RESOURCE COLLECTION

National Healthcare Access, Relocation, and Emergency Fund Resources

A national resource webpage empowering transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI) communities with information to navigate challenges and access support.

Part of

A Note of Care for Our Community

With the rise of anti-trans legislation across the United States, many transgender and gender non-conforming people across the country are facing new challenges accessing essential healthcare, increasingly feeling unsafe, and many are considering relocation. In response, the Office of Transgender Initiatives (OTI) has launched this resource webpage to support members of our community in accessing information to help them navigate these challenges.

**This webpage was developed through community crowdsourcing, and we strongly encourage users to conduct their own research to verify the information provided and assess how it aligns with their specific needs.**

Resources

Domestic Relocation Resources

Trans Continental Pipeline
The Trans Continental Pipeline helps Transgender, Queer and LGBT individuals move from unsafe/unaccepting environments within the U.S. to Colorado through a 4 step relocation program.
Trans Resistance Network
The Trans Resistance Network (TRN) was formed to ensure the survival of Two Spirit, trans and gender diverse+ people and families (2STGE+) by helping hundreds of 2STGE+ people get to safer places and access the affirming care they need to be themselves.
Project Open Arms
A searchable public directory of regional resources, along with a dedicated networking portal for local organizations and providers serving transgender and nonbinary individuals of all ages in the Pacific Northwest and other progressive states.
Trans Youth Emergency Project
Families of trans youth can receive grants of $500 to support immediate needs, including travel expenses, medication costs, and mental health or wellness needs.
The Transcend Fund
A regional response to legislation in the upper Midwest. Their goal is to support transportation costs for queer youth from North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa to receive necessary and life-saving healthcare out-of-state, cover tuition costs for remote schools that are welcoming to all gender identities in cases where students' local districts are not safe spaces for transgender and queer youth, and provide small cash grants to other organizations doing groundwork in those states.
Trans Resistance Network
The Trans Resistance Network (TRN) was formed to ensure the survival of Two Spirit, trans and gender diverse+ people and families (2STGE+) by helping hundreds of 2STGE+ people get to safer places and access the affirming care they need to be themselves.
Transitional Justice
A grassroots organization founded by a transgender man in Missouri this year in response to the bans of gender-affirming healthcare across the country. Its purpose is to provide aid, housing, and other support for transgender political refugees who are fleeing persecution.

Gender Affirming Care Access Support

Elevated Access
Volunteer pilots transport passengers at no cost to access the healthcare they need (for gender affirming care and abortion).
Point of Pride's Annual Surgery Fund
A scholarship-based program that offers direct financial support to transgender individuals who are unable to afford their gender-affirming surgery.
Point of Pride's Electrolysis Fund
Offers financial assistance for permanent hair removal services, including electrolysis and laser hair removal, to transgender individuals who are unable to afford these treatments.
Point of Pride's HRT Access Fund
Point of Pride’s HRT Access Fund is a scholarship-like program that provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy
Point of Pride's Thrive Fund
Offers small grants to transgender individuals who are unable to afford gender-affirming health and wellness services not covered by other existing programs.
Kentucky Health Justice Network Trans Health Advocacy Program
Trans Health Advocacy program works to help Trans Kentuckians access the healthcare they need

Partner agencies

Office of Transgender Initiatives