Gender Health Center

GENDER HEALTH CENTER IS A COMMUNITY BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSING PRIMARILYON THE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADVOCACY OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN SACRAMENTO. GHCPROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, CAREER COUNSELING, MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIALSUPPORT AND ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS RESPITE AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES. OUR MISSION ISTO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED. WE PROVIDE SEVERALHUNDRED COUNSELING SESSIONS PER MONTH ON A SLIDING-SCALE FEE, BASED ON INCOME, AND NOONE IS EVER TURNED AWAY FOR INABILITY TO PAY. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUALSHOULD HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND BASIC SUPPORT SERVICES, REGARDLESS OFRACE, GENDER, ORIENTATION, OR ECONOMIC/SOCIAL STATUS.

AT THE GENDER HEALTH CENTER, COUNSELING SERVICES FOCUS ON QUEER-INFORMED NARRATIVE THERAPY. THIS MODALITY OF THERAPY UTILIZES THE POWER OF PEOPLES PERSONAL STORIES. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED, THROUGH A RESPECTFUL AND COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES THAT EXIST AMIDST SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS.

OUR ADVOCACY PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIFE IS COMPLICATED AND ONCE IN A WHILE WE ALL NEED A LITTLE HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. OUR ADVOCACY PROGRAM MAY BE ABLE TO HELP, IT'S TOTALLY FREE.

HEALTHCARE SERVICESGENDER HEALTH CENTER RUNS A FREE/DONATION BASED HORMONE PRESCRIPTION CLINIC INCOLLABORATION WITH THE UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND UC DAVIS FAMILY PRACTICE. GHCIS NOT A MEDICAL FACILITY AND WE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. THECLINIC IS RUN BY 1ST & 2ND YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF LICENSEDFAMILY PRACTITIONERS. LABS ARE DRAWN FREE OF CHARGE AT THE CLINIC. GHC ALSO PROVIDES A SOCIAL SPACE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONNECT AT DURING CLINICWHILE THEY WAIT TO BE SEEN. FREE RAPID HIV TESTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED AT CLINIC FREE LEGAL HEALTH ADVOCACY IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING ISSUES WITHINSURANCE OR OTHER HEALTHCARE RELATED ISSUES (PROVIDED BY LSNC)THE HORMONE CLINIC PROVIDES SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOTHAVE ACCESS TO MEDICATION, HOWEVER, WE DO NOT TURN ANYONE AWAY (HORMONES AREPRESCRIBED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, FOLLOWING CURRENT WPATH STANDARDS OF CARE AND ANINFORMED CONSENT MODEL). OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM CENTERS AROUND MEETING EVERYPATIENTS HEALTH ADVOCACY NEEDS, LIKE GETTING ACCESS TO HEALTH COVERAGE, A PRIMARYCARE PROVIDER AND ATTAINING ANY OTHER MEDICAL TRANSITION GOALS.DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE CLINIC BEING HELD ONLY TWICE A MONTH AND IT BEING AFREE/DONATION BASED SERVICE, THE CLINIC IS EXTREMELY IMPACTED. NEW PATIENTS TO THECLINIC CAN EXPECT A 2-3 MONTH WAIT TO BE SEEN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISNT THETIMELIEST CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT OUR HEALTH ADVOCATES ARE HERE TO WORK WITH YOU TO HELPYOU POTENTIALLY GET CONNECTED TO CARE IN A PRIMARY CARE SETTING.