LibGuides: Queer Health Resource Guide: Practical Resources

EMERGENCY AND CRISIS

If you are in danger of harming yourself or ending your life, please contact TUPD at (210) 999-7000 (if on campus) or 911 (if off campus) to access emergency mental health services.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. You can call 988 (press 3 for LGBTQI+ youth specialized services), text 988, or chat with a counselor through 988lifeline.org.

Practical Resources

Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE)
ID Documents Center: a one-stop hub for name and gender change information. Find out how to update your name and gender on state and federal IDs and records.
Bedsider
Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by Power to Decide. Power to Decide works to ensure that every young person has the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant—increasing their opportunity to pursue the future they want. Get answers to questions like: Which birth control is right for me? How to keep cool during an argument with your partner. Are you cleaning your sex toys wrong? What can I do if revenge porn happens to me? What happens during an abortion procedure?
Betty's co.
Healthcare for Trans and Nonbinary Adults (ACOG)
FAQs from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists
National LGBTQIA+ Resource Center Learning Resources (Fenway Institute)
Fenway Health is one of the largest providers of LGBTQIA+ health care and HIV primary care in the country. Their mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research, and advocacy. The Education Center specializes in providing national training and technical assistance to health centers in order to optimize access to quality health care for LGBTQIA+ populations. Find webinars and publications here.