Resources
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- In-Person Support Groups
- Online Support and Activism
- Medical/Mental Heath Services
- Organizations
- Events
In-Person Support Groups
FTM Sonoma County
- What: Santa Rosa support group for transmasculine adults, 18+
- When: 1st / 3rd Sundays, 3:30-5:00 pm
- Where: Positive Images, 200 Montgomery Drive, Suite C, Santa Rosa
- Contact: Shaun Moran, wmoran@yahoo.com
- Website: www.ftmsc.org
Grupo de Apoyo para Latinas Transgeneros / Latinas’ Transgender Support Group
- When: 1st Thursday
- Where: Santa Rosa Community Health Center, 751 Lombardi Court, Santa Rosa
- Contact: Arumina Kohli, MD, (707) 547-2222
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- What: Support group for the loved ones of LGBTQ people
- When: 1st Monday, 7:00 pm
- Where: Positive Images, 200 Montgomery Drive, Suite C, Santa Rosa
- Contact: (707) 481-2476 or pflag.santarosa@gmail.com
- Website: PFLAG Santa Rosa (Facebook)
Transgender North Bay
- What: Santa Rosa support group for transfeminine adults and their adult family members, 18+
- When: 2nd / 4th Tuesdays, 6:00 pm
- Where: Positive Images, 200 Montgomery Drive, Suite C, Santa Rosa
- Contact: Jacqui Nugent, (707) 334-4515 or tgnbsupport@gmail.com
Transgender Sonoma County
- What: Social group for anyone on the transgender spectrum, including FTM, MTF, gender queer, non-binary, and questioning
- Contact: Orlando Kai O’Shea at orlandokaioshea@gmail.com
- Website: Transgender Sonoma County (Facebook)
Online Support and Activism
Erase Transphobia in Sonoma County
- What: Dedicated to increasing tolerance for the trans community in Sonoma County
- Website: Facebook (Page), Facebook (Group)
North Bay Area (California) Parents for Gender Diversity
- What: Parents and caregivers of non-conforming kids in Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino counties.
- Website: Facebook (Group)
Sonoma County Parents of LGBTQ Children
- Website: Facebook (Group)
Transgender Sonoma County
- What: Social and support group, open to transgender, transexual, gender queer, gender fluid, cross dressers, androgynous individuals, and their family members
- Website: Facebook (Page), Facebook (Group)
Trans Lifeline
- What: A grassroots, peer-support hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
- 24 Hour Hotline: (877) 565-8860
- Contact: (510) 771-1417, contact@translifeline.org
- Website: www.translifeline.org
TRANSLIFE Sonoma County
- What: Support group open to the transgender community and anyone involved in the TRANSLIFE Community Conference and Professional Symposium
- Website: Facebook (Page), Facebook (Group)
Medical/Mental Health Services
Brooke Vezino, MD
- What: Family medicine
- Where: Sebastopol Community Health Center, 6800 Palm Avenue, Suite C, Sebastopol
- Contact: (707) 824-9999
Carla Longchamp, MD
- What: Family medicine
- Where: Santa Rosa Community Health Center – Dutton Campus, 1300 North Dutton Avenue, Santa Rosa
- Contact: (707) 396-5151
Kaiser Permanente – Multi-Specialty Transitions (MST) Clinic
- What: Hormone therapy, sexual and reproductive care, mental health services, surgical evaluations and procedures
- Where: Kaiser Permanente, 3779 Piedmont Avenue, Ground floor, G-41, Oakland
- Contact: (510) 752-7149
- Website: East Bay Transgender Care
Kaiser Permanente – San Francisco Gender Pathways Clinic
- What: Hormone therapy, sexual and reproductive care, mental health services, surgical evaluations and procedures
- Where: Kaiser Permanente, 1635 Divisadero Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco
- Contact: (415) 833-TRNS (8767)
- Website: Gender Pathways Clinic
Santa Rosa Community Health Center – The Gender Clinic
- What: The gender clinic provides full spectrum care by a family medicine provider and staff
- Where: Santa Rosa Community Health Care – Lombardi Campus, 751 Lombardi Court, Santa Rosa
- Contact: (707) 547-2222, ask for Gender Clinic
- Website: The Gender Clinic
Santa Rosa Area Transgender-Affirming Psychotherapists and Psychiatrists
- What: A list of Santa Rosa area transgender-affirming psychotherapists and psychiatrists created and updated as a service to the gender expansive community
- Website: Kris Spangler, MA, MFT
West County Health Center – Gender Expansive Services Clinic
- What: Medical care and wellness, community building, hormone management, surgery referrals, legal navigation and documents help, social and emotional support, education
- When: 1st Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 pm
- Where: Sebastopol Community Health Center, 6800 Palm Avenue, Suite C, Sebastopol
- Contact: Erin Elo, (707) 887-0427 x 4405
Organizations
Buckelew
- What: Services for adults and children in the North Bay including supported housing and employment for people living with mental illness, family support, outpatient counseling, substance use treatment, outreach, education, and suicide prevention
- Where: Lake County, Marin County, Mendocino County, Napa County, Sonoma County
- Website: buckelew.org
LGBTQ Connection
- What: LGBTQ youth leadership and community development in Napa and Sonoma Counties
- When: Tuesday-Friday, 12:00-6:00 pm (until 4:30 pm on Fridays)
- Where: VOICES Youth Center, 714 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa (see website for more locations)
- Contact: (707) 595-8961
- Website: www.lgbtqconnection.org, LGBTQ Connection Sonoma County (Facebook)
Positive Images
- What: Support and advocacy to Sonoma County’s LGBTQ+ youth and young adults
- Where: 200 Montgomery Drive, Suite C, Santa Rosa
- Contact: (707) 568-5830, info@posimages.org
- Website: posimages.org, Positive Images (Facebook)
Sonoma State HUB Cultural Center
- What: An inclusive cultural center that promotes a diverse and cohesive campus community
- Where: Sonoma State University, Student Services 2nd Floor, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park
- Contact: (707) 664-2476, thehub@sonoma.edu
- Website: Sonoma State HUB Cultural Center (Facebook)
Events
Sonoma County Pride
- When: Summer
- Where: Guerneville, CA
- Website: www.sonomacountypride.org
TRANSLIFE Community Conference
- When: Fall
- Where: Santa Rosa, CA
- More Info Here
TRANSLIFE Professional Symposium
- When: Spring
- Where: Santa Rosa, CA
- More Info Here