The following resources were compiled to best support as many TGE & LGBTQ+ people as possible. Some sources are presented in multiply applicable categories so they won't get missed by those who may need them.
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(Last reviewed September 2026)
Topics Below Include (in order):
Support Near You | Crisis Support | Community Support | LGBTQ+ Youth |
Mental Health/Counseling | Healthcare (Finding Care, Health Information, Sexual & Reproductive Health) | Transition-Related Assistance | Housing & Food | Legal Help | Employment & Workplace Support | Education & Scholarships | Names, Gender Markers & Identity Documents | LGBTQ+ Elders | LGBTQ+ Families & Parenting | Black Communities | Abuse & Survivor Support | Latine/x/a/o Communities | AAPI Communities |
Indigenous & Two-Spirit Communities | Immigrants, Refugees, & Asylum Seekers |
People with Disabilities & Neurodivergent People | Veterans & Military Communities | Spiritual & Religious Communities | News & Current Information
•CenterLink LGBTQ+ Community Center Directory
•211 — Local housing, food, healthcare, transportation, and social services
•Findhelp — Searchable directory of local assistance programs
•OutCare LGBTQ+ Provider Directory
•Equality Federation Member Organizations — State-based LGBTQ+ organizations
•LGBT Near Me — Support resources from the LGBT National Help Center
TGE
•Trans Lifeline — Trans peer-support hotline
•BlackLine — Peer support centering Black, Black LGBTQ+, Brown, Native, and Muslim communities
•THRIVE Lifeline — Text-based support for marginalized people
LGBTQ +
•The Trevor Project — 24/7 crisis support for LGBTQ+ young people
•LGBT National Help Center — Hotlines, peer support, and local resources
•988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — General U.S. crisis support
•SAGE National LGBTQ+ Elder Hotline
TGE
•Transgender Heaven — Online transgender community
•Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
LGBTQ+
•TrevorSpace — Moderated online community for LGBTQ+ youth
•Q Chat Space — Facilitated online groups for LGBTQ+ teens
•COLAGE — Community for people with LGBTQ+ parents or caregivers
•Give Us the Floor — Peer community for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults
• Empty Closets — Moderated LGBTQ+ discussion forum
Finding Care
•OutCare LGBTQ+ Provider Directory
•Planned Parenthood — Gender-Affirming Care
•Campaign for Southern Equality — Trans in the South
•A4TE — Finding Trans Health Care Providers
•GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
Health Information
•National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
•World Professional Association for Transgender Health
•Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
•InterACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth
•InterConnect — Intersex peer support
Sexual & Reproductive Health
•National Coalition for LGBTQ Health
•The Body — HIV resources
•National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers
•Point of Pride — Surgery grants, electrolysis assistance, binders, and transfemme shapewear
•Jim Collins Foundation — Gender-affirming surgery grants
•For the Gworls — Assistance centering Black trans people
•Transanta - Seasonal mutual aid
•Campaign for Southern Equality — Funding Your Transition
•Genderbands — Transition-related grants
•Trans Health Legal Fund — Health-insurance and legal information
•Modest Needs — Short-term financial assistance
Free or Reduced-Cost Gender-Affirming Items
•Point of Pride — Free Chest Binders
•Point of Pride — Free Trans Femme Shapewear
•Point of Pride — Electrolysis Support
•211
•CenterLink Community Center Directory
•True Colors United — LGBTQ+ youth homelessness
•National Homelessness Law Center
•Ali Forney Center — LGBTQ+ youth services in New York City
•For the Gworls — Assistance centering Black transgender people
•Trans Housing Coalition — Atlanta-area housing support
TGE & LGBTQ Resources
•FORGE — Resources for TGE survivors
•The Network/La Red — LGBTQ+ partner-abuse support
•National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
•New York City Anti-Violence Project
•Northwest Network — LGBTQ+ survivor support
•Love Is Respect - LGBTQ+ Relationships
Broader Support
•National Domestic Violence Hotline
•RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
•Stalking Prevention, Awareness & Resource Center
•Trans Faith (TGE People of Faith)
•Q Christian Fellowship (LGBTQ+ Christian)
•Transmission Ministry Collective (TGE Christian)
•ReconcilingWorks (Lutheran)
•DignityUSA (LGBTQIA+ Catholic)
•Keshet (Jewish)
•Muslims for Progressive Values (Muslim)
•Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (Muslim)
•Dharma Friends Community (Buddhist)
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Stapleton, M. E. (2026). Blurring the Binary. www.blurringthebinary.com
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Stapleton, M. E. (2026). Trans & LGBTQ+ resources for music education and communities. Blurring the Binary. https://blurringthebinary.com/resource-hub
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