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 Mental Health Care
Connecticut
860-201-3608
203-584-7971
860-884-8372
860-258-6060
203-747-8734
203-990-1215
860-325-2575
203-947-0437
203-729-0341
959-65-0775
Prism Counseling & Support llc
860-333-8454
804-621-2603
203-733-9600
Hartford Psychological Services (Richard Stillson Ph.D.)
860-296-0094
Beehive Counseling and Wellness llc
860-281-1133
Massachusetts
413-266-5523
413-775-3567
413-341-9400
Gender Affirming Health Care
Connecticut
203-903-8308
Hospital Switchboard 860-358-6000
UCONN Transgender Medicine Services
1-84-GET-UCONN
860.545.7009
1-203-785-4081
203-852-9525
1-203-778-2437
Planned Parenthood Locations (Transgender Hormone Therapy)
Hartford North Center (Hartford)
860-728-0203
Bridgeport Center (Bridgeport)
203-366-0664
203-743-2446
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
413-341-9400
Fenway Health (Trans Health Program and Gender-Affirming Care)
617-927-6000
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 Community Resources
Connecticut
203 853-0600
860-339-4060
203-387-2252
860-595-3840
Massachusetts
413-736-4610
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition website
413-545-4824
GLAD GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
617-426-1350
413-203-9339
Online
Trans Youth Equality Foundation (tyef)
National Center for Transgender Equality
The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF)
877-565-8860
LGBTQ+ Elder Health Care Guide
LGBTQ+ guide to health and wellness
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
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
203-423-3132
203-656-9999
1-203-785-2571
877-925-3637
860-548-7338
860-247-3479
860-548-7338
203-924-2900
1-84-GET-UCONN
1-203-785-2815
Massachusetts
617-355-7252
617-355-6000
617-355-7796
617-726-1915
404-778-6880
857-238-8496
Lazer Hair Removal
203-301-5860
203-309-0070
888-543-6374
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) 2022
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 (2023)
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.