Around the Table: Transgender Health - Ensuring Health and Safety for All

ACTIONABLE RESOURCES FROM AROUND THE TABLE

Click the L/R arrows to view featured resources on how to advance healthcare for transgender individuals. Click here to watch the event recording.

TRANSGENDER PATIENTS DESERVES BETTER MEDICAL CARE

Dr. Rosenthal, founding medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at
Northwell Health, addresses training for providers to deliver affirming,
compassionate treatment.

VANESSA GOES TO THE DOCTOR

The National LGBT Cancer Network looks at welcoming and unwelcoming practices.

WHAT DOES MEDICAL CARE LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TRANSGENDER?

Yale Medicine looks at the need for provider training.

TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTHCARE

Loma Linda University Health looks at transgender discrimination and fundamental
lack of provider competency in transgender care.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TRANS HEALTH CARE?

Planned Parenthood provides information and services to transgender individuals.

PROTECTING AND ADVANCING HEALTH CARE FOR
TRANSGENDER ADULT COMMUNITIES

The Center for American Progress looks at health status and barriers, legal and
regulatory protections, and policies to promote affirming, inclusive and culturally
competent care for transgender patients.

PATIENT-CENTERED CARE FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE: RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR HEALTH CARE SETTINGS

The CDC provides basic information, patient-centered strategies for use in staff
training, new employee onboarding and for display at employee work stations.

HOW TO BE AN ALLY TO TRANSGENDER OLDER ADULTS

The New York Academy of Medicine Center for Healthy Aging Resource Center
includes this toolkit from the National Resource Center on LGBTQ Aging and FORGE.