Chicagoland Trans
Resources for the trans and ally communities, with a focus on the Chicago area, south suburbs and northwest Indiana.
Resources for Trans People
Peer SupportCenter on Halsted (IL)
Genderqueer Chicago
LGBTQ Outreach of Porter County (IN)PFLAG (various chapters)
> Chapter Locator
> PFLAG Council of Northern Illinois
> PFLAG NationalTransfeminine Alliance Chicago (TFEM)
Transmasculine Alliance Chicago(TMAC)
> Resources List
> Binders, Packers and STPs
> TMAC Presentation Slides and NotesHealth or HRT NeedsHoward Brown Health (IL)
Planned Parenthood
Northwestern Medicine Gender Pathways (IL)
Rush (IL)
UChicago (IL)Mental and Behavioral HealthCenter on Halsted Behavioral Health (IL)
Black Alphabet (IL)
Trans LifelineOther Resources for Trans PeopleAdvocates for Trans Equality
Brave Space Alliance (IL)
Elevated Access
Rainbow Railroad
SAGE
Transformative Justice Law Project (IL)
Trans Up Front ILFor Trans YouthBroadway Youth Center (IL)
Center on Halsted Youth Programming (IL)
Indiana Youth Group (IN)
Queer Youth Assemble
The Trevor Project
WORTHy Youth Community (IL)
Youth Outlook (IL)This page is under construction!
Resources for Allies
Peer SupportGender Spectrum
PFLAG Parents of Trans Individuals
PFLAG (various chapters)
> Chapter Locator
> Glossary of Terms
> PFLAG Council of Northern Illinois
> PFLAG NationalGroups to Volunteer WithFree Mom Hugs
Mama Dragons
Trans Up Front ILThis page is under construction!
Resources for Everyone
Other LGBTQIA+ ResourcesA for Ace
Asexual Visibility and Education Network
Elevated Access
Equality Illinois
GLAD Law
GLAAD
GLSEN
Lambda Legal
National Center for LGBTQ Rights
Rainbow Railroad
Trans Up Front IL (IL)Advocacy GroupsACLU
Everybody Counts Disability Rights Center (IN)
Human Rights Campaign
Just Transition NWI
NWI NOW (IN)
Raindrops Rising FoundationAffirming ChurchesChicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches (IL)
UCC Open and Affirming CoalitionHarm ReductionThe Aliveness Project (IN)
Gary Harm Reduction (IN)Mental Health988 Lifeline
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Crisis Text LineNews and InformationThe Advocate Magazine
Block Club Chicago (IL)
Erin in the Morning
GRAB Magazine (IL)Reproductive Rights and Sexual HealthAHF Wellness Centers (IL)
Center on Halsted HIV/STI Resources (IL)
Howard Brown Health Walk-In Clinic (IL)
Let's Talk Abortion, Indiana (ACLU) (IN)
Path4You (IN)
Planned Parenthood of Illinois (IL)
PrepDaily (CDC)
Repro Legal Help Line
Points of Interest
Queer and Queer-friendly BusinessesAstral Auras (IN)
Beatnix (IL)
Brown Elephant Resale Shops (IL)
Bucket O' Blood Books and Records (IL)
Grindhouse Cafe (IN)
Half Price Books
Just Witchy's (IL)
Melody Mart (IL)
Northalsted Business Directory (IL)
Out of the Closet Thrift Stores (IL)
Rebirth Garments
Stealth Bros & Co
Unabridged Bookstore (IL)
The Wasteshed (IL)EntertainmentChicago Gay Men's Chorus (IL)
Facets (IL)
Hell in a Handbag Productions (IL)
Midnight Madness Rocky Horror (IL)
Music Box Theatre (IL)
Rocky Horror In Abundance (IN)
South Shore Roller Derby (IN)
Welcome to the Other Side (IN)Queer HistoryGerber/Hart LGBTQ+ Library and Archives (IL)
Leather Archives & Museum (IL)
The Legacy Project
About
I made this site at the tail-end of pride month 2025, after going over all the resources I had accumulated from the pride events I had gone to. I always try to share what resources I have with people and the different community orgs I'm in, but that can be difficult when you're just one person and you only have one copy of a flyer you got at pride. And I know so many people who these resources could be of use to, so I decided to make this repository!A little about myself, the list-keeper; I'm a transmasc (he/they), born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, and I regularly go up to the city.Boystown made me who I am. It's where I realized I could start testosterone, where I got my hrt prescription, where I made some of my dearest friends. But us folks in the suburbs need to be taken care of too, and that's what these resources are for.Also, thank you to my boys (gender neutral) at TMAC for coming up with the name for this site (as well as many other fantastic ideas), because I couldn't! And thank you to my TMAC boys and my PFLAG chapter for giving me resources to add!View the changelog for the website here
Changelog
resources last added 7/6/20257/5/2025> added "harm reduction" subcategory under "resources for everyone", overhauled contact/submission form
7/3/2025> added "news and information" subcategory under "resources for everyone"
7/2/2025> added submission form, finished current resource backlog
7/1/2025> launch!
also a lot of formatting!
6/29/2025> created carrd