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.
Our Comprehensive Care
Our physicians provide personalized care and a safe environment for the LGBTQ+ community to ensure OhioHealth is their partner of choice. We deliver preventive services and perform procedures such as gender affirmation surgery.
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
A Leader in Inclusive Care
Four OhioHealth hospitals earned a top score of 100 in the 2019 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index, achieving designation as LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leaders.