Gender-Affirming Menopause Resources with Genderqueer Menopause

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Don’t miss out on the gender-affirming Menopause Resources you need! Explore insightful and engaging resources supporting genderqueer, trans, and otherwise queerbodied folx navigating a genderqueer menopause. These resources are also for any menopause care provider who is working to build a more gender-affirming practice. You’ll find podcast episodes, articles, and other resources to empower queer menopause.

Welcome to the blog — a growing archive of gender-affirming menopause resources for menopause care providers and trans, genderqueer, and otherwise queerbodied folx experiencing or approaching the menopause transition. These resources are rooted in lived experience, libration-based theory and praxis, and community-based tools for transformation. This space is rooted in the belief that menopause belongs to all of us, and that trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and queerbodied people deserve care that reflects the full complexity of our bodies, identities, and lives.

Here, you’ll find a wide range of articles, podcast transcripts, personal essays, and practical guidance created to support your journey through perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause. Whether you’re navigating this transition firsthand or you’re a healthcare provider, doula, or coach seeking inclusive education, you’ll find resources that are affirming, trauma-informed, and grounded in queer embodiment.

🩺 This Blog is for Menopause Care Providers: Find Best Practice Standards for Your Inclusive Practice and Learn More with these Gender-Affirming Menopause Resources

If you’re a provider committed to delivering affirming, inclusive, and evidence-informed menopause care, you’ve come to the right place. This blog offers resources tailored not only for individuals navigating the menopause transition but also for the clinicians, coaches, and care providers who serve them.

As a Certified Menopause Doula, coach, educator, and author, I’ve worked with hundreds of menopause care providers across disciplines—from OB/GYNs and nurse practitioners to mental health clinicians and community-based healers—to close critical gaps in care. This blog features up-to-date insights on gender-affirming hormone therapy, perimenopause symptom management, trauma-informed communication, and best practices for trans and nonbinary clients experiencing menopause.

Here, you’ll find:

• Articles on clinical considerations for gender-expansive clients
• Tools for trauma-informed, culturally competent care
• Interviews and case reflections from trans- and queer-led practice
• CEU-ready trainings, workshop announcements, and certification info
• Resources for navigating language, forms, and intake practices

Whether you’re looking to refresh your knowledge or deepen your equity commitment or update your practice protocols; these resources can help you deliver the affirming menopause care every patient deserves. This isn’t just good care—it’s best practice.

🌀 Start with the blog, check out the Gender-Affirming Menopause Symposium, and our certification training for providers to take the next step.

🌈 This Blog Is Also for Trans or Otherwise Queerbodied People Seeking Gender-Affirming Menopause Resources!

For those of us who’ve been on gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), undergone hysterectomy or oophorectomy, or are navigating menopause while living in trans or nonbinary bodies, our needs are often left out of mainstream medical narratives. Even well-meaning providers may be unequipped to offer inclusive, affirming menopause care — especially care that integrates lived experience, social context, trauma histories, and gender diversity.

This space is here to center what’s been missing: you.

Through this blog, we’re creating a body of knowledge that reflects the real, embodied experiences of people often erased from conversations about menopause and aging. You’ll find posts that explore:

• Perimenopause and gender dysphoria
• Gender euphoria
• Trans-affirming hormone therapy and MHT/HRT
• Fatigue, rage
• Mourning
• Executive dysfunction in midlife
• Spiritual, emotional, and ancestral aspects of menopause
• Increased symptoms/increased lack of ability to mask neurodivergence
• Increased chronic illness in menopause

🌿 You Are Not Broken—This Is a Transition

Menopause is often reduced to a list of symptoms or dismissed as a “women’s issue.” But for many of us — especially those who are trans, nonbinary, or gender-diverse — the menopause experience is far more nuanced.

You might be experiencing:

• Hot flashes/flushes or night sweats
• Joint pain, muscle stiffness
• Fatigue and/or low energy
• Brain fog and/or memory issues
• Mood swings, anxiety, rage, and/or depression
• Low libido, genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), and/or sexual discomfort
• Sleep disturbances, insomnia, and/or restless nights
• Irregular bleeding, spotting, or sudden shifts in cycles
• Digestive changes, weight fluctuations, or skin/hair changes
• And more.

These are common menopause symptoms — and you are not alone in them.

You may find these resources helpful–and can read more about them throughout this blog:

• Disability justice framing of the menopause transition
• Queer family care structures and intergenerational support
• Providers who apply best practices for inclusive care delivery
• Strategies for somatic support, resilience, and joy

Each resource is built on years of lived experience, client coaching, and professional training. I am a Certified Menopause Doula and coach, educator specializing in helping providers build gender-affirming, inclusive practices, and author of the forthcoming book Genderqueer Menopause (North Atlantic Books, 2025)— and I’m here to affirm that you are not invisible, and your symptoms, your stories, and your power are real.

✨ Join the Movement

This blog is part of a broader effort to transform menopause care — through certification programs, professional trainings, and community-centered education. We believe in a future where every body has access to gender-affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally competent menopause support.

Join Us!

Start by exploring our latest posts, listening to an episode of our podcast, or registering for an upcoming event like the Gender-Affirming Menopause Symposium, happening October 18–19, 2025.

This isn’t just about surviving menopause.
It’s about reclaiming it as an initiation — and building the systems that support us through it.

Because Every Body Deserves Affirming Care.