TransFamilies
Resources for Trans Families—Medical, Legal, School, For Youth and Families
Legal and Advocacy Resources
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The HRC Foundation programs work on behalf of our families to promote transgender inclusive policies and practices at schools, in healthcare, and in the workplace.
Trans Families
Website: https://transfamilies.org/

American Civil Liberties UnionThe ACLU works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association.
Website: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people.
Home of The Trans Agenda for Liberation– “a community-led guide towards the world we deserve. Trans people hold the knowledge, power, and joy to create a future where we can all not only survive but thrive. This agenda addresses the urgent political, legal, and social violence enacted against our communities, while channeling trans imagination to bring our boldest visions to life. The Trans Agenda grows out of the work that communities and individuals are already doing, and points toward work that still needs to be done.”
Website: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
PTEC
Website: https://www.hrc.org/our-work/parents-for-transgender-equality-network
MORE ADVOCACY AND LEGAL RESOURCES


National Center for Lesbian Rights – NCLR is a non-profit, public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBTQ community; provides free legal assistance to LGBTQ people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBTQ issues.
Areas of expertise: Discrimination, Racial & Economic Justice, Youth, Family Law, Immigration & Asylum
Website: https://www.nclrights.org/

Lambda Legal
Website: https://lambdalegal.org/

National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
Website: https://transequality.org/
MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH
Find a Clinic

American Academy of Pediatrics
Gender Identity Development in Children
Work of Kristina Olson, PhD
Similarity in transgender and cisgender children’s gender development. [PDF]
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Mental Health and Self-Worth in Socially Transitioned Transgender Youth
FOR YOUTH

The Trevor Project
Connect with a live counselor. Explore TrevorSpace, an affirming, online community for LGBTQ young people between the ages of 13-24 years old.
Website: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Trans Youth Equality Foundation
Website: https://www.transyouthequality.org/
The Gender Cool Project
Website: https://gendercool.org

Trans Student Educational Resources
Website: https://transstudent.org/

WebSite: https://www.glsen.org/

The Equality Crew
Service Area: Arkansas – NW RegionGet connected with The Equality Crew as they create safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth in NW Arkansas and beyond to gather and have fun being their true selves. Their website includes an online resource library, event listings, and Affirming Teacher & School Staff Database.
Website: https://www.theequalitycrew.org/
For Gender-Diverse People
Your journey to be seen as your authentic self will be filled with new questions, experiences, and challenges. Your relationships with your family and friends, the way you’re treated at school or work—all of that might change
Website: GenderNexus
Find a local LGBTQ+ Center
Website: https://www.lgbtqcenters.org/LGBTCenters

