Resources

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
  • Legal Name Change for a Minor
  • Legal Name Change for an Adult
• 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

• Surgery: A Guide for FTMs – Trans Care Project
• Surgery: A Guide for MTFs – Trans Care Project

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.