Resources for transgender youth and their families

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 2% of high school students in the U.S. identify as transgender. Teens and adolescents may understand gender differently than previous generations, and although society continues to evolve alongside them, gender diverse youth face health obstacles at greater rates than their cisgender peers.

The team at Children's Health℠ has compiled these resources to support families with transgender and gender expansive children.

Crisis resources

• Children’s Health Suicide Prevention and Resilience Program

• LGBT National Hotline and Help Center

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

• Trans Lifeline Peer Support

• The Trevor Project Suicide Prevention

Guidelines for parents

• Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children

• Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents

• Supporting and Caring for Transgender Children (pdf)

• Trans-Kin: A Guide for Family and Friends of Transgender People

• The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals Paperback

Health care provider resources

• American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents 

• GLMA – Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality

• The Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Gender Dysphoria / Gender Incongruence

• The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care

Local resources

• PFLAG Dallas

• PFLAG Fort Worth

• PFLAG Tyler / East Texas

• Resource Center Dallas

• Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)

• Trans Pride Initiative

National resources

• Gender Spectrum

• GLSEN

• Lambda Legal

• PFLAG