Hormone Therapy
Hormone Therapy that honors your goals.
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Who we care for
Gender Affirming Care
Providing compassionate care for our diverse gender community.
Services range from our Gender-Affirming Care to support those aligning their bodies with their identity to Hormone Therapy for patients with menopause, low testosterone, or other hormone-related conditions.
Services offered
Five ways we support you
PHC provides hormone replacement therapies to support and improve overall health, relieve symptoms, and restore balance, with careful monitoring and patient education. Care is clear communication about risks and benefits before beginning treatment. Options may include Testosterone, Estrogen, Anti-androgens, and Progestins. These therapies can assist with: Gender Dysphoria, Menopause symptom management, Perimenopause symptom management, Low testosterone, Adrenal insufficiency, help prevent bone loss and osteoporosis.
While PHC doesn’t perform surgeries on site, we can help patients access gender-affirming surgical procedures by providing referrals to trusted surgeons. We also assist with letters of support, paperwork, and guidance on preparing for surgery and recovery. Our team can connect patients to additional resources, including counseling and community supports.
Many of our services are available via telehealth, offering safe, convenient access from home. Initial consultations, follow-up visits, prescription management, and some counseling can be done virtually. In-person appointments are available for lab work, physical exams, and procedures that require hands-on care.
Our clinics provide confidential and inclusive sexual and reproductive health services for people of all genders. This may include STI testing and treatment, birth control options, Pap and HPV screening, pregnancy testing, and general preventive care. Whether you’re transgender, nonbinary, or cisgender, your sexual and reproductive health needs are treated with the same respect and attention.
Care for every body, and every identity.
Common terms
Words we use, and what they mean
A shared vocabulary makes care easier. If we get something wrong, tell us — we’ll fix it.
- Gender Identity
- A person’s internal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with their sex assigned at birth.
- Gender Expression
- How a person presents their gender through clothing, behavior, voice, or appearance.
- Transgender
- A person whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
- Cisgender
- A person whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- Non-Binary
- A gender identity outside the traditional categories of male or female.
- Gender Nonconforming
- A person whose gender expression does not fit societal expectations for their assigned sex.
- Pronouns
- Words (he/him, she/her, they/them, etc.) used to refer to someone, reflecting their gender identity.
- Deadnaming
- Referring to a transgender person by their birth name after they have changed it as part of their transition.
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Medical, mental health, and social support that helps transgender and non-binary people live in alignment with their gender identity.
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
- Medications (e.g., estrogen or testosterone) used to align physical characteristics with gender identity.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Gender-affirming care is a broad approach to health care and support that recognizes and respects an individual’s gender identity, ensuring that all individuals can live healthy, fulfilling lives by addressing their unique needs.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) uses prescription forms of estrogen or testosterone, the same hormones naturally produced by cisgender men and women. These medications are safely used worldwide for a range of medical conditions and can be prescribed to both youth and adults under medical supervision. HRT is medically safe, the effects of which are partially or fully reversible depending on duration of use, and the informed consent process includes a review of benefits, risks, and fertility considerations. HRT is typically started at age 18 or older, though late adolescents may begin with physician approval, parental consent, and their own informed consent (often after puberty blockers or social transition). For many transgender and non-binary people, HRT is an important part of transition, helping align physical appearance with gender identity and reducing gender dysphoria, depression, anxiety, and suicidality.
Gender-affirming care, sometimes called transition-related care, is health care for transgender and non-binary people of all ages. It includes mental health support, medical care, and social services, all guided by clear, evidence-based standards. This care helps people live authentically, safely, and healthily. Care decisions are made in age-appropriate, evidence-based ways, involving doctors, patients, and often parents. Every major U.S. medical and mental health organization, including the AMA, AAP, and APA, recognizes gender-affirming care as medically necessary.
Bans on gender-affirming care for youth have harmful consequences. These laws prevent families and providers from making medical decisions supported by every major medical authority and deny young people the care they need. Even the existence of such legislation worsens mental health, increasing fear and anxiety among LGBTQ+ youth, especially transgender and non-binary youth, and also negatively impacts LGBTQ+ adults.
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St. Petersburg
Our largest clinic and the full care team, offering primary care, HIV care and prevention, hormone therapy and medically supervised weight management.
Dade City
Our Pasco County clinic, where Lorayne Shafer, APRN leads primary care, HIV care and prevention for patients across the county.
Wilton Manors
Our South Florida clinic on Wilton Drive, where Dr. Blaisdell and the Broward team provide primary care, HIV care and prevention.