Gender Health Center

07/29/2026

Peer support group, but make it art. 🎨

Thank you to those who came out to last week's TransFemme and NonBinary Group, where we made Kintsugi-inspired story pots.

Whether you're processing joy, hardship, or anything in between, our TransFemme and NonBinary peer support group provides space for togetherness and community. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month! 💗

07/27/2026

Mental health professionals play an important role in expanding access to evidence-informed gender-affirming healthcare.

Join the Gender Health Center's Executive Director, Dr. Malakai (he/they/fam) on August 18th, 2026 from 6:00-7:30 PM, for Gender Health Assessment: Foundations for Holistic Wellness, a free, intermediate-level virtual continuing education workshop designed for psychologists, LCSWs, LMFTs, and LPCCs.

We'll explore:
• Best practices for conducting gender health assessments/evaluations
• Writing effective letters of support for gender-affirming medical care
• Historical and contemporary factors influencing assessment and healthcare access
• Practical tools to provide ethical and culturally responsive care

Participants will earn 1.5 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward licensure renewal. Help strengthen and expand your understanding and skills in gender-affirming care clinical assessment.

We hope you'll join us. RSVP at bit.ly/ghccontinuinged

07/24/2026

Join us for an evening of drag, trivia and prizes as we raise awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. Hosted by Sacramento’s own Roselía Valentine, with generous support from Gilead Sciences.

Admission is free with space limited to 50 attendees, so make sure you RSVP early at bit.ly/4fwCOFp! Donations are welcome to support our participation in NCAC 2027. Onsite HIV/STI testing will be available.

📆 August 5, 2026
⏰ 6:00PM-7:30PM. Doors open at 5:30PM
📍 Gender Health Center
3823 V St.
Sacramento, CA 95817

07/21/2026

This week, during our regular Transfemme NonBinary Support Group session, join us in a Kintsugi-inspired pot decorating and community-building activity, open to all community members 18+, including regular attendees of the Transfemme NonBinary group.

Supplies are limited, so make sure you arrive on time and ready to create and build connection.

📆 July 23, 2026
⏰ 6PM-7:30PM
📍Gender Health Center Living Room

07/21/2026

Did you know? July 21 marks all over the world, a date selected in honor of HIV activist Prudence Nobantu Mabele.

In our communities, HIV stigma shapes whether we feel safe getting tested, starting treatment or simply being ourselves. It pushes community members toward social isolation and unhealthy coping mechanisms, making an already hard experience harder to carry alone.

Prudence Nobantu Mabele was one of the first Black South African women to publicly share her HIV+ status in 1992, when HIV stigma was arguably at its worst. She led efforts throughout Africa to end the stigma of HIV and motivate people to get tested, treated, and active.

Looking for local HIV testing and resources?

Gender Health Center
3823 V Street
Sacramento, CA 95817

One Community Health
1500 21st Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 842-5185

Golden Rule Services
7171 Bowling Drive, Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 427-4653

Sunburst Project
2143 Hurley Way, Suite 240
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 440-0889

Sacramento County Sexual Health Clinic
4600 Broadway STE 1400
Sacramento, 95820-1527
(916) 875-1551

07/21/2026

The future of mental health care is grounded in liberation, community, and affirming practice.

The Gender Health Center invites graduate trainees in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, and Marriage & Family Therapy who want to deepen their clinical skills while making a meaningful impact alongside LGBTQIA+, Two-Spirit, transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex communities.

As a trainee, you'll receive:
• Individual and group clinical supervision
• Specialized training in Queer-Informed Narrative Therapy, Liberation Psychotherapy, Liberatory harm reduction
• Opportunities to learn from experienced mental health providers and community health workers committed to healing justice and culturally responsive care
• Experience providing low-barrier, community-centered mental health services

The Gender Health Center is one of the few training sites in the United States offering dedicated training in queer-informed narrative therapy within an integrated, community-based setting. Our approach helps clinicians move beyond pathology and toward practices that honor identity, resilience, relationships, and collective liberation.

If you're looking for a training experience that will challenge, inspire, and transform you and your clinical practice, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us in building a future where mental health care affirms dignity, celebrates identity, and expands possibilities for healing. Learn more and apply at www.genderhealthcenter.org/internships-volunteering

07/17/2026

Healthcare providers can play a vital role in alleviating some of the unique challenges Non-Binary people face when accessing care.

Do you have any additional tips for providers looking to improve their services for Non-Binary people? Drop them in the comments!

07/15/2026

Congratulations to Chioko Grevious on the publication of her latest research in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology.

Chioko, co-founder of the Black Utopians Healing Circle, current clinical supervisor, and Gender Health Center trainee alum, recently published "Black Women’s Engagement with Buddhism for Healing from Anti-Blackness: A Narrative Inquiry."

Using narrative inquiry, the article examines how Black women describe Buddhist practice as a resource for healing racialized suffering, cultivating meaning, and addressing intergenerational soul wounds. The study highlights the role of meditation, compassion, and spiritual practice in supporting healing and resilience in the face of anti-Blackness.

At the Gender Health Center, we believe that research, lived experience, and community wisdom are strongest when they inform one another. We are honored to celebrate Chioko's scholarship and her ongoing contributions to advancing culturally responsive, healing-centered approaches to mental health and community care.

Congratulations, Chioko, on this important contribution to the profession. We look forward to seeing the impact of your work.

Black women’s engagement with Buddhism represents a distinct and under-examined pathway for healing from anti-Blackness. Drawing on publicly available memoirs a...

07/15/2026

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Hi QTs! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Join us for Haus of Hormones Community Care Night! All of our usual Gender Affirming services will be available for free, so get it while it's hot and hope to see you there!

📆 Wednesday, July 15
⏰ 6:00-9:00 PM
📍 Gender Health Center

07/11/2026

Are you looking for a space to speak on your favorite topic?

Pop culture therapy (sometimes called Geek Therapy or Superhero Therapy) is an innovative approach that integrates familiar stories, video games, and media into traditional mental health counseling.

You can sign up for an individual session with you and our clinicians, or opt in to allow other community members to join your session, depending on how much of an audience you want. We want to celebrate and explore your obsessions and hyper-fixations with you!

Register at www.genderhealthcenter.org/event-list