Providers

Providers

Text LGBTQ2S to 94449 for regular community texts

What do your Two Spirit and LGBTQ patients need from you? Our Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ relatives may forego healthcare when clinicians and clinical environments are not affirming. Furthermore, traumatic experiences with discrimination and invisibilization in clinical settings can prevent our communities from accessing both life-saving preventative and gender-affirming care. Check out the following resources in order to help guide the critical work of creating affirming clinical spaces for all.

(NEW) Strategic Plan 2.0

Ensure your clinical and community environments are affirming for all clients, especially those who identify as trans or gender-diverse, by accessing tips, tools, and sample policies in our Trans & Gender-Affirming Care Strategic Vision and Action Plan (SVAP). First disseminated in 2020, this 2.0 is a 2024 release. Our 2020 SVAP was supported by the NPAIHB Tribal Delegates via resolution, and this is a newly updated version of that plan. Please complete this form if you’d like support implementing any aspect of this plan.

Downloads

Provider Resources

Clinical Guides

Approach to Care

IHS LGBT Resources for Providers

Resources for care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients

HIV Care and Sexual Health Assessment

E-learning course focused on providing culturally attuned sexual health care to 2SLGBTQ Native Americans

Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information

Do Ask Do Tell

A toolkit for collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings.

Beyond Men, Women, or Both

A Comprehensive, LGBTQ-Inclusive, Implicit-Bias-Aware, Standardized-Patient-Based Sexual History Taking Curriculum

IHS Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Terminology

A glossary of commonly used terms and phrases created by IHS for providers

Gender-Affirming Treatment Options

Gender Affirming Endocrine Treatment Clinical Practice Guideline Summary

Evidence-based guidelines for endocrine based therapies

Data

Health Data

Healthy People 2030: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Overview of related health topics and goals for the federal government until 2030.

United States Transgender Survey 2015 for Alaska Native and American Indians

Comprehensive survey and analysis pertaining to all areas of life that impact the well-being of Native transgender people