The following resources have been recommended to TransOhio by fellow trans people both inside and outside of Ohio, but have not necessarily been vetted.

Some organizations may also be backlogged due to current conditions and/or prioritizing resources to trans people in locations where the risks are the most earnestly dire. Please keep that in mind when submitting need requests and reaching out.

*Resources below are not presented in any particular order.

*Everyone’s risk evaluations are different, and everyone knows what is needed, right and feasible for themselves and their loved ones.

Emergency Resources:

Black Trans Women Inc Sister’s Keeper program https://blacktranswomen.org/emergency-aid/

Aid is offered to black trans women in the United States to help cover unexpected emergency needs such as groceries, shelter, safe transportation and phone/utility expenses.

National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition https://blacktrans.org/

Through our national advocacy center and affiliate state chapters work daily, advocating to end poverty, discrimination in all forms and its human inequities faced in health, employment, housing and education that are rooted in systemic racism, to improve the lived experience of transgender people. 

Elevated Access: https://elevatedaccess.org/

A volunteer pilot network that flies people in private aircraft at no cost to access abortion and gender-affirming care.

Rainbow Railroad https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/ 

Helps persecuted LGBTQI+ individuals get to safety. 

Trans Rescue: https://transrescue.org/

An organization helping trans, intersex, and other people flee places where it is dangerous to be trans. They help them reach places of safety and reasonable quality of life legally and securely.

Trans Family Network: https://www.transfam.net/

Connect members of the trans community in need with people who want to support them in impactful, direct and personalized ways. Trans people, as well as the guardians of trans minors, can register their specific needs regarding financial, legal, emotional, shelter, or transportation-based support in a safe and effective way.

The Trans Formations Project https://www.transformationsproject.org/

The Trans Formations Project is a small, grassroots 501(c)(4) nonprofit dedicated to tracking and educating about the anti-trans legislative crisis currently sweeping the United States. They also run an active and large discord server that takes mutual aid requests.

Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Trans Resistance Network: https://transresistancenetwork.wordpress.com/

An organization of volunteers growing community defense, mutual-aid, and alternative systems of care for gender diverse people.

Support for Youth

• Mozaic (youth of color 13-19) (Columbus)

• Kaleidoscope Youth Center (youth 12-24) (Columbus)

• CANAPI (Akron)

• Colors+ Youth Center (Fairfield Park)

• OutSupport (Medina)

Location Specific Resources:

CLOSETS:

• Transform (Cincinnati, Ohio) - free clothing for trans youth

• Margie’s Closet (Lakewood, Ohio) - free clothing for trans people; thrift store

• Out of the Closet (Columbus) - thrift store supporting patients living with HIV

• SHELTERS

• Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (Cleveland)

• Frontline Safespace Service (Cuyahoga County)

• Columbus Coalition for the Homeless (Columbus)

• Huckleberry House (youth 12-24) (Columbus)

• Star House (youth 14-24) (Columbus)

• David’s Place (youth 10-21), located within Daybreak (Dayton)

• Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition

• Lighthouse (youth 10-24) (Cincinnati)

• COMMUNITY CENTERS

• Full Spectrum Community Outreach (Youngstown, Mahoning Valley)

• META Center (Akron, Cuyahoga Falls)

• Black Trans Men of Ohio (located in Stonewall Columbus)
  Please note: SWC may not be trans competent 

• Have A Gay Day (Dayton)

Emergency Funds

Campaign for Southern Equality’s Trans Youth Emergency Project for families of LGBTQ+ youth
Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus (BQIC) for Black & Brown LGBTQ+ folks in central Ohio
Transgender Advocacy Council (TAC) for trans folks in Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky

Emergency Hotlines

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
  note: due to underfunding, the hotline is only live 1:00-9:00PM Monday-Friday

• Trevor Project: 866-488-738612 or text “start” to 678678
  note: operators may not be trans-competent

• Crisis Text Line: Text “hello” to 741741

• YouthLine: 877-968-8491, or text “teen2teen” to 839863
  note: for ages 11-21 only

• LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743

• LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564

• LGBT Senior Hotline: 888-234-7243

• National Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 988

Know of a resource we missed? Let us know at transohio@transohio.org