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CK Life

provide transgender people with the tools they need Providing support for Trans People to achieve their goals while enjoying a sense of community and kinship. Offering: Binder, Underwear, and Clothing, Education Refferal (GED/College), Employment Assistance, Resume Assistance, Insurance Assistance, Surgery Buddy Program, Surgery Refferals and Navigation, Sex Workers Advocacy Team (SWAT), Trans Masculine Initiative, House Assistance, Pathways at Inwood ADHC LocationFriday Weekly Drop in Support Group.

Chest Binding, Clothes, Gender Transition, Health & Wellness, Masculinization, Medical Transition, New York, Packing, Peer Support, Questioning, Sex Work, Shelter & Housing, Social Services, Social Transition, Support Group, Surgery, Tucking, Undergarments

The Okra Project

Mutual aid collective focused on supporting Black Trans people and alleviating the barriers that the Black Trans community faces. Envisioning a safe, abundant, and equitable life for Black Trans people across the United States, and our service pillars reflect this vision.

Activism & Organizing, Black- & POC-Focused, Black-led, Leadership Development, United States

For The Gworls

A collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black Trans people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance.

Activism & Organizing, Black- & POC-Focused, Black-led, Emergency Assistance, Grants & Funding, Mutual Aid Funds, New York, Peer Support, Trans-led, Travel, United States

New York Transgender Advocacy Group

Trans-led organization. Our mission is to advocate for more inclusive gender-based policies that benefit Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming/Non-Binary (TGNCNB) individuals through building community leaders, educating practitioners, and influencing policy makers.

Activism & Organizing, Allyship & Solidarity, Courses & Training, Leadership Development, New York, Social & Economic Justice, Trans-led, United States

Black Trans Media

Brooklyn based project led by and for Black Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) communities that works at the intersections of arts, media, education, and organizing to address racism and transphobia. Creating a world where Black Trans folks are uplifted in our communities and in control of our own narratives and futures.

Arts, Media & Entertainment, Black- & POC-Focused, Black-led, New York, Social & Economic Justice, Social Identity, Trans Community, Trans Culture, United States

Sex Worker Outreach Project (SWOP) – Brooklyn

No longer distributing funds. However, the current link provides several resource links to current organizations that support the local New York City community.

New York, Sex Work, Surviving Violence

The Marsha P. Johnson Institute

a cultural and political home for Black Trans beauty, excellence, and joy. Inviting members to learn about who MPJI was while exploring themselves as well MPJI seeks to eradicate systemic, community, and physical violence that silences our community from actualizing freedom, joy, and safety. A community made up of BLACK trans people and those committed to collaborative solidarity and undoing white supremacy in all of its forms. The space is intended for the sole purpose of bettering the BLACK trans community across the diaspora.

Activism & Organizing, Anti-Racism, Black- & POC-Focused, Black-led, Gender Transition, Health & Wellness, Leadership Development, North America, Peer Support, Self-Care, Social Services, Trans-led

Trans Needle Exchange

Non-profit mail-based service providing free HRT needle supplies for trans folk who cannot access or afford their own. Will send a month’s worth of supplies to people all around the country.

Gender Transition, Health & Wellness, Hormone Therapy, Syringe Exchange, United States