How to support the trans community this Pride

As we head into Pride Month, it is critical to recognize the challenges and issues facing the LGBTQ community in the ongoing fight for full equality.

Since the start of this year, over 100 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country, most of them targeting transgender and non-binary people and youth. These bills seek to limit healthcare access, deny trans youth the ability to participate in school sports, and criminalize healthcare professionals and parents supporting their children’s well-being. According to the Human Rights Campaign, this marks the most anti-LGBTQ legislative session in their history of tracking. 

The epidemic of violence targeting predominantly transgender women of color continues escalating, building on a year-over-year pattern of violence that made last year the deadliest on record. At this very critical moment in the fight for acceptance and equality, we must continue to stand in support of trans people and speak out against the fatal violence and discrimination facing the community.

This resource guide includes various ways to get educated, find and show support, and activate in solidarity with the trans community–this month and ongoing.

To Read and Watch

• Watch the documentary DISCLOSURE on Netflix to learn the history of trans representation in TV and film shared from the perspectives of 30+ trans industry creators, and the media’s influence on cultural understanding and the real-world consequences associated with misrepresentation (GLAAD Media Award Winner for Best Documentary 2020)
• Watch CHANGING THE GAME on Hulu to get to know a few of the diverse trans high school athletes who have found themselves at the center of an intensifying national conversation 

• Watch Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric from National Geographic to learn more about gender identity, expression, and the role of cultural norms along with reviewiing the accompanying discussion guide
• Read GLAAD’s Transgender FAQ
• Visit GLAAD’s Transgender Resources 
• Check out this year’s GLAAD Media Award nominees which center diverse and groundbreaking stories about transgender people and issues 
• Read through some of GLAAD’s Tips for Allies
• For journalists, refer to this guide on how to respectfully report on anti-transgender state legislation

Crisis Support

• The Trevor Project’s 24/7/365 Lifeline at 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) or TrevorChat, their online instant messaging option, or TrevorText, a text-based support option. If you are looking for peer support, you can visit TrevorSpace from anywhere in the world.
• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255)
• Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860
• Do you live outside the United States?
• If so, check out The Trevor Project’s list of international resources here.

Transgender Healthcare

• American Medical Association’s statement on affirming healthcare for transgender children
• American Pediatric Association’s statement against bills harming transgender youth
• World Professional Association on Transgender Health’s Standards of Care (Volume 07)

Transgender Inclusion in Sports

• Athlete Ally is a organization dedicated to ending homophobia and trasphobia in sport and to activate athletic community to exercise their leadership to champion LGBTQI+ equality
• Freedom for All Americans is tracking all anti-trans legislation and bills being introduced by state
• TransAthlete.com is a resource for students, athletes, coaches, and administrators to find informattion about trans inclusion in athletics

To learn more about the issue of trans inclusion in sports: 

• Trans kids face new attacks in state legislatures: anti-LGBTQ groups take the fight from bathrooms to tthe doctor’s office and athletic teams (GLAAD)
• Medical Associations statements supporting trans youth healthcare and against discriminatory bills (GLAAD)
• Fox News has aired more segments on trans athletes so far in 2021 than it did in the last two years combined (Media Matters)
• Talking about transgender youth participation in sports (Movement Advancement Project)
• Supporting transgender youth & their families amidst trans sports bans (Athlete Ally)

Transgender Youth & Families

• Gender Spectrum
• Gender Diversity
• Trans Youth Equality Federation
• Trans Youth Family Allies (TYFA)
• TransFamily Support Services
• PFLAG Our Trans Loved Ones
• PFLAG Transgender Resources

Black and Brown Trans Women Led Organizations & Resources

• The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
• Trans Justice Funding Project
• SNaPCo
• The Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
• The Okra Project
• House of GG

Trans Specific Advocacy Organizations & Resources

• Freedom for All Americans 
• National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
• Gender Proud
• Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC)
• Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC)
• Trans Women of Color Collective
• Black Trans Advocacy Coalition 
• TransLatin@ Coalition
• The Task Force’s TGNC Justice Project
• HRC’s transgender resources
• TransJustice at the Audre Lorde Project

Transgender Legal Services

• Transgender Law Center (TLC)
• Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)
• Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Transgender Rights Project
• National Center for Lesbian Rights – Transgender Law (NCLR)

Additional Transgender Support Services

• Gender Identity Project at the NYC LGBT Center (support services)
• Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Transgender Economic Empowerment Project (economic empowerment)
• San Francisco Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative (economic empowerment)
• TransTech Social Enterprises (economic empowerment)
• SPART*A (advocacy for trans military service members)
• Transgender American Veterans Association (advocacy for trans veterans)
• TransLife Center at Chicago House (support services)