Abstract
This research project addresses the current barriers to health care from the perspective of the transgender population in the Sacramento area. This study involves a sample of 34 transgender participants, eighteen years of age or older, who were surveyed about their experiences when utilizing health care services. These participants were members of four separate transgender support groups in the greater Sacramento area. Transgender people face a number of barriers to accessing adequate health care. This study revealed some key issues calling immediate action on the part of medical and mental health providers as well as the social work profession. FTM were found to have significant amounts of barriers to access of culturally competent health care than the MTF population. This study also found that partial gender presentation participants had significantly less barriers to health care than the full-time identified participants. There is a need for further research to learn more about the experiences of transgender persons.