Gender-Affirming Care and Trans Health

Gender Affirming care is health care that may include medical, surgical, mental health, and other non-medical services that helps transgender and nonbinary people live as their true selves.

For Patients

• Gender-Affirming Care and Young People Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  [PDF - 338 KB] – HHS Office of Population Affairs
• Get the Facts on Gender-Affirming Care Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Guide for Trans Minors in Ban States Seeking To Access Gender-Affirming Care in IHS or Tribal Sites Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• NPAIHB Supports Gender-Affirming Medical Care in New Resolution Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• 6 Things Cis Indigiqueers Can Do to Support Trans Relatives Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project

For Providers

• Resource Guide for Clinicians Providing Gender-Affirming Care Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• Strategic Vision and Action Plan for the Implementation of Gender-Affirming Care in I/T/U Settings Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• Trans & Gender-Affirming Care Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Indian Country ECHO

Youth and Young Adults

• Guide for Trans Minors in Ban States Seeking To Access Gender-Affirming Care in IHS or Tribal Sites Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• Guide for Trans Minors in Ban States Seeking To Access Gender-Affirming Care in IHS or Tribal Sites Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• Stewarding Healthy Relationships Zine Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• Ask Your Relative Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity – Youth.gov
• Supporting our Youth: How A Two Spirit Safe Space Alliance Changed Our Community Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project
• Qualifications of Being Zine Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  – Paths (Re)Membered Project

For Parents, Caregivers, and Supportive Adults

• Talking Is Power: Tools for Parents Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• Parenting Two Spirit/Indigiqueer Youth Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov