Affirming Resources 

Suicide & Addiction Hotlines

If you or someone you know may be at risk of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. If you’re a young LGBTQ person and need to talk to someone, call The Trevor Project’s 24-hour crisis hotline for youth at 1-866-488-7386. If you are a transgender person of any age, call the Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, call the 24/7 Addiction Hotline 888-408-0218

Gender Affirming Health Care 


Connecticut


Anchor Health Initiatives

 203-903-8308


Middlesex Health

Hospital Switchboard 860-358-6000


UCONN Transgender Medicine Services

1-84-GET-UCONN


The Center for Gender Health

860.545.7009


Yale Gender Clinic

1-203-785-4081


Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective

860-278-4163


Circle Care Center

203-852-9525


Apex Community Care

1-203-778-2437


Planned Parenthood Locations (Transgender Hormone Therapy)


Hartford North Center  (Hartford)

860-728-0203


Bridgeport Center (Bridgeport)

203-366-0664


Danbury Center (Danbury)

203-743-2446


Enfield Center (Enfield)

860-741-2197


Comprehensive Gynecology of CT

203-230-2939



Massachusetts


GeMS Clinic, Boston Children's Hospital

617-355-4367


Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery

617-638-1833


Transhealth

413-341-9400


Fenway Health (Trans Health Program and Gender-Affirming Care)

617-927-6000


Tapestry Health

413-586-2016



Planned Parenthood Locations (Transgender Hormone Therapy)


Western Massachusetts Health Center (Springfield)

413-732-1620


Metro West Health Center (Marlborough)

508-970-1100


Greater Boston Health Center (Boston)

617-295-7235


Central Massachusetts Health Center (Worcester)

508-854-3300




Gender Affirming Drug & Mental Rehab Facilities


Drug Rehab USA (Connecticut)


Drug Rehab USA (Massachusetts) 


Gender Affirming National Support Services


Center for Transgender Health (MD & FL)

1-855-662-3017


Mazzoni Center (PA)

215-563-0652

215-985-9206


LGBTQ+ Health Guide (FL)

888-645-1617


Name and Gender Marker Change 

National Center for Transgender Equality 

(One-stop hub for name and gender change information nationwide. Find out how to update your name and gender on state and federal IDs and records)

Gender Affirming Surgeons 

Connecticut

Dr. Laurel Chandler

203-423-3132 

Dr. Leo Otake

203-656-9999

Dr. James Grant Thomson

1-203-785-2571

Dr. Michael Alperovich

877-925-3637

Dr. Charles Castiglione

860-548-7338

Dr. David Bass

860-247-3479

Dr. Orlando DeLucia

860-548-7338

Dr. Christopher Hughes

860-545-9360

Dr. John Reilly

203-924-2900

Dr. Jillian Fortier

1-84-GET-UCONN


Massachusetts

Dr. Oren Ganor 

617-355-7252

Dr. Amir Taghinia 

617-355-6000

Dr. Carlos Estrada

617-355-7796

Dr. Jonathan Winograd

617-726-1915

Dr. Heather Faulkner

404-778-6880

Dr. Anton Wintner

857-238-3838

Dr. Milena Weinstein

857-238-8496


Lazer Hair Removal

Dr. Paul Fischer

203-301-5860

Dr. Anace Said

203-309-0070

Dr. Sanjay Aggarwal

888-543-6374

Dr. Omar Ibrahimi

203-428-4440



To learn more about the experiences of the transgender community visit...


The U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) is the largest survey of trans people in the United States. The USTS documents the lives and experiences of trans people in the U.S. and U.S. territories. 

U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) 2015

https://www.ustranssurvey.org/reports#USTS


The Trevor Project’s 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health sheds light on many of the challenges faced by transgender and non-binary youth ages 13–24 across the United States.


National Survey Of LGBTQ Youth Mental Health (2021)

www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/ 

World Professional Organization for Transgender Health (WPATH)


*Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8


The overall goal of the SOC is to provide clinical guidance for health professionals to assist transsexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming people with safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with their gendered selves, in order to maximize their overall health, psychological well-being, and self-fulfillment.


https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc