10 Feb Healthcare Resources for the Transgender Community in Florida and Georgia
Hi Everyone,
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 import to make sure we take care of our own health. We are updating our #WellnessWednesday posts to document sites that are still compassionately offering Transhealth services. We are doing this work by states in alphabetical order.
This week we are covering Florida and Georgia resources for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming Care. These three states do have some legal provisions in place to protect transgender healthcare.
Florida is sadly still able to impose their cruel ban on life saving transgender healthcare for minors (ages < 18). Many will remember that Florida SB 254 , passed in 2023, restricted gender-affirming care for minors and adults in the state. The bill, which was signed into law by Governor DeSantis, bared minors from receiving hormone treatments and surgeries, and restricted access to these treatments for adults. While initially enacted in 2023, this bill was later opposed in Doe v. Ladapo, which brought a preliminary injunction (2023) blocking SB 254 and then a permanent injunction (June 2024) against the law blocking the state from enforcing bans and restrictions on adult and minor health care in with the finding that Florida unlawfully targeted transgender people. This challenge to the restrictive Florida law was brought by GLAD, NCLR, the Human Rights Campaign, Southern Legal Counsel, and Lowenstein Sandler.
Unfortunately in August 2024, the state brought an appeal to the 11th Circuit Court and this appellate court temporarily allowed the state ban in SB 254 to be enforced while the state appeals the lower court’s decision. This means the bans and restrictions on health care for trans are currently in effect and so access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender individuals in Florida is limited while the appeal proceeds.
Georgia Law SB 140 law prohibits irreversible procedures or therapies from being performed on minors for treatment of gender dysphoria, including sex reassignment surgeries or other surgeries to alter sexual characteristics, or hormone replacement therapy.
However, the good news if were were able to find many resources, more than our original post and that these resources are working to create comfortable places for routine and proactive health maintenance as well as interventional 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.
Florida
Sunserve (Website – Transgender Service, FB – SunServe, IG – @SunServeYouth)
Sunserve offers hormone therapy, HIV, AIDs and PrEP resources, mental health services, support groups, and recovery/ rehabilitation. Benefits like food stamps are available.
Payment Options: no obvious payment options.
Transgender Services at Sunserve is at the Main Office Wilton Manors and Youth & Senior Services are in Fort Lauderdale
There are services for youth, parents & families and adults.
Harmony Healthcare (Webstie – HHO Gender Affirming Care, FB – Harmony Healthcare Inc., IG – @harmonyhealthcarefl)
Harmony Health Care provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy, Primary Care wellness exams HIV, AIDs and PrEP sexual health and STI testing and treatment and mental & social support.
Payment Options: They offer an application for a sliding fee scale.
Clinic locations are in Orlando, Tampa and Kissimmee.
Resources at Harmony Healthcare appear to be intended for adults.
Care Resource (Webstie – Care Resource, FB – CareResource, IG – @careresource)
The Care Resource no longer lists hormone therapy or other transgender health services. It is suggested you contact them to determine if they provide specific services for transgender people. The following services are still listed primary care, dental health and mental health services. HIV/ STI testing, treatment and prevention including PEP and PrEP, is also available.
Payment Options: The Care Resource accepts most insurance plans and has a sliding fee scale and discounted services for the uninsured and those in need, click the previous links for details.
Locations in Miami Dade, Miami Beach and Broward.
The Care Resource’s medical services are available to everyone. They care for men, women, teens, pre-teens and babies, regardless of legal status, ability to pay, gender, or age.
QueerDoc (Website – QueerDoc, FB – QueerDoc, IG – @queerdoc)
QueerDoc offers queer and gender diverse affirming medical care online. QueerDoc offers hormone therapy, puberty blockers, PrEP, STI screening, contraception, medical and surgical referals and gender marker change consultation. – ALL ONLINE via TELEHEALTH. Set up a free 15 minute consultation by pushing the Request Appointment button.
Payment Options: Q-Med operates on a subscription payment plan andare posted on the website, follow the link to subscription rates.
Since QueerDoc is a telehealth service, QueerDoc serves ALL of Florida.
Services from QueerDoc are open to patients of all ages.
USF Health Gynecology and Obstetrics (Website – Transgender and LGBTQ Services, FB – USF Health, IG – @USF Health)
USF Health offers hormone therapy, referrals to transgender-friendly counseling, reproductive counseling, some gender-affirming surgeries and referrals to other gender-affirming surgeries. health services, support groups, and r
Payment Options: For billing and payment information click the link.
USF Health main campuses are in Tampa
There are services are for adults.
Planned Parenthood of Florida has (19) Planned Parenthood Health Centers that belong to (2) different Planned Parenthood organizations. The (2) Planned Parenthood organizationations are (1) Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida – PPSWCF and (2) Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida – PPSENFL. Nearly all of the Planned Parenthood locations offer gender affirming hormone therapy both in their health centers and through telehealth
Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida – PPSENFL (Website – PPSENF, FB – PPSENFL, IG – @ppsenfl) offers Transgender Care/ Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy at all (11) locations at the Health Center sites and through telehealth. PPSENF Health Centers are Boca Raton Health Center, Boca Raton Gainesville Health Center, Gainesville, Jacksonville Health Center, Jacksonville, Kendall Health Center, Miami, Jean Shehan Health Center, Miami, Golden Glades Health Center, Miami, Tallahassee Health Center, Tallahassee, Jacksonville Health Center, Jacksonville, Treasure Coast Health Center, Port Saint Lucie, Wellington Health Center, Wellington (West Palm Beach) and West Palm Beach Health Center, West Palm Beach.
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida (PPSWCF) (Website – PPSWCF , FB – Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, IG – #plannedparenthoodofsouthwestanscentralflorida) offers Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy at (8) of their (9) locations at the Health Center site and through telehealth . PPSWCF Health Centers are Fort Myers Health Center, Fort Myers, Kissimee Health Center, Kissimee, Lakeland Health Center, Lakeland, Naples Health Center, Naples, East Orlando Health Center, East Orlando, Sarasota Health Center, Sarasota, St. Petersburg Health Center, St. Petersburg, Tampa Health Center, Tampa. There is also North Tampa Health Center, Tampa, but it does not offer HRT according to its website. The health centers offer other important services as well (see below and check the website)
Planned Parenthood of Florida offers hormone therapy for 18+. If you are 17, you must be accompanied by a parent. If you are 16 additional paperwork is required.
All health centers offer sexual and reproductive health including testing, treatement and prevention for STD/HIV as well as general health care and men’s and women’s health care.
Payment Options: Many PP Health Centers accept insurance and offer financial help, check with the center for details
We no longer recommend VA clinics as choice for LGBTQ+ health care.
Georgia
Intown Primary Care (Website – LGBT Health Care and Transgender Care, FB – Intown Primary Care, IG – @IntownPrimaryCare).
Intown Primary Care provide gender-affirming hormone therapy, physical exams, general wellness, prescription management psychiatric care and HIV/STD care.
Payment Methods – Intown Primary Care accepts many major insurance and some marketplace insurance plans. Intown Primary Care offers an alternate monthly payment plan to cover services, but does not appear to have any other options for the uninsured or people in need of financial assistance.
Intown Primary Care is located in the Morningside/Midtown (Cheshire Bridge area)
Ages of clients accepted is not stated, but appears to be for adults.
QueerMed (QMed) (Website – QueerMed, FB – Queer Med Pride, IG – @queer.medicine)
QMed offers hormone replacement therapy.
Telehealth and Periodic pop-ups in Georgia and other states. Although they have a location in Decatur, due to proposed anti-transgender legislation, this address is removed to protect patients. Contact QMed at info@queermed.com to register for the patient portal and set up appointments | Tel: +1 404-445-0350 | Fax: +1 877-480-9635
Payment Options: Q-Med operates on a subscription payment plan andare posted on the website, follow the link to subscription rates.
Ages of clients accepted is not stated, but appears to be for adults, check with the provider for age limits on services.
Emory Healthcare (Website – Transgender Clinic, FB – Emory Healthcare, IG – @emoryhealthcare)
The Transgender Clinic offers Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy and transgender voice care. Emory Healthcare offers many other services.
Payment Options: Emory Healthcare accepts insurance and offers financial assistance check the billing link for details.
The clinic is in Atlanta.
The practice appears to be for adults, but check with the provider for age restrictions.
Feminist Center for Reproductive Liberation (Website – Gender-Affirming Care, IG – @FeministCenter).
Feminist Center for Gender-Affirming Care provides gender-affirming hormone therapy, pre- & post-surgical exams and surgical clearance lab work for gender-affirming surgeries wellness, sexual health and wellness STD testing and treatment.
Payment Methods – Consult the pricing link for prices and payment options.
There are many locations for Transgender Care, check the site map for locations.
Ages of clients accepted is not stated, but appears to be for adults.
We no longer recommend VA clinics as a safe space for LGBTQ healthcare.
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.