Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children, adolescents, and their families are increasingly seeking out pediatricians and mental health providers for education, treatment, and services related to gender-affirming care. TGD children, adolescents, and their families are looking for care that is welcoming, affirming, and safe. However, due to a lack of training and information about providing gender-affirming care, providers may feel unprepared to offer this level of care to children and adolescents in TGD communities. This toolkit is a curated list of resources created by the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center to aid medical and behavioral health providers who are either starting on their journey in gender-affirming care for TGD youth or are looking to refresh or further their learning and understanding of creating safe, supportive, affirming health care experiences for TGD children and adolescents.
Learning Resources — Transgender Health
Building Resilience for Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Youth
This panel-style presentation will feature experts from community-led organizations whose work highlights the importance of assessing and supporting the resiliency of TGD youth to improve health outcomes. Participants of this webinar will discover strategies for developing meaningful and sustainable relationships to community partners that provide resiliency building opportunities for youth.
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- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Body Image, Perception, and Health Beyond the Binary
This webinar is designed to improve the capacity of health centers to meet the needs of non-binary patients, particularly through the understanding the relationship of body image and perception to health for people with gender identities and expressions beyond the binary. Participants will learn affirming language and terminology, including foundational concepts to understand the unique healthcare needs of non-binary people, and gain strategies for creating a welcoming and affirming environments for all patients.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Working with Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar will assist health centers in recognizing and supporting the importance of access to gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth.
Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Youth through Gender-affirming Care
This webinar is designed to help health centers understand the importance of access to gender affirming care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth. Participants of the webinar will discover current and emerging research on the positive mental health effects of support for gender affirmation, learn best practices for supporting social transition, and discuss resources for helping TGD youth access gender affirming medical care to improve health outcomes.
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- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Trauma-Informed Care
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Potter and Samara Grossman discuss components of trauma-informed care for transgender and gender-diverse clients.
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- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: Testosterone
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Julie discusses the use of testosterone with transgender and gender-diverse patients.
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- Transgender Health
PrEP and Transgender Communities: Evidence-Informed Practices
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Poteat reviews data on PrEP among transgender people, outlines current guidelines for PrEP use, and describes gender-affirming practices for PrEP implementation.
Primary and Preventative Health Needs for Transgender People
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Deutsch covers primary care and preventative health needs for transgender and non-binary people.
Addressing Unconscious and Implicit Bias
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Cei Lambert focuses particularly on provider bias and power dynamics and how bias shows up for transgender and gender-diverse clients.
