Safe Hotlines: Meet Our New Advocacy Department We sat down with Yana Calou (they/them), Director of Advocacy, to learn more about what’s in store for Trans Lifeline’s new advocacy efforts. Sign up for news on Safe Hotlines Q: Why is…
Justice for Tony McDade: Supporting Black Trans Leadership against Police Violence 6/1/2020 Our community is outraged and mourning the police murders of several Black people in the US, including Tony McDade, a trans man killed in Tallahassee, Florida. Tony’s death…
Trans Lifeline signs on to Save .ORG 12/3/2019 Last week, Trans Lifeline added our name to a growing list of over 11,000 individuals and 100 organizations to an open letter urging the Internet Society, Public Internet Registry (PIR) and Internet Corporation for…
Supreme Court Temporarily Allows the Trans Military Ban to Proceed; Trans Lifeline Vows to Keep Fighting 1/22/2019 To Our Dear Community — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to allow the Trump administration’s transgender military ban to proceed.…
The Holiday Commissary Campaign 11/27/2018 Trans Lifeline was built on the radical hope that when we take care of each other, we can move the whole world. That no matter what we’re up against, no matter how long the night,…
Happy Intersex Awareness Day! 10/26/2018 October 26 is Intersex Awareness Day! We wanted to take a moment to honor our entire intersex community. While most intersex people aren’t trans, many of the issues that our communities face are the same,…
We Won’t Back Down 10/22/2018 To Our Beloved Community, Yesterday, the New York Times published an article detailing the ways the Trump administration plans to legally redefine sex and gender, starting with our youth. This plan, while not yet officially enacted, would…
October 18 is Spirit Day 10/18/2018 On Spirit Day, LGBTQ+ people and allies wear purple to show their support to LGBTQ+ youth. We encourage everyone to wear purple and speak out against bullying. Click here for more information on Spirit Day…
We Believe Trans Survivors 10/6/2018 Today’s vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and the weeks of debate leading up to it, have been stark reminders of the ways in which our systems of power can preserve and…
Trans Lifeline Solidarity Statement with the National Prison Strike 8/22/2018 The National Prison Strike begins this week, continuing until September 9. Prison abolition is queer liberation; for that reason, Trans Lifeline is in solidarity with the prison strike. To learn…
