Trans Resource Navigator

Local help in Detroit

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Metro Detroit has Michigan's largest cluster of trans services: Corktown Health's LGBTQ+ clinic in Detroit, Ruth Ellis Center's free health and wellness centers for young people in Highland Park, and the Affirmations LGBTQ+ center in Ferndale. Wayne County residents file name change petitions with the Third Judicial Circuit Court.

Covers: Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties (Metro Detroit)

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. Mental health and support
  5. Sources

Where to file a name change

Court
Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan (Wayne County), Family Division[1]
Filing fee
$175
Free help with forms
Court self-help center

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

Filing tips for this courtYou must have lived in Wayne County for at least one year. Contact the court to ask which filing methods it accepts (in person, email,…

You must have lived in Wayne County for at least one year. Contact the court to ask which filing methods it accepts (in person, email, mail, or MiFILE). Oakland County residents file in the Sixth Circuit Court and Macomb County residents in the Sixteenth Circuit Court.

Name change and ID help 4

Hormones and primary care 3

  • Corktown Health[3][4]

    LGBTQ+ health center with gender-affirming hormone therapy, primary and HIV care, STI testing, PrEP and PEP, at-home HIV testing, behavioral health, dental, and insurance navigation. Accepts Medicaid and most plans; telehealth available. Main campus in Corktown, second site at 24310 John R Rd, Hazel Park. 313-832-3300.

    • Insurance
    • Telehealth
    • Accepts Medicaid
    313-832-33001726 Howard St, Detroit, MI 48216

  • Ruth Ellis Center and Health & Wellness Centers[5]

    Services for LGBTQ+ young people ages 13 to 30, including a drop-in center, housing, HIV prevention, and Health & Wellness Centers run with Henry Ford Health offering primary care, hormone therapy, STI and HIV care, psychiatry, and therapy at no out-of-pocket cost. 313-252-1950.

    • Free
    313-252-195095 Victor St, Highland Park, MI 48203

  • Planned Parenthood of Michigan[7]

    Informed-consent hormone therapy for ages 18 and up at Michigan health centers and by telehealth, plus STI testing and sexual health care.

    • Cost varies
    • Telehealth
    • Accepts Medicaid

Mental health and support 1

Sources

10 sources. Numbers in the text, like [1], point here.Show all
  1. How to ask for a name change for yourself as an adult (Wayne County selected)Michigan Legal Help, Official page. accessed
    “You will have to pay the filing fee of $175.00 when you file the petition.”
  2. Do-It-Yourself Name ChangeMichigan Legal Help, Official page. accessed
  3. Corktown HealthOrganization. accessed
    “Our Locations 1726 Howard Street Detroit, MI 48216. 24310 John R Road Hazel Park, MI 48030”
  4. Medical careCorktown Health, Organization. accessed
    “Gender Affirming Care (Hormone Therapy)”
  5. Ruth Ellis Health & Wellness CentersRuth Ellis Center, Organization. accessed
  6. Contact usAffirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center, Organization. accessed
  7. Gender-affirming carePlanned Parenthood of Michigan, Organization. accessed
  8. Lakeshore Legal AidOrganization. accessed
  9. Transgender MichiganOrganization. accessed
  10. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed