Microgrants
75% of name change Microgrants go to trans BIPOC to dismantle barriers caused by white supremacy. Learn more about our Equity Policy.
Microgrants provide trans and nonbinary people with low-barrier funds and support to correct names and/or gender markers on identifying legal documents, and support to our trans siblings behind bars.
Putting money directly into trans people’s hands is central to economic and racial justice, and our overall wellbeing. Redistributing funds draws inspiration from the principles of mutual aid: our support of each other is a political act.

Name Change Cycles
Opens 1st of each month at 9am PT / 12pm ET, and 15th of each month 3pm PT / 6pm ET.

1-4 Weeks
Current Name Change Microgrant Processing Time

HRT Microgrants x FOLX Health

Folx Health is providing 100 microgrants for 1 year of free HRT via Trans Lifeline though their HRT Care Fund. Applications for HRT microgrants open March 1.
Lack of access to trans health care and medical discrimination deeply impact our community, and we are honored to do the work of processing HRT microgrants to support 100 of our trans siblings in getting that necessary care this year.
Microgrants’ mission is to alleviate financial barriers for trans folks through economic redistribution strategies. We believe that free, trans-inclusive universal health care is necessary to close the gap of access to trans care, rather than self-pay models. When it’s not possible to change the cost of care directly, we provide resources to buffer the impact of those costs.
Our hope is that this collaboration influences how companies do business by shifting funds from for-profit corporations directly to trans people, with racial equity and mutual aid at the forefront.
Inside Advocacy: Supporting Trans Siblings Behind Bars
Trans Lifeline’s Inside Advocacy project provides financial aid and local resources to trans people that are currently incarcerated or have been recently released — ranging from Commissary Microgrants for hygiene products, stamps, and food, to Post-Release Microgrants for rent and other needs.
Trans people, especially Black trans people, face disproportionate rates of arrest, and often endure mistreatment, lack of access to medications or gender-appropriate facilities, and physical and sexual trauma while incarcerated. We support prison abolition and until these violent institutions are dismantled, we will continue working to uplift and empower those still inside by offering tangible support.
Inside Advocacy is created and directed by trans people who have been directly impacted by the carceral state. Our annual Holiday Commissary Campaign partners with organizations fighting injustice and advocating for our community on the inside.
Annual Holiday Commissary Campaign
$80,285 given directly to our incarcerated trans siblings
On Christmas day, several federal prisons waive the restitution & fees on commissary deposits, which allows our annual partners to directly give to folks on the inside, rather than to prisons. All funds raised by Trans Lifeline’s Holiday Commissary Campaign are directly distributed to trans people by our partner organizations.
For our 2020 fundraiser, in response to global Black uprisings, our Holiday Commissary Fundraiser included supporting Black-led organizations mobilizing bail funds for trans people. It’s our hope that this shift honors the innovative, grassroots, rapid-response organizing work happening on the ground in communities that have been on the frontlines of over-policing for generations.