Gender Health Center

Reviewed by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation

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$30,000 Goal

WHO WE ARE: We are a small, peer-led, Transgender and People of Color focused 501(C)3. We provide an array of programs, trainings, and direct services that center the health and wellness of Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC) in Sacramento and surrounding counties. We are one of the very few non-profits that cater specifically to transgender people in Northern California.

WHAT WE DO: We offer low-cost therapy through our student intern counseling program. At the Gender Health Center, counseling services focus on queer-informed narrative therapy. This modality of therapy utilizes the power of peoples’ personal stories. Community members are encouraged, through a respectful and cooperative relationship, to address the issues in their lives that exist amidst social, political, and cultural contexts.
Our trans-centered healthcare services include our hormone clinic, needle exchange program, PrEP prescriptions and HIV/STD healthcare, and harm reduction services.
Our student intern Advocacy program provides Trans people with legal name + gender change assistance, primary medical care provider guidance and many more odds and ends. We provide training and education on gender identity, mobilization, and education for the friends and family of Trans people.

Want to learn more?   Visit our website 

 
On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting the Gender Health Center by making a gift to support all that we do. We continue to rely on individual donations like yours to be able to thrive and grow. 

Mission

We work to end systematic oppression and pathologization of Transgender people and racism while centering the wellness of Queer and Transgender People of Color (QTPOC). We acknowledge that we function and have only functioned within oppressive systems. We will interrogate these systems in order to build a community centered ideology to provide prosperity in every way for our community members.

Needs

We are looking for key stakeholders and community members to join us in moving into a new decade of trans activism. After finally securing a new building that can house all of our services late in 2021, our goals have grown. So have our needs as an organization! More specifically, we identified a critical barrier faced by our Community Members–the lack of access to permanent hair removal services. We recognized that the absence of electrolysis clinics in the greater Sacramento region posed a significant challenge to our community because other laser hair removal services lack a longevity effect for darker skin tones. You can help us secure funding this Giving Tuesday.

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Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Gender Health Center

other names

GHC

Year Established

2008

Tax id (EIN)

26-3839452

Mission Category

Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

Operating Budget

$500,001-$1 million

Organization Need

Funding: Program, Funding: Unrestricted

Demographics Served

Low-income individuals/families, LGBTQIA+, Homeless/Underhoused/Unhoused

Local Counties Served

Placer, Sacramento, Yolo

Address

3823 V Street
SACRAMENTO, CA 95817

Service areas

Placer, CA, US

Yolo, CA, US

Yuba, CA, US

Sacramento, CA, US

San Joaquin, CA, US

Phone

916 455 2391

fax

916-455-2393

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