Resources for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming People

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Below are some resources for transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals and their allies.

If you are aware of other resources that should be on this list, please email us.

 

 

 

General 

  • I AM: Trans People Speak: Video stories a campaign created by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) and sponsored by GLAAD to raise awareness about the diversity of transgender communities.  It lifts the voices of transgender individuals, as well as their families, friends, and allies.
  • The Trevor Project: Trans + Gender Identity: A helpful guide to “Gender 101,” with information on gender roles, transgender identities, proper terminology, and transphobia. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ people under 25. 
  • National Center for Transgender Equality: Resources to learn more about issues impacting the trans community, as well as resources for members of the trans community around their legal rights. 

Organizations to Support 

  • Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts: Provides critical assistance for low-income and homeless transgender people in Massachusetts 
  • Boston GLASS: GLASS provides a continuum of services to LGBTQ+ youth of color (18-29) and their allies in the Greater Boston and Greater Framingham areas. (GLASS use of LGBTQ+ includes “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, Two-Spirit, intersex, asexual, pansexual, people living with HIV, and other sexual and gender minorities.”) 
  • Marsha P. Johnson Institute: The MPJI protects and defends the human rights of Black transgender people, through organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting the collective power of Black transgender people. Named after Marsha P. Johnson, an activist, self-identified drag queen, performer, survivor, and a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. 
  • The Okra Project: The Okra Project is “a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.” 

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