20 Apr Healthcare Resources and HRT for the Transgender Community in Nebraska and Nevada
Hi Everyone,
Hi Everyone,
You know that we want you to be healthy and safe.
This has become a very challenging time for almost all Americans and especially for the LGBTQ+ community. While we work to meet these challenges and support each other it is important to make sure we take care of our own health. We are updating our #WellnessWednesday posts to document sites that are still compassionately offering Transgender health services. We are doing this work by states in alphabetical order.
Many resources are, to their credit, creating comfortable places for routine and proactive health maintenance as well as interventionary health care. We will try to highlight what is offered in each case.
If you still can’t find the health care you need, drop us a note on FB (B.UR.SLF LLC), instagram/ twitter @burslfllc or email burslfllc@gmail.com and we will see what we can do to help.
This week we are listing resources for Nebraska and Nevada.
Nebraska
In Nebraska, access to gender-affirming care is limited, especially for minors, as a state law HB574 prohibits health care practitioners from performing gender-altering procedures on individuals under 19, though it allows for continued treatment if started before the law’s effective date. While youth can still access mental health care, state Medicaid does not cover gender-affirming care for any age.
UMNC Nebraska Medicine (Website – Transgender Care, FB – Nebraska Medicine IG – @nebraskamed)
Transgender Care offers, hormone therapy, post-operative care for genital reconstruction and gynecological exams for transmen. The transgender clinic team can also make referrals for primary care and surgical care. UMNC also has an online list of local and national resources for the transgender person at Transgender Resources. We came across a familiar face on their website, author, speaker and consultant Ryan Sallans. who together with Dr. Nahia J. “Jean” Amoura are doing a series of videos on health for Transgender men. Here is the link for one of the videos titled “Do Transgender Men Need Pelvic Exams and Pap Smears Part 1”. This video and many others can be found at the website link above and on this youtube channel.
Payment Options: Nebraska Medical accepts many insurance plans, click the link Insurance Plans Accepted for more information. Nebraska Medical also offers professional patient financial counseling to all patients and has programs for patients in financial need, see the link Patient Financial Assistance for more information.
Transgender Medicine at UMNC Nebraska Medicine is in Omaha.
Transgender Care will help patients of all ages and genders with their transition and offers hormone therapy to patients age 19+.
University Health Center, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (Website – Gender & Sexuality Center, FB – University Health Center at Nebraska IG – universityhealthcenter_neb)
The university health care center will fill gender-affirming prescriptions at their pharmacy, it is not clear that the health center will prescribe gender-affirming hormones. The university health center can test for STI’s and HIV, click the link to set up an appointment. The health center will prescribe PrEP.
Payment Options: Student insurance covers the cost of hormones.
The Transgender Care Clinic at UNL-Health Center is in Lincoln. The clinic is available on the 2nd Wednesday of each month between 2:30 – 4 PM
Services are available to students, faculty, staff and their families.
Affiliated Reproductive Health Clinics (ARHC) (Website – N/A FB – ARHC Nebraska, IG – @arhcnebraska)
ARHC is listed as closed on Google. Their contact email address comes back as not delivered. It appears this resource might no longer exist and can’t find any evidence of it moving to another physical location or to online. If someone has different information please send it to burslfllc@gmail.com. Thanks!
One World Community Health Clinics, Inc (Website – One World Community Health Clinic FB – One World CHC, IG – @oneworldchc)
LGBTQ+ Health Care may provide gender-affirming hormone therapy via LGBTQIA2S clinicians. One World Community Health also HIV/ STD testing & treatment . The clinic offers broader physical and mental health services to all patients including LGBTQ+ like primary care, dental care, etc.
Payment Options: One World CHC accepts most insurance, Medic Aid, Medi Care and has a sliding fee scale for patients in financial need, for additional information click the link One World CHC payment options
One World Community Health Clinics have multiple locations around Omaha, Plattsmouth and Bellevue click the link One World CHC locations.
While clients of all ages are welcome to LGBTQ+ Health Care at One World CHC, gender-affirming hormone therapy is only available to 19+. recently One World CHC also has Teen and Young Adult Clinics where patients 12-24 are welcome click the link – Teen and Young Adult Health Centers
Plume Clinic 100% On-Line Gender-Affirming and Trans-Focused Healthcare (Website – Plume, FB – Plume Clinic, IG – @plume_clinic)
Plume Clinic offers 100% on-line gender-affirming and trans-focused care for your full authentic self. They offer a wide range of services including gender-affirming hormone therapy transition support, sexual health services, mental health and everyday wellness.
Click the Nebraska link for Plume Clinic online services.
Payment Options: Plume accepts self-pay in Alaska for their monthly membership plans.
Patients must be 19 years of age to get services from Plume
VA Health Care for LGBTQ Veterans in Nebraska – we no longer recommend VA Health Care Centers and Clinics as safe places for the LGBTQ+ community to receive health care.
Nevada
Nevada law protects gender-affirming care access as Gov. Lombardo signed SB 163 into law, requiring health insurers to cover medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria. Medicaid also covers these medically necessary services for eligible recipients, and most major insurance providers in Nevada cover the care. You can file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) if you experience discrimination in healthcare settings.
True U Clinic (Website – Gender-Affirming Care, FB –True U Clinic, IG – True U Clinic).
True U Clinic offers gender-affirming hormone therapy, PrEP and STD testing and treatment.
Payment Options: click the pricing link for information.
True U Clinic is a digital service that partners with local labs for testing.
Services are for 18+ adults.
Henderson Wellness Clinic (Website – Henderson Wellness Clinic FB – Henderson Wellness Clinic – Henderson, Henderson Wellness Clinic – Reno IG – @hendersonwellnessclinic)
LGBTQ+ Health Care includes gender-affirming hormone therapy and sexual health including also HIV/ STD testing & treatment including PEP, PrEP and DoxyPrEP. The clinic offers broader physical and mental health services to all patients including LGBTQ+ like primary care, a youth center, etc.
Payment Options: Henderson Wellness Clinic has a sliding scale for some services and also accepts insurance
Henderson Wellness Clinic has locations in Henderson, Reno and also telehealth.
Henderson Wellness Clinic appears to accept children, teens and adults
Northern Nevada HOPES (Website – LGBTQ+ Friendly Services , FB – Northern Nevada Hopes, IG – @nnhopes)
The 2017 transgender resource guide posted on the NNHOPES website says that NNHOPES provides HRT, but HRT is not mentioned on the NNHOPES website, so best to call ahead and confirm. In additioa to potentially offering hormone therapy, HOPES supports the LGBTQ+ community by providing culturally competent healthcare, social services, and community outreach and education. Services include primary care, pediatric primary care, HIV and infectious disease care and chronic disease management, women’s healthcare, and other services.
Payment Options: HOPES offers sliding scale fees to the uninsured.
LGBTQ+ Friendly Services of HOPES are located in Reno.
Age limitations for various services are not obvious, contact Northern Nevada HOPES for more information on age limitations.
Nevada Gender Clinic (Website – Nevada Gender Clinic, FB – Not Found IG – @nevadagenderclinic )
Nevada Gender Clinic is an online resource tool that is a collection of providers who offer various gender-confirmation medical services, such as Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (endocrinologists) and Surgeries and other services.
Check the individual providers for location, payment options and age limitations.
Planned Parenthood of Nevada has (4) Health Centers that are part of (2) organizations Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM) and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) (Websites – PPMM and PPRM, FB –Planned Parenthood of Mar Monte and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, and IG – none found for PPMM and #plannedparenthoodoftherockymountains).
The PPMM Health Center in Reno offers Gender Affirming Care including HRT and Puberty Blockers. The PPRM Fifth Street Health Center in Reno offers Gender Affirming Care including HRT and Puberty Blockers. While the (2) Health Centers in Las Vegas don’t offer Gender Affirming Care, all of the centers offer these important services to the LGBTQ+ community, such as birth control, sexual health and prevention, testing and treatment for HIV/STI’s. For these services be sure to search for LGBTQ Services at the Planned Parenthood website for the Planned Parenthood location nearest to you.
If you are not located near Reno, they offer LGBTQ health care via telehealth, so try clicking on the site to see if you can arrange a telehealth appointment for HRT.
Payment Options: Many PP Health Centers accept insurance and offer financial help, check on the websites and with the center for details.
The service is intended for adults 18+, but the Reno Health Centers offer service to patients 16 to 17 and you may be able to get HRT with parental consent and additional paperwork, check with the Health Center.
Plume Clinic 100% On-Line Gender-Affirming and Trans-Focused Healthcare (Website – Plume, FB – Plume Clinic, IG – @plume_clinic)
Plume Clinic offers 100% on-line gender-affirming and trans-focused care for your full authentic self. They offer a wide range of services including gender-affirming hormone therapy transition support, sexual health services, mental health and everyday wellness.
Click the Nevada link for Plume Clinic online services.
Payment Options: Plume accepts self-pay in Alaska for their monthly membership plans.
Patients must be 19 years of age to get services from Plume
Vegas Plastic Surgery Institute (VPSI) (Website – Gender-Affirming Surgery, FB – VegasPSI, IG – @vegaspsi)
VPSI offers Gender-Affirming Surgery a term they describe as encompassing any procedure that helps patients transition to their self-identified gender and VSPI asserts experience in offering a full range of gender affirming surgeries.
Payment Options – VSPI has a variety of payment options, click the link for information.
VSPI is located in Las Vegas
Check with the provider for age limitations on services.
VA Health Care for LGBTQ Veterans in Nevada – we no longer recommend VA Health Care Centers and Clinics as safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people to receive health care.
Northern Nevada Transgender Resource Guide (Website –Northern Nevada Transgender Resource Guide – 2017, FB -none found, IG – none found)
Online Guide to Resources, including Medical Resource and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Transgender People, see p 8. Note the guide is several yrs old and resources listed generally do not specify HRT as a service for trangender individuals on their websites, so call ahead. Call individual providers to find locations, understand age limitations on services and payment options for services.
Check with providers for payment options, locations and age limitations for services.
About the author, Gayle M. Frankenbach, Ph.D. is the mother of a Daughter, Lise and a transgender son Elliott. Elliott and Gayle both passionately desire to care about and care for the trans community. Elliott and Gayle also both love the unbound creativity of the cosplay community. When we realized there is a big overlap between the two communities B.UR.SLF, LLC was born at the interface of these two great communities to serve them individually and together. Elliott and Gayle also enjoy running a trans son & parent business to be visible for parents on a journey to visibly support their own trans kids and be a great allies.