resources
Fertility &Family Planning Resources
Resource and video library, along with an event calendar, focused on fertility, pregnancy, and family planning for trans individuals.
Gay Parents to Be
Website offering resources and support for LGBTQ+ individuals planning to become parents.
Legacy Sperm Preservation for Trans Women
Website providing fertility and sperm freezing services for trans women.
RX Rebirht Collective
Childbirth & Parenting
Whole Body Pregnancy Childbirth Education Class with Erika Davis
A virtual childbirth education class designed for LGBTQ+ families.
All Genders Birth Class with Moss the Doula
A queer and trans-centered virtual, 3-part childbirth class.
Childbirth Education for Queer Families with JustBirth Space
Free virtual class offered the last Wednesday of each month.
The MotherLoad Collective is a space for families to get education and extra care during transitional times of life and for professionals working with the perinatal population to access tools to best support their clients’ needs.
Books & Reading Materials
Baby Making for Everybody by Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman
A step-by-step guide to baby making for queer, trans, and single individuals.
Queer Nursing
A book that centers the queer perspective on lactation.
What to Expect When He’s Expecting: A Complete Guide to Transmasculine ReproductionA comprehensive resource guide and directory of trans-affirming care providers in the US.
Podcasts & Online Courses
A podcast focusing on Masculine of Center (MoC) queer and trans individuals nurturing life through pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
Birthing Beyond the Binary
A course that expands on the concept of reproductive justice to include queer, trans, and non-binary people.
Professional Support & Consulting
Erica Smith Education and Consulting LLC
Provides sex-positive, queer-centered sex education through workbooks, courses, and webinars.
Michele “Misha” James-Parham
Offers reproductive coaching, midwifery services, mentoring, and sex education classes.
Additional Resources
Website offering resources and support for queer birth experiences.
Birthing Queer: Queer and Trans Evidence-Based Child Birth EducationAn interactive queer birth class taught by a trans genderqueer professional midwife.
Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Human Milk Feeding by Rainbow FamiliesA detailed PDF guide from the Australian Breastfeeding Foundation on feeding practices for LGBTQ+ families.
Intimate Partner Violence & Abuse Resources
Hotlines, Safety Planning, Shelters, Legal Help, Financial Help
Hotlines, Education & Safety Planning:
National DV Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
https://www.thehotline.org/
NY Of ice for the Prevention of Domestic Violence: 1-800-942-6906
National Relationship Abuse Hotline: 800-799-7233 / 800-799-SAFE
https://stoprelationshipabuse.org/help/its-not-your-fault/
Day One NY: 800-214-4150
https://dayoneny.org/
RAINN: 1-800-656-4673
RAINN works with N.Y. Legislators and New York City Anti-Sexual Violence Organizations to Call for Admission of Evidence of Prior “Bad Acts” In Sex Crime Cases.
Love is Respect: 1-966-331-9474
https://www.loveisrespect.org/
love is respect is the nation’s only teen dating violence hotline available 24/7/365.
NY Anti-Violence Project: (212)-714-1141
https://avp.org/
AVP is the nation's largest organization supporting survivors of violence who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer, or live with HIV.
Safety Planning:
https://www.loveisrespect.org/get-relationship-help/dating-abuse-safety-plan/
https://www.thehotline.org/plan-for-safety/create-a-safety-plan/#gf_1
Stalking Assistance:
Ceta (Clinic To End Tech Abuse):
https://www.ceta.tech.cornell.edu/
Work directly with survivors to determine if someone is using technology to harm them -- and what they can do to stay safe.
Stalking Safety Planning
https://www.thehotline.org/resources/stalking-safety-planning/
Victim Connect
https://victimconnect.org
VictimConnect Resource Center (VCRC) is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), a nonprofit organization that advocates for victims’ rights, trains professionals who work with victims, and serves as a trusted source of information on victims’ issues.
Shelters:
Safe Horizon
To locate shelter in the 5 boroughs of New York, dial: 1-800-621-HOPE (4673).
Safe Horizon is the Nation's Leading Victim Assistance Organization. Moving victims of violence from crisis to confidence since 1978.
Safe Homes Project
718-499-2151
For nearly 40 years, Good Shepherd Services' Safe Homes Project has been working to confront and eliminate domestic and partner violence in New York City. Offers victims a confidential location in the neighborhood
Legal Help:
Legal Aid
(718) 722-3100
to get free legal counsel regarding your rights
Her Justice (previously Inmotion)
https://herjustice.org
New York Legal Assistance Corp.
212-613-5000
They take calls from new clients on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9-3.
Urban Justice Center
718-875-5062
South Brooklyn Legal Services
website
718-237-5563
General help to get child support without a lawyer.
Sanctuary For Families' Legal Center
212-349-6009 and press 2.
Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyer Project (VLP)
The VLP focuses on serving people with special problems in gaining access to the legal system,
especially the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons affected by chronic illnesses and victims of
domestic violence.
VLP volunteer attorneys provide assistance to families and individuals in crisis, providing representation
and counsel on a variety of family law matters including child and spousal support, custody, visitation and
uncontested divorce. The family law program is designed with special concern for women who are
victims of domestic violence and with a keen sensitivity to resolving familial conflicts with a minimum of
disruption and animosity.
Financial Help:
Debtor's Anonymous.
Offering hope for people whose use of unsecured debt causes problems and suffering.
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