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Healthcare & Insurance
- Medical care “Know Your Rights” information specifically for transgender and gender non-conforming people
- Tips for using Healthcare.gov as a transgender and gender non-conforming person
Ohio
Medical Providers & Services
- Listings for doctors, therapists and pharmacies
Cincinnati Area
Central Clinic
- Program: Transgender Wellness Program
- Telephone: 513.558.5801
- Address: 311 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati OH 45229
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- Program: Health Services Transgender Youth
- Telephone: 513.636.4681
- Address: 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Heartland Trans Wellness Group
- Email: info@transwellness.org
- Telephone: 513.549.4447
- Address: 103 William Howard Taft Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45219
- Email: info@transwellness.org
- Includes primary care, youth & adolescent care, endocrinology, voice therapy, reproductive services, and more.
Cleveland Area
Cleveland Clinic
- Program: Center for LGBT Care
- Telephone: 800.232.0263
- Address: Chagrin Falls Family Health Center, 551 E. Washington St., Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022
- Program: Pride Clinic
- Telephone: 216.957.4905
- Address: 4242 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113
Columbus Area
EquitasHealth
- Specializing in healthcare for those at risk of or affected by HIV/AIDS, for the LGBTQ community, and for those seeking a welcoming healthcare home.
- Telephone: 614.299.2437
- Address: 4400 N High St, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43214
- Email: info@equitashealth.com
Veterans
Healthcare for Transgender Veterans in Ohio
- Cincinnati
- Telephone: 513.475.6880
- Address: 3200 Vine St. Rm. A755, Cincinnati, OH 45220
- Cleveland
- Contact: Stacy Kenney, LGBT Special Emphasis Program Manager
- Telephone: 216.791.3800, ext. 3408
- Address: 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106
Helplines
National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Hours: 24/7
- Telephone: 800.799.SAFE (7233)
National Sexual Assault Hotline
- 800.656.HOPE (4673)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- 800.273.TALK (8255)
- 877.565.8860
- Hours: 24/7
- Telephone: 866.488.7386
Legal Help & Advocacy
- Program: Name & Gender Change Legal Clinic
- Telephone: 614.340.6744\
- Address: 4400 N High St, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43214
- Email: legalclinic@equitashealth.com
- Media Resources: https://www.glaad.org/transgender
- Email form: https://www.glaad.org/contact
- Telephone: 312.663.4413
- Address: Mideast Regional Office, 105 W. Adams, 26th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603-6208
Legal Advocates & Defenders for the LGBTQ Community
- Telephone: 617.426.1350
- Address: 30 Winter Street, STE 800, Boston, MA 02108
- Email: gladlaw@glad.org
National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Telephone: 800.528.6257
- Address: 870 Market Street, Suite 370, San Francisco, CA 94102
- Email: info@NCLRights.org
National Center for Transgender Equality
- Telephone: 202.642.4542
- Address: 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 510, Washington D.C. 20036
- Email: ncte@transequality.org
- Telephone: 212.337.8550, ext. 308
- Address: 147 W 24th St, 5th Fl, New York, NY 10011
- Email: info@srlp.org
- Telephone: 415.865.0176
- Address: 1629 Telegraph Ave, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94612
- Online Legal Help Form: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/help
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Telephone: 646.862.9396
- Address: 20 West 20th Street, Suite 705, New York, New York 10011
- Email: info@transgenderlegal.org
Ohio LGBTQ Rights Organizations
- Telephone: 614.224.0400
- Address: Columbus - 118 East Main Street, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43215; Cleveland - 1375 Euclid Avenue, Suite 310, Cleveland, OH 44115
- Email: info@equalityohio.org
- Telephone: 419.407.6225
- Address: P.O. Box 2659, Toledo, OH 43606
- Email: info@equalitytoledo.org
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
- Telephone: 216.651.5428
- Address: 6600 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102
- Telephone: 646.862.9396; 330.240.1600
- Email: margies-hope@sbcglobal.net
- Telephone: 614.299.7764
- Address: 1160 North High Street (Corner of 4th Ave. and High Street), Columbus, Ohio 43201
- Online form: https://www.stonewallcolumbus.org/contact-us
- Telephone: 614.441.8167
- Address: 1160 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201-2411
- Email: TransOhio@transohio.org
Support Groups
Akron Area
PFLAG Akron
- Program: General Meetings
- Meeting Dates: 3rd Thursday of each month
- Meeting Time: 7:00pm
- Location: North Springfield Presbyterian Church, 671 N. Canton Road, Akron, OH 44312
TransAlive Akron
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 4th Tuesday of each month
- Meeting Time: 6:00-8:00pm
- Location: Fairlawn West United Church of Christ, 2095 W. Market St., Akron, Ohio 44313
Cleveland Area
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
- Program: TransFamily support group
- Meeting Dates: Every second Saturday of every month
- Meeting Time: 11:00am – 1:30pm
- Program: GenderQueer discussion group
- Meeting Dates: Every Thursday
- Meeting Time: 5:30pm – 6:30 pm
- Address: 6600 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 2nd Tuesday of each month
- Meeting Time: 6:45pm
- Location: Trinity Cathedral, Euclid Ave. & E.22nd St., Cleveland, OH 44115
Columbus Area
Kaleidoscope
- Program: Gender-Scope Youth Group Meeting (for those 12-20 years old)
- Meeting Dates: Weekly on Tuesdays
- Meeting Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
- Location: 603 E Town St, Columbus, OH 43215
- Contact: Email: info@kycohio.org
- Telephone: 614.294.5437
- Program: Support Group
- North Columbus:
- Meeting Dates: 4th Sunday of each month
- Meeting Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
- Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214
- Downtown Columbus
- Meeting Dates: 2nd Sunday of each month
- Meeting Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
- Location: St. Johns United Church of Christ, 59 East Mound Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
- North Columbus:
Trans*Support Group
- Program: Gender-Scope Youth Group Meeting (for those 12-20 years old)
- Meeting Dates:
- 1st Wednesday of every month from 7:00 – 9:00pm
- 3rd Sunday of every month from 3:00-5:00pm
- Location: 1160 N. High St, Columbus, 43201
Cincinnati Area
Crossport
- Program: Peer Support Meeting
- Meeting Dates: 2nd and 4th Monday of each month
- Meeting Time: 7:30pm
- Email: crossportcincy@yahoo.com
- Telephone: 513.344.0116
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 2nd Tuesday of each month
- Meeting Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
- Location: Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45219
Varieties of Gender (VOG) Group
- Program: Professionally-facilitated and peer-led support group
- Meeting Dates: 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month
- Meeting Times: 4:30-6:00pm
- Location: Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church (HUUC), 2710 Newtown Road, Cincinnati, 45244
- Contact: Cori Yaeger, PhD at Cori@fuse.net
Dayton Area
PFLAG Dayton
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 2nd Tuesday of each month
- Meeting Time: 7:00pm
- Location: Creek Church, 5280 Bigger Road, Kettering, OH 45440
Toledo Area
PFLAG Toledo
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 4th Thursday of each month
- Meeting Time: 7:00pm
- Location: Park Church, 1456 Harvard Blvd, Toledo, OH 43614
Toledo Area Transgender Support Group
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 4th Sunday of each month
- Meeting Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
- Location: 419 Pride Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd Toledo, Ohio 43620
- Contact: Aran, 419.619.6810; Audrey – 419.356.2654; Jaxon – 419.699.4071
Youngstown Area
PFLAG Youngstown
- Program: Support Group
- Meeting Dates: 2nd Tuesday of each month
- Meeting Time: 6:30pm
- Location: Parish House of St. John's Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH 44503
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