Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People


Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, & Deutsch, M. B. (ed). (2016).

(2nd Edition), Retrieved July 19, 2019 from https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines.

This guideline provides recommendations to meet the healthcare needs of transgender and gender nonconforming patients. 

Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, University of California San Francisco






"Specialty-trained speech language pathologists (SLPs) are best equipped to facilitate overall vocal health and efficiency, in addition to behavioral changes related to voice and communication for transgender people" (p. 161).