Resources
Campus Resources
Campus Resources
- UCSHIP Insurance
- Housing
- Gender Inclusive Bathrooms
- Study Abroad
- Legal Services: https://students.ucsd.edu/sponsor/student-legal/
- Name changes
- Gender marker change
- State ID
- Social Security Card
- Birth Certificate
- Out of state
- Temporary Housing
- LGBT Resource Center
Community Resources
Community Resources (San Diego)
- San Diego LGBT Community Center
- Project Trans: Trans and Nonbinary Services
- North County LGBTQ Resource Center
- Gender Advocacy Project: Trans, Gender Non Conforming, and Intersex support group
- Transgender Health Services: Comprehensive health care services
- Transgender Health & Wellness Center
- QT Tuesday's San Diego
- Queering the Path
- Queer Soccer San Diego
- San Diego Pride
- Queer, Trans, and Intersex Pride: Annual pride fair presented by Mid-City CAN
Community Resources (California)
- Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Los Angeles LGBT Center Transgender Services
- Trans Wellness Center: Provides comprehensive resources and services for transgender and nonbinary people under one roof.
- Transgender Community Health in California: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Community Resources (National/International)
Helplines
- Trans Lifeline: Provides trans peer support for our community that's been divested from police since day one.
- Call Blackline: Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.
- LGBT National Help Center: Provides vital peer support, community connections, and resource information through helplines and online chatrooms.
- Thrive Lifeline: Provides life-saving and life-affirming crisis hotline support to multiply marginalized individuals.
Organizations
- Point of Pride: Financial aid and direct support to transgender and non-binary folks in need of health and wellness care.
- The Queer Trans Project
- Lighthouse Learning Collective: Brings together harm reduction groups and organizations that serve the LGB/TGNC+ community.
- Trans Formations Project: A trans-led, grassroots and volunteer-driven 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization dedicated to both informing about and advocating against the anti-trans legislative crisis in the United States.
- National LGBTQ Task Force: Builds power, takes action, and creates change to achieve freedom, justice, and equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
- Athlete Ally: Promotes equal access, opportunity, and experience in sports — regardless of your sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
- The Alternative Sexualities Research Alliance (TASHRA): Strives to improve the physical and mental health of adults who engage in consensual and alternative sexual practices.
- Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE): A global trans-led advocacy organization dedicated to advancing gender equality for all.
- ILGA World: The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association
Scholarships
- Point Foundation: Offers financial support, community resources, and professional development.
- Stonewall Community Foundation: Scholarships that provide unique opportunities and access to education, both in New York City and throughout the country.
- Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant: Seeks to encourage the study of LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy through its support of promising young investigators whose graduate research is oriented toward issues in this general area.
Virtual Care
Books/Documents
- The Gender Book: a fun, colorful, community-based resource, which illustrates the beautiful diversity of gender - a gender 101 for anyone and everyone.
- What They Don't Tell You About Sex Ed: A Resource For Transgender And Gender Diverse Communities On Sexual And Reproductive Health
- The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce
- The Care We Dream of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health
- Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments
- A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients
Intersex Resources
Intersex Resources
- What is Intersex?
- What is Intersex Awareness Day?
- Intersex Bookclub
- Intersex #ownvoices Book List
- Interface Project
- Intersex Justice Project
- InterACT
- Club Intersex: Support group run through the LA LGBT Center (for Intersex people only)
- Intersex Society of North America
- InterConnect
- This Is Intersex
Documents
- Intersex Variations Glossary
- I Think I Might Be Intersex
- Intersex 101
- Know Your Rights When Seeking Medical Care As An Intersex Person
- Q&A About Retrieving Medical Records
Articles/Media
- Intersex Justice and the Care We Deserve: “I Want People to Feel at Home in Their Bodies Again” (Article)
- 26 Ways Allies Can Support Intersex Awareness Day on 10/26 (Article)
- GLAAD Media Reference Guide – In Focus: Intersex People (Article)
- Supporting Intersex Identities in Healthcare (Article)
- Advancing Health Equity for Intersex People (Article)
- What It's Like To Be Intersex (Video)
- Black and Intersex (Video)
- Hi I'm Intersex Pt. 1 (Video)
- Race and the Intersexed (Article)
- Inclusive Sex Ed: Intersex People and Periods (Video)
- Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary Harms Intersex People | A Question of Sex, Episode 2 (Video)
- Sex Ed with DB: Intersex Rights with Hans Lindahl, Sean Saifa Wall, and Pidgeon Pagonis (Podcast)
Disability Resources
Disability Resources
- Crip Camp
- 2024 Disability Equality Index Report:
- Neurodivenget Insights: Trans + Autism
- Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families
- Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
- Trans and Disabled: An Anthology of Identities and Experiences (Coming January 21st 2025)
- Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
BIPOC Resources
BIPOC Resources
- National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
- Therapy for Queer People of Color
- Call Blackline: Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.
Books/Media
- When Language Broke Open: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Black Writers of Latin American Descent
- Brown Trans Figurations: Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
- Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance
- Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
- Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America
- I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
- Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand
- Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity