External resource
The Network/La Red
LGBTQ+ partner abuse support and education.
Resource topic
LGBTQ+ Support
Choose the barrier that is making support harder to access. Identity-affirming help should not require you to hide part of yourself.
Choose the pressure, not the organization
What do you need today?
Select the closest statement. Each path gives you a practical first step and then routes you to a small number of relevant services.
PATH 01A shelter may not affirm my identityAsk directly about placement, names, pronouns, partners, and privacy.PATH 02I fear being outedPlan communication, records, insurance, family, school, and employer privacy.PATH 03My partner uses identity against meDocument threats involving outing, transition care, immigration, children, community, or chosen family.PATH 04I need trans-specific supportLook for affirming medical, housing, legal, and crisis services.PATH 05I need legal helpFind identity-informed protection order, family, employment, housing, and civil-rights support.PATH 06I need someone who understandsUse LGBTQ+-specific survivor and crisis resources.
You decide what identity information is safe to share
You may ask whether a service is affirming before disclosing details. Consider chosen family, outing threats, name and pronoun safety, gendered shelter rules, medication or transition-related care, parenting and custody concerns, disability, race, immigration status, and financial dependence.
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A shelter may not affirm my identity
Ask directly about placement, names, pronouns, partners, and privacy.
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Name the immediate outcome you need
Ask directly about placement, names, pronouns, partners, and privacy.
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Write down one constraint
Safety, privacy, money, transportation, children, pets, identity, immigration, disability, or timing.
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Use one primary resource first
You do not need to contact every organization on this page.
Your next step
Review the curated starting points below and choose one organization to contact.
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I fear being outed
Plan communication, records, insurance, family, school, and employer privacy.
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Name the immediate outcome you need
Plan communication, records, insurance, family, school, and employer privacy.
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Write down one constraint
Safety, privacy, money, transportation, children, pets, identity, immigration, disability, or timing.
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Use one primary resource first
You do not need to contact every organization on this page.
Your next step
Review the curated starting points below and choose one organization to contact.
See starting points03
My partner uses identity against me
Document threats involving outing, transition care, immigration, children, community, or chosen family.
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Name the immediate outcome you need
Document threats involving outing, transition care, immigration, children, community, or chosen family.
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Write down one constraint
Safety, privacy, money, transportation, children, pets, identity, immigration, disability, or timing.
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Use one primary resource first
You do not need to contact every organization on this page.
Your next step
Review the curated starting points below and choose one organization to contact.
See starting points04
I need trans-specific support
Look for affirming medical, housing, legal, and crisis services.
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Name the immediate outcome you need
Look for affirming medical, housing, legal, and crisis services.
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Write down one constraint
Safety, privacy, money, transportation, children, pets, identity, immigration, disability, or timing.
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Use one primary resource first
You do not need to contact every organization on this page.
Your next step
Review the curated starting points below and choose one organization to contact.
See starting points05
I need legal help
Find identity-informed protection order, family, employment, housing, and civil-rights support.
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Name the immediate outcome you need
Find identity-informed protection order, family, employment, housing, and civil-rights support.
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Write down one constraint
Safety, privacy, money, transportation, children, pets, identity, immigration, disability, or timing.
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Use one primary resource first
You do not need to contact every organization on this page.
Your next step
Review the curated starting points below and choose one organization to contact.
See starting points06
I need someone who understands
Use LGBTQ+-specific survivor and crisis resources.
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Name the immediate outcome you need
Use LGBTQ+-specific survivor and crisis resources.
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Write down one constraint
Safety, privacy, money, transportation, children, pets, identity, immigration, disability, or timing.
☐
Use one primary resource first
You do not need to contact every organization on this page.
Your next step
Review the curated starting points below and choose one organization to contact.
See starting pointsCurated starting points
A short list, with a reason for each
Availability, eligibility, hours, and response quality can change. Confirm details directly with the organization.
External resource
FORGE
Trans and nonbinary survivor resources.
External resource
The Trevor Project
Crisis support for LGBTQ+ young people in the United States.
Phone1-866-488-7386
TextText START to 678678
Hours24/7
External resource
Trans Lifeline
Peer support run by and for trans people. Hours may vary, so check the current schedule before calling.
Phone1-877-565-8860
Resource review note. Survivor Truth Foundation curates these starting points but does not control external eligibility, availability, confidentiality, cost, or response quality. Last reviewed July 2026. Report a broken or harmful resource through the anonymous question page.
Before you contact a service
Help them understand what you need quickly
Lead with the clearest facts first
Your emotions matter, and you do not need to hide them. When time is limited, beginning with observable facts can help a hotline, hospital, shelter, attorney, school, or agency understand urgency and route you to the right care faster.
- What happened and when
- Whether the person can reach you now
- Any injuries, threats, weapons, stalking, or forced contact
- Children, dependents, pets, or service animals affected
- Disability, communication, medication, mobility, or sensory needs
- Housing, money, transportation, phone, or identification barriers
- Your name and pronouns, if you want them used
- The specific help you are asking for today
You do not have to simplify your life to deserve help
A useful plan can include chosen family, LGBTQ+ safety concerns, older adults, disability-related care, immigration concerns, emotional or psychological abuse, financial control, children, pets, and service animals. Name the barriers that affect what is safe and possible for you.