LGBTQ+ Care
Inclusive LGBTQ+ care for all stages of life
Through our patient-centered approach to health care, CommuniCare Health Centers strives to provide compassionate care to serve all your needs. Our informed providers with clinical expertise in LGBTQ+ specific topics work together with you, your partners(s), and your chosen family to manage your personalized care plan. Through the combination of specialty services, behavioral health care, individualized care plans, and referrals, CommuniCare takes a holistic and inclusive approach to your care needs.
Affirming Services For Yolo County's LGBTQ+ Community
Each of our clinic offers inclusive services by LGBTQ-informed providers, such as:
- Medical, dental, and prenatal care
- Behavioral Health care (known as Integrated Behavioral Health)
- Substance use and recovery support
- Peer and social support groups, provided by Elevate Queer Yolo
- Gender-affirming medications (like testosterone, estradiol, spironolactone) for adults
- Letters for medical clearance
- Referrals to specialists, when indicated
- Assistance and advocacy with legal name and gender documents
Elevate Queer Yolo
- FREE Community resource navigation for LGBTQ+ people in Yolo County
- Personalized help with getting medical insurance, finding housing, food, and social support
Sexual Health support
- STI & Birth control methods at Safe Care Clinic
- Confidential charts (separate from general medical charts)
- PrEP & PEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis) prescriptions to reduce risk of potential HIV contraction or transmission
- HIV Prevention & Care, including Ryan White services
The clinicians listed below provide comprehensive gender-affirming medicine. Contact the clinic listed to make an appointment:
- Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MS (she/her), Hansen Family Health Center
- Ian Kim, MD (he/they), Davis Community Clinic
- Betza Kunkel, MD (she/her), Hansen Family Health Center
- Marci Snodgrass, MD (she/her), Davis Community Clinic
- Upal Sarker, MD (he/him), Salud Clinic
- Frances Southwick, D.O. (they/them), Davis Community Clinic
Elevate Queer Yolo
455 First St, Woodland, CA 95965
(530) 405-9982
Sacramento LGBT Center
1015 20th St, Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 442-1081
Gender Health Center
3823 V Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 455-2391
Trans & Queer Youth Collective
Trevor Project:
(866) 488-7386
Text START to 678-678
TransLife Line:
(877) 565-8866
As we engage with more resources this list will grow and change to keep you up to date. If you know of a helpful resource you don’t see listed, or would like to add your agency’s information to this list, please contact: Kelsie Hale at KelsieH@communicarehc.org
Visit our Safe Care Clinic for free, confidential, and private sexual and reproductive health services. Services include all forms of birth control, pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, HIV testing, and emergency contraception pills. All services are available for all patients ages 12 and older on a voluntary basis. We can also help connect patients to CommuniCare’s other health care services.
FAQ’s for LGBTQ+ Care
Hormonal therapy for adolescents is generally referred to specialty care settings outside of CommuniCare and always requires parental consent.
Locations Offering LGBTQ Services
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