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Gender Identity

Gender-diverse students experience higher rates of mental health concerns like depression and anxiety. Experiences of rejection, bullying, and discrimination related to gender identity can significantly impact well-being. CaPS recognizes and supports the intersecting identities of Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë students and works to promote and ensure a more socially just, inclusive and empowered community.

This curated list of resources provides education, advocacy, and support for gender-diverse Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë students and allies organized into Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë-specific, Pittsburgh-area, and national organizations. In addition, these organizations and resources are inclusive of identities not always represented in LGBTQIA+ resources such as nonbinary, questioning, allies, and HIV+. 

Please check out the document, Job Search Tips for Trans and Gender Diverse People-- this guide offers tips and resources to support Trans and Gender Diverse students in navigating job searches.

  • - Tips on navigating graduation from other queer/trans Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë community members
  •  - Support and action network of trans, intersex, nonbinary, and questioning individuals dedicated to supporting needs, inclusion, and equitable access across Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë
  • University Health Services (UHS) - Provides general medical care, as well as specialized care to LGBTQIA+ students
  •  - Tepper School of Business’ Graduate LGBTQIA+ club
  •  - An organization for those of all orientations and gender identities who support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/aromantic, and many other existing identities in our community
  •  - Group for LGBTQIA+ grad students and allies
  • - Educates the campus community on societal marginalization using an intersectional feminist lens


  •  - A holistic, multicultural, LGBTQIA+, HIV and Hep C health organization
  •  - A human service organization whose mission is to improve the well-being of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning) communities and the HIV/AIDS communities
  •  - A long-standing LGBTQIA+ community center in Pittsburgh that promotes education, advocacy, and social justice for all LGBTQIA+ people and allies in Western Pennsylvania
  •  - Community-led peer-support organization with the goal of increasing access to and improving quality of healthcare for transgender, non-binary and gender expansive people
  •  - Organization that works to iimprove the health of the LGBTQIA+ and HIV communities in Western Pennsylvania
  •  - Offers a variety of services and support to the LGBTQIA+ and HIV communities in Western Pennsylvania
  •  - Helps LGBTQIA+ youth (ages 18 - 25) and adults experiencing homelessness and housing instability in the Pittsburgh region find resources and housing options
  •  - An LGBTQIA+ short-term and emergency housing program, prioritizing people of trans experience
  •  - Provides comprehensive primary and preventive care, including primary medical care, oral health care, and mental health care services to persons of all ages and identities, regardless of their ability to pay or health insurance status
  •  - Provides health and wellness services that promote greater access to healthcare and education for women, men, LGBTQIA+ communities, and underserved patients
  •  - One of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education
  •  - A public health movement to end the AIDS epidemic in Allegheny County by 2020
  •  - Black and trans led non-profit organization that serves QTBIPOC (Queer Trans Black Indigenous People of Color) and nonbinary people within Southwestern Pennsylvania
  •  - Grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community
  •  - Leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQIA+) young people under the age of 25
  • - A 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health

Podcasts & Media

  •  - Podcast about nonbinary and transgender folks who interview notable trans guests, analyze current events, answer advice questions and get a little bit closer to understanding what gender is.
  •  - Explores the journey through gender expression, transmasculine culture, identity, and navigating the binary and our communities.
  •  - Takes an explicit and unapologetic look into the rarely explored depths of sex and gender.
  •  - Alex Iantaffi, author of How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are, reflects on how gender impacts different areas of our lives, such as relationships, spirituality, parenting and more.