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Previous Coverage:

Northampton healthcare organization Transhealth accepting new pediatric patients, WWLP, March 31, 2025

Transhealth accepting new pediatric patients, Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 28, 2025

Valley leaders weight effect of Trump’s trans orders, from sports to gender-affirming care, Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 7, 2025

Transhealth CEO Jo Erwin: Trump’s anti-Trans Executive Orders, WHMP, January 21, 2025

Trans Community Prepares to Persevere Through Another Trump Presidency, Truthout, November 20, 2024

LGBTQ organizations unite in wake of election, Greenfield Recorder, November 19, 2023

Experts say Trump is a threat to trans health. His next term is already alarming the queer community, Salon, November 15, 2024

Exhibition at Holyoke Public Library elevates gender diverse voices, Masslive, November 14, 2024

Holyoke exhibit highlights Latinx transgender voices, WWLP Channel 22 News, November 13, 2014

Trans community stays resolved to persevere through another Trump presidency, Prism, November 13, 2024

Area briefs: Trans Latinx exhibit to open…, Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 7, 2024

TRANSform the Vote: Transhealth Joins National Movement to Mobilize Trans Voters. Athol Daily News. September 15, 2024

TRANSform the Vote: Transhealth joins national movement to mobilize trans voters, Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 12, 2024

Budget provision expands gender options on state documents, Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 21, 2024

Transhealth offers healthcare without barriers, The Reminder, August 15, 2024

Transhealth’s new leader hopes to continue center’s early success, Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 3, 2024

Affirming Health Care Summit addresses well-being of trans, gender-diverse community members, UMass Chan Medical, May 7, 2024

‘That shame you’re feeling is not yours; it’s theirs’: In Northampton, Elliot Page embraces trans community – The Boston Globe, May 6, 2024

Elliot Page and Governor Driscoll celebrate TransHealth’s 3 year anniversary, Western MA News, May 6, 2024

Actor Elliot Page sits for ‘Fireside Chat’ about his gender transition (Photos), MassLive, May 6, 2024

Actor Elliot Page to visit Northampton to celebrate Transhealth’s anniversary, WWLP, May 5, 2024

Transhealth to host Elliot Page at a benefit fireside chat in Northampton, Boston Spirit Magazine, April 23, 2024

Area briefs: Transhealth to celebrate 3 year… Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 22, 2024

‘Juno,’ ‘The Umbrella Academy’ actor Elliot Page coming to Massachusetts, Masslive, April 19, 2024

Elliot Page coming to Western Mass. for trans health benefit, Boston.com, April 18, 2024

Transhealth celebrates with birthday benefit featuring Elliot Page in Northampton, WWLP, April 11, 2024

Ford Hall Forum tackles impact of Dobbs ruling, The Suffolk Journal, April 9, 2024

MA Senator Markey hosts roundtable with LGBTQ+ community leaders in support of trans, nonbinary people, Boston Spirit Magazine, March 29, 2024

LGBTQ+ leaders: Dallas Ducar strives for a new healthcare status quo, MassLive, February 17, 2024

When the GOP comes for trans rights, they come for all of our rights, The Boston Globe, February 8, 2024

Runner-up hip-hop holigays, The Fabulous 413, December 6, 2023

Area briefs: It Takes a Village toys and coat drive; Transhealth Holigay party; Wistariahurst market, open house, Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 30, 2023

Medical Notes: Transhealth has expanded and is now accepting new patients, Masslive, October 2, 2023

August 31st: A House, a pony, a reading list, The Fabulous 413, New England Public Radio, September 6, 2023

Business Monday ETC: Comcast announced it has awarded $20,000 to Transhealth, MassLive, Aug. 21, 2023

How to take care of trans patients in hospice, STAT, August 22, 2023

Area briefs: Plainfield barbecue; Easthampton city hall reopens; Transhealth fundraiser, Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 21, 2023

How nonprofit healthcare center Transhealth is expanding access to care for trans and gender-nonconforming patients, Healthcare Brew, August 17, 2023

Mass. trans health care org. sees growth as people flee states with anti-LGBTQ laws, Masslive, August 4, 2023

Transhealth’s rapid growth continues: 2,000 patients served, staff quadrupled to meet demand, Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 30, 2023

As bans on transgender care for minors grow, a migration of sorts is underway, Boston Globe, July 14, 2023

How to Prepare for and Recover From Masculinizing Top Surgery, Livestrong.com, July 8, 2023

Trans Rights are as American as Apple Pie | Opinion, Newsweek, July 4, 2023

Trans patients share what it’s like to seek health care: ‘Treated without any humanity’, Today, June 30, 2023

How do gender care bans affect health? Markey bill seeks research on anti-trans laws, Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 26, 2023

Combating the crises: organizations eye ways to address mental health challenges among LGBTQ+ youth, Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 15, 2023

Transhealth celebrates serving over 2,000 patients, expands care and access during Pride Month, WWLP, Jun 15, 2023

‎Show See You Now, Ep Update | 63: Affirming Care Ally, Johnson & Johnson podcast, June 9, 2023

Pride on the march in 3rd District and beyond, Lowell Sun, June 3, 2023

Confusing and difficult’: Transgender patients try to navigate maze of Medicaid coverage, National Journal, June 2, 2023

Trans kids struggle with mental health during political firestorm, National Journal, May 25, 2023

Covid’s No Longer A Public Health Emergency: Here’s How That May Affect You, Forbes, May 10, 2023

A legislative push to shore up transgender rights in Massachusetts, Radio Boston, WBUR, May 10, 2023

Testosterone access for transgender people could be limited as COVID public health emergency ends, the 19th*, May 5, 2023

Informal transgender comics, The Fabulous 413, New England Public Media, May 3, 2023

AACN recognizes 5 leaders for nursing contributions, Beckers Hospital Review, April 13, 2023

Two non-profit organizations in Northampton awarded funds to enhance security, WWLP-22 News, April 6, 2023

A new frontier: States must champion trans visibility and care, The Hill, March 31, 2023

How Massachusetts can protect trans people, The Boston Globe, March 31, 2o23

Trans health care, already under attack, faces new obstacle with end of Covid public health emergency, STAT, March 31, 2023

Getting Answers: Transgender Day of Visibility, hardships accessing healthcare, Western Mass News, March 29, 2023

Interview with Dallas Ducar MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNL, FAAN, Massachusetts Report on Nursing, Volume 21, Number 1, March 2023

Telehealth Providers Prepare for the Future, Ms. Magazine, February 9, 2023

Transhealth to Host Mpox Vaccine Clinic on Jan. 20, HCN Health Care News, January 17, 2023

Jones Library panel planning all-gender bathroom, Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 11, 2023

As more transgender children seek medical care, families confront many unknowns, Reuters, October 6, 2022

“Don’t Say Gay” A political battle with legislation being pursued by conservative lawmakers across the country, WCVB5 ABC, September 2, 2022

Longmeadow Pride Alliance to host 2nd annual Pride Festival, The Reminder, September 7, 2022

Everything You Need to Know About Feminizing Hormone Therapy, Them, August 16, 2022

Scientific American: Telehealth Is Key To Trans Health Care, KHN Morning Briefing, August 15, 2022

Telehealth Is Key to Trans Health Care, Scientific American, August 12, 2022

Transgender Health Care Clinic is Awarded the Tim Porter-O’Grady Nurse Leadership Award, American Nurses Association, August 10, 2022

State’s reproductive health care bill becomes law, WWLP, August 9, 2022

The Boston Globe: Massachusetts Can Continue To Lead The Way In Providing Gender-Affirming Health Care, KHN Morning Briefing, August 9, 2022

Massachusetts can continue to lead the way in providing gender-affirming healthcare, Boston Globe, August 9, 2022

How Gov. Ron DeSantis is attacking the freedom and liberty of all Americans, The Hill, August 6, 2022

Importance of Having Open Conversations about MPox in a way that Minimizes Stigma & Discrimination, City of Northampton, August 5, 2022

What Makes Trans Joy Such a Powerful Antidote to Transphobia, The Daily Beast, August 4, 2022

Advocates And Providers Praise MA Leadership In Protecting Access To Abortion Care And Essential Healthcare For Transgender People, Fenway Health News, August 2, 2022

Advocates Praise MA Protection for Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care, GLAD News, August 1, 2022

There is no legitimate ‘debate’ over gender-affirming healthcare, Texas Observer, July 22, 2022

Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives, Wired, July 19, 2022

Gender-Affirming Health Care is Simply Good Health Care, Boston Globe, July 4, 2022

‘Caring for the Whole Person’: Experts Explain why Gender-Affirming Care is Important, TODAY, June 30, 2022

Transhealth Northampton Celebrates First Year with Plans to Expand Services, Masslive, June 30, 2022

Transgender and Non-Binary-Identified Healthcare Professionals are Changing the Exclusionary Healthcare System, Pulitzer Center, June 28, 2022

Western Massachusetts 1st Transgender Health Center Marks One-Year Anniversary (Viewpoint), Masslive, June 27, 2022

“Research By Us For Us” How Medical Research can Better Serve Trans Communities, Science Friday, June 24, 2022

Trans Kids and Advocates Blame Culture War for Debate over Adolescent Health Care, NBC, June 17, 2022

You Are Not Alone, Mindful, June 14, 2022

Going Beyond Umbrella Statistics when Covering Health in LGBTQ Communities, Association of Health Care Journalists, May 19, 2022

Transgender Patients get Specialized Health Care in Western Massachusetts with Long Waiting Lists, NEPM, May 12, 2022

Shedding Light on Gender-Affirming Healthcare in the US, Comcast Newsmakers, May 9, 2022

Transgender Day of Visibility Celebrates Struggles, Advances, Masslive, March 31, 2022

Nurse at Trans Health Center Breaks Down Myths in Anti-LGBTQ Legislation, LX News, March 31, 2022

Virtual Event: STAT x The 19th Represents: Gender and Health Outcomes, STAT News, March 24, 2022

Transhealth Northampton Provides Healthcare by and for the Transgender Community, GBH News, March 11, 2022

What Gender-Affirming Care Actually Means, Teen Vogue, March 11, 2022

Giving Gender-Affirming Care: ‘Gender Dysphoria’ Diagnosis Should Not Be Required, STAT News, March 11, 2022

How Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy Helps Trans People Sound Like Who They Are, WBUR Radio Boston, March 2, 2022

Passing the Equality Act will Ensure LGBTQ Civil Rights, Boston Globe, February 15, 2022

This Nurse Practitioner Opened a Trans-Centered Healthcare Clinic, Dallas’ Story, Nurse, February 1, 2022

Northampton Transgender Health Clinic Finds Growing Number of Pre-teen Children Questioning Identity, Masslive, January 31, 2022

Anti-trans Bills Harm Freedom and Liberty for All, Newsweek, January 26, 2022

Transhealth Northampton Extends Support Groups, Gender-Affirming Apparel and More into Community, Boston Spirit, January 25, 2022

Transhealth Northampton Opens New Community Closet, 22 News WWLP, January 19, 2022

Reporting Powers: Affirming Care, See You Know Podcast, December 13, 2021

Healthcare Open Season for Trans People, Translash Podcast, December 9, 2021

Trans People Waiting Years for Gender Healthcare as Demand Surges, Reuters News, December 7, 2021

What’s New in the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy, POZ, December 3, 2021

Reporting Powers: Insights in Action, See You Know Podcast, November 23, 2021

Transgender Health Clinic in Massachusetts Offers Quality, Compassionate Health Care, WCVB, November 23, 2021

How to Expand Health Care Coverage for Trans and Gender-Diverse Populations, Boston Globe, November 20, 2021

Here’s What Gender-Affirming Care Really Means and Why It Benefits Us All, Livestrong, November 15, 2021

Transhealth Northampton Hits 500 Patient Milestone, WWLP-22News, November 8, 2021

Radical Welcome with Andrew Sackett-Taylor, The Manic Episodes Podcast, November 8, 2021

Transhealth Northampton reaches 500-patient mark ahead of schedule, MassLive, November 4, 2021

These Nonbinary Patients Were Seeking Trans Health Care. But in a Binary System, They Felt ‘Invalidated,’ The Lily, October 25, 2021

Dallas Ducar on ‘Velshi,’ MSNBC, October 24, 2021

How this Clinic is Revolutionizing Health Care for the Trans Community, Channel Q, October 22, 2021

Diversity Programs – Do Better! (ft. Dr. Jon Paul), FANTI, October 21, 2021

Clinic Provides Transgender Care from Transgender Docs, Medscape, October 21, 2021

In Western Massachusetts, a Clinic by and for Transgender People Seeks to Revolutionize Health Care, The 19th, October 19, 2021

MassHealth Expands Care Options for Trans and Nonbinary Folk, QueerForty, October 5, 2021

The Truth and Beauty of Gender-Affirming Care, with Dallas Ducar, The Race to Value Podcast, October 4, 2021

The exclusions that followed 9/11, The Hill, September 18, 2021

MassHealth Expands Covered Care For Transgender And Non-Binary Residents, WBUR: Radio Boston, September 16, 2021

Transhealth Northampton CEO Nominated as a ‘Hero’ of the Year, Boston Spirit Magazine, September 16, 2021

J. Aleah Nesteby, She Pioneered Appropriate Care for a Population That Sometimes Lacks It, BusinessWest, September 16, 2021

The Pervasiveness Of Transgender Health Care Discrimination, NPR, Short Wave, September 13, 2021

Massachusetts leads the way in caring for the health needs of trans and gender-diverse people, Boston Globe, September 7, 2021

Nearly half of trans people have been mistreated by medical providers, report finds, NBC News, August 18, 2021

Expanding telehealth is vital to the trans community, The Hill, August 05, 2021

A source of hope for trans community, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 20, 2021

A Health Center for Trans People, by Trans People, Plus Magazine, July 15, 2021

Expanding Options: Look no further than Transhealth Northampton, and in Maine, the Mabel Wadsworth Center, Boston Spirit Magazine, July 2021

Dallas Ducar & Dr. Andrew Cronyn: LGBTQ+ Health Disparities | Part 1, Reported by MD Newsline, June 28, 2021

Dallas Ducar & Dr. Andrew Cronyn: LGBTQ+ Health Disparities | Part 2, Reported by MD Newsline, June 28, 2021

Transhealth in Northampton offering health services to LGBTQ community during Pride, Reported by WWLP, June 25, 2021

Transgender rights must be recognized as civil rights, Boston Globe, June 22, 2021

TransAmerica, Reported by NBC News Now, June 17, 2021

The Paper Gown, Zocdoc, 1 Question, 5 Answers: How Are Providers Improving Care for LGBTQ+ Patients?, June 14, 2021

And Another Thing, Reported by New England Public Media, June 10, 2021

Transhealth is the Future of American Healthcare, Reported by Into, June 1, 2021

Transhealth Northampton promises patient centered care, Reported by The Reminder, May 18, 2021

Panorama – Episode 18 – Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth Northampton, Reported by WHMP Radio, May 15, 2021

President Biden lauded for restoring transgender health care protections, Reported by Masslive, May 10, 2021

Transgender health clinic opens in Florence, Reported by Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 5, 2021

First trans-led gender-affirming healthcare center in US opens, Reported by Queer Forty, May 5, 2021

Trans healthcare center opens in Northampton, Reported by 22 News, May 4, 2021

New healthcare center for trans community opens in Northampton, Reported by Western Mass News, May 4, 2021

Transhealth Northampton ready to open, Reported by MassLive, May 4, 2021

Transhealth Northampton opens as first ‘independent, comprehensive’ transgender health center, Reported by MassLive, May 4, 2021

A Future Informed by Gender-Affirming Care, Proto Magazine, May 2021

Gender-affirming care offers a model for all of health care, The Boston Globe, May 3, 2021