Transgender and Gender Diverse Care

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Transgender and Gender Diverse Care

Statement of Support for Transgender/Gender Diverse Students

UHS is dedicated to offering affirming care to all students. We invite you to explore our resources for your overall wellness and support. Our goal is to provide the best quality care for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse students within a supportive and respectful environment. 

UHS Transgender Care Feedback Form - We value your feedback! The UHS Transgender and Gender Diversity Care Team constantly seeks ways to enhance the services, programs, and care provided to our students. Please fill out this form to share your experiences and any suggestions for improvements.

Getting Started

Transgender and Gender Diverse Care at UHS

Medical Services

We aim to ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse students receive high quality care in a supportive, respectful space. 

Services we provide: 

  • Gender affirming hormones
  • Self-injection teaching for hormones
  • Gender affirming reproductive healthcare
    • Pregnancy prevention and management
  • Gender affirming sexual healthcare
    • STI screenings (can also self-order through eTang portal)
    • HIV prevention medications such as PrEP (pill or injectable form)
    • Other STI prevention medications, such as DoxyPEP
    • STI treatment
  • Cancer screenings, if applicable. 
    • Cervical cancer “Pap test”
    • Anal pap
    • Prostate screenings
    • Chest & breast exams
  • Referrals for surgical care or other care outside of UHS 
  • Management of other medical conditions

Primary Care

Need assistance navigating our Primary Care services for Trans and Gender Diverse Students?

  • Call (510) 642-2000 and select Option 2 to schedule an appointment. Please specify Trans/Gender Diverse Care when requesting an appointment.
  • You can also book appointments through MyUCBerkeleyHealth. To self-schedule a trans or gender-diverse care telemedicine session, you need to have a clinician from the trans/gender-diverse care team listed as your Primary Care Provider (PCP). Browse the available clinicians and choose one you'd like to see for your appointment, knowing you can change this later.

Mental Health Counseling

University Health Services has many counselors (see list) who have experience working with Transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse students. To make an appointment with a TCT provider, call the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) front desk at (510) 642-9494. You can request to meet with a TCT counselor or with a queer-identified UHS counselor

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers a wide range of counseling and mental health services to support you around academic, personal, career, and health-related concerns, while also addressing your gender-related needs. 

Social Services provides mental health counseling and support around substance use and dependence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault and harassment, nutrition, pregnancy, sexual health, and medical concerns/conditions, while also creating space to navigate concerns related to your gender identity.

Free Counseling w/ TransCare Team

Health Insurance

The Trans and Gender Diverse Care Team at University Health Services is here to support and guide you through this process, ensuring your surgery has the best possible result. Be aware that this process takes time: we highly recommend beginning your initial steps at least 3-6 months prior to your planned/hoped-for surgery date. 

To understand your options on campus, regardless of insurance, review our Insurance Benefits for Transgender Students. For questions, you may also contact SHIP and ask for the SHIP Trans Care Benefits Coordinator.

Name and Gender Change Options

Gender Recognition & Lived Name Changes in CalCentral 

Students can update their CalCentral account to provide the following:

  • A lived name (which is a self-chosen personal and/or preferred professional first, middle, and last name used instead of a legal name);
  • Select which name (lived or legal) they want each of their delegates to see; and 
  • Indicate their gender identity, sexual orientation, and pronouns.

It is important to note that unless there is an identified lived name, the name field will default to the legal name. Once you make these updates in CalCentral, this information will be synced across multiple University systems, and you will see this reflected in your directory listing, bCourses, Google Workspace (bConnected, bCal, bMail, bDrive), Kaltura, and more. Learn more > 

Edit Preferred Name, Pronouns, Gender identity, and Sexual Orientation on MyUCBerkeleyHealth

1. To update your Preferred Name, log in to MyUCBerkeleyHealth, go to the sidebar menu, scroll down to "Settings," and select “Personal Information." In the "Details about Me" section, click the “Edit” button, update the "Preferred first name” section, and then click “Save Changes."

Information you enter here will be visible to anyone with access to your medical record. 

2. To update your Gender Identity, Preferred Pronouns, and Sexual Orientation, log in to MyUCBerkeleyHealth, go to the sidebar, scroll down to “My Record," and select "Questionnaires." Choose the “Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation” Questionnaire, answer the questions in each section, and click "Submit." 

Information you enter here will be visible to anyone with access to your medical record. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you've set a preferred name in CalCentral, that will appear as your preferred name in MyUCBerkeleyHealth. If you change your name in MyUCBerkeleyHealth, it will remain updated, but your campus account will show a different name from the preferred one updated in MyUCBerkeleyHealth. 

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