The Trans in the South guide is a directory of nearly 400 Southern health and legal service providers that the Campaign for Southern Equality team has confirmed to be trans-friendly and trans-competent.
The guide builds on a rich history of trans and queer people navigating the healthcare and legal systems at the local and state level, and we would be remiss to not elevate and point to the many other resources that trans Southerners have found helpful.
Collected here are additional resources, including other resource guides that may have more detail or other offerings depending on your state, region, or interest area. Thank you to every activist and advocate who works to make the world an easier place to navigate for trans and queer folks.
Update
Access to transgender-related healthcare is an evolving issue in the South and all across the country right now – with some medical providers suspending specific services because of anti-transgender laws or policies that have been passed or introduced. We encourage you to use the Trans in the South guide as a starting point for your research but to please be in touch with providers directly to understand which services they are offering at this time. The Campaign for Southern Equality sends support as you navigate this challenging time and will continue working with partners and providers across the South to increase access to care.
NAVIGATE THIS PAGE
Overarching Guides | Healthcare Guides | Legal Guides | State Guides | Crisis Support
Overarching Resource Guides
- The Trans in the South Guide by the Campaign for Southern Equality
- Trans Bucket
- Trans Resource Page from GLAAD
- The Safer Sex for Trans Bodies Guide by the Human Rights Campaign
- My Trans Health
- Trans Youth Equality Foundation
Other Healthcare-Related Resources
- Queer Med: Affirming telemedicine for kids, teens and adults. Serves folks in the Southeast.
- Email: info@queermed.com
- Phone: 404-445-0350
- Website: www.queermed.com/
- Plume: App-based medical service, available in many Southern states. Services include gender-affirming hormone therapy care and a letter writing service for folks seeking a medical letter of support for surgery.
- Website: https://getplume.co/
- FOLX Health: Telehealth company that gives the LGBTQIA+ community access to virtual care. Services include gender-affirming hormone therapy care, virtual primary care, PrEP services, and erectile medication. https://www.folxhealth.com/
- Outcare: Directory of LGBTQ+ competent doctors and healthcare providers who identify based on five criteria as culturally competent in the provision of care, treatment, and services of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer population.
- Website: https://www.outcarehealth.org/outlist/
- Greenhouse Treatment Center in Texas has a series of resource guides about addiction, specifically addiction experienced by the LGBTQ community. Here are their resources:
- Treatment for LGBTQ provides addiction statistics, reasons for substance abuse, treatment barriers and gives a list of LGBTQ-friendly resources.
- Looking at the Landscape of LGBTQ and Gay-Friendly Rehabs provides statistics on LGBTQ populations & addiction, where to find an LGBTQ-friendly rehab center and a substance abuse self-assessment.
- Your Guide to LGBTQIAPK Addiction Treatment gives information on what LGBTQIAPK means, substance abuse & addiction statistics and LGBTQIAPK addiction treatment.
- Greenhouse also hosts free virtual support and online addiction meetings that can be useful in supporting recovery.
- Prismatic Speech Services, founded by Kevin Dorman (they/them) in April of 2017, was initially created to primarily serve transgender clients and clients with voice disorders of all ages. The service accepts clients from Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
- Transgender Map: This website includes additional listings in states across the United States.
- Website: https://www.transgendermap.com/resources/usa/
- TransFamily Support Services provides insurance navigation for transgender adults and parents of transgender youth seeking gender-affirming healthcare. They also offer a support group for parents of transgender youth living in the South.
Other Legal Resources
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Use the search function at www.aclu.org to find your local chapter.
- Bifrost Health Advocate Services
- Andrea Smith, bifrosthealthadvocateservices@gmail.com
- Campaign for Southern Equality
- Support accessing legal resources and assistance
- 828-242-1559
- info@southernequality.org
- www.southernequality.org
- Immigration Equality
- 212-714-2904, Wed: 1:00-4:00 pm, EST
- For those in prison or detention: 917-654-9696, Mon-Thurs: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm, EST
- www.immigrationequality.org
- Lambda Legal, Southern Regional Office
- 404-897-1880
- www.lambdalegal.org/help/
- National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
- 1-800-528-6257 or 415-392-6257
- www.nclrights.org
- National Center for Transgender Equality’s ID Documents Center
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- 334-956-8200
- www.splcenter.org
- Transcend Legal
- Legal support to help people get transgender-related health care covered under insurance
- transhealthproject.org
- Transgender Law Center
- 510-587-9696
- For those in prison or detention: 510-380-8229
- www.transgenderlawcenter.org
- Trans LifeLine Microgrants
- Support in changing legal name and updating your government identification documents. Advocates can assist with the processes and cost of updating the following documents:
- Passport
- Driver’s License and State ID
- Court Order Name Change
- Immigration Documents
- 877-565-8860
- www.translifeline.org/microgrants
- Support in changing legal name and updating your government identification documents. Advocates can assist with the processes and cost of updating the following documents:
State-Specific Resources
Tennessee
Crisis Support
If you are in need of immediate help, please use these resources from anywhere in the country.
- If you are in need of immediate medical assistance or need law enforcement assistance, call 911.
- If you are thinking about hurting yourself, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
- If you are a LGBTQ youth who is thinking about hurting yourself or is in crisis, call The Trevor Project’s 24-Hour Suicide Prevention Hotline at 866-488-7386.
- If you are a transgender person in crisis or needing support, call Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.
- If you are a college student check out this College Suicide Prevention Guide by Affordable Colleges Online.
TREVOR PROJECT: CRISIS LINE FOR LGBTQ YOUTH
Phone: 1-888-488-7386
Website: www.thetrevorproject.org
GLBT NATIONAL HELP CENTER HOTLINE
Phone: 1-888-843-4564
Website: www.glnh.org
Hours: 4 PM – 12 AM, EST
GLBT NATIONAL YOUTH TALKLINE
Phone: 1-800-246-7743
Website: www.glnh.org
Hours: 4 PM – 12 AM, EST
