Resources

Risk Reduction for DIY Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy

(last updated 5/22/2025)

Resources

Resources supporting DIY gender-affirming therapies

Trans-serving provider directoriess

Resources for quitting smoking or vaping nicotine

Laboratory work guidelines for gender-affirming hormones

Suicide hot lines and crisis support

Transgender legal advocacy



Resources supporting DIY gender-affirming therapies

r/Trans DIY reddit sub



Trans-serving provider directories

Provider directory hosted by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health

Provider directory for the southern United States hosted by the Campaign for Southern Equality (Website shows currently under construction as of 5/22/2025, so using archived link)



Resources for quitting smoking or vaping nicotine

The Centers for Disease Control’s Quit Smoking website

The Centers for Disease Control’s phone quitting smoking number: 1-800-QUIT-NOW



Laboratory work guidelines for gender-affirming hormones

These are resources you can share with a clinical provider who is helping you with lab work, but who is unfamiliar with specific tests for gender-affirming hormone use.

Deutsch, M. B., Editor. (2016). “Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People”. UCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health.



Suicide hot lines and crisis support

Trans Lifeline’s radical community-based peer support suicide prevention website

Trans Lifeline’s number (877) 565-8860 in the United States.

Trans Lifeline’s number (877) 330-6366 in Canada.



Transgender legal advocacy

National Center for Transgender Equality legal services network directory

Trans Lifeline’s legal resources links

Trans Lifeline’s resource library

World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s PDF document “Transgender Legal & Policy Matters: General Resources

Medicare For All As An LGBTQ Issue” article appearing on dataforprogress.org