gender nonconforming

I just wanted to remind you that even when we share these hard times, we still show up at Scarleteen every single day with the aim of being here to help inform and support you as best we can.

We hope every time you open up to someone about your truth they respond with love and kindness. But we also want to make sure you’re prepared in case they don’t, and give you some practical strategies and tools to look after yourself if that’s what happens. With that in mind, here’s a new, totally non-exhaustive, step by step guide to coming out.

Facial surgeries can change the shape or structure of your face to align with your gender identity.

Vaginoplasty constructs a vagina from existing genital tissue.

If you’re equipped with a clit and some labia and you’d like a penis (with or without testicles), you’re looking at either a phalloplasty or metoidioplasty.

If you have testes and don’t want them, you need an orchiectomy!

If you’ve got a uterus and you don’t want one, you’ll be spending some personal time with a gynecological surgeon.

Depending on how old you are, where you live, and the specifics of your situation, you may start with “blockers,” also called puberty blockers or puberty inhibitors.

Get the scoop on taking exogenous estrogen—AKA HRT!

For people interested in testosterone hormone replacement therapy as part of gender-affirming care, here’s what you need to know.