Gender-affirming Care

A suite of mental health, medical, and social services that Intermountain Health offers primarily in Utah.

Given the complex nature of gender-affirming care, leading organizations like the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) recommend interdisciplinary care teams are formed to treat transgender and gender diverse people in a way that considers all their needs. Our providers come together once a month to ensure medical best practices are followed.

Intermountain Health works with providers who offer a variety of gender-affirming care services in Utah including hormone treatments and surgery for adults.

Utah law prohibits hormone therapy and puberty blockers as treatment for gender dysphoria for anyone under 18 who did not have a documented gender dysphoria diagnosis before January 28, 2023.

Services

Gender-affirming Surgery

LGBTQ+ competent providers connect adult patients with gender-affirming care.

Gender-affirming Hormone Therapy

Intermountain offers hormone therapy to support the treatment goals of gender diverse people.

"I've already recommended close friends of mine in the LGBTQIA+ community looking to establish care to this clinic.”

— Grateful Patient, Salt Lake Clinic

Additional services

Additional services for Utah's LGBTQ+ population.

Physical therapy: Pelvic floor and hand therapy

We offer pelvic physical therapy which may be prescribed for transgender patients. This can be helpful if you want to become more aware of the pelvic area. Hand therapy for skin-graft to the arm following Phalloplasty may also be recommended to prevent scarring and tightness. Examples of pelvic floor physical therapy may include:

How to tighten and relax the pelvic floor
How to improve flexibility in the hips and pelvic floor and for posture work
Increasing awareness of the pelvic floor through Biofeedback and breath work to help reduce tension and pain
Reducing pelvic floor tension through manual therapy, dilator use and modalities

Hair removal services

Intermountain Health offers laser hair removal. We can also help you with laser hair removal to treat facial hair, bikini line areas, and other body hair-bearing skin areas that cause significant distress for gender-diverse individuals.

Voice therapy

Voice services may be helpful if you want to work on pitch (higher, lower or flexible), resonance, articulation, breath support, body language, and/or social communication. Our goal is to help you have a voice that matches your gender expression, as well as increase your confidence while talking to other people. Intermountain currently does not have a voice specialist; however our care teams will offer referral to outside providers.

Find care now

Intermountain Health has trusted medical experts who provide high-quality, affordable, and personalized care — right in your community.

Find a doctor Get virtual care

Share your location for a better experience