This page provides information for transgender adults about organizations that offer funding for gender-affirming care. Types of assistance offered include: funding for gender-affirming care, free gender-affirming items like binders and femme shapewear, insurance navigation, and travel/relocation funding. This list was last updated April of 2026 and reflects resources available to the best of our knowledge.
Organizations Providing Support Nationally
Point of Pride
Point of Pride offers multiple programs to help cover the costs of gender-affirming healthcare:
- The Annual Trans Surgery Fund is a scholarship-like program that provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming surgery.
- The HRT Access Fund provides 12 months of free medical care for trans folks seeking gender-affirming hormone therapy.
- The Electrolysis Support Fund provides financial assistance towards permanent hair removal services (including electrolysis and laser hair removal) for trans folks who cannot otherwise afford them.
- Thrive Fund provides small grants to trans folks who cannot afford gender-affirming health and wellness needs including wigs, prosthetics, fertility preservation, vocal training, non-permanent forms of hair removal, medical tattooing, and more.
- Free chest binders
- Free femme shapewear
The Queer Trans Project
The Queer Trans Project is dedicated to addressing dysphoria experienced by trans and gender non-conforming individuals, irrespective of their demographic background. They offer:
- Flight assistance: free flights to gender-affirming healthcare appointments
- Build-A-Queer Kits: a package of gender-affirming items like binders, packers, bras, and makeup tailored to your preferences
For the Gworls
For the Gworls is a Black, trans-led collective that fundraises money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance.
Dem Bois Inc.
Dem Bois Inc. provides financial assistance to trans men of color who do not have the financial resources to receive the transition care that they need. They offer grants for gender-affirming surgery to FTM transgender and/or transmasculine people of color who could not otherwise afford surgery.
Trans Family Support Services
Trans Family Support Services‘ Insurance Assistance Program offers insurance navigation for those struggling to complete the insurance pre-authorization and appeals process. Trans Family Support Services to offers insurance navigation for both parents of transgender youth and for transgender adults. Insurance navigation is offered at no cost.
Organizations Providing Support Locally
T4T Care Collective
Central North Carolina
T4T Care Collective is a peer-led collective in the NC triangle providing accessible and joyful support for trans/gender diverse individuals through community. They provide the community with knowledge, crowdfunding, and material support.
Trans Aid Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Trans Aid Nashville is a Nashville based mutual aid collective directed by transgender Nashvillians with the purpose of providing aid, community, and building power for all transgender people in the Greater Nashville area.
They offer limited financial assistance for prescription drug costs and lab costs for gender affirming hormones, transportation assistance, and more.
We Are Family
South Carolina
We are Family is a nonprofit organization serving the LGBTQI+ community in South Carolina. They offer gender affirming gear to South Carolinians 24 and younger.
Kentucky Health Justice Network Trans Health Program
Kentucky
The Trans Health Program works to help trans Kentuckians access the healthcare they need, as well as reaffirm our autonomy and community. They offer financial assistance for gender-affirming care (including an annual surgery grant), assistance for gender-affirming items, advice navigating insurance, community/provider education, and more.
Organizations Offering Travel or Relocation Support
We understand that some transgender adults in the South must travel long distances to access the healthcare they need, and others choose to move to where they have increased access to providers and legal protections. The following organizations offer travel and relocation support for transgender people:
