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This transgender resource center is a reflection of those values. We worked hard to create empathetic and research-based content written and medically reviewed by members of the community. We covered a range of topics but made sure to address areas that are important to the transgender community. As with all Healthline resource pages, we plan to continually grow and revise this content.
Surgery
- What to Expect from Gender Confirmation Surgery
- Top Surgery
- Phalloplasty: Gender Confirmation Surgery
- Vaginoplasty: Gender Confirmation Surgery
- Facial Feminization Surgery
- Bottom Surgery
- Metoidioplasty
- What You Should Know About Orchiectomy for Transgender Women
- Penectomy
Identity
- What’s the Difference Between Sex and Gender?
- What Does It Mean to Identify as Nonbinary?
- What Does It Mean to Identify as Genderqueer?
- What Does It Mean to Be Cisgender?
Language and lifestyle
- What Is Deadnaming?
- What Does It Mean to Misgender Someone?
- What Does It Mean to Be Cissexist?
- How Does Tucking Work and Is It Safe?
- 亲爱的医生,我不会配合你的复选框,但意志You Check Mine?
- How to Be Human: Talking to People Who Are Transgender or Nonbinary
Mental health
Additional Resources
- Gender Spectrum
- Genderqueer.me
- TSER (Trans Student Education Resources)
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- The Trevor Project—Counseling for people in distress, via phone or online chat. 24-hour hotline: 866-488-7386.
Videos
- Translifeline—Run by transgender volunteers to support the transgender community. U.S. hotline: 877-565-8860. Canada hotline: 877-330-6366.
- Beyond Male, Female and Transgender: A Discussion of Non-binary Gender Identities
- Things Not To Say To A Non-Binary Person
- Parenting Non-Binary Kids
Dr. Janet Brito, PhD, LCSW, CST,is a nationally certified sex therapist specializing in relationship and sex therapy, gender and sexual identity, compulsive sexual behavior, mindfulness and sexuality, and infertility.
Kaleb Dornheim is an activist working out of New York City at GMHC as a sexual and reproductive justice coordinator. They use they/them pronouns. They recently graduated from the University of Albany with their master’s degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, concentrating in Trans Studies Education. They identify as queer, nonbinary, trans, mentally ill, a survivor of sexual violence and abuse, and poor. They live with their partner and cat, and dream about rescuing cows when they aren’t out protesting.
KC Clements is a queer, nonbinary writer based in Brooklyn, New York. Their work deals with queer and trans identity, sex and sexuality, health and wellness from a body-positive standpoint, and much more. You can keep up with them by visiting theirwebsiteor by finding them onInstagramandTwitter.
Mere Abrams is a nonbinary writer, speaker, educator, and advocate. Mere’s vision and voice bring a deeper understanding of gender to our world. Collaborating with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center, Mere develops programs and resources for trans and nonbinary youth. Mere’s perspective, writing, and advocacy can be found onsocial media, at conferences across the United States, and in books on gender identity.