Bay Area Trans Resources

We have done our best to compile a list of resources offered expressly to trans and queer folks throughout our region that we believe to be friendly to the working community. Resources that are specifically for sex workers are indicated with a *.

The resources are divided by region, with National/non-regional-specific resources at the bottom.

Resources are listed by organization and include a few key words for the services they offer.

To view more information about a resource, select the plus (+) symbol to the right of the resource.

Each resource listing includes the mission statement of the organization, links to their website and social media to make it easier to connect with them, and location, hours, and programming information.

If you have a resource you would like added to this list, please contact us at bawscomms@gmail.com with the subject line “Bay Area Trans Resources”.

East Bay Resources

  • (Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube)

    The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is dedicated to enhancing and sustaining the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, our families and allies, by providing educational, social, and health related activities, programs and services.

    Address: 3207 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland

    Phone: 510-882-2286

    Glenn Burke Health Clinic

    Monday, Wednesday & Thursday: 12pm-6pm

    Glenn Burke Health Clinic Services:

    • MPOX vaccinations (1st Tuesday of the month only)

    • Medical benefits enrollment for low income individuals

    • Hormone injection assistance & gender care referrals

    • HIV/STI/STD testing and treatment

    • Linkages to rapid anti-retroviral HIV treatment (ART) initiation

    • PEP & PrEP enrollment for HIV prevention

    • PrEP in pill form or Injectable PrEP services are available

    • Tele-health /PrEP delivered to your home

    • Anal Health (fissure, anal warts, rectal GC/CT) treatment and management

    • Contraception counseling & management

    • Hepatitis C screening and management

    • Free safer sex packets (condoms, lube, etc.)

    • Patient navigation & linkages to primary care providers

    • Spanish translation services

    • Wellness services coordination & care management

    • Youth sexual health counseling and support services

    • LGBTQ + peer support group services

      Transgender Support Portal

    • Crisis Mental Health Subsidies to Pay Therapist of Your Choice

    • Trans Femme & Trans Masc Support Group

    • Hey Queens Black Trans Femme Support Group

    • Legal Assistance Referrals

    • Name & Gender Change Clinics

    • 12 Step Narcotics Anonymous Program

    • Food Closet

    • Transportation Assistance

    • Job Training Program Referrals

      Transgender Support team:

    • Kayla Moore kayla@oaklandlgbtqcenter.org

    • Jade Moncado jade@oaklandlgbtqcenter.org

    • Anita Thomas anita@oaklandlgbtqcenter.org



  • Transgender Law Center changes law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.

    Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.


    The Legal Information Helpdesk provides basic information about laws and policies that affect transgender people across many areas, including employment, health care, housing, civil rights, immigration, prisoners’ rights, and identity document changes.

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    Founded in 1973, Pacific Center for Human Growth is the oldest LGBTQIA+ center in the Bay Area, the third oldest in the nation, and operates the only sliding scale mental health clinic for LGBTQIA+ and QTBIPOC people and their families in Alameda County.


    Our Mission

    To enhance the mental health and overall well-being of the LGBTQIA+ and QTBIPOC communities by providing culturally responsive therapy, peer to peer support groups, community outreach services, and facilitated workshops.

    To incorporate strong social justice and trauma-informed frameworks in our clinical training and peer-to-peer support programs that contribute to equitable mental health service delivery. To provide the most comprehensive care possible for all who seek our services.

    Address: 2712 Telegraph Avenue,
    Berkeley

    Center Offerings:

  • (Website)

    2380 Salvio Street, Suite 301
    Concord, CA 94520
    Monday - Friday: 10:00AM - 3:00PM

    Center Offerings:

  • (Website)

    Offering fun events and workshops for queer folks like Comedic Storytelling and Basics of Stand-Up Comedy.

    We Are a Queer Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC) Crew of Artist-activist-healers.

    We amp the artistic work of QTBIPOC, with an emphasis on trans women of color, trans and gender non-conforming people of color with disabilities, and those who are undersupported in queer spaces.

    Best known for Brouhaha, our comedy training program; Liberating Ourselves Locally, our former maker space, and Liberate 23rd Ave., the first queer and trans BIPOC -centered land trust in the US, we make sassy sexy art to help build social justice futures, with an emphasis on healing justice and disability justice.


San Francisco Resources

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    The mission of Lyon-Martin Community Health Services is to provide high quality, compassionate and trauma-informed medical, gynecological, and mental health care services to trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) communities and cis-gender women with specific sensitivity to LGBQA sexual orientation, disability, size, race, ethnicity, and language regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

    Healthcare Offerings:

    • Primary Care

    • Cancer Screenings

    • Lab Appointments

    • Gender Affirming Care

    • Sexual & Reproductive Health

    • Gynecological Care

    • Traditional Chinese Medicine

    • Mental Health Services

    • Care Coordination

    • Harm Reduction Services

    Other Offerings:

    • Groups & Events

    • Guaranteed Income For Trans People (G.I.F.T.)

    • Free Food Pantry + Fridge


      Address:
      1735 Mission Street
      San Francisco, CA 94103
      Phone: (415) 565-7667

      Email:
      info@lyon-martin.org

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    Mission Statement: El/La is an organization for translatinas that works to build collective vision and action to promote our survival and improve our quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Because we exist in a world that fears and hates transgender people, women and immigrants, we fight for justice. We respond to those who see us as shameful, disposable or less than human. We are here to reflect the style and grace of our survival, and to make new paths for ourselves.

    Location:

    2940 16th St, #319San Francisco, CA 94103ONE BLOCK FROM 16th St - Mission BART

    Email: info@ellaparatranslatinas.orgPhone: 415.864.7278

    Programs + Services Offered:

    Evening Drop-In Space

    - Kitchen/Food

    - Family-Style Celebrations

    - Artistic Expression

    - Altar & Spirituality

    - Peer Social Networking

    - Translatina Retreat

    - Indigenous Traditions

    - Participant Internship (paid)

    - Events & Social Participation

    - Life Issues & Skills Group

    - HIV Prevention + PrEP Navigation

    - Advocacy

    - Violence Prevention through trainings, direct action, accompaniment

    - Leadership Development including paid trainings

    - Daily Virtual Workshops on a range of topics on Facebook Live

  • (Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)

    Mission Statement: An LGBTQ and people of color health organization that offers a wide array of affordable medical, mental health, education, and community services designed to empower people in safe, respectful, and supportive spaces.

    Transgender Health Services

    - Primary Care

    - Feminizing Hormone Therapy

    - Masculinizing Hormone Therapy

    - Electrolysis

    - PrEP + PEP

    - HIV/STI Testing and Treatment

    Locations:

    Main Office: 730 Polk St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 292 3400

    TL Clinic: 726 Polk St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109

    Castro Dental Clinic: 1800 Market St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102

    Hours of Operation

    The Tenderloin Clinic – 726 Polk St, 4th Floor M: 8:45am – 4:45pm

    T: 8:45am – 4:45pm

    W: 8:45am – 4:45pm

    Th: 8:45am – 4:45pm

    Fr: 8:45am – 4:45pm

    Closed for Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm

    Telephone:  (415) 292-3400

    After Hours Telephone: (415) 292-3400

    Dental Health Clinic

    1800 Market St, Suite 401

    M: 9:00am – 5:00pm

    T: 9:00am – 5:00pm

    W: 9:00am – 5:00pm

    Th: 9:00am – 5:00pm

    Fr: 9:00am – 5:00pm

    Closed for Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm

    Telephone:  (415) 292-3400 x 501

    After Hours Telephone: (415) 292-3400

  • (Website, )

    Trans Thrive, which stands for Transgender Resource and Neighborhood Space (Trans), and Transgender Health & Resource Initiative for Vital Empowerment (Thrive) is the new incarnation of the transgender drop-in started by UCSF and transferred to Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center.

    As part of the newly branded SF Community Health Center, Trans Thrive now includes all services provided for the Trans/GNC community at SFCHC. Trans Thrive is more than a drop in center, it’s services for US, by US.


    We aim to create safe spaces, events and services for the entire trans/GNC community. From case management and medical services (including Primary Care, HRT and Needle Exchange), to mental health and substance use support, to social groups and special events, to a drop in center (with snacks and refreshments, clothing closet and a computer lab), we have it all!  We are trans services for US, by US. Together, we can get to health, wellness, and equality. Everyone is respected in this space!

    Address: 1460 Pine St (between Larkin & Polk Streets)

    Monday through Friday: 2:00-4:30 PM

    Virtual Group Offerings:

    Tuesday:
    50 and Fabulous

    2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 5-6:30pm
    This group is for all transgender/ Gender Non-Conforming folks who are 50 and older.
    Zoom ID:8604460227


    Trans Masculine Group 6-7:30 pm
    Come and hangout with other Trans Masculine folks, this group is inclusive of all trans masculine identified folks including non-binary identified folks.
    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://zoom.us/j/319905337
    Meeting ID: 319 905 337


    Wednesday:


    ATE 5-6:30 pm
    A.T.E. Support Group: Asian & Pacific Islander Transgender Empowerment Group is a support group that caters to the A&PI Transgender Communities. Contact erica@sfcommunityhealth.org for details.
    Zoom ID:8604460227


    Friday:
    Folks Who Feast 12pm
    We’ll live stream over Facebook Live cooking some easy to prepare meals.

  • (Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)

    St. James Infirmary is a peer-based non-profit 501(c)3 organization serving Sex Workers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. We are the first occupational health and safety clinic in the U.S. run by Sex Workers for Sex Workers!

    STRIDE Transgender Health Program, offering hormones and counseling.

    STRIDE Outreach Nights: Tuesdays 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    To make an appointment to enroll in our Transgender Health Services program please call (415) 554-8494.

    Address: 1089 Mission Street
    San Francisco, CA 94109

    Phone: (415) 554-8494

    Social Events:

    Mujeres Translatinx en Accion /Translatinx Women in Action

    Address: 1087 Mission Street

    Thursdays 6:30 - 8:30 PM

    A group for translatinx women and their allies for social and mental health support, clothes, Latin food, acupuncture and more!


  • The Taimon Booton Navigation Center is a 90 day shelter centering the needs of TGI people and sex workers experiencing homelessness and is run in conjunction with St. James Infirmary.

    Our navigation center can be an immediate place of safety and respite when living on the streets and seeking gender-affirming shelter. Staffed 24 hrs per day, 7 days per week, the TBNC provides around the clock support to our clients to help pave the way towards housing stability.

    Referral Form available here.

    Email: TBNCReferrals@stjamesinfirmary.org.

  • (Website)

    Rental Subsidy Program

    The Our Trans Home Rental Subsidy program provides financial rent support for TGI people in the Bay Area, CA based on income.

    If you are at risk of losing your housing or need additional support to secure or maintain housing you may qualify for our rental support program.

    The program also provides on-going housing navigation support to help support you on your pathway towards housing stability.

    The program also provides on-going housing navigation support to help support you on your pathway towards housing stability.

    If you have questions or need help completing the application, please contact our Housing Navigator, Natasha Tansey. Contact Form.

    Application for Rental Subsidy Program here.

    Our Trans Home's Bobbi Jean Baker House on Capp Street in San Francisco's Mission District is an independent living home dedicated to housing TGI individuals currently experiencing homelessness. The Bobbi Jean Baker House is an 18 room, 3 floor house with a supportive community living environment and integrated housing case management services to support residents on their path to securing long-term housing stability.

  • (Website)

    With a wide array of resources, the SF LGBT Center offers programming for arts & culture, healthcare, employment, and more.
    Transgender Employment Program

    Including the Nation’s First Transgender Employment Program: Trans Employment Program (TEEI)

    TEEI is the nation’s first program designed to help us find – and keep – good jobs in safe workplaces.

    1800 Market Street
    San Francisco, CA
    (415) 865-5555
    transemploymentprogram.org

  • Website

    SFAF (SF Aids Foundation) welcomes trans and non-binary people across the gender spectrum. Whether you want information about managing your HIV status, access to gender-affirming hormones, testing services, substance use services, or simply want to make new friends, there’s a group or program for you.
    Our programs and services for transgender, gender-fluid and non-binary individuals are all-inclusive and multi-racial groups tailored to those seeking support, community and family.

    Services Offered:


National or Non-Regional Specific Resources

  • (Website)

    Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.

    Available 24/7

    US: (877) 565-8860

    Canada: (877) 330-6366

    Trans Lifeline also offers microgrants.

  • (Website)

    Based in San Leandro, this group’s website acts as an excellent “first stop” for people on any part of the journey - whether a youth questioning gender, adult transgender person seeking resources, parent seeking information and support in raising a trans child, or even educational/faith leaders looking to make their spaces more inclusive and welcoming of trans people.

    They have many online-based support groups and a drop-down resources navigator.

  • (Website)

    Trans Student Educational Resources was co-founded in 2011 two 16-year-old transgender women, as Trans Student Equality Resources. It was and remains the only national organization run by young transgender people.

    Trans Student Educational Resources is your organization for contacting schools, getting information, and taking action! We supply trans resources and provide support for creating change in your school and beyond.


    We speak at conferences, train teachers, collaborate with other advocacy organizations, organize the only national Trans Youth Leadership Summit, support trans-related events, provide leadership training for trans youth, host scholarships for trans students, publish materials about trans education, help create transgender-supportive policies, and promote trans representation in media.

    Creators of The Trans Unicorn and many excellent educational infographics and resources!