Transgender Persons

CDC Factsheets

• CDC Factsheet: HIV Among Transgender People

Resources for Transgender Persons

• UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Helpline and the Peer Listening Line (Fenway Health)
• Ten Things Transgender Persons Should discuss with Their Health Care Provider (GLMA)

Resources for Health Care Providers and Public Health Professionals about Transgender Health

• LGBT Health (HRSA)
• Eight Best Practices for HIV Prevention among Trans People (University of California, San Francisco)
• Guidelines for Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients (GLMA)
• National LGBT Health Education Center: Learning Modules
• Preventing Transgender Suicide: An Introduction for Providers (Fenway Health)
• Transgender Health Resources (American Medical Student Association)

Additional Resources

• Report on the Health of LGBT People (Institute of Medicine)
• Fenway Health
  • Transgender Health Bibliography & Resources
  • Glossary of Gender and Transgender Terms

U.S. Government Resources

• Healthy People 2020: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
• HHS Office of Minority Health: Plan for Health Data Collection on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Populations
• SAMHSA:
  • Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations Information & Resource Kit
  • LGBT Health Equity
• StopBullying.gov: Bullying and LGBT Youth
• The White House: President Obama and the LGBT Community

General CDC and Partner Resources

• Cancer Prevention and Control
• Heart Disease
• Smoking & Tobacco Use
  • Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community (American Lung Association)
• Overweight and Obesity
• HIV Prevention
• STD Prevention
• Viral Hepatitis Information
• Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
• Sexual Violence Prevention
• Suicide Prevention