Last Updated. January 25, 2026
EMERGENCY SUPPORT & CRISIS HOTLINES
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (U.S.) — Call/Text: 988 — 988lifeline.org
Trans Lifeline — translifeline.org — U.S.: 877-565-8860 | Canada: 877-330-6366 Trans-led peer support; also offers microgrants.
The Trevor Project — thetrevorproject.org — Call: 866-488-7386 | Text: “START” to 678-678
LGBT National Help Center — lgbthotline.org — 888-843-4564 *Not 24/7. See posted hours.
StrongHearts Native Helpline — strongheartshelpline.org — 844-762-8483
RAINN (National Sexual Assault Hotline) — rainn.org — 800-656-4673
National Domestic Violence Hotline — thehotline.org — 800-799-7233 | Text: “START” to 88788
LEGAL RESOURCES (U.S.)
Transgender Law Center (TLC) — transgenderlawcenter.org
Lambda Legal — lambdalegal.org
ACLU LGBTQ+ Rights Project — aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) — srlp.org
GLAD — glad.org
Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) — transequality.org
Immigration Equality — immigrationequality.org
Detention hotline: (917) 654-9696 (see site for call windows and who should use it)National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) — immigrantjustice.org
National Immigration Law Center (NILC) — nilc.org
RAICES (Texas-focused) — raicestexas.org
ORAM (Refugee, Asylum & Migration Support) — oramrefugee.org
Rainbow Railroad — rainbowrailroad.org
OutRight International — outrightinternational.org
Transgender Europe (TGEU) — tgeu.org
ILGA World — ilga.org
LGBTQIA+ HEALTHCARE & MEDICAL RESOURCES
Planned Parenthood — plannedparenthood.org
WPATH — wpath.org
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center — callen-lorde.org
Point of Pride — pointofpride.org (binders, shapewear, some financial aid)
The Jim Collins Foundation — jimcollinsfoundation.org (surgery grants)
GLMA Provider Directory (find affirming care) — glma.org
MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS
Inclusive Therapists — inclusivetherapists.com
Therapy for Black Girls — therapyforblackgirls.com
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) — nqapia.org
The Okra Project — theokraproject.com
MUTUAL AID & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
For The Gworls — forthegworls.com
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC) — blacktrans.org
Marsha P. Johnson Institute — marshap.org
Trans Housing Coalition (Atlanta metro area) — transhousingcoalition.org
Emergency Release Fund (NYC-area) — emergencyrelease.org
HOUSING & SHELTER
Ali Forney Center (LGBTQ youth housing) — aliforneycenter.org
True Colors United (youth homelessness prevention) — truecolorsunited.org
My Sistah’s House (Black trans women housing/support) — mysistahshouse.org
Openhouse (SF Bay Area LGBTQ+ seniors) — openhousesf.org
Trans Housing Coalition (Atlanta metro area) — transhousingcoalition.org
EMPLOYMENT & JOB SUPPORT
TransWork (Greater Philadelphia; some NYC postings) — transwork.org
Trans Can Work — transcanwork.org
Transgender District (San Francisco) — transgenderdistrictsf.com
EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIPS
Point Foundation Scholarships — pointfoundation.org
Campus Pride (scholarship listings) — campuspride.org
Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER) — tser.org
DIGITAL SECURITY
Secure messaging / calling
Signal — signal.org
Session — getsession.org
Threema (paid) — threema.ch
Element (Matrix) — element.io
Email
Browsing / privacy
Tor Browser — torproject.org
Brave or Firefox or DuckDuckGo
VPNs
Mullvad — mullvad.net
Proton VPN — protonvpn.com
IVPN — ivpn.net
Account security
Use a password manager (Bitwarden or 1Password)
Turn on two-factor authentication
Consider a hardware key (YubiKey) for higher-risk accounts
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