Resource List & Book Recs

Emergency Resources for people in acute crisis:

Trans Lifeline

Visit the website or call Translife Line (877) 565-8860 when in crisis. They will not call the police unless you explicitly ask them to.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline

Use their website or call 1-800-799-7233 to get help finding resources, making a plan, or identifying abuse.

Thrive Lifeline

24/7 non-carceral text-based crisis line. This organization supports people through escalated crises. They also hold free conversations about identity, marginalization, or other less acute experiences.

Therapy, Healing, & Evaluation Resources

The Integral Guide

This amazing master resource by Levi is a treasure trove of free trauma healing and self regulation tools. It is free, well organized, and easy to use

Life After Hate

This therapeutic organization helps people break free from violent and/or extremist groups they have become entangled within

The Loveland Foundation

This organization, created by Rachel Cargle, provides free therapy and resources to Black women and girls

Shrimp Teeth

Shrimp Teeth, run by Sam’s Cat, is an incredible resource for queerness, sexuality, kink, nonmonogamy, and artistry. Shrimp Teeth offers classes, free resources, workbooks, peer support and more

Legal Aid Resources

Social Media Victims Law Center

Legal group providing social media addiction/violence support for families

National Bail Out

This Black led organization fights for prison abolition and works to free Black mamas from incarceration

Chosen Family Law Center

This legal aid group provides direct legal aid for queer, trans, polyamorous, and/or chosen families as well as doing advocacy and education work

Center for Migration Studies

CMS compiled the following resources and tools created by trustworthy organizations and directed to undocumented and immigrant families and communities, and advocates working with them.

LGBTQ Resources

The Love Letter Exchange

“There is movement from our government to erase trans, nonbinary, intersex, and gender non-conforming identities. The goal of this exchange is to stand against that hate by providing direct encouragement and support to members of LGBTQIA+ community.”

A Nurse’s Comprehensive Guide to Gender-Affirming Care

Introductory information around gender affirming care for medical professionals who work with trans folks

PFLAG NYC

PFLAG NYC offers LGBTQ support to individuals, families, and schools. They have free zoom support groups, free 1-1 support for parents, a suicide hotline, programing for schools, and more.

Trans Resource Page

Glad, a legal aid organization, provides a free and relatively comprehensive list of trans resources

Mutual Aid & Financial Resources

Mutual Aid Hub

This open source map of mutual aid and community organizing in the USA is run by Ground Game Los Angeles

For the Gworls

An NYC based org created by Asanni Armon
“We are a Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance”

Educator Resources

Native Land Digital

This interactive map, created by an Indigenous led team of Canadians, provides a way to see whose land you’re on!

Rethinking Schools

Digital and paper magazine that provides lessons, curriculum, and education for teachers striving to create liberatory classrooms.

Book Lists

Please remember that all materials listed here are made by human beings; as such, none of them are “perfect” resources. A book that may be helpful for someone may be counter productive for you. I do my best to curate resources that are using best practices, trauma informed, and from a liberated context. I may include some resources with outdated terminology if the core of their message/tools still proves useful or healing. Thank you!
-Aleah