Resources for parents of trans and non-binary children and teens
Portland-Area Resources
OHSU Transgender Health Program
Research, Education & Medical Support
TransActive Gender Project
Education, Advocacy & Transistion Support
Q Center
Community Center for Gender and Sexual Minorities (LGBT)
4115 N Mississippi Ave, Portland OR
PFLAG Portland & Washington County
local chapters of PFLAG
Conferences
Gender Odyssey Every August
produced by GenderDiversity.org
Gender Spectrum Every July in California
True Colors Annually in Hartford CT
Information & News
Gender Spectrum
TransYouth Family Allies
Mermaids United Kingdon
Advocacy
Transgender Law & Policy Institute
works to improve law and policy to advance trans equality
Transgender Law Center
works to improve law, policy, and attitudes to advance trans equality
GLSEN
focuses on safe schools for all students
It gets better Project
National LGBTQ Task Force
political action for gender & sexual minorities
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
works to improve civil rights for gender & sexual minorities
PFLAG
focuses on helping parents, friends and family of gender and sexual minorites be good allies
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
works to defend individual rights and liberties
Books for Parents
Biographies & Memoirs
Documentaries
Social Networks & Online Forums
Gender Spectrum Lounge
online community for trans teens & their parents
Trans Pulse (formerly Lauras‑Playground.com)
forums for trans people and their friends, family & allies
Trans Family (based in Cleveland, OH)
forum for parents of trans children & adults hosted on Yahoo (their other forums have been less active than the parents’ forum)
Crisis Lines
Trans Lifeline
for trans people (calls answered by trans people)
877-565-88607A‑1A Pacific
Trevor Project
for gender & sexual minority (LGBT) youth under age 25
866-488-738624/7/365
Portland-Area Mental Health Crisis Lines
for anyone served by the county
Portland-Area Domestic & Sexual Violence Crisis Line
for domestic or sexual violence survivors
503-235-533324/7Portland
888-235-533324/7Toll-Free
Youth Suicide Prevention Lifeline
for ages 11‑21 (calls answered by youth ages 15‑20)
877-968-84914P‑10P Pacific
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
for anyone
800-273-825524/7
Drug & Alcohol Help Line
for help with drug & alcohol problems
800-923-435724/7