General Resources

Health Disparities Facing Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth Are Not Inevitable. Daniel Shumer, Pediatrics, March 2018.

Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents, Pediatrics (2018).

Supporting Gender Independent Children and their Families. Rainbow Health Ontario (2012).

Video series with Johanna Olson, MD, Medical Director of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Center for Transyouth Health and Development. From Kids in the House.

Gender Inclusive Practices

Transgender Youth: Providing Medical Treatment for a Misunderstood Population, National Women's Health Network (2009).

Ten Tips for Working with Transgender Patients, Transgender Law Center (2016).

"Using Chosen Names Reduces Odds of Depression and Suicide in Transgender Youths," University of Texas (2019). Also see our video with the author of the study.

Affirmative Care for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People: Best Practices for Front-line Health Care Staff, National LGBT Health Education Center, Fenway Institute (2013).

Supporting Health Care Providers in Serving Transgender Patients and Clients, an Online Course from the University of California San Francisco.

"The Imperative for Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Inclusion: Beyond Women's Health." Obstetrics & Gynecology (May 2020).

Other Medical Resources

Suppression of Puberty in Peri-pubertal Transgender Youth, webinar recording with Johanna Olson, MD, Medical Director of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Center for Transyouth Health and Development. 

Treating Transgender Youth: Basics of Cross-Sex Hormones, webinar recording with Johanna Olson, MD, Medical Director of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Center for Transyouth Health and Development. 

Care of the Child with a Desire to Change Gender – Parts 1-3

Clinical Care Programs for Gender-Nonconforming Children and Adolescents

Standards of Care, World Professional Association for Transgender Health

Age Is Just a Number: WPATH-Affiliated Surgeons' Experiences and Attitudes Toward Vaginoplasty in Transgender Females Under 18 Years of Age in the United States. The Journal of Sexual Medicine (2017).

Birth control across the gender spectrum, Reproductive Health Access Project (2019)

"‘Trans Broken Arm Syndrome’ and the way our healthcare system fails trans people," Daily Dot (2020).

Guidelines and Tips for Collecting Pateint Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender, National LGBT Health Education Center, Fenway Institute (2018).

Transgender Health and Medical-Legal Partnerships, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and National LGBT Health Education Center, Fenway Institute (2018).