Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Resources

Author: Valerie Hoagland

Last month, AGP therapist, Valerie Hoagland, led a Lunch & Learn open forum with our therapists. The hope was that the forum would be led by clinician's questions and shaped by direct clinical practice needs.

Topics for discussion included definition of terms ("What does non-binary or agender mean?"), standards of care ("When might a trans or non-binary client need a letter from me and how do I write one?"), pronoun usage ("What do I do when a client uses multiple pronouns, for example, she/they or he/they?"), or practical inquiries ("What is the difference between social and medical transition? And do all trans clients transition in the same way?").

Below you can find the resources that Valerie shared.

For learning the basics of gender-affirming care in an accessible way, including definitions of terms, what to ask and how to ask it, short explanations of social and medical transition options and barriers, as well as reflections for clinicians themselves:

• A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care by Chang, Singh, and dickey

For legal resources (clients seeking name and gender marker changes):

• Trans Legal Defense Fund

• National Center for Transgender Equality

• Sylvia River Law Project

• Arrowood Law

For learning more about surgeries:

• NYU Langone Transgender Surgery Services

• Mt Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery

For helping clients find letter-writers and trans-affirming providers:

• Manhattan Alternative

• WPATH Provider Directory

• Callen-Lorde

• Callen-Lorde's Trans Atlas

• NYC Health Map

  • You can click "LGBTQ HealthServices" then "Gender Affirming Care" and then select further specifics from there.

For reflecting on being trans and gender non-conforming/non-binary friendly vs. affirming vs. competent:

• https://www.synchronicity-counseling.com/approaches-to-working-with-gender
  

Here is a cool online app for practicing pronoun usage, for you or your clients (who might be supporting friends or loved ones):

• Minus18

And, always, the Gender Unicorn, for a rough overview of gender expression vs. gender identify vs. sexual and romantic attraction:

• Gender Unicorn PDF