In 2003, St. James Infirmary expanded our services to include a transgender specific clinic night. Our strategies of community-driven outreach and education to the transgender community, our allies and the general public increase our reach and impact. Unfortunately, after having expanded our services to offer a clinic night tailored to the needs of transgender Sex Workers, by late 2005 again we had reached our capacity to enroll new participants into our hormone therapy program. It then became clear we needed to further expand our services.  Thanks to a grant from the Third Wave Foundation & Folsom Street Events, as of early 2009 we have opened up our new appointment-based Transgender Health Services program, STRIDE, in an all new timeslot: Thursdays from 1pm-4pm.

Our transgender program provides transitional services, primary medical care & educational workshops for transgender people. Providing our transgender sex working community with greater health, sex, drugs, legal, or defense skills, we support each client’s well being in sustainable ways. We now have returning clients from nine years ago, who have referred their friends, who have outreached to their co-workers, who have brought in their children to receive education and health care. We create a supportive environment and nurture that incredible chain of mentorship and advocacy.

To make an appointment to enroll in our Transgender Health Services program please call 415.554.8491 or email for availability.