Gender-Affirming Support Groups
Gender-affirming support groups can be healing spaces for our community members to grieve, empathize, and gather together as a collective. Below are a variety of virtual, free, and gender-affirming support groups to bookmark for you and anyone else you know could benefit from these spaces.
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Last Updated: November 21, 2024
Originally published: January 19, 2024
EUPHORIA HOUR! A Trans & Non-binary Graduate Student Kiki | House of Denise
House of Denise is hosting a Euphoria Hour,a new, free virtual kiki of games and gaeity for trans, non-binary, genderfluid, agender, two-spirit, and intersex graduate students.
Upcoming meeting: November 22, 2024 at 4pm - 5pm EST
A Kiki for Trans Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Anti-Professionals | House of Denise
House of Denise is calling all trans and non-binary anti-professionals in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field for a celebration of life.
Upcoming meeting: November 25, 2024 at 1pm -2pm EST
Breath Circle for Collective Capacity | Healing Justice London
Breath Circle for Collective Capacity is a gathering space for grounding with Healing Justice Ldn. This regular space is held for light stretching, breathing and meditative practice. It’s a space that scaffolds and staggers levels of participation, so that you can opt in to what supports you and your body to feel safer. If you require additional access measures to enable your participation please email info@healingjusticeldn.org.
Upcoming meeting: 27 November 2024 at 9:30-10PM BST
Navigating Grief for Newcomers, Immigrants, & Refugees | BIPOC Death & Grief Talk & East Mississauga CHC
East Mississauga CHC and BIPOC Grief Talks will be hosting a safe spaces to discuss, share, and unpack the experiences of immigration, food security, and the holiday seasons. This program is especially designed for those who identify as a newcomer, immigrant, refugee, a racialized person or member of the global majority.
Upcoming meetings: Grief & The Holidays on November 28, 2024 at 6-8pm EST
Thriving Together Support Group | Main Street Music Therapy
Thriving Together Support Group focuses on stress reduction, resilience enhancement, and empowering connections within the queer and trans communities.
Upcoming meeting: November 28, 2024 at 7pm EST on Zoom
Community Support Call | Rooted Respite
Rooted Respite hosts a monthly community support call, a loosely structured space for folks to build community with other social changemakers and get peer support.
Upcoming meeting: November 29, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Yoga Airflow for Love and Freedom | Healing Justice London
Healing Justice London hosts Yoga Airflow for Love and Freedom, a bi-weekly support space held by Healing Justice Ldn. You are invited to take your time flowing with the elements, whilst feeling divinely connected and supported to embrace your whole self unapologetically. Within these sessions you will experience breath work, mindful movement, postures and guided relaxation with encouragement for each person in the session to check in and listen to their bodies.
Upcoming meeting: 1 December 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm BST
Blk! Art Jam!! | Rise
Rise is hosting Blk! Art Jam!!, a virtual space specifically for Black folks. Their invitation is "come hang in this space and catch up/ start anew/ re visit and more... your creative practice. sometimes we jus need another person there to sit down and create what feels impossible to do alone. whatever medium & whatever practice... this time is yours/ours "
Upcoming meeting: December 4, 2024 at 12-3PM CST
relax. relate. release | tune.of.blackness
tune.of.blackness is hosting a virtual space to discuss how things are going and set intentions as needed for the winter season. This space will be held every Thursday in December.
Upcoming meeting: December 5, 2024 at 7PM EST / December 12 , 2024 at 7PM EST / December 19, 2024 at 7PM EST / December 26, 2024 at 7PM EST
FreeCare Support Group | CT Grapevine
FreeCare is a free, peer support group for workers, organizers, and artists to discuss harms of capitalism to workplace/organizing issues, incarceration/ abolition, and more. All meetings are currently virtual and the group meets every second Tuesday of each month with CT Grapevine.
Upcoming meeting: December 10, 2024 at 6pm EST / 3pm PST
Healing and Making Circle | Emerging Arts Professionals
Emerging Arts Professionals holds Healing & Marking Circle, a virtual space for arts and culture workers to deepen their personal arts practice once per month. This virtual space is intended to inspire attendees to regularly create, even if just for a lunch hour.
Upcoming meeting: February 5, 2025 at 12:30PM PST / 3:30pm EST
Trans Talk: A Trans Masc Support Group | Los Angeles Spoonie Collective Support Groups
Los Angeles Spoonie Collective Support Groups are unstructured spaces where folks can connect to, and offer mutual aid with others who share similar life experiences and struggles. All support groups are facilitated by members of LASC. This support group happens every other month.
Upcoming meeting: Bi-monthly meetings
Healing & Wellness Grad Group for Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender Diverse Black, Indigenous, Students of Color | Gabe Lockett, Marquel Norton
This group intends to provide transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse graduate students who identify as BIPOC a space to heal, process, engage in peer mentorship, and community care, as we strive for collective wellness. Utilizing a Black femme praxis, this group hopes to engage in self love, self awareness, and collective liberation.
Upcoming meeting: Sign up to learn about their upcoming meetings
Still Coviding Weekly Hangout | @covidisnotover
The Still Coviding Weekly Hangout, facilitated by @covidisntover, is curated for folks still coviding and includes 20+ breakout rooms with racial affinity group spaces and different themes/topics - covid related and not. View their full community calendar here.
Upcoming meeting: Every Saturday night 8-11 PM EST
Trans & Gestating Support Group | Moss the Doula
Moss the Doula hosts a monthly Trans & Gestating Support Group for trans birthing people.
Upcoming meeting: Every Sunday at 3pm EDT on Zoom
Grief and Loss Support Group | The LOFT
The LOFT hosts a discussion/support group on grief and loss for members of the LGBTQ+ community to have a safe space to grieve and discuss the feelings of loss they are experiencing. The group meets on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of every month from 1:00pm-2:30pm. View their full calendar of events here.
Upcoming meeting: The 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays of the month from 1:00PM - 2:30PM EST
Monday Meditation Space for Black Trans Men & Trans Mascs folks | Black Trans Media
Black Trans Media holds a virtual meditation space every Monday at noon EST led by and for Black Trans Men and Trans Masc folks. Join this space for 30 minutes of individual and collective peace and practice. RSVP at Blacktransmedia@gmail.com
Upcoming meeting: Every Monday at 12PM - 12:30PM EST on Zoom
LGBTQ+ People of Color Peer Support Group | The LOFT
The LOFT's LGBTQ+ People of Color Peer Support Group is an open discussion group for LGBTQ+ People of Color including any/all peoples of African, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or Pacific Island descent. The group meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. View their full calendar of events here.
Upcoming meeting: The 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Rainbow Elders & Friends Support and Social Group | New Haven Pride Center
New Haven Pride Center’s Rainbow Elders is a support and social space for LGBTQ+ elders who are 50+. View their full list of affinity spaces here.
Upcoming meeting: The last Monday of every month at 6pm EST
QTBIPOC Support Space | Fireweed Collective
Fireweed Collective facilitates a QTBIPOC support space on Mondays at 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST. Their support groups are virtual spaces where folks can connect and offer mutual aid with others who share similar life experiences and struggles.
Upcoming meetings: Mondays at 5PM PST / 8PM EST
Spectrum Group | Affinity Community Services
Affinity Community Services hosts a Spectrum Group, a hybrid program building community amongst masculine of center folks within the Black LGBTQ+ community. Please note: To provide authentic safe space, this group is ONLY for people who identify their gender as Masculine of center.
Upcoming meeting: 2nd Tuesday of month at 6:30 - 8:30 pm CST
Black TransATLiens | ATL Trans Guide
Black Trans ATLiens is a collective a (mostly) Atlanta-based Black trans folks ages 18+ engaged in community through a virtual peer support space, study group, and WhatsApp chat.
Upcoming meeting: Every 1st Tuesday of the month at 7PM EST
QTBIPOC Space | Institute for Human Identity
The QTBIPOC Space is a therapeutic, online space for queer and transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC) to process their experiences. This space provides support, shares coping skills, builds safe and affirming community, and fosters individual and collective strength and resiliency.
Upcoming meeting: Tuesdays from 6:00pm-7:00pm EST. Submit an intake form below to book an appointment.
MASC Support Group | Destination Tomorrow
Destination Tomorrow hosts MASC is a monthly virtual support group for trans masculine individuals.
Upcoming meeting: Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month 7pm EST
Crafting Abolition | Let’s Get Free
Crafting Abolition, hosted by Let’s Get Free and Black Unicorn Library, is a virtual drop-in space to create, craft, imagine, and relate.
Upcoming meeting: Tuesdays 7-9PM EST on Zoom
CripCreate | In collaboration with Calling Up Justice
CripCreate, hosted in collaboration with Calling Up Justice, is a weekly online co-working and socializing space by and for all Disabled (sick, Disabled, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, low vision/blind, neurodiverse, or otherwise chronically ill) people.
Upcoming meeting: Weekly on Wednesdays 1:00-3:00pm PDT (GMT-7) and Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).
Monthly Meeting | Transform Gender Collective
Transform Gender Collective (TGC) is a support and discussion group for transmasculine and masculine-of-center Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to learn about transformative justice, unlearn toxic gendered behaviors, and imagine what masculinity could look like outside of the gender binary. This month’s meeting is focused on spirituality and transformative justice.
Upcoming meeting: Last Wednesday of each month at 6:30PM - 8:30PM EST
Burnt Out Activist Club & QTPoC Mediation | Rest for Resistance
Rest for Resistance’s Burnt Out Activist Club is an online support group for QTIBIPOC activists. Their team also holds a QTPoC Meditation for queer and trans people of color, which hosts three online events every month: stillness practice, movement practice, and restful yoga.
Upcoming meeting: Burnt Out Activist - Every Wednesday on Zoom & QTPoC Meditation - Every second Sunday
Grief & Care Under Capitalism | A Sacred Passing & Leillani Mexera
Grief & Care Under Capitalism is a monthly grieving space and participatory support group for anyone feeling exploited and exhausted by capitalism. This is a facilitated drop-in group space with conversation directed by participants, so you can join once or several times, with no need to commit to multiple sessions. The group is free, though donations to A Sacred Passing and Leilani Maxera are always welcomed.
Upcoming meeting: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm - 9pm PT
Black Trans Creatives | Black Trans Media
Join Black Trans Media for Black Trans Creatives, a space that allows you to work on your creative projects in a generative environment that encourages networking and community building especially in the arts. RSVP at blacktransmedia@gmail.com to join.
Upcoming meeting: Every Wednesdays at at 5pm EST
Black TransATLiens | ATL Trans Guide
Black Trans ATLiens is a collective a (mostly) Atlanta-based Black trans folks ages 18+ engaged in community through a virtual peer support space, study group, and WhatsApp chat.
Upcoming meeting: Every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7PM EST
Tea 4 T | ProjectQ Community Center
ProjectQ will be hosting Tea 4 T, a free biweekly peer support group for POC transmasculine youth ages 17 to 27 to talk about their experiences, build community, and learn valuable skills. Maximum attendance of our support group is 15 participants to make sure everyone has a chance to speak and to be heard without being rushed. This session will be held on Zoom on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month at 6 pm-7:30 pm PST.
Upcoming meeting: Every 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month at 6 pm-7:30 pm PST
Regional Meetups across the Globe | Team CommUNITY
Team CommUNITY hosts various global meetups, including Africa, LATAM, Asia, and MENA Regional Meetups bimonthly video calling gatherings that bring together folks from the African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Asian regions to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other.
Upcoming meeting: Held bi-monthly
Covid Cautious Action for Palestine | Centering Palestine
Covid Cautious Action for Palestine is a weekly COVID-cautious event. Hosted by Centering Palestine, these events are organized by community members including Palestinian, Jewish, and ally contributors. View a full list of healing-centered resources and virtual events for those impacted by violence in Palestine/Israel here.
Upcoming meeting: Sign up below to learn about their next weekly call.
Justice Producer’s Collaborative | Calling Up Justice
The Justice Producer’s Collaborative, holds synchronous (cultivation calls and organizing calls) and asynchronous connective space (Discord server) so Justice producers can tend to their virtual community garden in a way that reflects shared power and decision-making. Cultivation calls are 90 minutes of relationship building, signal boosting, peer support, and meaning making. They occur in an auto-captioned Zoom meeting space.
Upcoming meeting: Sign up below to learn about their upcoming calls (typically hosted every Saturday)
Peer Support Spaces | Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM)
BEAM’s Peer Support Spaces is a monthly, online support group and emotional skills building space for Black folks looking to learn, support, and grow in their own healing.
Upcoming meeting: Sign up below to learn about their upcoming peer support spaces
Peer to Peer Support Groups | Black Trans Alliance
Black Trans Alliance hosts monthly peer to peer support groups, offers one and one or group sessions to anyone identifying as trans, non-binary, or questioning.
Upcoming meeting: Sign up below to learn about their upcoming peer to peer support groups.
24/7 Hotline | The Network/La Red
The Network/La Red has a 24/7 hotline with free and confidential phone based support groups for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC survivors of partner abuse. Call their hotline at 800-832-1901 for more information.
Test Crisis Line | THRIVE Lifeline
THRIVE Lifeline has a 24/7, non-carceral text-based identity and mental health crisis line run by and for marginalized individuals.
To receive support: Text “THRIVE” to 1.313.662.8209 for support anytime and anywhere.
Crisis Call Line | BlackLine
Call BlackLine® provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. BlackLine is non-judgmental, affirming and supportive, listener-witnessing and information gathering about your experience.
To receive support: Call 1 (800) 604-5841 or download their app below
Africa Regional Meetup | Team CommUNITY
Team CommUNITY hosts various global meetups, including Africa, LATAM, Asia, and MENA Regional Meetups bimonthly video calling gatherings that bring together folks from the African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Asian regions to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other.
Upcoming meeting: Bi-monthly meetings
Past events from this list include:
Structured Networking for Women of Color | Embrace Change
MindFULL | Rachel Ricketts
Black Women Toxic Job Survivors' Mental Health: Suicide Prevention | Heliana Ramirez & Jasmine Pierre
Grief and Housing | BIPOC Death Grief Talk
Black Women Toxic Job Suicide Prevention | Marissa Price, MSW and Heliana Ramirez, PhD, LISW
Anti-Capitalist Trans+NB Entrepreneurs’ Kiki | Trans Visionaries Collective
Peer Support Group for Gender Expansive Artists | Art Time Presents
Trans Talk: A Trans Masc Support Group | LA Spoonie Collective
Joy Circle: A Live Healing Practice | Della V. Mosely
Community Group Healing Space: Making Friends with Anxiety | St. Louis Queer Support & Healing (SQSH)
A Virtual QTBIPOC Only Dyke cCommunity Town Hall | Philly Dyke Night
A Home Here: Post Abortion Community Circles | Chicago Abortion Fund
Euphoria Hour: A Trans & Non-Binary Joyful Gathering Pride Eve Edition | Trans Visionaries Collective
BIPOC Grief and Activism | Kayla Carter & Carmen Galvan
Support Space for Palestinians & Allies | Healing Justice London
A4A Group Study: Everyone is Essential! Guaranteed Income for Artists | Anti-Capitalism for Artists
Trans DEI Practitioners’ Kiki | Trans Visionaries Collective
Black Womxn and Aging: Cultivating Self-Love, Creativity and Resilience | East Bay Meditation Center
BIPOC Death & Grief Talk | Kayla Carter & Carmen Galvan
Only the Strong Go Mad: Support Group | Queer Crescent and Kieran
Grief Space for People of the Global Majority | Lenée
Post-Election Live Embodiment Practice | The Embodiment Institute
Tips and Tricks: a Queer Sex Worker Support Group | ProjectQ
Grief & Collage | TransEquity
The Palestine Movement Post-Election: We Keep Fighting | Adalah Justice Project
Know Your Rights as a Trans Tenant | Beyond Legal Aid and Chicago Therapy Collective
Femme Power Hour: A POC Trans, Non-binary, & Demi Femme Grad Student Kiki | House of Denise
Looking for more gender-affirming resources? Visit the Q4 resource roundup for an updated list of resources and networks for Black queer, trans, nonbinary people, and allies.
