SALT is a diverse partnership of community members, business owners, and agencies committed to working together to improve our quality of life in Sullivan County. Through information sharing, increased prevention efforts, and interagency collaboration, we seek to improve access to the services that empower us all to create lasting and positive changes in our community.

The Eastern PA Trans Equity Project is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to empowering transgender Pennsylvanians located in Eastern Pennsylvania. We offer transgender legal name change services, support groups, financial aid services, and other programming.

Our transgender service programs are available to residents of thirty-three (33) Pennsylvania counties. These include Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Montgomery, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike, Carbon, Columbia, Schuylkill, Bradford, Wyoming, Montour, Northumberland, Lebanon, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, Lycoming, Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Perry, Snyder, Union, and York County in Pennsylvania. Some counties have limited services available so please verify for the program you are interested in.

Gender Equality New York, Inc. (GENY) is a statewide, incorporated non-profit whose mission is to support transgender, gender non-binary, and intersex (TGNBI) New Yorkers and their families. Our leadership group, made up of active community advocates, believes that justice and equality for this vulnerable community can only be won by an organization built by and of community members who bring their lived experiences and passions to spearhead this needed and important work. GENY is committed to gaining equal rights and ending discrimination as we work to achieve economic, educational, racial, and social equality for our communities. Our mission is to educate, advocate, connect, and empower in order to bring equality and justice across New York.

The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. We provide information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round.

If you are thinking about harming yourself — get immediate crisis support. Connect to a crisis counselor 24/7, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the U.S via text, chat, or phone. The Trevor Project is 100% confidential and 100% free. We’re here for you!

Call 866 488-7386 or text “START” to 678678.

The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center is a non-profit institution that serves the LGBTQ+ community of Westchester County, NY, and the Hudson Valley Region. Founded in 1983, The LOFT provides a broad range of services including in-person, virtual, and hybrid programs, support groups, social activities, and special events such as Westchester Pride Hosted by The LOFT, The Hudson Valley TransForum, and the Trans Support of The Hudson Valley (TSHV) program, which supports and empowers Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Non-Binary (TGNCNB) communities.

Currently located at 252 Bryant Ave, White Plains, NY 10605, The LOFT continues to be a beacon of inclusion, advocacy, and community building for LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies.

The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, better known as Lambda Legal, is an American civil rights organization that focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) communities as well as people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) through impact litigation, societal education, and public policy work.

We combat the growing attacks on fair courts that threaten hard-won LGBTQ+ rights. Because our courts should make decisions based on constitutional and legal principles—not politics.

As a safe, supportive environment based in Kingston, New York, the Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center provides services, programs, events, and professional resources to unite the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning community across lines of age, race, gender and economics. Since our founding in 2005, our purpose has been to strengthen, support, and celebrate LGBTQ+ individuals, families and groups in their efforts to achieve their fullest potential.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Planned Parenthood provides gender-affirming care with offices in Newburgh, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Wilkes-Barre. Virtual sessions are also available.

An app where 2sLGBTQIA+ youth & ALLIES show up for each other without fear of stigma, taboo, or shame. If you're queer, trans, nonbinary, genderfluid, asexual, questioning, or an ally between ages 13 and 24 — you are welcome and safe to be yourself with Give Us The Floor. Try out new pronouns, get advice on coming out and dating, find support with friends and family issues or bullying, celebrate your accomplishments, and find encouragement from your friends in the app. While Give Us The Floor specializes in support for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, we welcome all to a space that is free from Queer or Transphobia and discrimination against 2SGLBTQIA+ identity and lifestyle.

Safe, anonymous, and private.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Our professional, supporting, and student members engage in academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally. We are funded primarily through the support of our membership, and through donations and grants sponsored by non-commercial sources.

Mission - To promote evidence-based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health.

Vision - We envision a world wherein people of all gender identities and gender expressions have access to evidence-based healthcare, social services, justice, and equality.

Research by the UCLA Gender Health Program Team

The UCLA Gender Health Program produces research findings on a range of topics. We are proud to share our recent presentations and publications.

 

Please see below for the research presented at the WPATH 2024 Scientific Symposium.

An Updated History of Metoidioplasty Surgical Technique

The Impact of Tucking on Fertility among Transgender Women: A Systemic Review

Gender Health Meets Disability: An Intersectional Health Session for Medical Students

Addressing the Unique Healthcare Needs of Unhoused Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Individuals Through Street Medicine in Los Angeles, California

Understanding Gender Diversity in Prepubertal Children: A Longitudinal Study Protocol

Creating an effective, patient-centered online training for affirming care of gender diverse people in a large academic health system

Publications

Injectable estradiol dosing regimens in transgender and nonbinary adults listed as male at birth

Fertility preservation for transgender males: counseling and timing of treatment

Access, barriers, and decisional regret in pursuit of fertility preservation among transgender-diverse individuals

The impact of pleasure and pain on frequent substance use during receptive anal intercourse

Childhood gender diversity and mental health: protocol for the longitudinal, observational gender journey project

Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery: A state-by-state review

Needs of transgender children and adolescents presenting to an urban gender health program

Virtual modeling in gender-affirming facial masculinization surgery

A call for updates to hormone therapy guidelines for gender-diverse adults assigned male at birth

Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery: A state-by-state review

The role of robotic-assisted peritoneal flap augmentation in gender-affirming vaginoplasty

Priorities for efficacy trials of gender-affirming hormone therapy with estrogen

Atlas of the receptive anal sex experience among people with prostates

Relationship between pelvic sensations and lifetime exposure to receptive anal intercourse among people with prostates

Initial clinical needs among transgender and non-binary individuals in a large, urban gender health program