Transgender and LGBTQ+ Healthcare Services

Transgender and LGBTQ+ Healthcare Services at OhioHealth

Inclusive Healthcare for Our LGBTQ+ Community

At OhioHealth, we recognize how important it is to understand LGBTQ+ patients’ identities, experiences and relationships as we partner with them in their health and wellness journeys. We are dedicated to making sure all our patients, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race or religion, can be their authentic selves when they come to our medical offices and hospitals.

 

Primary Care Services

  • Preventive services and routine care
  • Gender-affirming hormonal therapy
  • Sexual health
  • HIV PrEP

Therapy

  • Voice and communication therapy
  • Pelvic floor physical therapy

Gynecology Services

  • IUD insertion and removal
  • Nexplanon insertion and removal

 

Gender Affirming Surgical Procedures

  • Vaginoplasty – removal of penis, scrotum, and testicles, and creation of vagina using penile skin
  • Vulvoplasty (zero depth vaginoplasty)
  • Metoidioplasty – creation of a penis by releasing hormonally enlarged clitoris. This includes the following procedures: 
    • Scrotoplasty – creation of a scrotum, with testicular implants 
    • Urethroplasty – a urethral lengthening procedure done at the time of metoidioplasty 
    • Vaginectomy – removal and closure of the vaginal canal 
  • Orchiectomy – removal of the testes 
  • Simple release
  • Gender nullification
  • Phalloplasty
  • Masculinizing chest surgery
  • Bilateral salpingectomy
  • Robotic hysterectomy with or without oophorectomy