Hotline
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. We believe that some of the best support that trans people can receive is from trans community members with shared lived experience.
Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
Oprima 2 para hablar con unx operador en español.
- When you call, you’ll speak to a trans/nonbinary peer operator
Full anonymity & confidentiality
No nonconsensual active rescue (calling 911, emergency services, or law enforcement)
Linea directa in español
La línea directa de Trans Lifeline es un servicio telefónico de apoyo entre pares dirigido por personas trans para nuestros pares trans y que cuestionan. Creemos que el mejor apoyo que las personas trans pueden recibir es el de los miembros de la comunidad trans con experiencias de vida compartidas.
Llámanos si necesitas a alguien trans con quien hablar, incluso si no estás en crisis o si no estás seguro de ser trans.
Oprima 2 para hablar con unx operador en español.
Calling Is Courageous
Here’s what we want you to know:
- We don’t define what a crisis is & isn’t, and you don’t need to be in crisis to call.
- Call us for any reason. You deserve support.
- Your call will be answered by a trans person.
- There’s nothing you have to say, or any intake questions you’ll have to answer. We can just talk to you. Or we can just listen.
- If you experience vocal dysphoria, remember we won’t assume your gender identity.
- You won’t be asked for any identifying information.
- We do not call any services or otherwise break your confidentiality without your explicit request.
Family & Friends Hotline
Need help supporting a trans loved one?
Our Family & Friends Line provides peer support for friends, partners, family members and professionals supporting trans loved ones and community members. We trust trans people as the experts in our own lives, and we resource trans people’s support networks to do the same.
To access this service, call our main hotline and ask for our Family & Friends Line. The operator will find out the best time to call you back and you will receive a call back from a Family & Friends operator who has lived experience supporting trans people
Commitments
FAQ’s
“I bring the perspective of someone who transitioned later in life. I love it when I have the privilege of being the first trans person a caller has spoken to. I want to give trans people the tools to find and build community in their own area.”
Veronica (she/her), Hotline Operator
“I want to go beyond the nuts and bolts to find out what drives you, what do you like to do, what do you enjoy. We have to define our lives beyond HRT and surgeries, we have to keep our passions and our focus as whole human beings. ”
Karleigh (she/her), Hotline Operator
