Connecticut

Written By TransResourceProject .

Below are an assortment of Connecticut based resources that cater to the Transgender community. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and is subject to change as programs change and new ones come into being. If you are aware of any not named here, please consider reaching out to the email at the bottom of the page and sharing.

Medical

  • Health Programs for Transgender People

    • Hartford Healthcare: The Center for Gender Health

      • Mission Statement: Establish a Center for Gender Health under the Behavioral Health Network that provides safe, sensitive, comprehensive, coordinated care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) community, regardless of where the patient enters the system.

      • Website: https://hartfordhealthcare.org/services/gender-health

      • Phone: 860-545-7009

      • Email: centerforgenderhealth@hhchealth.org

    • Yale Medicine: Pediatric Gender Program

      • Mission Statement: When a child has questions or concerns related to gender, the entire family is affected. We are a safe, supportive resource and support center for children, adolescents, and young adults who are exploring their gender identity, as well as for their families.

        We provide comprehensive, interdisciplinary care for youth who are questioning their assigned gender and/or seeking gender-affirming consultation and care. Our multidisciplinary team includes pediatric endocrinologists, a psychologist, psychiatrists, a medical ethicist, and a lawyer. We work closely together, and also consult with a wide array of specialists. Together, we are committed to providing care in compassionate and respectful ways.

        Our clinicians follow current medical protocols, which do not allow for either surgery or drug therapy for prepubescent children. Social transition is the only medically accepted form of gender-affirming care—and the only form of care we provide—for that age group.

      • Website: https://www.yalemedicine.org/departments/pediatric-gender-program

      • Phone: 203-785-4081

    • Middlesex Health: Center for Gender Medicine and Wellness

      • Mission Statement: Middlesex Health's Center for Gender Medicine and Wellness is committed to providing equitable and inclusive care to individuals who are transgender, gender non-conforming, or gender expansive, as well as excellence in access, services, and outcomes. As a community hospital, we believe that we are in a unique position to provide nearly a full spectrum of medical care in a safe, personal, and convenient setting. 

      • Website: https://middlesexhealth.org/center-for-gender-medicine-and-wellness

      • Phone: 860-358-8847

    • UCONN Health: Transgender Medicine Services

      • Mission Statement: UConn Health is strongly committed to providing compassionate, comprehensive services to members of the transgender and gender nonconforming community. Our providers welcome the opportunity to partner with you on your well-being in a safe and supportive environment. Backed by an academic medical center, our primary care providers act as your liaison to other UConn Health specialties and can help facilitate your individualized care. Many of our primary care providers and specialists offer specific LGBTQIA+ and transgender medicine services to meet the individual needs of each of our patients. 

      • Website: https://health.uconn.edu/patient-services/transgender-medicine-services

      • Phone: 844-388-2666

    • LBGTQIA-Responsive Services at Wheeler

      • Mission Statement: Wheeler understands the unique health care needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, and we offer a full continuum of affirming, integrated primary and behavioral health care services. Every day, we acknowledge, affirm, and celebrate our LGBTQ+ clients, patients, students, and staff.

      • Website: https://www.wheelerclinic.org/services/lgbtqia-responsive-services-at-wheeler

      • Phone: 888.793.3500

    • Anchor Health

      • Mission Statement: Anchor Health is Connecticut’s leading health center for the LGBTQ community. We provide the most groundbreaking, radically inclusive, gender-affirming, and sex-positive care possible in Connecticut and beyond. Founded in 2016, Anchor Health currently serves over 3,700 patients, more than half transgender and gender diverse, across full-service health centers in Hamden and Stamford.

        Our approach to care understands how intersecting systems of oppression affect our patients’ health and well-being. We offer primary care, gender-affirming medicine, HIV prevention and treatment, sexual health care, behavioral health services, and more. Dedicated case managers are available to help address barriers to care faced by patients. Our in-house pharmacy quickly and conveniently provides low-cost prescriptions.

      • Website: https://anchorhealthct.org/services/

      • Phone: (203) 903-8308

      • Email: info@ahicorp.org

    • Top Surgery Center of Connecticut

      • Mission Statement: Our goal is to provide comprehensive surgical care, and to help you feel educated and informed throughout your top surgery experience. Every individual is unique in their journey to gender expression. The information in this website is designed to make you feel empowered and informed about your options so you can optimize your surgical goals and obtain the best results possible for your body. We welcome you to the Top Surgery Center of Connecticut!

      • Website: https://www.topsurgeryconnecticut.com/

      • Phone: 203-4263-3132

      • Email: info@laurelchandlermd.com

    • Planned Parenthood

      • Gender Affirming Care Statement: Planned Parenthood believes you deserve high-quality, compassionate health care — no matter your gender identity. Most of our health centers provide hormone therapy and other gender-affirming services for transgender and nonbinary patients.

      • Phone: 1-800-230-7526

      • Website: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-southern-new-england/patient-resources/make-appointment?gclid=CjwKCAjw-O6zBhASEiwAOHeGxaERjAPhHWKjLT-v5-mO7HWcLxQSSNlmyiYshpDOtmM4K1HAI5lwzxoCIlgQAvD_BwE

  • Laser Hair Removal That Accepts Husky

    • Park Avenue Medical

      • Statement: For members of the transgender community, we offer laser hair reduction for the face and genital areas to aid in achieving a desired appearance.

        The process is covered only by CT Medicaid, but we offer specialized pricing plans for those without Medicaid. Medicaid covers laser hair removal of the face and genital area.

      • Website: https://www.parkavemedct.com/laser-hair-reduction-for-gender-affirmation

      • Phone: (203) 403-2937

    • Body Contouring Center of CT

      • Statement: Dr. Aggarwal is the owner and lead physician of both the Body Contouring Center of CT aesthetic medicine practice, and Genesis Medica, a state-of-the-art internal medicine practice, located alongside the Body Contouring Center in New Haven. He is driven by a passion to provide high quality aesthetic medicine and comprehensive healthcare to patients in the greater New Haven area.

      • Website: https://bodycontouringcenterct.com/about/

      • Phone: 203-691-7203

Community Resources/Support Groups

  • TV365: Trans Voice & Visibility 365

    • Mission Statement: Trans Voice and Visibility-365 (TV-365) is a ministry dedicated to uplifting and supporting the well being of transgender individuals in Connecticut by providing basic human needs, information and referral, service coordination and support to individuals.  This ministry also works to support and collaborate with relevant support groups and service providers.

      Our emphasis is on those most underserved, neglected, victimized and oppressed.  This includes, but is not limited to, transgender women and men of color, those with disabilities, youth and elderly, immigrants (documented and undocumented), low income and victims of crime.

    • Website: https://www.mcchartford.com/tv365

    • Phone: 860-724-4605

    • Email: MCCHARTFORDCT@GMAIL.COM

  • Peer Pride: Trans Haven

    • Mission Statement: Trans Haven is a Connecticut resource run 100% by and for trans people. We offer a combination of virtual and in-person community events and programs. Run by a growing team of trans people from our local community and with diverse lived experience, Trans Haven is PeerPride’s first Connecticut-specific, community-run direct service program!

      Trans Haven is a space working on the principle of “nothing about us without us”. We are trans people creating space for trans and questioning people to get trans-led and trans-vetted resources and support. We believe that safety and empowerment for our community comes from our community taking the lead on what we need. The more people involved in this work, the greater the trans power we can build.

    • Website: https://peerpride.com/transhaven/

    • Phone: 203-903-4148

  • The Health Collective

    • Mission Statement: As a health center and champion of LGBTQIA+ equity, the Health Collective promotes healthy living, provides high-quality and compassionate care, and advocates for systemic solutions to the health care access barriers and health disparities experienced by sexual and gender minority groups.

    • Website: https://healthcollective.org/

    • Phone: 860-278-4163

  • Hartford Psychological Services: Transgender Support Groups

    • Offers groups for trans-feminine and trans-masculine people, as well as a joint parent/trans-youth group.

    • Phone: 860-296-0094

    • Email: RichardStillson@outlook.com

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