TRUE Center for Gender Diversity

About the TRUE Center

Understanding and embracing one’s gender identity is an important journey for children, adolescents and their families. At the TRUE Center for Gender Diversity, we’re here to support you and your family along the journey. This is a safe space.

TRUE stands for Trust, Respect, Understand, Emerge.

At Children’s Hospital Colorado, we believe that all children and adolescents, including those who are transgender and gender-diverse, should be able to access the behavioral health and supportive care they need in order to live healthy lives.

We embrace you for who you are and will support you and your family in becoming who you’ve been all along: your true self.

Our multidisciplinary care team includes experts across multiple fields. We work with departments within Children’s Colorado as well as the community to provide legally appropriate and relevant specialty services, expertise and advice to support transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents.

The care we provide at the TRUE Center

We provide a family-centered model of care that supports transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents. This model is a best-practice standard of care grounded in scientific evidence. Research shows that access to behavioral health and supportive care has positive effects on the mental and physical health of transgender and gender-diverse patients and their families.

We treat each patient as the unique individual they are because gender-affirming behavioral health and supportive  care does not look the same for everyone. That means we work together with you and your family to meet your needs. We get to know you and your family during your  visits and will discuss the factors that impact your care.

These include:

• Age
• Stage of puberty
• Overall physical and emotional health
• Support system

Specialty services

You can expect trusted expertise while seeking any of the following services at the TRUE Center:

• Behavioral health services: Exploring and embracing your gender identity can be an emotional process. Our compassionate behavioral health team will support you on this journey and help you realize your goals.
• Multidisciplinary Care: A collaborative team of professionals and specialists work together to provide care tailored to meet your unique needs
• Referral to support groups: You are unique, but you are not alone. There are lots of people like you, and lots of families like yours. We work with community resources for transgender and gender-diverse children, adolescents and families and can connect you to those supports.
• Additional referrals: We can refer you to additional services at your request within Children’s Colorado as well as a variety of other community resources.

Why choose us?

We believe transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents need a stable support system as they navigate their journey, which is why we offer support not only for our patients, but for parents and families as well.

Trust

Trust is key to any relationship, and that’s exactly what we’ll build. We’ll partner with you to be an ally and a part of your community. We’ll help coordinate your care with your therapist where it’s appropriate and helpful, and give you the information you need to make informed decisions.

Respect

Our relationship is about respect. That’s why we design an individual plan for every patient, based on your unique gender expression and your personal hopes and needs. We’ll appreciate and recognize your identity, affirmed name and pronouns.

Understand

We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. You’re you, and that’s why you’re here. Whether you identify as transgender, non-binary, gender-fluid, gender-expansive or something all your own, we’ll listen and make every effort to understand your situation.

Emerge

Just as you’re emerging into your authentic self, gender-affirming medical care is a growing science. As leaders in the care we provide, we’re also contributing to the academic research that informs our behavioral health and supportive model. We are focused on you for the here and now, with an eye toward the future of gender-affirming care.

Contact the TRUE Center

We accept referrals, consultations and questions. You can reach the TRUE Center for Gender Diversity at 720-777-8783 or by email.