Tucson Building Reputation as a Good Place for Transgender Patients

Tucson has built a reputation as a progressive-thinking city that supports transgender people. Many groups, community programs, and organizations have been put together to make Tucson a supportive, friendly and accepting place. This by no means is an inclusive list but here are some Tucson Transgender Highlights:

Tucson Transgender Highlights

• In 2016 a transgender woman won the 2016 Tour de Tucson.
  
  PDF article: Steller Transgender Cyclist Win is Tucson was Fairer than it Seemed
  
  PDF article: Transgender Cyclist – The Story of Jillian Bearden
  
  
• In 2016 the University of Arizona held a unique conference in transgender studies that was the first of it’s kind worldwide called Trans*studies: An International Transdisciplinary Conference on Gender, Embodiment, and Sexuality. Panelists from around the world addressed issues of access and proper transgender care within health-care structures, including the need for a gender dysphoria diagnosis for certain kinds of treatment. This was a huge step for the Tucson transgender community and more good things are in the works from the UofA, like the creation of a master’s program in transgender studies. Until the program is fully developed they will most likely be offering a certificate.
  PDF Original Article: Tucson Building a Reputation as a Good Place for Transgender Patients
  
  PDF Article: U of Arizona Emphasizes Transgender Studies
• In 2015 Tucson VA opens a clinic for transgender Veterans. This is the second Transgender VA clinic, the other is in Ohio. It is a transgender only clinic and caters to Vets who are transgender.
  
  PDF Article via NPR: Tucson VA Clinic Opens for Transgender Veterans
  
  PDF Article: Tucson VA Hospital Opens Clinic For Transgender Veterans

• In 2014 the University of Arizona launched a Transgender Journal, the TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. TSQ is one of the only transgender studies journals in the world that emphasizes interdisciplinary cultural studies. Other transgender studies journals — such as the International Journal of Transgenderism — have a greater emphasis on behavioral health and medicine.
  
  PDF Article: U of Arizona Emphasizes Transgender Studies