Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the well being of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of our community might have.
This is a FREE helpline run by volunteers and supported by the community.
US: 877-565-8860
Canada: 877-330-6366
Meet Calvin
Calvin is a female-to-male vegan transsexual living in Ontario with his wife Sharon, their young son Dominic, their three pugs Heidi, Beatrice and Betty, and their cat Gérard. Calvin is an independent writer, speaker, and self-described thinker whose overall goal is to make life better. Calvin’s hobbies include crafts, piano, speaking to himself and gardening. He is passionate about food, life, happiness, human rights, animal rights, veganism, and pugs.
For Parents of Trans Kids
Contact Calvin’s mom Franceen. She an excellent resource when it comes to supporting parents of trans people.
TransTech Social Enterprises – A Co-Learning & Co-Working Community
TransTech is an incubator for LGBTQ Talent with a focus on economically empowering the T, transgender people, in our community. TransTech is a co-working, co-learning community dedicated to empowering trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people and allies with practical, career-ready skills so they can push themselves up to the next level in their lives. TransTech member learn to create careers that are both independent of their multiple identities, but also uniquely infused by them.
We focus on Resources, Support, and Community. Resources includes an online repository of career-prep courses and other technology courses that our members can access for free. Support comes from a mentor and support network of TransTech volunteers trained by our founder, Angelica Ross. Community is achieved not only through digital means year-round but also through the TransTech Summit, the goal of which is to offer real-life opportunity to our members.
Menopause in the Transgender Community: What You Need to Know
Menopause is often seen exclusively as a women’s health issue. Most pamphlets, websites, and clinical guidelines are written with the assumption that a person experiencing menopause is cisgender, heterosexual and identifies as a woman. But the truth is, menopause—or the biological process of declining ovarian function–is experienced by transgender men, nonbinary people, and others assigned female at birth (AFAB). These journeys are often overlooked, both in research and in daily conversation. Read more ….