Gender-Affirming Care

Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service provides gender-affirming primary care, including consultations, starting or continuing hormone replacement therapy, and referrals for surgeries and other services. Some of these offerings may only be available to patients ages 19 years or older.
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For questions about gender-affirming care at Northwestern Medicine Student Health Service, please make an appointment by calling 847.491.8100 or by using MyNM.
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Informational Resources

• Know Your Rights - Transgender People and Health Care
• Affordable Care Act Resources for the LGBTQ Community
• Know Your Rights
• Know Your Rights – Health Care
• What do I need to know about trans health care?
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Healthcare and Community Resources

• Northwestern Medicine Gender Pathways Program is committed to providing gender-affirming care to transgender and gender nonbinary patients through a range of surgical, medical and mental health services.
• Brave Space Alliance offers:
  • Healthy cooking and eating initiatives
  • Education
  • Employment services
  • Community organizing
  • Community groups and programming
• Broadway Youth Center offers:
  • Insurance help
  • ID replacement
  • Housing referrals
  • Employment services
  • Tutoring
  • Community groups and programming
• Center on Halsted: Offers community groups and programming
• Chicago House – Translife Care
  • Housing referrals
  • Legal services
  • Employment services
  • Community groups and programming