Seattle Children’s Hospital Adolescent Medicine Gender Clinic has a variety of helpful handouts on related topics:

• Gender and Sexuality: An Introduction (PDF) (Spanish)

• Gender Clinic Booklist and Resources (PDF)

• Chest Binding (PDF) (Simplified Chinese) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)

• Packing (PDF) (Simplified Chinese) (Spanish) 

• Tucking (PDF) (Russian) (Simplified Chinese) (Spanish) 

• Menstrual Hygiene (PDF) (Simplified Chinese) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)

• Menstrual Suppression and Breakthrough Bleeding for Gender Diverse Youth (PDF)

• How to Update Your Identifying Information (PDF) (Spanish)

• Gender Affirming Clothing (PDF)

Mental Health Resources

• Transformation Clinic will be offering more extensive in-house mental health therapy and psychiatric medication management, offered by our team of queer and gender expansive psychiatrists, coming Fall 2026.

• How to Find a Therapist(PDF) (Spanish)

• Coping With Injections and Blood Draws (PDF) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)

Local Community Resources:

• Ingersoll Gender Center: Based in Seattle, Ingersoll is one of the oldest organizations by and for transgender and gender nonconforming communities in the United States.

• Seattle Public Schools LGBTQ resources

• Lambert House, based in Seattle, empowers LGBTQ+ youth through the development of leadership, social, and life skills.

Insurance Related Information

• Transformation Clinic currently takes cash pay and has a sliding for those whose families have income at or under 200% of US poverty. We are working on credentialing with insurance. Contact us to get started.

• Patient Advocate has a helpful guide for how to write an appeal letter when your insurance denies coverage for your treatment or medications.

• Washington Transhealth Program has information about accessing gender affirming care for patients with Washington medicaid. Transformation Clinic is not yet in-network with Apple Health (Washington medicaid), but we are working on it.

Miscellaneous

• How to tuck: A no nonsense guide from a Drag Queen: a fan-favorite for intro to how to tuck