Resources for Trans Women [1]

Terminology and FAQs

• Understanding Transgender People: The Basics [2] (National Center for Transgender Equality)
• Common Transgender Definitions and Terms [3] (Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools, PDF)
• Transgender FAQ [4] (GLAAD)

Organizational Resources

• Positively Trans (T+) [5] (Transgender Law Center)
• Arianna's Center [6] (Florida, US)
• The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health [7] (University of California-San Francisco)
• National Center for Transgender Equality [8] (NCTE)
• TransLatin@ Coalition [9]
• Trans Women of Color [10] (GLAAD)
• Transgender Europe [11]
• National LGBTQ Task Force [12]
• Transgender Resources [13] (GLAAD)
• Trans Lifeline [14]

Violence (including intimate partner and domestic violence)

Find a shelter and/or services:

• Inside the US: Call 911 or the National Domestic Violence hotline at 800-799-SAFE [1-800-799-7233; or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)]; for domestic shelters go to https://www.domesticshelters.org/ [15]
• Anti-Violence Project [16]; 24-Hour Hotline: 212-714-1141
• Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE) National Directory [17]

Additional violence-related resources:

• Community United Against Violence [18]
• The Network/La Red [19]
• Ending Violence Against Women Living with HIV [20] (Positive Women's Network-USA, PDF [21])
• Transgender Victims Have Few Places to Turn as LBGT Domestic Violence Climbs [22] (The Guardian, UK)
• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs [23]
• National Network to End Domestic Violence [24]
• Criminalization as Violence Against Women Living with HIV [25] (Positive Women's Network-USA)

Youth

• I Think I Might Be Transgender, Now What Do I Do? (Advocates for Youth; available as PDF in Amharic [26], Chinese [27], French [28], Spanish [29], and Vietnamese [30])
• HIV and Young Transgender People [31] (World Health Organization, PDF)
• I Think I Might Be Trans: 8 Important Notes On Questioning and 50+ Resources to Get You Started [32] (Everyday Feminism)

Stigma and Discrimination

• US Transgender Survey Report [33] (from National Center for Transgender Equality)

Socioeconomic Realities

• Transgender in the Workplace: A Career & Resource Guide for Employees & Employers [34] (Learn How to Become)
• Housing & Homelessness [35] (National Center for Transgender Equality)
• Economic Empowerment Resources for People Living with HIV [36]

Legal Barriers

• Know Your Rights [37] (National Center for Transgender Equality)
• Know Your Rights: Transgender [38] (Lambda Legal)

Health Issues

• Transgender Health Patient Resources [39] (American Academy of HIV Medicine)
• HIV Care for Transgender Women [40] (Chase Brexton Health Services, PDF)
• Unmet Basic Needs May Be Related to Poor Rates of Durable Viral Suppression Among Transgender Women with HIV [41] (aidsmap)
• Hormones: A Guide for MTFs [42] (Carleton College, PDF)
• The Fenway Institute [43] (Boston, Mass.)
• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center [44] (New York, N.Y.)
• Transgender Women Face Inadequate Health Care, 'Shocking' HIV Rates [45] (National Public Radio; with audio recording)
• Gender Confirming/GRS Surgeon List [46] (Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, PDF)
• Trans Lifeline [47] (US, 877-565-8860; Canada, 877-330-6366)
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline [48] (US, 800-273-8255)
• International Suicide Hotlines [49]

Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Sexual Health for Transwomen [50] (Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, PDF)
• Transgender Resources [51] (Smart Sex Resources)
• Sex as a Trans Woman [52] (Terrence Higgins Trust) 
• Trans Fertility in Conversation [53] (San Francisco AIDS Foundation)
• For You: Trans Men [54] (HIVE)
• Thinking About Having a Baby? A Guide for Trans Women Living with HIV [55] (HIVE, PDF)
• PrEP: Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure [56] (Project Inform, PDF)

Surveys and Reports

• National Transgender Discrimination Survey [57] (from National Center for Transgender Equality)
• Positively Trans Needs Assessment Results [58] (Transgender Law Center)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and HIV-Affected Hate and Intimate Partner Violence in 2017 [59] (Anti-Violence Project)