Medical providers
- Trillium Health Center - LGBT Health (healthcare, pharmacy, resource programs, care management, legal help) (URL)
- University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital - Gender Health Services (for youth and young adults through age 25) (URL)
- Jeffrey Alberts, MD - Center for Adolescent & Young Adult Health (for patients aged 10-30 years) (URL)
- Emma Forbes-Jones, PhD - psychologist (URL)
- Carolyn Wolf-Gould, MD and Christopher Wolf-Gould, MD (Susquehanna Family Practice and Gender Wellness Center) (URL)
- Karen Teelin, MD, MsED (Upstate Health Care Center, pediatric and adolescent care) (URL)
- Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes (transgender services) (URL)
- Arlene Istar Lav - counselor, teletherapy (URL)
- SRS surgeon directory - TransHealthCare (URL)
Fertility options: - URMC Strong Fertility Center (URL)
- CNY Fertility - Trans Fertility information and services (URL)
- Home sperm collection kits:
- Sppare.me (URL)
- DadiKit (URL)
Auxiliary resources
- Gerriann Jackson, MS, CCC-SPL (URMC ENT - voice therapy) (URL)
- Josie Sanfordino, MA, CCC-SLP - Say It Proud Voice Therapy (URL)
- Emancipated Electrolysis (URL)
- Genesee Valley Dermatology and Laser Centre (URL)
- Underwear and Youth Assistance Programs:
- Emmett Miele - custom binders and tailoring (fb page)
- Underwear (Cheap Undies: underwear guide and advice for transwomen) (URL)
- FtM Essentials :lottery for free youth binder (youth 24 years of age and under) (URL)
- TransActive Gender Center (for youth 18 years of age and younger in need; temporarily unavailable as of February 2019) (URL)
- Transguy Supply: youth packer give away (URL) - Beauty/barber saloons:
- Kenna at Trü on Park (URL)
- Samantha at World Hair (URL)
- Clark at The Gentlemen's Barber (URL) - YogaVibe - Queer&Trans Yoga classes; Pay-what-you-can community classes (URL)
Other resources, support and information
- Trans Lifeline - hotline available 18 hours/day, in US: (877) 565-8860 (URL)
- Empire Justice Center - Legal information regarding name and gender marker change in NY (URL)
- Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes - Transgender Services , guides, NY official letter templates, etc. (URL)
- Out Alliance - Rochester, NY - LGBTQ resources, events, trans youth and family support (URL)
- The Trevor Project - LGBTQ lifeline, support, and education (URL)
- Ten Things Transgender Persons Should Discuss with their Health Care Providers (pdf)
- TransLine: Transgender Medical Consultation Service (URL)
- National Center for Transgender Equality (URL)
- Planned Parenthood - Sexual Orientation and Gender (URL)
- Answers to Your Questions for a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality (URL)
- SMART Recovery - Self-Management and Recovery Training - at RIT (for all students) and at ROCovery (URL)
- DrugRehab - "LGBTQ+ and Addiction" information and guidelines (URL)
- RehabCenter - "LGBTQIA+ Friendly Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs" information (URL)
- Transgender Youth Organizations/Programs and many other resources are listed on the Empire State Pride Agenda web site - NYS LGBT Network (URL); unfortunately the list is not up-to-date.
Please contact me with any recommendation or updates to these lists. Thank you!
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