Trans Resources
Welcome, Trans, Non-binary, Gender Queer, Agendar, Intersex, and Gender Questioning Students! We are happy you are here.
Check out these two new resources created by UCSC trans and nonbinary students for trans and nonbinary students
Zine for Trans Peeps by Elliot McWhinnie
A Complete Guide to Transmasculine Reproduction by Vann Jones
UCSC Health Center Services
Interested in learning more about the services available to you at our Student Health Center? Click the image to travel to our Trans and Non-binary Healthcare Page!
Campus Health Plan
UCSC Student ID Change
Do you need to update the picture or name on your UCSC Student ID? Follow the steps outlined below:
Process For Getting A New ID:
Step #1: You will need to update your name on MyUCSC. Wait 48 hours before completing the next steps. [If you've already updated your name on MyUCSC skip to Step #2]Step #2: Email ID Card Services idcards@ucsc.edu and let them know you need an updated ID Card with your lived/preferred name/new legal name. In the email also include, your Student ID #,include a photo (if you want a new one on the ID Card. Guidelines for acceptable photos are here.) and mention your preferred/lived name has been updated on MyUCSC.Note: You are not required to share your legal name as that information will be found with your Student ID #. If you are asked to disclose your legal name and feel uncomfortable doing so please ask the ID services staff to look you up using your SID#.Step #3: Once you send out that email with your SID #, Lived Name/Preferred Name, New Photo ID (if desired), Card Services will confirm they have the necessary information and will give you a pick up time and location for your new ID Card (more info on pick up can be found here).Step #4: Enjoy your new UCSC Student ID Card
Frequently Asked Questions:
Do I need a legal name change in order to update my student ID? NO. A legal name change is not required to get a new student ID card, you only need to edit your name on your MyUCSC student portal.
Do I need to pay for a new ID if I am needing to update it to better match my gender identity? NO. The fee is typically $25, but since this change is needed to better match your gender identity this fee is waived. You can obtain an updated ID Card at $0 cost to you.
How long does it take to get a new student ID? It depends on the time of the school year, sometimes a few days, sometimes 2 weeks.
Updating Your Name On MyUCSC
Admitted, current, and prior students may specify a preferred/lived name through MyUCSC by clicking on the Personal Information section. It will take up to 48 hours for your preferred name to appear in the campus directory. Please note that this does not automatically update ALL UCSC systems, there may still be places where you notice your legal name instead of your lived/preferred name. If you see this, please email that office directly and let them know you go by a different name and would like to change this.
By December 2023, UCSC is required to streamline the name update process on ALL UCSC systems. Until then, we recommend following the above steps.
Updating Your Name On Registrar Records
If you would like to change your name and gender on the official university records, fill out the Name and Gender Change Form. This will completely change your name and gender for all university records, including your diploma. Please note that in order to complete this process you do need proof of a court-ordered name and/or gender change must be presented. To start the process of getting a court-ordered name/gender change, click here.
Legal Name and Gender Change
Court-ordered name change (PDF forms included with step by step process)
DMV name change (PDF forms included)
DMV gender change (PDF form)
Birth certificate name change instruction (forms must be ordered here)
Birth certificate gender change instructions (forms must be ordered here)
Social security name and gender change (PDF form) *Doctor letter required for change in gender indication
Mental Health Support
On Campus Resouces:
Counseling
UCSC Counseling and Psychological Services Tel: (831) 459-2628
Crisis Services
Tel: (831) 459-2628Are you in crisis?
Please call (877) 565-8860 to reach Trans Lifeline, “a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people.” If you are unable to reach an operator please go to your nearest emergency room. For further information please visit: www.translifeline.org
If you would like a local resource, the Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast has transgender volunteers and Multilingual Interpreters available (831) 458-5300 (Habla Español)
Additional Resources For Counseling and Therapy
General resources:
Off Campus- Support Groups
Santa Cruz
Groups at the Santa Cruz Diversity Center
This is where we take the T to a whole new level. No matter where you are on the gender spectrum, The Diversity Center's Trans* Program has something for you. Support groups for and by trans* folks, referrals to trans* friendly providers, lively conversations about the specific ways being trans* impacts us, fun outings - these are just some of the ways we serve you. So no matter whether you're he, she or zie, or anywhere on the long list of gender expressions: transgender, transsexual, intersex, genderqueer, gender variant, agender, bigender, two-spirit, polygender, etc, and people who are questioning (phew!!) you are WELCOME HERE.Contact: (831) 425-5422 x114
E-mail: transgroup@diversitycenter.orgProspective Students
Regional Resources (Off-Campus)
Clinics
Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic
University of California, San Francisco
Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building
1825 Fourth St., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158
Appointments: (415) 353-7337
Fax: (415) 476-8214 (Attention: Dr. Stephen Rosenthal)Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
University of California, San Francisco
550 16th Street, 3rd Floor
UCSF Mail Code 0661
San Francisco, CA 94158-2549 USA
Fax: (415) 476-5348Dimensions Clinic: Health Services for Queer & Questioning Youth
The mission of the Dimensions Collaborative is to combine efforts across agencies to develop health care programs and services that increase health care access and education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Questioning Youth.
Castro-Mission Health Center
3850 17th St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: (415) 934-7757 (information)
Tel: (415) 558-7700 (for appointments)Lyon Martin Women’s Health Services
Lyon Martin provides personalized healthcare and support services to women and transgender people who lack access to quality care because of their sexual or gender identity, regardless of their ability to pay. Lyon Martin has created a trans-affirmative environment that encourages patients to develop an ongoing relationship with one of our transgender specialists that goes beyond just getting hormones and looks at all of their health and wellness needs.
1748 Market St., Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 656-7667Tom Waddell Health Center
The Transgender Clinic of Tom Waddell Health is committed to providing quality, integrated health care in an atmosphere of trust and respect. They are a multidisciplinary primary care clinic focusing primarily on the needs of underserved populations of inner-city San Francisco. Primary care means they treat your whole body, not just your gender issues. Being multidisciplinary means they address all your concerns, not just your medical problems. They have nutritional, mental health, and social services, and they work closely with community organizations.
Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic
230 Golden Gate Avenue (at Leavenworth)
San Francisco, CA
Hours: Tuesdays, 1:10-5:00 pm
Tel: (415) 355-7400Tenderloin Area Center of Excellence (TACE) Health Clinic
Offers community-based health care provider for people living with HIV in the Tenderloin. Offers health, hope, and home to all under-served people—of any race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or immigration status.
730 Polk St., 4th floor
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: (415) 292-3400Trans: Thrive
Trans: Thrive is a program seeking to foster a healthy trans community empowered by the leadership of its peers by providing educational workshops, social events, case management, peer testing/counseling, etc…
Drop-in center.
730 Polk St., 4th floor
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: (415) 292-3420 ext 348 Nikki “Tita Aida” Calma, Program ManagerSt. James Infirmary
Provides health care and social services to sex workers. STRIDE is an appointment-based trans health program. Thursdays 1-4 pm.
1372 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: (415) 554-9634Planned Parenthood Westside
1119 Pacific Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: (831) 460-3100
Fax: (831) 426-1178Pharmacy
New Era Pharmacy
Trans-friendly mail order pharmacy for hormones. Provide needles and syringes at no additional cost to the client. Fast and knowledgeable service to trans clients.
2855-A S.W. Patton Rd.
Portland, OR 97201
Tel: (503) 222-9393Reproductive Care
The Fertility and Gynecology Center
9833 Blue Larkspur Ln.
Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: (877) 733-4483Fertility Physicians of Northern California
2581 Samaritan Drive Suite 302/309
San Jose, CA 95124
Tel: (800) 597-2234Stanford University IVF/ART Program
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
900 Welch Rd Suite 350
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: (650) 498-7911MAIA Midwifery and Fertility Services LLC
Berkeley Location
2414 Ashby Ave, Suite 201
Berkeley, CA 94705
Tel: (206) 946-6744Pacific Reproductive Services
444 De Haro Street, Suite 222
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel: (415) 487-2288The Sperm Bank of California (TSBC)
TSBC is the first and only sperm bank in the United States to operate as a nonprofit organization. Their mission is to provide services, information, and resources to all individuals and families who choose to create or expand their families through donor insemination and sperm storage. Trans-friendly.
2115 Milvia St. Suite 201
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: (510) 841-1858
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
2356 Sutter St, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Tel: (415) 353-7475Resource Centers
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Trans Program at The Diversity Center
The Diversity Center offers people who find themselves somewhere on the transgender spectrum a place to meet others, access transgender resources, and explore the possibilities in a respectful and caring environment. We offer support groups for transgender individuals see Trans* Programs for the current groups
1117 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Tel: (831) 425-5422
Fax: (831) 425-0743
E-mail: info@diversitycenter.orgLionel Cantú Queer Resource Center
University of California of Santa Cruz
Tel: (831) 459-2468
E-mail: queer@ucsc.eduTriangle Speakers
Triangle Speakers is a Santa Cruz based non-profit organization. We work to eliminate fear, prejudice, and hatred against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people so that a healthy environment exists for all members of our community in Santa Cruz County. The organization was created with the objective of providing information to dispel myths and stereotypes about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.
Tel: (831) 425-5422 x6
E-mail: triangle@trianglespeakers.orgRegional
The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center
The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center will provide Community, Leadership, Advocacy, Support, and Services to Silicon Valley’s LGBT people and allies. The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center accomplishes its mission by developing diverse resources that empower and support the LGBT community and their allies.
938 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
Tel: (408) 293-3040
Fax: (408) 298-8986
E-mail: info@defrank.orgBay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)
BAAITS exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating forums for the spiritual, cultural, and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. BAAITS comes together to socialize share and network in an alcohol-free environment.
1800 Market Street, Box 95
San Francisco, CA 94102-6227
Tel: (415 )865-5616
Web: www.baaits.orgFemale-To-Male International
601 Van Ness Ave Ste E327
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (877) 267-1440
E-mail: info@ftmi.orgTransgender San Francisco (TGSF)
A member-based non-profit that provides educational, social, and outreach services for the gender gifted community. Membership is available to all gender gifted individuals, their spouses/partners, friends, family members & members of the professional community.
1800 Market St. Box 86
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 839-9448
E-mail: secretary@tgsf.orgThe Pacific Center
The Pacific Center is an award-winning, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community center based in Berkeley, CA serving the East Bay and Greater Bay Area. Through professional counseling, groups, community events, and advocacy, Pacific Center works to foster and enhance the well-being and self-respect of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
2712 Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94705
Tel: (510) 548-8283Recommended Media
Books
A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein (2012)
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson (2016)
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings (2016)
Butch is a Noun by S. Bear Bergman (2006)
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein (1995)
Just Add Hormones by Matt Kailey (2006)
Mom, I Need to be a Girl by Just Evelyn (2007)
Peter Darling by Austin Chant (2017)
Refining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock (2014)
She’s Not There: A Life In Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan (2013)
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (2016)
The Testosterone Files by Max Wolf Valerio (2006)
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves by Laura Erickson-Schroth (2014)
Transgender History by Susan Stryker (2008)
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg (1997)
Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers by Cris Beam (2008)
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (2016)
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano (2007)
Movies
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)
Drunktown's Finest (2014)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Paris is Burning (1990)
Pay It No Mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson (2012)
Princesa (2001)
Screaming Queens (2005)
Tangerine (2015)
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) (1999)
Wild Side (2004)
Web
AIS/DSD Support Group - Information and advocacy groups for people affected by Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome and/or related intersex conditions and their families
The Brown Boi Project – Community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and our allies committed to changing the way that communities of color talk about gender.
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health - Increase access to comprehensive, effective and affirming health care services for trans and gender-variant communities
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement (TQLM) – National organization that organizes, educates, and advocates for issues regarding LGBTQ and Latino communities.
Injustice at Every Turn – A report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey
Intersex Society of North America - Resource for the intersex community
National Center for Transgender Equality - Dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment
San Francisco Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative (TEEI) – Provides job search support, mentorship, networking opportunities, and legal services for trans* individuals seeking employment
Santa Cruz Trans* Resources – Collection of resources with experience and training for serving transgender, genderqueer, and gender-expansive communities
Susan’s Place: Transgender Resource – A comprehensive collection of how-to information and general education for transgender people
Trans News Updates by Lynn Conway – News of special interest to the trans community
Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER) – Educational resources and support for trans* advocacy
Transgender Lives: Your Stories – The New York Times' series of editorials about transgender experiences, featuring personal stories
Transgender Law Center – Organization for changing law, policy, and attitudes in regards to trans* safety and freedom
Relevant Links
Clothing Resources
Clothing size chart from Susan’s Place
How to convert clothing size on the go
Hudson’s guide to breast binding
Shopping
Binders and Prosthetics
BetterProducts – sells prosthetics (NSFW)
Big Brother Binder Program – used binder donation program
FTM at Underworks – sells binders
gc2b – sells binders
Point of Pride – binder and breast form donation organization
T-Kingdom – sells binders
Clothing
CharlieBoy ($$)
GenderFreeClothing ($$)
HauteButch – masculine-driven clothing ($$)
Outplay Swimwear – gender-neutral swimwear ($$)
Rebirth Garments ($$$)
Swaps
The Transgender-Friendly Clothing Swap
Sexual Health
Early2Bed – Chicago-based sex toy shop which also includes packers, STP devices, and harnesses
Brazen: Trans Women's Safer Sex Guide
Primed: A Sex Guide for Trans Men Into Men
Pure Pleasure – sex toys and inclusive resources for sexual pleasure and wellbeing
Also, check out the Cantú's Clothing Closet!
