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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Connect with the queer community of Kansas City to find support, connection, and empowerment! Our gay therapy center is excited to provide resources on gay couples therapy, gender affirming care, and much much more!
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Hotlines
Local Inpatient Facilities
Other Resources for Suicidal Ideation
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Table of Contents
Financial Aid
Paying for Therapy
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Other People Fund (Funding for Therapy)
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Support for the Psyche (Funding for Therapy)
Binders & Shapewear
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FTM Essentials: Free Binder Program
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American Trans Resource Hub: Free Binder Program
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Point of Pride: Financial Aid for Transgender Health & Wellness (Free Binders/Femme Shapewear, HRT Access Fund, Electrolysis financial assistance, surgery fund)
Surgery Funding
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Jim Collin's Foundation: Funding for Gender Affirming Surgeries
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Gender Bands: Funding for Top Surgery
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Point of Pride: Financial Aid for Transgender Health & Welness (Free Binders/Femme Shapewear, HRT Access Fund, Electrolysis financial assistance, surgery fund)
Other Resources
2SLGBTQIA+ Health Resources
Resources/Testing for Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Infections
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KC Care (M-T: 9am-6pm; W-F: 9am-4:45pm): 816-753-5144
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Home Test Kits available
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Vivent Health: 816-778-0772
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Johnson County Health Dept (Hours Vary on Location)
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KCMO Health Dept (M-F: 8am-5pm): 816-513-6379
Mayo Clinic: HRT Benefits & Risks
Other Medical Resources for Supporting Trans Patients
Additional Reading
Resources for Parents/Youth
Queer Voices
Identity Narratives
- Stephen Donnan-Dalzell's "Being a Nonbinary Bear in a Toxic Masculine Space"
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Andy Marra's "How Finding My Korean Mother Gave Me The Courage to Transition"
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Sam Sharpe's "I'm Tired of Apologizing for My Intersex Trans Body"
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Ashleigh-Rae Thomas: "Coming to Terms w/my Asexuality as a Black, Nonbinary Lesbian"
Celebrating Queer Voices
Gender Identity Resource Hub
Educational Resources
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Markus Harwood-Jones: "Coming Out as Cis" Satirical Pamphlet
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Center for Transgender Health: Transgender & Gender Fluid Reading List
Resources for Navigating Name Change, Gender Marker Change, Health Care
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National Center for Transgender Equality: Kansas ID Documents Center (Name, Gender Marker Change)
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National Center for Transgender Equality: Getting your Healthcare Covered (A Guide for Trans People)
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WPATH General Resources (Legal, Name Change, Health Care, Housing, Theory & Education)
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Transgender Law Center: How to Appeal Your Health Care Denial
Black Lives Matter & Social Justice
Advocacy & Action Hub
BIPOC Authors & Reading Lists
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First Nations Development Center: Indigenous Essential Reading Directory
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New York Public Library: Asian American & Pacific Islander Reading List
Recommended Reading to Challenge Internalized Racism/White Guilt, Fragility
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Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing The Ally Industrial Complex
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Showtime's "Everything is Going to Be All White" Series Premiere
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Jillian Wilson's "This is What Racial Trauma Does to the Brain"
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Elise Ahenkora's "Safe and Brave Spaces Don’t Work (and What You Can Do Instead)"
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Ibram X. Kendi & Chicago Public Library's Anti-Racist Reading List
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