Trans Lifeline is a grassroots LGBTQ+ hotline offering peer-led mental health support and suicide prevention to transgender people in crisis. Our hotline is run entirely by trans people, for trans people, because we know that talking to someone who truly understands what you’re going through can make all the difference.
We also know crisis care doesn’t begin or end with a phone call. Through our Microgrants Program, we offer low-barrier financial support to help trans people meet urgent needs like ID changes, housing, healthcare, and safety. Relaunched in 2025, our renewed model is even more rooted in trust and redistribution. To date, we’ve redistributed nearly $1.5 million, with 75% going to BIPOC transgender people.
This year, we are deepening our commitment to direct support by distributing $150,000 in microgrants this year, prioritizing Black, Brown and Indigenous trans communities, especially in the South and rural areas, and strengthening relationships with trans-led organizations across the country.
We are also growing our role as a resource for ally organizations by offering training, consultation, and technical assistance grounded in lived trans experience. This is knowledge shaped by community, history, and care. We will keep building environments where trans people are not only included, but protected, respected, and able to thrive.