Gender Diversity and the WIAA developed a gold standard document for trans athletics called The Gender Diverse Youth Sport Inclusivity Toolkit (2021): “The resource guide is meant to educate administrators, coaches, and parents on local policies, federal law, terminology, and the state’s history with inclusive sports practices.”
Resource Guide
Mask Bloc Seattle
Distributes masks, information about COVID, and mutual aid in the Seattle area.
Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN)
WAISN’s mission is to: “Protect and advance the power of immigrant and refugee communities through a multiracial, multilingual, and multi-faith coalition. Our organizing strategy educates and mobilizes statewide to uphold and defend the rights and dignity of all immigrants and refugees, centering the voices of impacted communities.”
Alphabet Alliance of Color
“Our programs are by and for QTBIPOC. We execute programs that fill the gaps of services provided by other local organizations, collectives and groups —aiming to meet the emotional and material needs of local Black and brown queer and trans people.”
Don’t Call The Police
Find alternatives to calling the Seattle Police Department.
Trans Reads
Trans Reads is the world’s largest collection of free trans-focused literature. We offer a wide variety of books, essays, zines, chapters, articles, and more!
Trans Activism Oral History Project
In a joint partnership with the University of Victoria’s Transgender Archives, we collected 21 oral history interviews with trans elders about their history of activism on behalf of trans people and communities in order to establish trans-specific and trans-positive primary source historical narratives that can be preserved for future generations.
Pandemic Solidarity for the Long Future
A Virtual Convening for Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander Kin Who Give a F#ck
Journalist Resource: Guide for Reporting on Anti-Trans Violence (Transgender Law Center)
Journalists play a critical role in shaping public opinion. Journalism on anti-trans violence should increase readers’ understanding of such violence, and in doing so, guide them toward the solutions to ending it. The purpose of this guide is to increase journalists’ comfort level and ability to tell trans stories by offering analyses, information, and further resources on trans communities and anti-trans violence.
Digital Transgender Archive
The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world. Based in Boston, Massachusetts at Northeastern University, the DTA is an international collaboration among dozens of colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and private collections. By digitally localizing a wide range of trans-related materials, the DTA expands access to trans history for academics and independent researchers alike in order to foster education and dialog concerning trans history.
The DTA uses the term transgender to refer to a broad and inclusive range of non-normative gender practices. We treat transgender as a practice rather than an identity category in order to bring together a trans-historical and trans-cultural collection of materials related to trans-ing gender. We collect materials from anywhere in the world with a focus on materials created before the year 2000.
Queer The Land
Queer The Land is a collaborative project grounded in the self-determination of queer, trans, and two spirit Black/ indigenous/ people of color (QT2BIPOC) and the vision of collectively owning our land and labor. Founded in Summer 2016 by two local QT2BIPOC community-based organizations, Building Autonomy and Safety for Everybody and the Queer & Trans Pan-African Exchange, we’re working to establish a cooperative network anchored by a community center and transitional and semi-permanent housing that meets the needs of working-class QT2BIPOC in the greater Seattle area. Our mission is to create a movement-building space that can generate income and become a political hub for QTBIPOC and our community organizing.
Alphabet Alliance of Color
Alphabet Alliance of Color (AAoC) is an organization by and for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and other people of color (QTBIPOC). We serve local QTBIPOC in a variety of ways — all grounded in mutual aid, transformative justice and community connection.
Seattle T4T Clothing Swap
Quarterly Clothing Swap by and for the Trans/Nonbinary community in the Seattle area.
Northwest 2-Spirit Society
NWTSS’ Mission is to educate society regarding First Nation and Two-Spirit histories and traditions, to ensure community cohesion through the promotion of health, Two-Spirit visibility, and to provide training and outreach to the Native and non-Native communities of the Northwest.
Trans Masc Seattle
Creating intentional community spaces by and for transmasculine folx in the Seattle area.
Seattle Trans Joy
Spaces & events by-and-for local trans & nonbinary community.
Two Big Blondes / SWAF
Provides basic services to homeless and low-income Seattle-area residents by providing free clothing donated through Two Big Blondes Plus Size Consignment Store in addition to other support services.
UW Trans Collective
TransCollective is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) at the University of Washington. TCUW aims to center Trans Joy and resilience through community building and events as well as to dismantle cis-normative ideals. We are committed to providing a space for BIPOC Trans folks and celebrating intersectional identities. TCUW holds weekly meetings every Tuesday at 6:30PM in More Hall room 230. Follow our Instagram @uwtranscollective to be up to date on our meetings and events!
Seattle Trans List
A simple list of local resources for trans & nonbinary folks. Includes:
- Community Groups
- Community Events
- Support Groups
- Healthcare and Medical Providers
- Voice Therapy
- Changing Your Name or Gender Marker
- Trans Tattoo Artists
- Trans Salon Service Providers
- Trans Bodyworkers
- Trans Pet Care
- Trans Creators
- Other Trans Service Providers
The Rights of Transgender People in Washington State: Discrimination and Harassment
This guide is designed to help transgender individuals understand their legal rights in Washington State.
Trans Mentor Project
“Trans Mentor Project is a national e-mentoring program that pairs trans and nonbinary (TGNB) youth and young adults with TGNB adult mentors. Its mission is to provide trans and nonbinary mentees with supportive, identity-affirming mentors who will empower them to meet their personal goals and thrive.”
Gender Odyssey Conference
“Since 2001, Gender Odyssey has been an annual event attracting hundreds of people from across North America and around the world. It is an international conference focused on the needs and interests of transgender and gender diverse children of all ages, their families and supporters, and the professionals who serve them.”
Taking Black Pride
An annual celebration uplifting Seattle’s Black trans community.
“We seek to empower the BIPOC transgender, queer and gender diverse communities to take charge of the ways we own our joy, grief, healing, anger, celebration, pride, expression of culture and community. We create opportunities for our community to collectively and intimately take part in celebration of the complexities of BIPOC QT experiences and culture.”
REST (Real Escape from the Sex Trade)
“REST offers pathways to freedom, safety, and hope to individuals who have experienced the sex trade.” 24/7 hotline and drop in locations.
Noor
An all-inclusive LGBTQI (and Questioning) confidential meeting space for BIPOC only, in the greater Seattle area that have ever identified as Muslim.
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Seattle
Support group for LGBTQ+ people and their families learning to support LGBTQ+ people.
POC-SWOP
“We are a new, POC-led chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project based in Seattle, WA, USA. Our main focus at the moment is direct outreach to street-based sex workers via Green Light Project.
We also take on small consulting projects on a case-by-case basis.”
Queer Exchange Olympia
Community Directory
Sex Worker Outreach Project
“Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA is a national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.”