We are a resource hub for our vibrant LGBTQIA+ community here in Illinois. We welcome you to connect to the resources you need to feel supported and at home here. We have materials to empower you to know your rights

Legal Council for Health justice Date: 2025-08-22

Tags: advocacy, hotline, Justice, legal, resources,

This 17-page guide offers practical advice on various issues such as name an gender changes, setting up power of attorney, protecting your family and parenting decisions, end-of-life planning, and much more.

Advocates for Trans Equality Date: 2024-11-30

Tags: credit, criminal records, end of life planning, guardianship, legal, naturalization, power of attorney, rights,

This toolkit has facts and talking points people can use to talk about the harm anti-trans legislation causes.

Fenway Health Date: 2024-07-10

Tags: policy, talking points, youth,

Leveraging decades of experience on the frontlines of power, we shift government and society towards a future where we are no less than equal. A4TE was founded in 2024 as the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Transgender Legal

Advocates for Trans Equaltiy Date: 2024-08-28

Tags: advocacy,

GLAD will not let stand any laws or regulations that seek to make LGBTQ+ people a second-class community. And our work connects with the struggle of all marginalized communities for equity and equality. Through the gains we make on behalf

GLAD Date: 2025-01-07

Tags: legal, legal services,

Our Hire Trans Now Employers enthusiastically encourage Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-Expansive job candidates to apply to their open positions. Hiring decisions will be centered on candidates’ qualifications, however, participating employers strive to hire and welcome Trans-identified workers.

Candidates are not required to disclose their gender identities in order to take advantage of this initiative. We understand many Trans job workers may be simply looking for an inclusive employer and may not be out as Trans on the job.

Chicago Therapy Collective Date: 2025-05-30

Tags: employment, hiring, job board,

Human Rights Campaign’s goal is to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people, and particularly those of us who are trans, people of color and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, across our country and around the

Human Rights Campaign Date: 2025-01-07

Tags: advocacy,

The Network focuses on creating a connected queer space within the Kankakee County community. Today, the Network in addition to a literal network of LGBTQ folks across the Kankakee area connecting for support and sharing resources, but also host monthly

Kankakee Area LGBTQ Network Date: 2025-02-10

Tags: community, kankakee, network,

Information provided by a collaboration between the National Center for Transgender Equality, Transgender Law Center, and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund that describes what are the rights for transgender people regarding health insurance coverage and receiving health care as

Protect Trans Health Date: 2022-10-22

Tags: discrimination, insurance, legal, policy, rights,

The two pager overviews the rights trans and gender nonconforming immigrants have especially as it relates to ICE raids.

Transgender Law Center (TLC) Date: 2024-07-10

Tags: civil rights and protections, immigration,

While many transgender people see individual therapists, choosing and working with a therapist can be more complex for the half of transgender people who are also sexual assault survivors. This 107-page guide addresses many of the specific questions trans survivors ask: how to decide if therapy is right for you and, if it is, how to choose the best type of therapy for you, and how to find referrals and choose a therapist. The guide also discusses trans-specific survivor issues such as dealing with Standards of Care issues; addressing shame and body image/dysphoria issues; and navigating sex-segregated services.

FORGE Date: 2025-05-30

Tags: abuse, intimate partner violence, mental health, Therapy,

This document explains basic information about steps you can take to ensure that your identity will be respected, your loved ones will be able to see you, and your wishes are carried out even if you are unable to communicate

Transgender Law Center (TLC) Date: 2024-07-10

Tags: documents, life planning,

Improve the black trans human experience by overcoming violence and injustice in the world through the power, value, and love of all people.

National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition Date: 2024-10-23

Tags: advocacy, people of color,

The National LGBTQ Task Force is dedicated to achieving freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people, and their families through proactive, targeted, change-inducing initiatives.

National LGBTQ Task Force Date: 2025-01-07

Tags: advocacy,

PFLAG ​is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

PFLAG Date:

Tags: advocacy,

The HRC Foundation, in partnership with Whitman-Walker Health, released Safer Sex for Trans Bodies, a comprehensive sexual health guide for transgender and gender expansive people and their partners. The guide is written by and for members of the transgender community and offers them a long-overdue resource on potentially life-saving and affirming practices, from respectful terminology and definitions to helpful practices for sexual health following transition-related care. It is available in English and Spanish,

Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Date: 2025-05-30

Tags: gender affirming, safer sex, transgender health,

SPARTA stands as a beacon for transgender individuals who currently serve or have served in the U.S. military. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, independent of the Department of Defense (DoD), our mission is clear: to support, educate, and advocate. SPARTA collaborates

SPARTA Date: 2024-10-23

Tags: advocacy, military,

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence.

Sylvia Rivera Law Project Date:

Tags: legal services,

The List is a Chicagoland-based collection of resources for Trans and Gender Nonconforming folx and those who support them.

The List Date: 2024-06-13

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This article contains helpful information on safe binding and packing practices.

The Rainbow Project Date: 2021-06-13

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A leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people.

The Trevor Project Date: 2024-08-28

Tags: helpline,

The largest resource hub on trans health and wellness in the world. Created and informed by the trans community, find a wide range of resources on accessing affirming physical and mental healthcare, social supports, community and more. Clinicians also have access to tools and resources to provide affirming healthcare backed by public health and medical experts.

Trans Health HQ Date: 2025-10-17

Tags: healthcare, resource hub, transgender health,

The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) was founded in 2009 by a group of Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles, California, as a grassroots response to address the specific needs of TGI Latin@ immigrants who live

Trans Latin@ Coalition Date: 2024-10-23

Tags: advocacy, immigrants, people of color,

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 Lifeline Date: 2024-08-28

Tags: helpline,

Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) exists to advance justice for all Trans People of Color. We amplify our stories, support our leadership, and challenge issues of racism, transphobia, and transmisogyny.

Trans People of Color Coalition Date: 2024-10-23

Tags: advocacy, people of color,

Trans Up Front was founded with a powerful commitment to educate, advocate, and support the transgender and gender nonconforming community, with a particular emphasis on centering their voices and providing support to youth, teens and young adults and their support

Trans Up Front IL Date: 2025-08-22

Tags: advocacy, healthcare, legal, youth,

Headquartered in the heart of Kansas City, MO, the Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOCC) stands as a beacon of hope and resistance in a world where trans and gender non-conforming people of color face disproportionate impacts of structural oppression

Trans Women of Color Collective Date: 2024-10-23

Tags: advocacy, people of color,

The Trans Youth Equality Foundation provides education, advocacy and support for transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming children and youth and their families. Our mission is to share information about the unique needs of this community, partnering with families, educators and service providers to help foster a healthy, caring, and safe environment for all children we serve.

Trans Youth Equality Foundation Date: 2025-10-17

Tags: advocacy, youth,

Transathlete is a resource for students, athletes, coaches, and administrators to find information about trans inclusion in athletics at various levels of play. This site pulls together existing information in one central location, and breaks down information into easy-to-reference areas

Transathlete Date: 2025-01-07

Tags: advocacy, athletes, sports,

TJLP consists of a group of folks who believe in the power of communal care over systemic oppression. We are radical activists, legal workers, and organizers who provide support, advocacy, and free, holistic legal services to poor and street-based transgender people in Illinois.

We use our legal access and our privilege as people on the outside to further the prison abolition movement. We work in three project areas: legal services, support community survival, and educational resources and trainings.

Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois Date: 2025-05-30

Tags: gender marker, Justice, legal services, Name Change,

Founded in 2003, the Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) engages with our members, governmental agencies, other advocacy groups, media and the public in order to ensure our members receive full services and dignified treatment by promoting the values of equality,

Transgender American Veterans Association Date: 2024-10-23

Tags: advocacy, veterans,

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, and public policy efforts.

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Date: 2024-08-28

Tags: legal services,

This guide is intended to briefly outline your rights when it comes to interacting with law enforcement officers and share some examples of the reality that law enforcement officers often disregard peoples’ rights. This guide is designed for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people, but a lot of the information will be helpful to others. This guide is not intended to replace your life experience, common sense, or ability to determine what makes you safest in any particular situation. You know best how to keep yourself safe, so trust your instincts. If you know you will have to interact with law enforcement, it is best to have trusted friends and family accompany you or be prepared to provide you support. We keep us safe.

Transgender Law Center Date: 2025-05-30

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TransJustice is a political group created by and for Trans and Gender Non-conforming people of color. TransJustice works to mobilize its communities and allies into action on the pressing political issues they face, including gaining access to jobs, housing, and education; the need for Trans-sensitive healthcare, HIV-related services, and job-training programs; resisting police, government and anti-immigrant violence.

The Audre Lorde Project Date: 2025-10-17

Tags: advocacy, resources,

TransTech is an incubator for LGBTQ Talent with a focus on economically empowering the T, transgender people, in our community. TransTech is a co-working, co-learning community dedicated to empowering trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people and allies with practical, career-ready

TransTech Date: 2025-01-07

Tags: economic support,

We are a resource hub for our vibrant LGBTQIA+ community here in Illinois. We welcome you to connect to the resources you need to feel supported and at home here. We have materials to empower you to know your rights

Legal Council for Health justice Date: 2025-08-22

Tags: advocacy, hotline, Justice, legal, resources,

In an effort to better understand gender euphoria among transgender and nonbinary young people, this brief uses The Trevor Project’s 2023 National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People to examine actions other people can take to help

The Trevor Project Date: 2023-11-01

Tags: gender euphoria, inclusivity,

If you’re considering engaging with people who identify as non-Black in your life about your identities, it’s important to remember that the process of having difficult conversations does not begin or end with the discussion itself. It is essential to

The Trevor Project Date: 2021-12-31

Tags: black LGBTQ+ lives, communication, Intersectionality,

This toolkit provides best practices in supporting LGBTQ+ youth in education, healthcare, and CBO settings. It calls on providers, community members, and allies to reflect on how they can enact inclusive programming/environments.

Advocates for Youth Date: 2020-10-01

Tags: community based organizations, healthcare, policy, safe environments, youth,

Inclusivity is everyone’s responsibility, but schools are uniquely positioned to help students feel affirmed in their identities and safe to be themselves, especially because young people spend so much of their time at school or at extracurricular activities. Advocacy is

Teach.com Date: 2022-04-28

Tags: advocacy, classroom, education, educators, school,

While many transgender people see individual therapists, choosing and working with a therapist can be more complex for the half of transgender people who are also sexual assault survivors. This 107-page guide addresses many of the specific questions trans survivors ask: how to decide if therapy is right for you and, if it is, how to choose the best type of therapy for you, and how to find referrals and choose a therapist. The guide also discusses trans-specific survivor issues such as dealing with Standards of Care issues; addressing shame and body image/dysphoria issues; and navigating sex-segregated services.

FORGE Date: 2025-05-30

Tags: abuse, intimate partner violence, mental health, Therapy,

Questions and Answers for Loved Ones of People Who are Transgender or Nonbinary.

PFLAG Date: 2023-06-13

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We provide interactive and engaging learning sessions, resources, programs, and more for allies committed to creating diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces and communities.

Straight For Equality- PFLAG Date: 2026-02-12

Tags: advocacy, allies, professional development,

Trans Up Front was founded with a powerful commitment to educate, advocate, and support the transgender and gender nonconforming community, with a particular emphasis on centering their voices and providing support to youth, teens and young adults and their support

Trans Up Front IL Date: 2025-08-22

Tags: advocacy, healthcare, legal, youth,

The Trans Youth Equality Foundation provides education, advocacy and support for transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming children and youth and their families. Our mission is to share information about the unique needs of this community, partnering with families, educators and service providers to help foster a healthy, caring, and safe environment for all children we serve.

Trans Youth Equality Foundation Date: 2025-10-17

Tags: advocacy, youth,

Transathlete is a resource for students, athletes, coaches, and administrators to find information about trans inclusion in athletics at various levels of play. This site pulls together existing information in one central location, and breaks down information into easy-to-reference areas

Transathlete Date: 2025-01-07

Tags: advocacy, athletes, sports,

TJLP consists of a group of folks who believe in the power of communal care over systemic oppression. We are radical activists, legal workers, and organizers who provide support, advocacy, and free, holistic legal services to poor and street-based transgender people in Illinois.

We use our legal access and our privilege as people on the outside to further the prison abolition movement. We work in three project areas: legal services, support community survival, and educational resources and trainings.

Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois Date: 2025-05-30

Tags: gender marker, Justice, legal services, Name Change,

This information sheet offers guidance on how to have the conversation with people who are close and important to you. The influence of societal stigma against gender diverse people is often felt by parents of gender diverse children, acutely so

Transforming Families Date: 2024-06-13

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This guide is intended to briefly outline your rights when it comes to interacting with law enforcement officers and share some examples of the reality that law enforcement officers often disregard peoples’ rights. This guide is designed for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people, but a lot of the information will be helpful to others. This guide is not intended to replace your life experience, common sense, or ability to determine what makes you safest in any particular situation. You know best how to keep yourself safe, so trust your instincts. If you know you will have to interact with law enforcement, it is best to have trusted friends and family accompany you or be prepared to provide you support. We keep us safe.

Transgender Law Center Date: 2025-05-30

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This list, compiled from various sources, is terminology commonly used when discussing gender variance, expression and identity. We embrace some less common terms because we believe that they more accurately describe the experiences of gender variant youth and their families.

TransYouth Family Allies Date: 2023-05-11

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Esta lista, compilada de varias fuentes, es terminología comunmente usada al hablar de variación, expression e identidad del género. Incluímos algunas palabras menos comunes ya que creemos describen con mas precisión las experiencias de jovenes variantes del género y sus

TransYouth Family Allies Date: 2023-06-13

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HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the most comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals. Our program uses an intersectional, anti-racist lens dedicated to actionable policies and practices. We uplift school communities with critical tools to embrace family diversity, create LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying, and support transgender and non-binary students.

Welcoming Schools Date: 2025-10-17

Tags: educators, schools,

An information and resource publication for health care providers to improve services when working with transgender patients.

Transgender Law Center (TLC) Date: 2024-07-10

Tags: patients, tips,

As states move to restrict certain treatments for transgender youth, experts explain the many types of care, the need for them, and their impact.

Association of American Medical Colleges Date: 2022-04-12

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This comprehensive resource directory provides 40+ vetted organizations supporting substance abuse counselors working with marginalized groups, including BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, incarcerated persons, unhoused populations, youth, and veterans. All resources include direct links to free or low-cost services, many of which offer 24/7 crisis support.

Substance Abuse Counselor Date: 2025-11-17

Tags: mental health, provider, substance use, Therapy,

This training manual is for anyone who works on the front lines of health care. Whether you are a medical receptionist, patient advocate, or other frontline staff member, you can learn the strategies for offering affirmative and welcoming health care

National LGBT Health Education Center Date: 2020-12-31

Tags: affirming communication, best practice, organizational policy,

This document is geared towards professionally-trained counselors who work with transgender individuals with suggested competencies for us in counseling with transgender clients.

Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) Date: 2009-09-18

Tags: clients, competencies, counseling, transgender,

The AMA is helping to build a more just, more equitable, more diverse health care system for physicians and patients alike. We advocate at the state and federal levels for quality evidence-based health care regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

American Medical Association Date: 2023-06-12

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This toolkit may serve as a guide to understand how to develop and implement a strategy to make your organization more culturally responsive.

Advocates for Youth Date: 2021-06-01

Tags: cultural humility, trauma informed, youth,

Although a key part of Illinois’ rapidly growing elder population, LGBTQ+ older adults remain largely invisible. Despite their resilience, LGBTQ+ older adults face significant disparities that are rooted in discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, racism, a lack

AARP IL and SAGE Date: 2025-08-22

Tags: advocacy, aging, healthcare,

This resource page includes summaries of federal protections, statements from professional associations, as well as supporting research for gender-affirming care.

The National SOGIE Center Date: 2024-07-10

Tags: federal protections, research, statements,

This document discusses how gender-affirming care is trauma-informed care and offers tips for showing support and acceptance for transgender, gender diverse, and intersex (TGI) youth.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Date: 2022-01-01

Tags: TGI, TIC, youth,

Resources and advice are offered in this guide around how hospice care can better reach and serve LBGTQ+ communities.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Date: 2021-06-22

Tags: hospice,

This page seeks to provide insight into what menopause can look like for trans individuals, and how to foster more inclusive care.

Modern Menopause Date: 2025-11-17

Tags: healthcare, provider,

This report provides behavioral health professionals, researchers, policymakers and other audiences with a comprehensive research overview and accurate information about effective and ineffective therapeutic practices related to youth of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Date: 2023-03-01

Tags: behavioral health, policy, youth,

This protocol is a collaborative project between Dr. Jennifer Crane of Cirque Physio, INC and Dr. Scott Mosser of the Gender Confirmation Center, with the primary goal of improving the standard of post-operative care for transgender and gender nonconforming people

Gender Confirmation Center and Cirque Physio Date: 2023-12-01

Tags: education, protocol, rehab, surgery,

Sample surgical referral letters may be required for surgical procedures. This serves as a reference for writing surgical support letters for patients.

TransLine Date: 2026-02-12

Tags: letter, provider, surgery,

Howard Brown’s education team offers professional development for healthcare providers and care team members who are interested increasing their capacity to serve LGBTQ+ patients in their workplaces. We offer our current educational modules and are able to provide custom curricula

Howard Brown Health Date:

Tags: clinics, Continuing Education, providers,

This tip sheet is tailored toward practitioners to identify steps they can take to better support TGNC folks.

Center of Excellence LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity Date: 2023-12-31

Tags: gender dysphoria, gender euphoria, TGNC,

The Affirmative Couch is a committed advocate for the mental health of LGBTQIA+, consensually non-monogamous, and kink communities, working with both groups and individual providers. The Affirmative Couch takes a multi-pronged approach: provide continuing education for affirmative psychotherapists, transform more

The Affirmative Couch Date: 2025-08-22

Tags: behavioral health, Continuing Education, Psychotherapy, WPATH,

This checklist shares best practices for safely engaging and supporting LGBTQ+ youth, children, and families in mental health settings.

Family Acceptance Project (FAP) Date: 2024-01-01

Tags: affirming care, checklist, families, mental health, TIC, youth,