Our goal is to ensure trans students receive the highest quality care in a supportive, respectful space.
See our transgender care webpages for information on medical care, counseling, insurance, name and gender change options, and more.
- Gender Equity Resource Center: features a Transgender Resources page that includes information about spaces for trans students, as well a list of single-stall and unisex restrooms on campus, including all restrooms at UHS!
- Cal Athletics Inclusion Statement
- Transgender Student-Athlete Participation in UC Berkeley Intercollegiate Athletics
- Pacific Center: peer support groups for nonbinary and transgender people (Berkeley)
- Lyon-Martin Health Clinic: features a transgender health service with sliding-scale fees for the uninsured (San Francisco)
- Center for Excellence in Transgender Health: primary care for transgender patients at UCSF with our very own Dr. Maddie Deutsch (San Francisco)
- Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College: LGBTQ-friendly acupuncture services with a special interest in trans care.
- Bay Area Electrolysis Center, ask for Ruth Beham
- Vera Weiler Electrolysis
- Judy Porat Electrology, 3030 Ashby Ave #104, Berkeley, CA 94705, contact: (510) 540-8687, or judy@jpelectrology.com
- CryoChoice: A FDA-registered sperm bank, as well as home collection kits for privately banking sperm
- Sperm Bank of California: trans-friendly services, information, and resources about donor insemination and sperm storage
- Stanford University IVF/ART Program
- UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health: provider and referrals directory; Standards of Care (guidelines for health care providers and insurers on trans health issues)
- UCSF Center for Excellence in Transgender Health: provides information about routine care, HIV prevention, cultural competency, and mental health for trans people and professionals who work with trans people; UCSF Primary Care Protocols for Transgender Care (detailed, evidence-based set of guidelines for comprehensive care of transgender patients)
- Transgender Law Center: legal aspects of transitioning and trans life, including ID change, employment, health care, safe schools, safe bathrooms, and more.
- Transgender Roadmap: advice, resources, and support from and for transwomen, trans femme, and or nonbinary people around the physical and emotional aspects of transitioning, name changes, coming out, workplace issues, and issues for young trans women.
- National Center for Transgender Equality Documents Center: a one-stop hub for name and gender change information, how to get a legal name change where you live, and update your name/gender on state and federal IDs and records.
- Transgender Health Program at Vancouver Coastal Health: a comprehensive set of educational materials and treatment guidelines
- Bay Area QTPOC Priority Housing Community(Facebook group)
- Trans and Intersex Housing: SF Bay Area (Facebook group)
- Gay Area Queer Housing S.F. Bay Area (Facebook group)
Hormone Refills
The UHS Pharmacy can only provide a 30-day prescription at the time of graduation. We may be able to send a prescription to an outside pharmacy for 30-90 days after graduation, but this will depend on your current insurance status.
You can use GoodRx.com to find discounts on hormone prescriptions that don’t require insurance. GoodRx may also be cheaper than the copay for medications with your insurance. You will still need a prescription from a clinician for the medication, so be sure to plan ahead.
Hormone Prescribers Outside of UHS
- Planned Parenthood - Many provide gender-affirming hormone therapy. Check with your local Planned Parenthood. The closest one to Berkeley is in Mar Monte.
- Kaiser Permanente
- Lyon-Martin Community Health Services in San Francisco
- Jess Pinder, NP, One Medical in Berkeley
- UCSF Center for Excellence in Transgender Health
- UCLA Gender Health Program
- WPATH Provider Search
Medical Records
It’s helpful for continuity of care to have your Berkeley medical records transferred to your new health care office. There is no fee for this service. Print and complete a release form or pick up a copy at UHS. The form must be filled out in its entirety.
- Mail to: UHS Health Records, 2222 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, 94720.
- Fax to: (510) 642-1801.
- Drop off: Health Records front desk at UHS on the 2nd floor.
Other Resources
- Folx Health - A virtual queer and trans health resource.
- Pacific Center - 2712 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94705. Phone: (510) 848-8483
- National Queer and Trans Therapist of Color Network