Not a Compliment to a Trans Person

Trans Related Links and Suicide Prevention Resources

I hope people will find this information useful. I've collected a few links on Trans basics and Suicide Prevention. With such a high rate of suicide and self-harm among trans people, I hope perhaps this information will be put to good use. <3

TRANS, CIS AND GQ 101

Gaystapo's Trans Basics

The definition of 'cis'

Cisgender privilege checklist

A Really Awesome Trans Glossary

Binary Subverter - Trans 101 for Trans People

Not Your Mom's Trans 101

T-Vox, the transgender wiki site

How To Respect A Transgender Person

Why misgendering is bad

SUICIDE PREVENTION

AND ABUSE RESOURCES

The Trevor Project - 866-488-7386 (1-866-4-U-TREVOr) Suicide hotline for GLBT and questioning youth. 24 hours.

National Domestic Violence Hotline - 800-799-7233 24 hours.

Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Teen Hotline - 800-347-8336 (1-800-347-TEEN) Weekend Nights Only.

Sexual Assault Crisis Service - 888-999-5545 (24 hour hotline)

- En español (Servicio por Crisis - Asalto Sexual) - 888-568-8332

National Runaway Switchboard - 800-621-4000 24 hours.

TEEN LINE (Teens helping teens) - 800-852-8336 (toll free), or 310-855-4673 Open every evening from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific Time, and they will take collect calls, so you can call long-distance and not have to pay.

http://www.211.org/ "2-1-1 provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more." Not available in all areas.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline - 888-843-4564 - (Monday to Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight Eastern; Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. Eastern).

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 800-273-8255

Canadian resources via Suicide.org

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition - Two brochures are now available addressing the issue of transgender suicide. These may be downloaded as PDF on the site, or copies may be obtained from Alison.Brill@state.ma.us Brochures are available in English, Spanish and soon to be in Portuguese as well.

And as always, if you feel like you can't trust yourself to not self-harm or you feel unsafe, please go to your closest emergency room or dial 911!

LEGAL

Transgender Law & Policy Institute

National Center for Transgender Equality

OTHER RELATED LINKS

Therapists in the United States on T-Vox

Therapists Outside the United States on T-Vox

Questioning Transphobia - Community Resources - Links to trans-friendly community resources, both in the US and overseas.

Safe2Pee - Bathrooms for everyone. A mobile-ready version of the site can be found at http://safe2pee.org/new/mobile/

Self Mutilators Anonymous

If you know of any other links that should be included, please send it to me as a private message, and I'll review it for inclusion. Thanks!