LGBTQIA+

Nondiscrimination Policy

It is the policy of Happy Milk Lactation Support to not allow discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, HIV status, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Resources

Note: Resources and information are always changing and being updated, and I am not responsible for the following content. Please do let me know if something should be added or deleted. Thank you!

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine: ABM Clinical Protocol #33: Lactation Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Plus Patients

• United States Breastfeeding Committee Resources

• The Basics of Inducing Lactation — Breastfeeding Without Birthing (Alyssa Schnell, IBCLC)

• Milk Junkies — Breastfeeding and parenting from a transgender perspective (Trevor MacDonald)

• La Leche League International

• Transmasculine individuals’ experiences with lactation, chestfeeding, and gender identity: a qualitative study, authors Trevor MacDonald, Joy Noel-Weiss, Diana West, Michelle Walks, MaryLynne Biener, Alanna Kibbe & Elizabeth Myler, 2016

• Rates of breastfeeding or chestfeeding and influencing factors among transgender and gender-diverse parents: a cross sectional study, authors Haibing Yang, Xiaona Na, Yanwen Zhang, Menglu Xi, Yucheng Yang, Runsen Chen, and Ai Zhaoa, 2023

• Transwomen and Breastfeeding: A Personal Interview

• Tips for Transgender Breastfeedings and their Lactation Educators, prepared by Trevor MacDonald

• Using an At-Chest Supplementer

• Human Milk Banking Association of North America

• Community Donor Milk: Eats on Feets and Human Milk for Human Babies

• Jaye’s Musings About Breastfeeding and Life: When Two Communities Collide

• LGTBQ Parenting — American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Strong Families Network

• Breastfeeding Without Giving Birth (from La Leche League International’s Blog)

• Family Equality Council

• Professional Organizations on LGBT Parenting — Human Rights Council

• GLAAD Transgender FAQ

• GLAAD Tips for Allies of Transgender People

• Transgender 101: Identity, Inclusion, and Resources (Unitarian Universalist Association)

• Information about Gender Variability

• A Guide to Gender

• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Transgender People But Were Afraid To Ask

• Straight for Equality

• The UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program

• World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People

• Endocrine Society