Trans Resource Navigator

Local help in Birmingham

Part of Alabama.Alabama document routeCare rules in Alabama

Birmingham has Alabama's largest cluster of trans-affirming services: UAB's Gender Health Clinic for adult hormone therapy, the Magic City Acceptance Center for LGBTQ+ community and case management, and several free sexual health clinics. Name changes are filed in the Jefferson County Probate Court. Remember that care for anyone under 19 is banned statewide.

Covers: Jefferson County and the surrounding Birmingham metro (Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, Blount counties)

Draft list from organizations' own websites, 2026-09-24. Call ahead: hours and services change.

On this page
  1. Where to file
  2. Name change and ID help
  3. Hormones and primary care
  4. Sexual health, PrEP, and testing
  5. Mental health and support
  6. Sources

Where to file a name change

Court
Jefferson County Probate Court (Birmingham and Bessemer divisions)[1][2]

Can’t afford the fee? How fee waivers work in Alabama

Filing tips for this courtFile where you live in Jefferson County. Call the probate office before you go to confirm the fee, whether it uses form PS-12, and whether…

File where you live in Jefferson County. Call the probate office before you go to confirm the fee, whether it uses form PS-12, and whether it wants an ALEA background check. For free help preparing the petition, visit a Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program help desk.

Name change and ID help 2

Hormones and primary care 3

Sexual health, PrEP, and testing 3

Mental health and support 2

  • Magic City Acceptance Center (MCAC)[10][11]

    LGBTQ+ center with youth programs (13 to 20), adult programs (21+), free identity, recovery, and neurodivergent support groups, social work linkage, and shower and laundry services. Open during scheduled programs; contact to arrange a visit.

    • Free
    3130 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233

  • Trans Lifeline[13]

    Peer-support hotline run by and for trans people, 877-565-8860.

    • Free
    877-565-8860

Sources

13 sources. Numbers in the text, like [1], point here.Show all
  1. Ala. Code § 12-13-1, probate court jurisdictionAlabama Legislature, Law. accessed
  2. PS-12, Request to Change Name (For An Adult)Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, Form. accessed
  3. Get Help, Birmingham Bar Volunteer Lawyers ProgramOrganization. accessed
    “If you meet the income requirements, you will see an attorney on the day you visit the Help Desk.”
  4. Legal Services AlabamaOrganization. accessed
    “Our offices are located in Anniston/Gadsden, Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma and Tuscaloosa.”
  5. Gender HealthUAB Medicine, Organization. accessed
    “To make an appointment, please call 205-975-5854”
  6. Cooper Green Mercy Health ServicesOrganization. accessed
    “Cooper Green Mercy Health Services 1509 6th Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama 35233”
  7. Jefferson County Department of HealthOfficial page. accessed
    “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clinic ... Sexual Health Clinic”
  8. Living Well Health ClinicAIDS Alabama, Organization. accessed
  9. Birmingham AIDS OutreachOrganization. accessed
    “Find us 205 32nd Street South, Birmingham, AL 35233”
  10. Contact Us, Magic City Acceptance CenterOrganization. accessed
    “Magic City Acceptance Center 3130 3rd Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama 35233”
  11. Supportive Services, Magic City Acceptance CenterOrganization. accessed
  12. Trans Youth Emergency ProjectCampaign for Southern Equality, Organization. accessed
  13. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed