Today we’re releasing two new resources as a part of our Proud and Supported Series [[link removed]] : A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Gender Affirming Health Care and Barriers to Gender Affirming Health Care.

Gender affirming health care is health care that helps someone feel more like their gender, and more comfortable in their body. For many people, this can include things like taking hormones, hormone blockers, or getting surgeries. Transgender and nonbinary people with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve equal access to information about gender affirming health care. This means that information must be available in accessible formats like plain language and Easy Read. Our resource “ A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Gender Affirming Health Care [[link removed]] ” answers questions like:

* What do the words “transgender,” “nonbinary,” and “intersex” mean?

* What kinds of gender affirming health care can people get?

* What are the steps to getting gender affirming health care?

* How can you be a good ally and friend to transgender and nonbinary people?

Many transgender and nonbinary people face barriers to getting gender affirming health care. Some of these barriers have existed for a long time, like restrictive rules about what you need to do to get gender affirming care. Other barriers are new, like new state laws that try to limit or ban gender affirming care. Our resource “ Barriers to Gender Affirming Health Care [[link removed]] ” answers questions like:

*What does someone need to do to get gender affirming health care?

* What rules are there around gender affirming health care? How can these rules hurt transgender and nonbinary people?

* What might stop someone from being able to get gender affirming health care?

* How are some people trying to stop others from getting gender affirming health care?

These toolkits are available in Easy Read and plain language. You can find these materials here [[link removed]] . We hope these resources will help you learn more about gender affirming care. Please share them with anyone in your life who you feel could use accessible information about these topics!


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