The World Professional Association for Transgender Health promotes the highest standards of health care for individuals through the articulation of Standards of Care (SOC) for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People. The SOC are based on the best available science and expert professional consensus.
These guidelines are intended to inform the practice of psychologists and to provide information for the education and training of psychologists regarding LGB issues.
These guidelines aim to address these disparities by equipping primary care providers and health systems with the tools and knowledge to meet the health care needs of their transgender and gender nonconforming patients.
This guide contains a detailed approach for healthcare providers to understand healthcare disparities affecting LGBT populations and how they can create welcoming clinical environments for LGBT patients.
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OutCare Health is a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing extensive information and education on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) healthcare.
Standards of care, guidelines, public policy statements, and legal resources. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health promotes the highest standards of health care for individuals through the articulation of Standards of Care.
The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals, and equality for LGBTQ/SGM health professionals in their work and learning environments.
The Trans CoE’s goal is to improve the overall health and well-being of transgender individuals by developing and implementing programs in response to community-identified needs.
GLMA offers healthcare providers a number of continuing education opportunities and is an accredited continuing medical education (CME) and continuing nursing education (CNE) provider, social work, behavioral health and more.