Gender Affirming Care
Zami is one of the founding staff members for Gender Health SF formerly known as Transgender Health Services (THS), which is the first public health program in the country to offer gender affirming surgeries to Trans and Non-binary people on state health insurance (medi-cal). Since then, Zami has been working as capacity building and technical assistance provider for gender affirming care, inclusion and health equity.
Zami was one of the founding members and training coordinator for the collective Bloom Transgender healing project, which was based in Oakland, CA and provided capacity building workshops on gender affirming care and practices, as well as technical assistance for state and local clinics which included reviewing policies, procedures and curriculum to ensure they were inclusive to the Transgender and Non-binary (TGNB) community.
Most recently, Zami was brought on as a contractor with the Denver Prevention Training Center (PTC) as their Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Gender Affirming Care Project Manager, where he led a team of Transgender and Non-binary Identity Consultants to provide Community of Practices (CoP's), national and regional webinars, a medical mis/distrust summit on Transgender and Non-binary health, as well as technical assistance for CDC directly funded CBO's and health departments, in 15 jurisdictions on the Western Region of the United States. Since then he has become their CBA Learning and Development Manager.
Organizations, Clinics and Businesses
Zami has worked with both state and local health departments, statewide health agencies as well as community based organizations and tech companies to create:
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Affirming policies, procedures and spaces
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Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion for Transgender and Non-Binary employees, and employees of Color
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Training and coaching for executive leadership
Workshops
Trans 101
This workshop provides a primer on the use of language, terminology, and broad overview of sexual and gender minority communities. Trans 101 includes the basics of community engagement and how non-Transgender (cisgender) folks can support the Transgender community.
Trans 201 – For Medical Providers
This workshop takes a deeper dive into the complexities of providing health care and health services to Transgender people. Trans 201 will review best practices with documentation, electronic medical records, data collection and surveillance, health environments, pronoun usage, professional development, and train providers on steps to supporting Transgender clients.
Trans 201 – For Community-Based Organizations
This workshop takes a deeper dive into the complexities of serving transgender people in a community-based setting. Trans 201 will review best practices with creating affirming spaces, public accommodations, data collection and paperwork, developmental outreach, hiring and representation practices, programmatic review, and capacity building.
Trans at the Margins: Exploring Intersecting Identities
This workshop will explore the complex health experiences and needs of Transgender
communities based on intersecting marginalized identities. “Trans at the margins” will describe the public health and medical needs of the transgender community, health disparities within and amongst the community, and barriers and facilitators to accessing care and services.
Gender affirming care
This workshop will focus on medical care considerations for transgender patients seeking gender affirming care. Included will be an overview of preparation for medical procedures, engaging in informed consent, reducing complications, health literacy assessment, post-procedural care, and multiple frameworks for approaching complex medical cases for transgender patients.
Each workshop is 60 - 90 minutes and designed for participants to leave with tangible action-steps. Workshop times can be adjusted for your audience. Customized workshop topics available upon request.
Technical Assistance:
Technical assistance is available for individual and small-group sessions on short- and long-term projects. Technical assistance can include programmatic review, quality assurance, document revision, coaching, and other needs identified by the organization. Coaching available for line staff, supervision and managerial staff, as well as executive leadership.
Technical assistance rates determined based on project need, duration, and expected final products. Initial consultation meeting required to discuss project parameters and budget. Please contact Zami to find out more about technical assistance opportunities.
