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  • Trans-affirming recovery sets a national standard in West Philadelphia's Morris Home

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Morris House is the only recovery program in the country that requires people identify as transgender or gender conforming before they enter the program. “About 90 percent of residents saw a decrease in substance use from the month prior to treatment to the last month of their rehabilitation. Additionally, 83 percent of residents received medical treatment, including preventative HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C care, and an additional 89 percent transitioned from use of street-grade unregulated hormones to medical-grade hormone treatment.”

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  • Sometimes, It Does Hurt To Ask

    January 31, 2017 |

    Digg |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Transgender people are using crowdfunding sites to raise money to pay for gender confirmation surgeries. “"It was such a surreal feeling. I was looking at the number in my PayPal," Moog says. It didn't quite sink in that the surgery was now entirely possible.” Foundations like the Jim Collins Foundation also help cover the costs of surgery. In 2017 the Jim Collins Foundation awarded 13 grants for gender confirmation surgery.

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  • Elsa's Story

    July 17, 2015 |

    The Denver Post |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Children across the U.S. experience gender confusion, causing emotional stress in themselves and their family. Gender identity counselors and gender youth clinics are being created in multiple states to help families find peace in their situation.

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