29 May Healthcare Resources and HRT for the Transgender Community in Oklahoma and Oregon
Hi Everyone,
You know that we want you to be healthy and safe. To help you with your health care journey we are creating a list, by state, of health care organizations that serve the transgender, nonbinary, gender queer and non-conforming community. While we are creating this site for you, we are also doing this weekly post on health care. While it’s nice to have a list, in these posts we can also give you a few details on what each of the organizations we post actually do. We’ll just go through the states alphabetically, unless you send us a note and request a particular state and we’ll move requests to the top of the list.
In this blog post we are reporting resources available in Oklahoma and Oregon. Many resources are, to their credit, creating comfortable places for routine and proactive health maintenance as well as interventionary health care. We will try to highlight what is offered in each case.
If you still can’t find the health care you need, drop us a note on FB (B.UR.SLF LLC), instagram/ twitter @burslfllc or email burslfllc@gmail.com and we will see what we can do to help.
This week we are covering resources in Oklahoma and Oregon.
Oklahoma
Trust Women Clinics (Website – Transgender Health Services, FB – Trust Women Clinics , IG – @trust-women-clinics-llc)
Trust Women Wichita Clinic is proud to offer the following Transgender Health Services- hormone therapy, check ups and wellness checks, referrals to plastic surgeons and urologists for gender confirmation surgery, STI and STD testing and treatment and Rapid testing for HIV, chlamydia and trichomoniasis.
Payment Options: In addition to accepting insurance, you are invited to call the clinic if you have concerns about your ability to pay in order to discuss other funding options, find further information at costs and payment options click the link for more information on all payment options.
Transgender Health Services at Trust Woment Wichita Clinic is located in Oklahoma City.
Age limits for services are not obvious, these services appear to be oriented to adults, but call with any quesitons on age limitations.
Fulcrum Health and Wellness Center (Website – Transition Hormone Therapy, FB – Fulcrum Health and Wellness Center , IG – @FulcrumHRT)
The Fulcrum Health and Wellness Center offers hormone therapy , primary care, wellness and urgent care, and HIV prevention with PrEP.
Payment Options: Fulcrum Health and Wellness has a published price list, but no obvious payment plans besides direct payments.
The Fulcrum Health and Wellness Center is located in Oklahoma City.
Age limits for services are not obvious, these appear to be oriented to adults call the provider with quesitons on age limitations for services.
OU Health Services (Website – LGBTQ Health, FB – OU Health Services, IG – #ouhealth)
LGBTQ Health offers maintence hormone therapy for patients already on hormone therapy and referrals for starting hormone therapy. Other services include primary care, and sexual health screenings like Pap smear, breast exam and STD testing.
Payment Options: OU has a student health insurance plan, click the link for more information.
LGBTQ Health is located on the OU campus in Norman.
OU Health Services are for OU students, faculty, staff and their dependents.
The Children’s Hospital, OU Medicine (Website – Adolescent Medicine – Sexuality & Gender Identity Issues, FB – Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health , IG – @oklahoma.childrens)
The Adolescent Medicine, Sexuality & Gender Identiy Issues Program offers puberty suppression, and referrals for gender affirming surgery.
Payment options: The Childrens’s Hospital accepts many insurance plans as well as financial assistance programs.
The Children’s Hospital is located in Oklahoma City.
The Adolescent Medicine Program serves patients from 12-23, for younger patients call to ask about available services.
Planned Parenthood of Oklahoma is part of (1) organization Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) which has (3) Health Centers (Website –PPGG, FB – Planned Parenthood Great Plains, IG – #plannedparenthoodgreatplains)
PPGP offers gender-confirming HRT in all Health Centers. Planned parenthood also has a wide range of many resources available to all people including primary care, HIV, SIT testing, counseling, and treatment PEP and PrEP, contraception,and gynecological care including PAP smears. Click the link named resources for information on all services offered. PPGP also has a Gender Identity program. PPGP may offer HRT by Telehealth, so if you are in Oklahoma, but not close to these sites you call one of the heatlh clinics to find out if you can get HRT by Telehealth. The Oklahoma PPGP clincs are located in Edmund , Oklahoma City and Tulsa and don’t forget about Telehealth.
Payment Options: Many PP Health Centers accept insurance and offer financial help, check on the websites and with the center for details.
The service is intended for adults 18+, but the many PP Health Centers offer service to patients 16 to 17 andyou may be able to get HRT with parental consent and additional paperwork, check with the Health Center.
Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates (Website – Transgender Procedures, FB – Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates, IG – @cosmeticsurgeryaffiliates)
Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates offers several gender-affirming procedures for both female to male and male to female transitions including top surgeries, facial masculization, or feminization, Adams apple reduction, and body contouring.
Payment Options: Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates has financing options.
Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates is located in Oklahoma City.
Age limits for services are not obvious, these appear to be oriented to adults, but call with any quesitons on age limitations.
VA Health Care for LGBTQ Veterans in Oklahoma has (2) organization (Websites – Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System and Oklahoma City VA Health Care System, FB – U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs, IG – @VeteranAffairs)
According to the U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Patient Care Services for LGBT veterans includes the following (and other) services – hormone treatment, treatment and prevention of STIs/PrEP, cancer screening, prevention and treatment. If there are questions reach out to the LGBT Veteran Care Coordinator (VCC) at the site
Payment Options: VA Health Care is offered free of charge to veterans. Veterans may have some copays.
Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System has (1) medical center, Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Muskogee and (7) associated clinics in (3) Tulsa, McAlester, Idabel, Muskogee and Vinta
Oklahoma City Health VA Health Care System has (1) medical center in Okalahoma City and (15) associated clinics (1) in Texas in Witchita Falls and (14) in Oklahoma in Ada, Altus, Ardmore, Blackwell, Clinton, Enid, (3) Oklahoma City, Fort Sill, Norman, Stillwater, Yukon and Tinker
LGBT Veteran Care is for U.S. veterans.
Oregon
Resources in and Near Portland (Planned Parenthood and LGBT VA Resources for all of Oregon near the end of the article)
Kaiser Permanente (Website – Northwest Gender Pathways Clinic, FB – Kaiser Permanente Thrive, IG – @kpthrive)
Northwest Gender Pathways Clinic at Kaiser Pemanente offers hormone therapy, primary care, surgical evaluations and procedures and sexual & reproductive health.
Payment Options: Kaiser Permanente accepts insurance, sells a variety of health plans and has options for low income individuals and families who qualitfy and you can find additional information at payment options.
Northwest Gender Pathways Clinic is in Portland
Age limits for services are not obvious, these services appear to be oriented to adults, but call with any quesitons on age limitations.
Prism Health (Website – Prism Health, FB – Prism Health, IG – @prismhealth)
Prism Health offers gender-affirming HRT, primary care, sexual health care and screenings,STI and HIV testing and HIV care incluing PrEP.
Payment Options: Prism Health accepts insurance and has a sliding scale discount.
Prism Health is in Portland.
Age limits for services are not obvious, these services appear to be oriented to adults, but call with any quesitons on age limitations.
Legacy Health (Website – Transgender Health Services, FB – Legacy Health , IG – @ourlegacyhealth)
Legacy Health offers gender-affirming HRT, primary care, gynecological care and surgical services in an affirming and welcoming environment.
Payment Options: Legacy Health accepts insurance, can help you choose an insurance plan, and can help with payment plans and financial assistance for those in need click payment options for more information.
Check the link for Legacy Care locations adn providers for Transgender Health Services.
Age limits for services are not obvious, services appear to be oriented to adults, but call with any quesitons on age limitations.Legacy Health has a transgender clinic for children and adolescents at Randall Children’s – see below.
Outside In (Website – Transgender & Non Conforming and Young Adult Services, FB – Outside In , IG – @outsideinpdx)
Outside In offers the following services to transgender and non-conforming clients – hormone therapy, primary care, wellness, sexual health (including chest/breast and pelvic wellness) STI Screening and Treatment, HIV/testing and prevention with PrEP.
Outside In also operates Young Adult Services in Portland to provide the following services – housing, education, employment, counseling, health care, healthy meals, recreation and art, safety off the streets – especially to young adults ages 16 – 24 who are homeless.
Payment Options: are not obvious, but Outside In will work with you to help you learn to get medical insurance or if you are not eligible for medical insurance they will help you find other sources of financial help for medical services, click get insured for more information.
Ouside In has several locations and mobile units in and around Portland.
Outside In provides services to 13-14 yrs with guardian, 15-17 yrs without guardian and adults 18+. Young adult services are open to ages 16-24 yrs.
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel (Website – Transgender Clinics, FB – Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, IG – @legacychildrens)
The gender-affirming medical services include HRT and puberty suppression, and referrals for gender affirming surgery.
Payment Options: Randall Children’s accepts insurance, can help you choose an insurance plan, and can help with payment plans and financial assistance for those in need click the link payment options for more information.
The Transgender Clinics are located in Portland and Beaverton.
The Transgender Clinic is for children and adolescents.
Oregon Health & Science University (OSHU) (Website – Transgender Health and Doernbecker Gender Services, FB – Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), and IG – @orgegonhealthandscienceuniversity)
Transgender Health provides adults with gender-affirming HRT, masculizing and feminizing surgeries, primary care, sexual health, voice therapy, hair removal and fertility services. Doernbecker Gender Services recommends an integrative program of primary care and mental health care with gender-affirming HRT for children and adolescents.
Payment Options: The OSHU system accepts insurance and will help you identify and apply for financial assistance and financing options. click billing and insurance for more information.
OSHU has clinics dedicated to gender diverse care concentrated in portland with primary care at the Richmon Clinic. A dedicated clinic for transgender gynecological care and the Doernbecker Gender Clinic are at Doernbecker Children’s Hospital. OSHU has primary care clinics that accept transgender patients all over Oregon. Check the link Transgender Health above for locations of all of these clinics on that page.
Transgender Health is for adults patients and the Doernbecker Gender Clinic at Doernbecker Children’s is for children and adolescents. Call programs for age limitations at the sites and on specific services
Portland State Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) (Website – Trans Health Information and Transgender Health Care Resource Guide FB – Portland State SHAC, IG – @psu_shac)
SHAC at Portland State provides a guide to Transgender Health Care Resource Guide (link above) inlcuding gender-affirming HRT, primary care referrals to surgeons for gender-affirming surgery, birth control options across the gender spectrum, and HIV/STI screening and preventative treatment of HIV (PrEP).
Payment Options: SHAC will help students understand what services are covered by student insurance or insurance held as a dependent on another policy.
Care for transgender and non-conforming student is at SHAC on the campus of Portland University. Additional medical resources, in the Portland area, are listed the Trans Health Information page link above.
Services at SHAC are for students of Portland State University.
Lewis Plastic Surgery (Website –Top Surgery, FB – None Found, IG – None Found)
Lewis plastic surgery offers gender-affirming masculizing and feminizing top surgeries.
Payment Options: not obvious, contact the provider.
Lewis plastic surgery is located in Portland.
Age limits for services are not obvious, these appear to be oriented adults, but call with any quesitons on age limitations.
The Equi Institute (Website – Trans, Queer, Gender Diverse & Intersex Health, FB – The Equi Institute, IG – @equiinstitute)
The Equi Institute suspended their clinic, but gives guidance on accessing gender affirming care in portland.
Oregon Outside of Portland (Planned Parenthood and LGBT VA Resources for All of Oregon near the end of the article)
Mosaic Pediatric (Website – Transgender Health Services, FB – Mosaic Medical, IG – @mosaicmedical)
Mosaic Medical offers personalized, gender-affirming care plans including – HRT, referrals to surgeons for gender-affirming surgery, gynecologic and contraceptive care sensitive to each patient’s needs including IUD insertion and removal, breast/chest healthcare, and STI screening and treatment.
Payment Options: Mosaic Medical treats all patients with and without insurance, they accept most insurance and have a sliding fee schedule for the uninsured. Check the payment options link for details.
Mosaic Medical has several locations.
Age limits for services are not obvious. Even though this is a pediatric site, Mosaic may also have services for transgender adults. Check with the provider for age limits on services.
Oregon State University, Student Health Services (Website –Transgender Care, FB –OSU Student Health Services , IG – None Found)
Transgender Care at OSU SHS includes – hormone therapy, primary care and comprehensive preventative and reproductive healthcare for all genders, check the links on the OSU SHS website for services.
Payment Options: Many services are covered by OSU sponsored health plan. Students pay an upfront fee for the health plan.
OSU SHS has several locations at various campuses
Services are intended for OSU students.
University of Oregon, University Health Center (Website –LGBTQIA+ Services, FB –UO Health Center, IG – @healthyuo)
University Health Center services including medical care, dental, physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, psychiatry, sports medicine, and dietary counseling for all genders. We have a full-time physician double-boarded in internal medicine and endocrinology who can provide gender-confirming HRT for transgender students.
Payment Options: Check the link for information about UO health fees and payments.
The University Health Center is on the UO campus in Eugene.
LGBTQIA+ Services at UO University Health Center is for UO students.
Planned Parenthood of Oregon is part of (2) organizations, Planned Parenthood Columbia-Wilmette (PPCW) and Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon (PPSO), and these organizations have (11) Health Centers (Websites –PPCW and PPSO, FB – Planned Parenthood Columbia Wilmette and Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, IG – @planned_parenthood_cw and @ppsworegon)
PPCW offers gender-affirming HRT at all (6) of their health centers and also through Telehealth. PPSO health centers do not currently offer gender-affirming HRT. However both Planned Parenthood organizations a wide range services available to all people including primary care, HIV, SIT testing, counseling, and treatment PEP and PrEP, contraception and gynecological care including PAP smears. For a list of services from PPCW click the PPCW services link and for a list of service from PPSO click the Health Services for Adults and Teen link.
Planned Parenthood of Columbia Wilmette has (4) health centers in Portland and the Portland area Hillman, NE Portland, Milwaukie and Beaverton and (2) health centers outside the Portland Area Bend and Salem as well as Telehealth. Please note that SE Portland Health Center, Portland is permanently closed and use the new Hillman East Health Center.
Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon has (5) health centers located in Ashland, Grants Pass, Medford and (2) in Eugene in West Eugene and Eugene-Springfeild and Teleheath.
Payment Options: Many PP Health Centers accept insurance and offer financial help, check on the websites and with the center for details.
The service is intended for adults 18+, but the many PP Health Centers offer service to patients 16 to 17 andyou may be able to get HRT with parental consent and additional paperwork, check with the Health Center.
VA Health Care for LGBTQ Veterans in Oregon has (3) organization (Websites – Portland VAMC, Roseburg VA Health Care System and Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (SORCC), FB – U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs, IG – @VeteranAffairs)
According to the U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Patient Care Services for LGBT veterans includes the following (and other) services – hormone treatment, treatment and prevention of STIs/PrEP, cancer screening, prevention and treatment. If there are questions reach out to the LGBT Veteran Care Coordinator (VCC) at the site
Payment Options: VA Health Care is offered free of charge to veterans. Veterans may have some copays.
Portland VAMC has (2) medical centers, in Portland and Vancouver and (10) associated clinics in Bend, Fairview, Hillsboro, The Dalles, Newport, Warrenton, Portland, Salem, West Linn and PVAMC Women’s Clinic in Portland and (1) residential care site in Vancouver.
Roseburg VA Health Care System has (1) medical center in Roseburg and (4) associated clinics in Brookings, (2) Eugene and North Bend.
Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (SORCC) ( has (1) medical center in White City and (2) associated clinics in Grants Pass and Klamath Falls.
LGBT Veteran Care is for U.S. veterans.
Additional Resources in Oregon Outside Portland
Neighborhood Health Centers (Website –Neighborhood Health Centers, FB –Neighborhood Health Centers, IG – @nhc.oregon.org)
Neighborhood Health Centers (NHC) provide a comprehensive range of primary health care, preventative care, family planning and sexual health, family health, pediatrics, dental health and much more.
Payment Options: The NHCs are dedicated to building community and serving patients regardless of current health, income, or identity, they have a sliding fee scale and financial assistance plans, click the link for more information.
Neighborhood health centers have several locations around Orgegon.
Services are for children, adolescents and adults. NHC has a youth clinic that welcomes youth age =<24 years old. Call the clinic for age limitations on specific services.
Fertility Center of Oregon (Website –LGBTQ Services, FB –Fertility Center of Oregon , IG – @FertilityCenterofOregon)
The Fertility Center of Oregon serves all clients regardless of gender or whether clients are single or in relationships. Check the link for a comprehensive listing of fertility services.
Payment Options: Many services are covered by health insurance and The Fertility Center will help patients sort through their options with financial counseling.
The Fertility Center of Oregon is in Eugene
Services are for adults.
Online Guides to Gender Confirmation Surgery
Trans HealthCare, online search tool for finding gender affirming surgery, multiple locations – Gender Surgeon Directory
Top Surgery, online guide to gender confirming surgery in Oregon, multiple locations – Top Surgery
Check with individual providers for payment options, locations and age limits for services
About the author, Gayle M. Frankenbach, Ph.D. is the mother of a Daughter, Lise and a transgender son Elliott. Elliott and Gayle both passionately desire to care about and care for the trans community. Elliott and Gayle also both love the unbound creativity of the cosplay community. When we realized there is a big overlap between the two communities B.UR.SLF, LLC was born at the interface of these two great communities to serve them individually and together. Elliott and Gayle also enjoy running a trans son & parent business to be visible for parents on a journey to visibly support their own trans kids and be a great allies.