Healthcare
Affirming providers, OHP enrollment, prescription access, sliding-scale clinics, and what to do when insurance says no to trans care.
Good to know
- — Your insurance or OHP status
- — Your county, for in-person care
- — Whether telehealth works for you
Get established with gender-affirming care in Portland
Ready to start gender-affirming care in Portland? This covers your insurance options (OHP vs. private vs. uninsured), how to choose between Prism Health, OHSU, Outside In, Multnoma...
Get OHP and SNAP when you move to Oregon
You just moved (or are about to move) to Oregon and need health coverage and food benefits. Oregon is one of the most trans-affirming states in the country — OHP covers gender-affi...
Getting support after a psychiatric hospital stay
Getting discharged from a psych hold or inpatient stay can feel disorienting. This path covers what to focus on in the first few days: getting your paperwork and medications, conne...
Navigating a new cancer diagnosis
A cancer diagnosis is a lot. You don't have to figure it out alone, and you don't have to accept treatment at the facility that diagnosed you. This path covers your first practical...
Figuring out next steps after a positive pregnancy test
This guide covers all options — continuing the pregnancy, abortion, and adoption — with no pressure toward any of them. Whatever you decide, you deserve accurate information and go...
Navigating a terminal diagnosis
You don't have to figure out what this means all at once. This path covers the most important practical steps — including options most people don't know they have until they need t...
Finding support for substance use
Recovery looks different for every person. Abstinence, medication-assisted recovery, harm reduction — all of these are valid. This path doesn't tell you what recovery should look l...
Preparing for and recovering from gender-affirming surgery
Surgery is not a single day — it's a months-long process before and after. This path covers what to set up before you go under (logistics, caregiver, food, income protection), what...
Navigating an HIV or AIDS diagnosis
Learning you have HIV can feel like the ground just shifted — but HIV is now a highly manageable chronic condition. With antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV live full, lo...
Resources for trans people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Being trans and Deaf or Hard of Hearing means navigating healthcare, community, and documentation systems that often weren't built with you in mind. This path covers your rights to...
Getting a mobility device in Oregon
Power wheelchairs and mobility scooters can be fully covered at no cost through OHP — but the path to getting one is not obvious. This guide walks you through every realistic optio...
Align Counsel
LGBTQIA+, polyamory, and kink-affirming therapy for women and femmes; in-person Portland plus Oregon telehealth.
All Ways of Being, LLC (Dmitri Dosamantes, LMFT)
WPATH-trained gender therapist for trans and gender-diverse clients; HRT and surgery letters, LGBTQIA-affirmative care.
Alyssa Moore Counseling
LGBTQ+ affirming LPC specializing in gender affirmation and transition; individuals, couples, and youth 14+.
Amie Christie, LPC
Telehealth LPC for anxiety, depression, and life transitions; transgender- and LGBTQ+-allied, free 15-min consult.
Andrea Mize, LCSW
LCSW and certified sex therapist; multicultural, trauma-informed care for LGBTQ+, kink, and nonmonogamous clients.
Asha Ray, LLC
LPC offering gender-affirming surgery assessments and letters, plus trauma and racial/gender identity work in Portland.
Bethprana Novi Counseling
LCSW offering telehealth therapy for trans, nonbinary, and neurodivergent Oregonians; writes gender-affirming surgery letters.
Bridgetown Sex Therapy
Sex and relationship therapy addressing gender identity, sexuality, and trauma; in person and secure video in Portland.
Cardigan Counseling LLC
Queer, mixed-race Asian American LPC offering virtual therapy for Oregon adults, including transgender and gender-identity support.
Cascadia Health
Large community behavioral health nonprofit with LGBTQ-inclusive mental health care and an LGBTQ specialist at SMYRC.
Cassity Counseling
Osage Two-Spirit LMFT offering gender-affirming, culturally competent, trauma-informed therapy with LGBTQ and Native focus.
Firefly Institute
Hillsboro lifespan counseling center treating gender identity; in network with OHP and major insurers, telehealth available.
Inner Gold Counseling, LLC
Queer-identified LPC offering telehealth therapy for Oregon adults, naming transphobia as a barrier to wellbeing and accepting OHP.
Jaime Larson, PsyD
Psychologist whose practice is primarily trans and gender-diverse clients; gender-affirmative therapy and readiness evaluations.
Joyful Awakening
IFS-informed, EMDR-certified trauma therapist; explicitly queer- and trans-affirming, fat-positive, anti-racist.
Kindred Sense Therapy
Nonbinary trans-masc LMFT offering gender-affirming, WPATH-informed therapy for trans and gender-questioning clients.
Lodestar Mental Health Services, LLC
LGBTQIA+-focused LPC providing telehealth therapy to Oregon clients 16 and older.
Luke R. Allen, PhD
Licensed psychologist specializing in transgender health and LGBTQ+ affirming online therapy for adults, youth, and families.
Multnomah County Health Centers
County FQHC network with sliding-scale gender-affirming primary care across multiple sites.
New Pattern Counseling
Gresham group practice serving LGBTQIA+ clients, including co-occurring addiction and faith/identity concerns.
Outside In
FQHC for youth 16–24 with HRT, primary care, ID Project, employment, and housing services.
Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette
Sexual and reproductive health care, including gender-affirming hormone services, across the Portland metro area.
Prism Health
Oregon's only LGBTQ+ primary care clinic, with informed-consent HRT and surgery referrals.
Quest Center for Integrative Health
Integrative mental health and HIV services with explicit LGBTQIA2S+ culturally responsive care.
Rachael Ringwood, LCSW (Rooted in Wisdom)
Trauma-informed, liberation-oriented LCSW affirming clients' intersectional identities, including trans clients.
Urban Counseling Collective of Oregon
Beaverton group practice offering culturally responsive, LGBTQ+-inclusive therapy for kids, teens, and adults.
Wolf Pack Consulting and Therapeutic Services
Behavioral-health agency with LGBTQ-experienced providers offering gender-affirming therapy and transition-care prep.
Addictions Recovery Center
Nonprofit substance-use treatment provider in Medford offering detox, residential, outpatient, and recovery support.
AFFIRM 2STNB
AFFIRM 2STNB is a program under Portland Mental Health & Wellness dedicated to supporting trans and nonbinary individuals and clinicians in Oregon. The program provides inclusive m...
Baby Blues Connection
Free peer support, info, and resources for parents and families coping with perinatal mood disorders.
Be Abundant Collective
Be Abundant Collective is a queer-owned wellness center in Portland, Oregon, focused on providing inclusive, trauma-informed care through services such as counseling, mediation, ma...
Breast Friends
Peer support, wellness programs, and small financial aid for breast and other cancer patients and survivors.
CareOregon
Oregon's largest Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) coordinated care organization — coverage, care coordination, ride-to-care transportation, and gender-affirming care support.
Cascade Aids Project
Cascade AIDS Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing HIV infections, supporting and empowering people affected by HIV/AIDS, and eliminating stigma associated wi...
Cascades Abortion Support Collective
Volunteer collective offering free, confidential abortion support and reproductive supplies across Oregon.
Cascadia Project Respond — Multnomah Mobile Crisis
24/7 mobile mental-health crisis response team serving Multnomah County. Call the County Crisis Line at 503-988-4888 to request a response.
Disability Rights Oregon
Free legal advocacy for disability rights, including SSI/SSDI and Work Incentives Planning.
Disability Rights Oregon — Work Incentives Network (WIPA)
Free benefits counseling through the Work Incentives Network (WIPA) — helps people on SSI/SSDI understand how working affects their benefits.
Doulas Latinas International
Community-based, multilingual doula support and training advancing birth equity for Latine, Indigenous, Black, and LGBTQI+ families.
Elevated Access — Flights for Gender-Affirming Care
Volunteer pilots provide free, private flights for people traveling for gender-affirming or abortion care across state lines.
FolkTime
Peer-run mental health drop-in centers and a peer respite house in Portland — free, walk-in community spaces run by and for people with lived mental health experience.
Gender Hive
Central Oregon project connecting trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people with affirming, gender-affirming healthcare providers.
Kinship House
Outpatient mental health therapy for children and families navigating foster care, adoption, and guardianship.
LifeWorks NW — Mountaindale Recovery Center
Residential addiction recovery program for women, part of LifeWorks NW's mental health and substance-use services.
Marie Equi Center
Portland health center offering gender-affirming primary care, harm reduction, and wellness services for trans, queer, intersex, and gender-diverse people.
Marshallese Women's Education and Health Network
A network of Marshallese women in Oregon and Washington advancing health and education in their community.
My Hair My Health PDX
Black-women-led nonprofit promoting holistic health and wellness for Black women and their families.
Northwest Abortion Access Fund
Regional abortion fund helping people pay for and travel to abortion care across the Northwest.
Northwest Mothers Milk Bank
The Pacific Northwest's only nonprofit human milk bank, providing safely pasteurized donor breastmilk to babies in need.
Nurturely
Eugene nonprofit advancing perinatal equity through education, research, and free drop-in support for parents and infants.
Oasis Center of the Rogue Valley
A Medford clinic offering addiction recovery, behavioral health, and prenatal/postpartum care for pregnant people and families.
OHSU Transgender Health Program
Dr. Geolani Dy is a physician and surgeon at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), specializing in urology and gender-affirming surgery. Their primary activities include provi...
Our Community Birth Center
Nonprofit nurse-midwifery birth center and clinic offering inclusive, sliding-scale reproductive and perinatal care.
Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon & SW Washington
Nonprofit supporting people facing ovarian cancer through peer mentoring, support groups, financial aid, and awareness.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon
Statewide advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood working to protect reproductive rights in Oregon.
Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon
Sexual and reproductive health care, including gender-affirming hormone services, serving Eugene and southwestern Oregon.
Portland People's Outreach Project (PPOP)
Volunteer, peer-run harm reduction street outreach for people who use drugs.
Portland Street Medicine
Street-based medical care brought directly to Portland's unhoused neighbors wherever they shelter.
Postpartum Support International
National perinatal mental health helpline and provider directory, headquartered in Portland.
True Colors Recovery
LGBTQIA2S+ recovery community organization offering free, affirming substance-use peer mentoring and a Portland drop-in center.
WellMama
Free peer support and wellness services for Lane County parents facing perinatal mood, anxiety, loss, or related challenges.
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