General Resources

• UMB Lactation Policy
• UMB Guidelines for Chestfeeding/Breastfeeding Individuals  
• Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition 
• U.S. Breastfeeding Committee

Chestfeeding/Breastfeeding Statistics and Professional Information

• Centers for Disease Control
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Trans Women and Breastfeeding: The Health Care Provider
• Tips for Transgender Breastfeeders and Their Lactation Educators

Chestfeeding/Breastfeeding Information for Individuals and Families

• La Leche League 
• La Leche League’s Support for Transgender and Non-Binary Parents
• Kelly Mom
• “License” to Breastfeed/Breast Pump
• How Transmen are handling Chestfeeding

 Learning to Chestfeed/Breastfeed

• U.S. HHS Women's Health
• How to Wash and Steam Clean Breast Pump Parts
• Hand Expression to Maintain and Increase Your Supply
• Facebook-based Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies
• Trans Women and Breastfeeding: A Personal Interview
• Yes, Trans Women Can Breastfeed – Here’s How
• A Look into What Chestfeeding Is

Chestfeeding/Breastfeeding in the News

• Workplace Support in Federal Law
• Surgeon General's Call to Action
• The Internal Revenue Service declared breastfeeding equipment and supplies as tax deductible
• Breastfeeding supporters rallied in Washington, D.C., after a museum mistakenly prevented a mother from nursing her infant in public space on federal property despite her rights to do so
• How Your Relationship With Breastfeeding Changes When You’re Trans
• Science advancing in allowing Transwomen to be able to breastfeed their infants
• Breastfeeding as a Transdad: ‘A baby doesn’t know your Pronouns’
• Naral Pro-choice Maryland Advocacy
• Redefining and Decolonizing Breastfeeding

LGBTQIA+ Chestfeeding Resources and Information

• Naral Pro-Choice Maryland
• Le Leche League’s Support for Transgender and Non-Binary Parents
• Facebook-based Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies
• Tips for Transgender Breastfeeders and Their Lactation Educators
• Trans Women and Breastfeeding: The Health Care Provider
• Trans Women and Breastfeeding: A Personal Interview
• Yes, Trans Women Can Breastfeed – Here’s How
• A Qualitative Research Study on Transmasculine Individuals and Their Experience with Chestfeeding, Lactation, and Gender identity
• MacDonald, T, al,  “Transmasculine individuals’ experiences with lactation, chestfeeding and gender identity: a qualitative study,” BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016. bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-016-0907-y
• West, D. Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Reduction Surgery, La Leche League International, 2001. Contains information relevant to trans women and men who have had breast or chest surgery.