By: Abigail Coursolle and Skyler Rosellini
Executive Summary
This guide is informed by advocates’ experience working on cases involving access to gender-affirming care, and it is intended as a resource for health care advocates, non-legal community advocates, legal aid attorneys, TGI individuals struggling to access care, and other impacted stakeholders in California. It is designed as a step-by-step template that is easy to adopt into your casework, regardless of your experience with advocating for TGI communities or handling gender-affirming care barriers. We hope this guide equips more advocates with the knowledge and tools to effectively work on gender-affirming care cases. We hope this guide empowers TGI individuals and advocates to fight against systemic and institutional barriers to access the quality health care that they deserve. By sharing our knowledge and experiences, we hope to inspire community advocates to act as agents of change for their local community.
