Trans Resources

03/11/2025

Being trans is extraordinarily difficult. Understanding Gender Dysphoria is complicated, and there are seemingly endless hurdles to jump through, medically, socially and otherwise. This is a list of resources that I found helpful as I began the ridiculously complicated process of transitioning. Hope it helps!

Articles

Anecdotal stories and information by and/or about trans people.

• The Dysphoria Bible
• Why Gay Trans Women Tend to Have an Exceptionally Insidious Form of Gender Dysphoria
• 5 Things to Know about Transgender Depersonalization
• One Year of Hormone Replacement Therapy
• 10 Things I Wish Cis People Knew About Being Trans

Research

Note: All linked research is peer reviewed and/or published by credible sources and medical professionals. Gender Dysphoria is a documented and monitored condition that has been studied for decades. I read all of these and more (very thoroughly) before deciding to transition.

• Trans Standards of Care (World Professional Association for Transgender Health)
• FAQ about Transgender People (Advocates for Trans Equality)
• Understanding Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression (American Psychological Association)
• What is Gender Dysphoria? (American Psychiatric Association)
• Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis and Treatment (Mayo Clinic)
• Gender Dysphoria (United Kingdom National Health Service)

Medical Organizations Supporting Trans Healthcare

Leading medical groups recognize the medical necessity of treatments for gender dysphoria and endorse such treatments. Most of these groups have also explicitly rejected insurance exclusions for transgender-related care.

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Nursing
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Physician Assistants
• American College Health Association
• American College of Nurse-Midwives
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American College of Physicians
• American Counseling Association
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• American Medical Student Association
• American Nurses Association
• American Osteopathic Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Endocrine Society
• Federation of Pediatric Organizations
• GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Commission on Correctional Health Care
• Pediatric Endocrine Society
• Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
• World Medical Association
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health