing recipients to programs tailored to their specic needs. By
focusing on the healthcare aspect of each recipient, TUFF also helps improve
other aspects of their lives. TUFF holistically looks at the needs of each person,
and has realized that if one area of someone’s life improves, so will others. While
most of TUFF’s applicants express need with healthcare issues, it is clear that
addressing these problems helps to improve others areas of their lives. For ex-
ample, many of our applicants are unable to become employed because their
body does not match their identity.
By being able to transition and receive healthcare, they are suddenly that much
more employable. It is clear that people who have been able to transition are
much more functional, condent and productive members of society.
At this moment, TUFF get on average 100 applications per month for funding
and resource requests. About a third of the applicants have no other options
to nd help and access to healthcare, schooling, safety and shelter and are at
very high risk of suicide, homelessness and nancial distress. TUFF will be at
the forefront of this movement by providing resources and options for these
individuals.
To apply for a grant download and submit their application form at
www.tuorg.wixsite.com/tunew.
TUFF
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T
he tides are turning: more and more insurance companies in the United
States are accepting the medical necessity of FTM chest surgery and cov-
ering this procedure for transgender men.
Additionally, there are a number of states that now prohibit discrimination and
legally require insurance companies to provide transgender health coverage.
The medical necessity of GCS has been armed by the American Medical Asso-
ciation, American Psychiatric Association, and World Professional Organization
for Transgender Health, as well as the insurance company, Aetna.
Keep in mind that coverage varies between health insurance companies, states,
and plans. Don’t assume that one company, state or plan is consistent with their
level of coverage. Read your policy completely—not just the summary—and
look for the exclusions and limitations section.
Things to Know
About Insurance Coverage
To get top surgery covered by insurance, there are a number of requirements.
Some of the hoops you may need to go through include:
• Meeting the insurance company’s basic criteria: legal adult status; Gender
Dysphoria diagnosis; support letters from qualied mental health practi-
tioners, your primary care provider and your surgeon.
• Having to pay out-of-pocket for surgery, then getting a reimbursement
from the insurance company.
• Having to be evaluated by a board of in-network doctors.
• Finding in-network surgeons who have top surgery experience.
If you live in a state where surgery coverage is not mandated by law, you still
might be able to get your top surgery covered via student health insurance or
the insurance appeals process.
COMMON REQUIREMENTS
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Things to Know
About Insurance Coverage
The Aordable Care Act and The Patient’s Bill of Rights add several important
protections in health insurance that aect transgender people:
• Elimination of coverage denials: Anyone can apply for health insurance
and receive coverage for the care they need, regardless of their gender. (For
example, hysterectomy coverage for a trans man.)
• Pre-existing condition acceptance: Insurers are no longer able to deny a
person coverage based on having what an insurance company considers a
pre-existing condition, which has included being transgender.
• Plan cancellations are now illegal: Canceling a plan used to be a way for
health insurers to cancel coverage when a person’s health needs changed,
such as coming out as transgender.
For more information about trans health insurance coverage in 2017, please see
state guides from Out2Enroll: https://out2enroll.org/2017-cocs/
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
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Insurance coding alternatives
for trans healthcare
This fact sheet provides information about ICD-10 insurance codes and corresponding di-
agnoses and treatments the codes are related to. This document is intended to assist trans
people in advocating for themselves with their healthcare providers and insurance com-
panies. This information can help guide providers about insurance codes for trans health-
care that are commonly accepted and rejected.
If coverage is denied you can appeal that decision to your insurance company. Once you
appeal a denial three times the appeal goes to an outside agency, and is often accepted.
Ask your insurance provider about your specic appeals process. This fact sheet does not
guarantee coverage from insurance providers. The best way to get information about your
specic plan coverage is to speak with your insurance company.
Codes that are commonly REJECTED by insurance providers
*A note about F64: Some insurance providers will require this code for gender arming surgeries. It is also often
required for adolescents to get hormone interventions covered.
F64
Q56.3
Intersex code requires
chromosomal documentation
Gender Dysphoria/Gender
Identity Disorder
CONDITION
CommentsCODE
Rarely covered in North Carolina but
employers can request expansion.
Typically diagnosed in childhood and allow
for full spectrum of gender surgery
Codes that are commonly ACCEPTED by insurance providers
E34.9
Z79.899
Other long term (current)
drug therapy
Endocrine disorder, unspecied
CONDITION
CommentsCODE
Hormone replacement therapy
Labs related to hormone therapy
including potassium, kidney and liver
function, and blood counts
N62
Breast hypertrophy
Breast reduction/mastectomy
N64.4 Mastodynia
Mastectomy
N65 Deformity of reconst. Br
Mastectomy or reconstruction
N94.1
Dyspareunia (pain with sex)
Hysterectomy
N92.6 Irregular menses
Hysterectomy/IUD
N94.6 Painful menses
Hysterectomy/Hormonal therapies/IUD
N83.2 Ovarian cyst
Removal of ovaries
R10.2
Pelvic pain
Hysterectomy/removal of ovaries
N90.89 Hypertrophy of the clitoris
Clitoroplasty
N90.69
Labial hypertrophy
Labiaplasty
N94.819.2
Vulvar pain
Vulvoplasty
N50.819 Orchialgia
Orchiectomy
Campaign for Southern Equality has created this fact sheet to assist trans and gender diverse people seeking
medical interventions in advocating for ourselves with our healthcare providers and insurance companies.
Questions about coverage and specic plans should always be directed to insurance providers.
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Additional information for
insurance coding appeals process
This information is pulled directly from “Gender Reassignment Surgery
Model National Coverage Determination,” a toolkit created by the
Transgender Medicine Model National Coverage Determination Work-
ing Group with the assistance of Nick Gorton, MD of Lyon-Martin in San
Francisco:
“The patient’s specic insurance plan has a transgender
care exclusion in their coverage. Most insurers have an ex-
clusion of coverage for transition-related coverage as their
standard language and do not remove it unless a state has
issued guidance that says that exclusions of trans care are
illegal, or the plan receives federal funds to pay for premi-
ums (or payment for a third party administer), such as a fed-
eral or state marketplace plan, Medicare or Medicaid pro-
grams (many states are out-of-compliance with the federal
rules for their Medicaid programs). This is the most com-
mon, and most folks don’t know they have an exclusion un-
til they are told where to look. This does not mean that it is
impossible to get care covered, but the appeals process is much harder.
Coverage for specic procedures: Some coverage is categorically excluded because
they are viewed as cosmetic (i.e. breast augmentation, body contouring, facial femi-
nization procedures) - generally speaking, these are hard to appeal and clearly delin-
eate why they are medically necessary to meet the insurer’s standards. Some “sub-
procedures” are also not covered, even if they main procedure is covered (i.e. double
mastectomy is covered for transgender men, but not nipple reconstruction; phal-
loplasty may be covered, but the testicular implants are not, often citing cosmetic
purposes) - when this occurs, the service is easier to appeal, because most of these
procedures are available to cisgender people, and the case can be made that the
“cosmetic ruling” is being applied to trans people for the sake of denying care (i.e. sex
discrimination).
Coverage issues can occur when someone is getting a “sex-specic procedure” such
as a pap smear or a PSA testing for prostate exams, this is typically related to what
gender marker the patient currently has on their health insurance account. While this
discrimination is illegal, this happens with some frequency, but can be xed using KX
or 45 modier. This is more of an educational issue to medical providers, but most
do not know that they can code in this fashion to assure that their patient’s care gets
covered.”
Sources:
www.cms.gov/medicare/coverage/determinationProcess/downloads/Kalra_comment_01022016.pdf
www.transline.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/229372908-Coding-for-Transition-Related-Care
The Campaign for Southern Equality gives special thanks to Kinneil Coltman of Carolinas
Healthcare and Dr. Jennifer Abbott of Western North Carolina Community Health Services
for their assistance with compiling this information.
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Crowdfunding for Transition
Planning Your Campaign
• Write an honest letter to your would-be funders about why you need the
funds. Ask for what you need and not more.
• Keep in mind that running and publicizing a crowdfunding campaign
can be quite time consuming. Delay your campaign if you’re overworked,
burned out, etc.
• Have realistic expectations: more than half of Kickstarter campaigns fail to
make their goal. Assume that only 1% of your contacts will contribute.
• The currency of crowdfunding is relationships, so get your target audience
right. If all your friends are broke and also saving for surgery, you’ll need to
re-think your plans.
• Make a great video promoting your campaign and put it on your donation
page. Be creative, entertaining and honest. Solicit an emotional response.
• If you’re oering rewards / backer levels, structure them carefully and bud-
get the cost of fulllment. While the average donation amount will probably
be under $50, use your creativity to create attractive “upper end” rewards as
well.
• Study successful campaigns and try to reverse-engineer their path to suc-
cess.
CROWDFUNDING SERVICES
Before you pick a crowdfunding service, consider: Do you really need one?
These services take a commission on the funds raised (examples below.) Many
people have had good success using a self-hosted donation page (hosted on
their websites or on WordPress.com/Blogspot/etc.) with a form integrated with
PayPal or WePay, where fees hover around 3%. Here are some popular services
and their fee schedules, as of September 2016:
• DonationTo: 5% + PayPal or Wepay fees (typically 2.9% plus $.30 per trans-
action). 0% Paid accounts also available.
• Fundly 7.9%
• FundRazr 5% + PayPal fees (typically 2.9% plus $.30 per transaction)
• GiveForward* 7% - **Specically for medical fundraising**
• GoFundMe 7.9% + 0.30
• GoGetFunding: 4% + PayPal fees (typically 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction)
• Indiegogo: 4%-9%
• RocketHub: 8% – 12%
• You Caring: $0 + PayPal or Wepay fees (typically 2.9% plus $.30 per transac-
tion)
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
A term for someone whose gender identity corresponds with the sex they were
assigned at birth; not transgender.
CISGENDER
A person who is expressing hyper masculinity through performance art.
DRAG KING
A person who is expressing hyper femininity through performance art.
DRAG QUEEN
A socially constructed system for classifying people into categories. Dierent
cultures use dierent systems for this classication.
GENDER
Any form of surgical procedure performed on a transgender or gender noncon-
forming person in order to make their primary or secondary sex characteristics
better reect their gender identity. This may include dierent types of
“top surgery”, “bottom surgery”, or other procedures. Contrary to popular belief,
there is not one surgery; in fact there are many dierent surgeries. Not all trans-
gender or gender nonconforming people desire gender conrmation surgery
and each person’s pathway to medical transition is unique. “Gender Conrma-
tion Surgery” is preferable to the previously used term “Gender Reassignment
Surgery”, and many consider “sex change surgery” derogatory.
GENDER CONFIRMATION SURGERY
Refers to the ways in which we each manifest masculinity, femininity, both, or
neither. Gender expression may or may not align with someone’s gender iden-
tity. This visible expression of gender includes hairstyles, clothing choices, body
language, etc.
GENDER EXPRESSION
One’s innermost concept of self as it relates to gender. How individuals expe-
rience gender personally. One’s gender identity can be the same or dierent
from their sex assigned at birth. Gender identity cannot be seen from looking
at a person.
GENDER IDENTITY
The act of assigning a gender to another person. Incorrectly assigning a gender
to another person is called misgendering.
GENDERING
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
A term for individuals whose gender identity or expression falls outside the
gender binary of man and woman. Some examples of gender non-conforming
identities include genderqueer, agender, bigender, gender uid, etc.
GENDER NOn-CONFORMING
A general term used for a variety of conditions in which someone’s body doesn’t
seem to t the typical denitions of male and female. We often associate intersex
with conditions seen at birth, but there are many conditions that aren’t seen at
birth, such as androgen insensitivity syndrome, for example.
INTERSEX
The words used to refer to someone instead of using their name. He is a mas-
culine pronoun; she is a feminine pronoun; they is a neutral pronoun. Pronouns
are the most common way that we gender people.
PRONOUN
An umbrella term used to refer to sexual and gender minorities that are not
cisgender or heterosexual.
QUEER
An umbrella term for people whose gender identity diers from the sex as-
signed to them at birth. Transgender is often shortened to “trans”, and is inclu-
sive of gender nonconforming identities.
TRANSGENDER
The categorization of people based on external physical characteristics (e.g.,
hip to shoulder ratio, facial and body hair, vocal pitch, muscle mass, genital con-
guration, etc.)
SEX
A person’s sexual identity in relation to the gender or sex they are attracted to.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
A person who was assigned the sex of female or intersex at birth and identies
as male.
TRANSGENDER MAN
A person who was assigned the sex of male or intersex at birth and identies as
female.
TRANSGENDER WOMAN
The period during which a person begins to live as their true gender. Transi-
tioning may include changing one’s name, changing their presentation, taking
hormones, having surgery, or changing legal documents to reect their true
gender. Or transition may not include any of those things, depending on what
that person wants or doesn’t want.
TRANSITION
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
A provider who prescribes hormones with informed consent does not require a
letter from a therapist to prescribe hormones.
Informed consent
A doctor who specializes in issues related to hormones. These doctors may over-
see medical transition in terms of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
Endocrinologist
The process in which hormones and hormonal treatments are administered.
HRT is not sought out by all transgender individuals, nor is it a requirement for
transitioning.
HRT (hormone replacement therapy)
Surgical procedures in which a person’s body is altered to change their gender
expression. GCS is not sought out by all transgender individuals, nor is it a re-
quirement for transitioning.
GCS (gender conrmation surgery):
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National RESOURCE GUIDES
LGBTQ Rights Toolkit: Resources for the South
Campaign for Southern Equality
www.lgbtrightstoolkit.org
Locally Trans
www.locallytrans.com/
Trans Bucket
www.transbucket.com
RAD Remedy
www.radremedy.org/
GLAAD’s Trans Resource Page
www.glaad.org/transgender/resources
HRC’s Safer Sex for Trans Bodies Guide
www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-foundation-and-whitman-walker-health-
release-comprehensive-transge
My Trans Health
www.mytranshealth.com
Trans Youth Equality Foundation
www.transyouthequality.org
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you for checking out Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources
and Services!
We are grateful to those who maintain other resources guides to
make it easier for trans people to access competent medical care.
Some of these other resource guides include Trans Bucket, RAD Rem-
edy, Funding your transition: A Resource Guide, Southeastern Trans
Resource Guide, Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group, TranzMis-
sion, LGBT Patient Care Collaborative in Upstate SC, HRC’s Safer Sex
for Trans Bodies. And of course none of this would be possible with-
out the thousands of trans folks living across the South who share
resources with each other.
We’d also like to thank providers who have shared information and
resources, including Dr. Claire Farel, Kinneil Coltman, and the Trans-
gender Health Program at WNCCHS. Compiling this resource guide
was a labor of love, and would not have been possible without the
help of Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Brennan Lewis, Fletcher Page, Adam
Polaski, and Quentin Bell.
If you have additional resources to add to Trans in the South, or you
want to report out-of-date information, please email me at ivy@
southernequality.org.
I hope this guide improves your experience accessing services. We
give many thanks to the providers who are listed here and to the
organizations and agencies working every day to ensure that trans
folks in the South have access to resources, services, and support.
Best wishes,
Ivy Gibson-Hill
LGBTQ Right Toolkit Coordinator
Campaign for Southern Equality
