Saratoga Pride Festival Sunday, June 16| 1-4 PM High Rock Park, Saratoga Springs, NY. Join us for Saratoga Pride‘s annual Pride celebration on June 16, and bring your dad for Father’s Day! Live music and festivities will take place at High Rock Park (Farmers’ Market Pavilion). Pride celebrations will continue at 4 pm at Bailey’s on Phila St.
Resources for Supporting LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness (ahihealth.org)
Therapy is not required for modifying your body’s gender. Some insurance companies require a therapeutic letter of support. Some insurances require that a person be on hormones 1-2 years before approving payment of top or bottom surgeries. Planned Parenthood, some primary care doctors and an endocrinologist may prescribe hormones. The Gender Wellness Center in Oneonta provides top surgeries, voice coaching and mental health services. Many people travel to Syracuse or New York City for bottom surgeries.
To find best practices for providers and information for adolescents and children to receive gender affirming care (both mental health and medical) check out WPATH. They have a guideline for standards of care: https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/SOC v7/SOC V7_English2012.pdf?_t=1613669341
Planned Parenthood
543 Bay Road
Queensbury, NY 12804
(518) 792-0994
*Hormone Replacement Therapy
*Surgery letters reporting how long someone has been on hormones for insurance
Free LGBTQ Training
Planned Parenthood
Rachel Marcy
Rachel.marcey@ppgreaterny.org
518-605-4664
*Free flags and pins for area individuals & businesses
True North
499 Glen St. Glens falls, NY 12801
(518) 745-1884
http://www.truenorthat499glen.com/
*transgender services, support groups
The Gender Wellness Center
(607) 431-5757 -Phone
FoxCare Center, Suite 103 5432 State Highway 7 Oneonta, NY
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Gender Wellness Center in Oneonta, NY | Transgender Health Care
*Top surgery
*Voice coaching
*Mental Health
Saratoga Pride
http://www.saratogapride.com
The Bridge-LGBT Community Center- Serves GF, Saratoga & Rural Adirondack
http://www.thebridgeglcc.org
LGBTQ Radio
(518) 276-6248
HomoRadio@yahoo.com
www.wrpi.org and www.HomoRadio
Pride Center of the Capital Region
332 Hudson Ave, Albany, NY 12210
(518) 462-6138- Phone
*virtual support groups
In Our Own Voices,Inc.
245 Lark St, Albany, NY 12210
(518) 432-4188- Phone
Rainbow Access Initiative
10 Colvin Ave #106, Albany, NY 12206
(518) 801-2521- Phone
Fortunate Families
136 Everett Rd, Albany, NY 12205
(518) 694-5508- Phone
Suny Albany’s Gender & Sexuality Resource Center
1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222
(518) 442-5015- Phone
*Peer-run
Choices Counseling
(518) 438-2222- Phone / (518) 438 7777-Fax
Ari Istar Lev, LCSW-R, CASAC, CSTS, arlene@choicesconsulting.com
choicesconsulting.com
*Therapy and counseling
*Sliding scale, Aetna, Blue Shield of Northeastern NY, CDPHP, Cigna, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Empire Plan NYSHIP, GHI, Medicare, MVP, and Out of Network plans
*There is a waitlist