LGBTQ+

Many LGBTQ+ people use labels to express who they are. These labels can help listeners like you and me understand who that person is and how they wish to identify. Some labels are often used universally by LGBTQ+ people, while others relate to the following concepts specifically:

Gender Expression (GE). The external manifestations of gender, expressed through such things as names, pronouns, clothing, haircuts, behavior, voice, body characteristics, and more. 

Gender Identity (GI). One’s internal, deeply held sense of gender. Some people identify completely with the gender they were assigned at birth (usually male or female), while others may identify with only a part of that gender, or not at all. Some people identify with another gender entirely. Unlike gender expression, gender identity is not visible to others.

Sex (S). At birth, infants are commonly assigned a sex. This is usually based on the appearance of their external anatomy, and is often confused with gender. However, a person’s sex is actually a combination of bodily characteristics including chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. As a result, there are many more sexes than just male and female, just like there are many more genders than just male and female, as well.

Sexual Orientation (SO). The desire one has for emotional, romantic, and/or sexual relationships with others based on their gender expression, gender identity, and/or sex. Many people choose to label their sexual orientation, while others do not.

(Source: It Gets Better Project which envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ youth are free to live equally and know their worthiness and power as individuals.)

 
 

Visit the It Gets Better Project LGBTQ+ Glossary to view more words that represent the vast diversity of the LGBTQ+ community and accompanying videos.

 
 

Checkout the NOH8 Campaign website to learn more: www.noh8campaign.com

LGBTQ* Online Doctor Office: QueerDoc

QueerDoc is an online doctor's office that. offers queer and gender affirming medical care for all ages through telemedicine. They are for queers, by queers and open in Hawaii in February 2022!

QueerDoc offers gender affirming medical care online including puberty blockers, hormones, testosterone blockers, and SERMs. They also offer surgery referrals, legal transition consults, and sexual health services. See all of their services here.

They have an innovative pay what you can sliding scale model and offer some scholarship based care for those who cannot afford our sliding scale.

Dr. Lin-Fan Wang will be providing their medical services in Hawaii. Dr. Wang uses her perspectives as a queer person, an immigrant and child of immigrants from Taiwan, and as a woman of color to provide individualized, liberatory, culturally humble, and trauma-informed care. In addition to queer health, her professional interests include racial and reproductive justice and adolescent health.

 Dr. Crystal Beal who started QueerDoc in June of 2018 is available to connect and share more about our practice and services at drcrystalbeal@queerdoc.com.

Hawaii LGBTQ+ Resources

 

The Lavender Center & Clinic

(808) 744-2543
Honolulu, HI 96814
The Lavender Center & Clinic is an inclusive medical practice for all communities, all genders, and LGBTQ+ supportive. They provide LGBTQ+ youth positive role models and mentors. To learn more, visit their website.