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Howard Brown is committed to improving the health of the transgender community. We offer several programs that center around issues that the transgender community faces, and our medical, behavioral health, and case management staff sensitive to the special needs of our transgender clients.

THInC is an acronym that stands for Trans Hormones – Informed Consent. It  is a comprehensive 3-step program designed to assist those interested in accessing hormones in an efficient, supportive and validating manner.

Click here for Hormone FAQs.
Click here to download our new THInC brochure. 

TYRA is a support group for transgender and questioning youth, 24 and under, to meet people, get informed, and be supported by their peers. It’s held every Wednesday at the Broadway Youth Center, 3179 N. Broadway (near Broadway and Belmont) from 6 pm to 8 pm. Dinner is served every meeting, and every fourth Wednesday is movie night! For more information, call 773-935-3153, or send us an email.

Howard Brown conducts research studies that focus on improving the lives of transgender youth. If you identify as transgender, and are between the ages of 14 and 24, you may qualify for the Transgender Youth Research Project. The project involves a confidential interview process, as well as incentives ranging from $25 to $75. To see if you qualify, contact Beto by phone at 773-935-3151, x5 or email.

GenderWork is Chicago's social, support, and activist group for FTM (female-assigned, masculine-identified) individuals. For further information, please visit http://genderworkchicago.org.

Meets every 1st and 3rd Monday of month 6:30-8:30 pm at Howard Brown Health Center. An open group for FTM, MTF and Intersex individuals as well as those questioning their gender. For more information contact: Lois Bates 773-388-8926 or loisb@howardbrown.org

We coordinate presentations and school-based programming focusing on issues in transgender health, providing both formal and informal seminars at women’s shelters, high schools, health fairs, women’s correctional facilities, community-based organizations, and to other medical providers. If you’d like to work with us to design and develop training or educational seminars for your organization, please submit your request via email.