03 Mar Healthcare Resources and HRT for the Transgender Community in Kansas and Kentucky
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 Gender-affirming health services. We are doing this work by states in alphabetical order. This week we are summarizing the legal picture and health care resources for Kansas and Kentucky
This week we are covering Kansas and Kentucky for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming Care.
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 Kansas and Kentucky.
Kansas
It is unfortunate that there appears to be national pushback on allowing families together with their physicians have the freedom to make the right medical decisions to protect their trans kids and adolescents < 18 yr old. Again this is now the situation in Kansas.
In February 2025, the Kansas legislature passed Senate Bill 63, also known as the Help Not Harm Act, which bans gender-affirming care for minors. This legislation prohibits health professionals from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapies, or surgery to individuals under the age of 18 who are transitioning away from their sex assigned at birth. The bill also restricts state employees from providing or promoting such treatments or social transitioning for minors
University Health (Website – LGBTQ Care, FB – University Health KC, IG – @university_health_kc
Truman Medical Center runs has primary care physicians for LGBTQ patients and endocrinologists who can provide gender-confirming hormone therapy and also give referrals for specialty services. They have a pharmacist available to help clients select prescriptions and enroll in medical care programs as well as gynecological services.
Payment Options: Tuman Medical Center accepts a variety of insurance options and has a financial counselor to help patients who are uninsured and/or need financial assistance find resources.
University Health Truman Medical Center and University Health Lakewood Medical Center are both located in Kansas City.
Ages of patients served is not stated but appears to be 18+, call the provider to learn if any services are available for <18+.
St. Luke’s Health System (Website – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Health, FB – St. Luke’s Health System, IG – @saintlukeskc)
St. Luke’s advises you that if you have questions about their LGBTQ Health services to contact your primary care physician or if you need a primary care physician you can also contact St. Luke’s to arrange that service. This site is now locked, so contact St. Luke’s Transgender Health Care Services to determine if they still have their multidisciplinary team to provide the following services: hormone therapy, gender confirmation surgery, primary and wellness care, routine cancer screening, STD screening and PrEP prescriptions, referrals for a variety of services this program doesn’t provide.
Payment Options: St. Luke’s accepts insurance and may be able to help with financial assistance. Qualifying patients can get total bill forgiveness. Click the links for more information.
St. Luke’s serves the greater Kansas City area.
Check with the Transgender Health Services program for age limitations on services.
KC Care Health Center (Website – Transgender Clinic, FB – KC Care Health Center, IG – @kccarehealthcenter)
The clinic provide hormone therapy and can connect transgender patients with gender-affirming primary care physicians in the KC Care network as well as provide referrals to gender-affirming surgery. Dr. Grimstad who started the clinic is an OB-Gyn with an interest in transgender care and provides hysterectomies and contraceptive resources.
Payment Options: KC Care Health Center accepts insurance and has options for those who don’t have insurance, click the link paying for your care for more information.
KC Care is located in Kansas City
No age limits are stated but it appears KC Care serves patients 18+, contact the provider to learn if there are services for <18+.
Trust Women Clinic, Witchita (Website – Transgender Health Services, FB –Trust Women Clinics LLC, IG – @trustwomenfoundation)
The Transgender Health Services offered include hormone therapy, wellness checks, STI and STD testing and treatment, referrals to plastic surgeons, urologists and mental health specialists. Contact Trust Women for referrals to out of state resources for puberty blockers.
Payment Options: Trust Women Clinic accepts a variety of insurance options and they have a contact available to help those who may need additional funding options, click the link payments for more information.
Trust Women is located in Wichita.
Kansas is limited to providing gender-affirming care to 18+ yr old people.
TrueU 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.
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 Kansas 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
The University of Kansas Health System (Website – Transgender Medicine, FB – The University of Kansas Health System, IG – @kuhospital)
The Transgender Medicine program takes a multi-disciplinary approach to transitioning including the following services, hormone replacement therapy, primary care, gender-confirming surgery, voice therapy and vocal surgery and fertility preservation. The program gives referrals for other services that are needed but not provided in this program.
Payment Options: The University of Kansas Health System accepts a variety of insurance options and will help patients determine if they are eligible for financial assistance click the link billing and insurance for more information.
The University of Kansas Health System is located in Kansas City and multiple other locations across the state.
Kansas is legally limited to providing gender-affirming care to 18+ yr old people.
Children’s Mercy (Website – Gender Pathway Services, FB – Childrens Mercy, IG – @childrensmercy)
The Gender Pathway Services program is an interdisciplinary, family-centered services for transgender, gender-variant, and gender-questioning children.
Payment Options: Children’s Mercy accepts a variety of insurance options and has a financial counselor to guide families who need help finding additional payment options, click the link billing and insurance for more options.
The Gender Pathway Services is located in Kansas City.
Kansas is legally limited to providing gender-affirming medicine to 18+ yr old people
Planned Parenthood of Kansas has two health centers that are part of one organization (Website – Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, FB – Planned Parenthood, IG – @plannedparenthood)
The health centers are Wichita Health Center in Wichita which offers gender-confirming hormone therapy. There is a second health center, Comprehensive Health Center in Overland, but Comprehensive Health Center does not list HRT as a service to the LGBTQ community. We recommend calling Comprehensive Health Center first to learn if they do offer gender-affirming HRT. Both health centers offer wellness screenings/ exams, reproductive health, prevention and treatment of infections, STIs and HIV. Both health centers have telehealth, so it is probably possible to get gender-confirming hormone therapy throughout Kansas via telehealth from Wichita Health Center.
Payment Options: Many PP Health Centers accept insurance and offer financial help, check with the center for details .
The service is intended for adults 18+, but some PP Health Centers offer service to patients 16 to 17 andyou may be able to get HRT with parental consent and additional paperwork, check with the Health Center.
VA Health Care for LGBTQ Veterans in Kansas
We no longer recommend VA Healthcare and clinics as safe spaces for health care for LGBTQ people.
Kentucky
In Kentucky, gender-affirming care for minors is restricted, but services for adults remain available. A state law prohibits gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for transgender youth under 18. However, adults can access gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, through various providers
U of L Health (Website – Gender-Affirming Care, FB –U of L Health Physicians, IG – @uoflhealth)
U f L Health provides the following services, at the Gender-Affirming Care Clinics gender-affirming hormone therapy. primary and preventative care, HIV prevention and treatment, gender-confirmation surgery consultations and other sexual health/ pelvic health services. .
Payment Options: click the link to find out about billing and financial assistance. Insurance options accepted are not detailed so call the provider to determine if your insurance is accepted.
The gender-affirming clinic and U of L Center for Women’s Health which also provides gender-affirming care are both in Louisville.
Age limits for treatment for others beside adults 18+ are not obvious, contact the provider for age limitations on services.
UK Health Care (Website – Transform Health Clinic, FB –UKHealthCare , IG – @transformhealthclinic)
Transform Health Clinic provides the following services, at Turfland Clinic – gender affirming hormone therapy. primary and preventative care, HIV prevention and treatment, referrals to gender-confirmation surgeons.
Payment Options: UK Health Care accepts a variety of insurance options and has a financial assistance program, click the links for more information.
UK Health is located in Lexington
Gender-affirming are offered to adults, Kentucky law prohibits services to people age < 18 yr old.
TrueU 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.
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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky
We no longer recommend VA healthcare and clinics as safe spaces for healthcare for LGBTQ people.
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.