Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive.
Trans Lifeline was founded in 2014 as a peer-support crisis hotline. The Hotline was, and still is, the only service in the country in which all operators are transgender. Because of the particularly vulnerable relationship transgender people have with police, it is also the only service in the country with a policy against non-consensual active rescue.
Since our founding, Trans Lifeline’s services have grown to match growing need from our community. Our Hotline has evolved from an entirely volunteer-run operation into a comprehensive resource that employs trans people working as paid operators and team leads. Our operators have logged thousands of hours of talk time with trans people in our community, and, with new volunteers signing up all the time, our capacity is only growing.
In time, we came to recognize that the epidemic of suicide in the trans community is inextricably tied to the economic justice issues trans people face at alarming rates, and that meaningful emotional support often requires financial support as well. In 2017, Trans Lifeline merged with the Trans Assistance Project, which became our Microgrants program. Microgrants offers low-barrier grants to trans people for legal name changes and updated government identification documents, as well as specialized support for incarcerated and undocumented trans people. While this is a relatively new program, we recently celebrated the disbursal of $100,000 in small grants to trans people - all with a commitment to resist gatekeeping and respectability politics.
Trans Lifeline is committed to being a resource that the trans community can continue to rely on for years to come. With your support, we can keep these vital services available to those in our community who need them most.
Company Details
- Employees
- 33
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Oakland, Ca, Us
- Phone
- 510-771-1417
- co****@****ine.org
- Industry
- Individual And Family Services
- NAICS
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Individual and Family ServicesChild and Youth ServicesOther Individual and Family Services
- Website
- translifeline.org
- Keywords
- Oakland.
- HQ
- Oakland, CA
Trans Lifeline Questions
Trans Lifeline's helpline number is 510-771-1417
Trans Lifeline's website is translifeline.org
Trans Lifeline's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/trans-lifeline
Trans Lifeline has
33 employees.
View email and phone details for 33
employees at Trans Lifeline.
Trans Lifeline's industry is
Individual and Family Services
Trans Lifeline's top competitors are
The Trevor Project,
Glaad,
National Center For Transgender Equality,
Human Rights Campaign,
Transgender Law Center,
Glsen,
National Lgbtq Task Force,
Out & Equal,
It Gets Better,
Lambda Legal.
Trans Lifeline's support email address is contact@translifeline.org
Trans Lifeline's categories are Individual and Family Services
Trans Lifeline's founding year is 2014
