ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

This webinar provides a community-defined and evidence-based foundation for mental health providers serving queer and transgender communities. Drawing from historical and current perspectives, this webinar introduces a comprehensive approach to queer and transgender care with a focus on trauma-informed care for trans youth. Centering anti-racism, community lived experience, and an interdisciplinary framework, this webinar explores strengths, weaknesses, and best practices of trauma-informed care for trans youth.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Develop historical context and evolution of transgender care, diagnoses, and pathologization 

2. Identify strategies for establishing trust, rapport, and mitigating medical mistrust 

3. Address the role of mental health clinicians as allies and co-conspirators in advancing equity 

4. Develop awareness and knowledge of the diversity of transgender experiences and identities 

5. Explore best practices of trauma-informed care for queer and trans youth

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Shared by the Facilitator During Presentation

• Presentation slides 
• Transgender Mental Health - Resources and Education Handout
• Black LGBTQ Mental Health (Trevor Project 2020)
• Legal Name & Gender Change Guide
• Gender Unicorn
• Gender Spectrum (support groups, school based training)
• Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure (GMSR)
• States offering Gender X Markers
• 2015 United States Transgender Survey
• UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program
• Sample demographic form for clients to indicate gender identity

Books, Shows, Links & Videos Shared by the Facilitator -- some links go to a book-selling site for the description, we encourage you to buy locally and support small businesses

Books on Race & Gender

• The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses by Dr. Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
• The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century by Dr. Kyla Schuller

Books on Transitioning

• A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients by SC Chang, AA Singh, LM Dickey, and M Krishnan
• My Gender Workbook by K. Bornstein (for adolescents exploring gender)
• The Reflective Workbook for Parents and Families of Transgender and Non-Binary Children by D.M. Maynard
  • ​​​​​​​Also has workbooks for partners of trans people and teachers of trans students
• The Gender Identity Workbook by AM Triska LCSW (for adolescents exploring gender)
• Voices of Transgender Adolescents
• Video: LGBTIQ People Talk About Their Experiences Accessing Healthcare (duration: approximately 6 minutes)
• Video: Voices of Transgender Adolescents in Healthcare, from the Adolescent Health Initiative (AHI) at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) (duration: approximately 8 minutes)
• https://pflag.org/ 
• Pose (recommended by the speaker for its portrayal of transgender people by transgender actors)

Behavioral Health Sites with Resources

• https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions/LGBTQI 
• Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity funded by SAMHSA
• https://mhanational.org/issues/lgbtq-communities-and-mental-health -- HUGE number of many other resources, reports, sites  
• Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations Information & Resource Kit
• Inclusive Evidence-Based Practices in Gender Non-Binary Mental Health Services from SMI Adviser
• LGBTQIA+ Behavioral Health Resources from Northwest MHTTC
• Addressing Our Bias When Working with the LGBTQ+ Community (Parts 1, 2, and 3) from National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC
• Building Your Toolkit to Serve the LGBTQ Community
• https://genderspectrum.org/

Advocacy & Information

• https://freedomforallamericans.org/legislative-tracker/anti-transgender-legislation/
• https://translifeline.org/ 
• https://transequality.org/ 
• https://transequality.org/about-transgend
• https://neopronounss.carrd.co/ 
• https://pronouns.org/ 
• https://www.minus18.org.au/pronouns/ 
• https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/lgbtq-youth 
• https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_P._Johnson 
• https://transequality.org/
• Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislature from the ACLU

Other Articles of Interest

• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2789423 
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/style/neopronouns-nonbinary-explainer.html
• https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/07/the-experiences-challenges-and-hopes-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-u-s-adults/ 
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/30/a-proclamation-on-transgender-day-of-visibility-2022/ 

FACILITATOR

Ryan Kim Tiêu, Associate Clinical Social Worker

Ryan Kim Tiêu is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Associate Director of Transgender Services at the San Francisco Community Health Center, a department within a larger health center staffed by and for transgender people providing mental health, healthcare, and advocacy services for queer and transgender community members. In conjunction with professional expertise, Ryan incorporates their lived experiences as a first-generation immigrant, queer, transgender, and young person of color into their praxis, training, and theories of change. 

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