Mission
The Gender & Family Project (GFP) empowers youth, families and communities by providing gender affirmative services, training, and research. GFP promotes gender inclusivity as a form of social justice in all the systems involved in the life of the family.
Working directly with transgender and gender expansive young people, their families and their communities, GFP offers a variety of programs and services aimed to build community, decrease isolation, and foster hope and resiliency. Through community and clinical services, research, training and education, GFP provides comprehensive and customized advocacy, regardless of a family’s financial situation or ability to pay.
What We Do
GFP provides comprehensive multidisciplinary services for gender expansive children, transgender adolescents, their families and communities. Please find below a list of our services:
- Clinical family therapy and parental coaching
- Referrals for affirmative psychological and gender evaluation
- In-person community groups for caregivers (parents, guardians, family members)
- In-person community and play groups for gender creative children and tweens (5-14 years old)
- In-person community groups for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive adolescents (14-18 years old)
- Virtual community groups for caregivers and transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive young adults (18+)
- Gender inclusivity training and gender literacy education for educators, mental health and health providers, and other organizations
- Research on gender identity development and family acceptance