Gender Affirming Harm Reduction: A Toolkit for Syringe Service Programs

Toolkit
by
National Harm Reduction Coalition, Trans Equity Consulting, & Lighthouse Learning Collective

Release Date

2024

Geography

USA

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Objective

The purpose of this living document is to assist service providers in better understanding the needs of the transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary community when utilizing Syringe Service Programs.

Findings/Key points

The key contents are: history of trans health care, how harm reduction promotes gender affirming care, safety, sexual heath history, hormone replacement therapy, and organizational assessment.

Design/methods

This document is created from a harm reduction, anti-racist, intersectional framework with peer involvement.

Keywords

2SLGBTQI+
Advocacy
Barriers and enablers
Equity
Harm reduction
Peer/PWLLE program involvement
Wrap-around services