Resources
Gender Support Program
Overview | Social | Medical |
Internal | Legal | Educational |
Surgical | Resources | Provider Resources |
Phoenix Children's Resources |
Overview of Gender Identity
- Answers to Your Questions – About Transgender People, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (American Psychological Association)
- Non-Binary Gender Identities – Fact Sheet (American Psychological Association)
- Health and Rights of Transgender Youth (Advocates for Youth)
Social
- Supporting and Caring for Transgender Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and Affirming LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth, and Families (American Institutes for Research)
- Supporting Your LGBTQ Youth: A Guide for Foster Parents (Child Welfare Information Gateway)
Medical
- WPATH Position on Medical Necessity (World Professional Association for Transgender Health)
- Trans Affirming Hospital Policies (Human Rights Campaign)
- A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children (SAMHSA)
- Puberty Blockers (Seattle Children's)
- Feminizing Hormones (seattle Children's)
- Introduction to Male-to-Female Hormone Therapy (UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health)
- Masculizing Hormones (Seattle Children's)
- Introduction to Female-to-Male Hormone Therapy (UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health)
Internal
- Coming Out As You (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Legal
- Identification Documents and Transgender People: An Overview of the Name and Gender Marker Change Process in the United States
- Completing Legal Name Change https://www.azcourts.gov/selfservicecenter/Forms/Name-Change
- Correcting Information with U.S. Social Security Administration
- Correcting Information with U.S. Passport Office (U.S. Department of State)
- Arizona Drivers License Policy & Procedures
- National Center for Transgender Equality: Arizona ID Documents Center (http://www.transequality.org/documents/state/arizona)
- Arizona Birth Certificate Laws
- National Center for Transgender Equality: Arizona ID Documents Center (http://www.transequality.org/documents/state/arizona)
Educational
- Gender Support Plan – Gender Spectrum
- Know Your Rights – ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
- Emerging Best Practices – U.S. Department of Education
- GLSEN Model Policy – September 2018
- ASBA Guidance Documents (Arizona School Boards Association)
- AIA Transgender Participant Policy (Arizona Interscholastic Association)
Surgical
Resources
- Trevor Project
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Encourages people from all walks of life to fight hate and promote tolerance - Arizona Trans* Youth and Parent Organization
www.aztypo.org - National Center for Transgender Equality
https://transequality.org/
Professional Resources
- Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender and Gender Non-conforming People 2011, 7th Version (WPATH - World Professional Association for Transgender Health)
- Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Non-Binary People (UCSF - Center of Excellence for Transgender Health)
- Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: In Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
- A Guide for Understanding, Supporting, and Affirming LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth, and Families (American Institute of Research)
- Helping Families to Support Their LGBTQ Children: A Practitioner's Resource Guide (SAMHSA)
- Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People (APA) 2015
- Guidelines for Psychological Assessment for Sexual Reassignment Surgery or Gender Affirmation Surgery (SFDPH)
Phoenix Children's Resources
- Gender Management Services at Phoenix Children's Hospital
- For a full list of services offered and additional information, please visit us on the web. To refer a patient to the clinic,
- Contact: 602-933-0659
- Adolescent Medicine at Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Contact: 602-933-0945
- Gynecology for Youth and Teens at Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Contact: 602-933-2728
- The Emily Center Family Health Library at Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Contact: 602-933-1400
- Call to request a free copy of our Gender Management Resource Guide. If you want to know more about child health and illness, visit or call The Emily Center Family Health Library.
- Call to request a free copy of our Gender Support Program Resource Guide. If you want to know more about child health and illness, visit or call The Emily Center Family Health Library.
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