Resources for Allies (& Trans Folks, too!)
If you’re looking for ways to support the trans people in your life and community, you’re in the right place! Take part in urgent calls to action; review our primer for allies; sign up to volunteer; or make a financial gift, committing to helping MTN build a safer, more joyful, gentler world for trans Mainers. Stay tuned for additions as we expand the offerings on this page!
Gender Affirming Care in the Wake of Executive Orders, Explained State by State
The folks at Relman Colfax in Washington, D.C., have developed this downloadable explainer to empower families, advocacy groups, allies, medical professionals, hospital administrators, and state officials with the knowledge and tools needed to protect and uphold the rights of the transgender community. The explainer includes:
An overview of state laws protecting transgender individuals' access to gender-affirming care in the 18 states whose Attorneys General have recently made public statements or taken legal action in support of these rights, complete with an appendix outlining those laws.
Contextual analysis of how state laws interact with the federal executive orders and the legal basis for providers' continued obligations to deliver gender-affirming care under these state protections.
Ice Raids: Know Your Rights as a TGNC Immigrant
Thanks to our friends at the Transgender Law Center for this guide to TGNC immigrant rights; see their resource page for other guides to aid and assist your neighbors and friends who are multiply marginalized: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/
How to Be a Trans Ally:
A Resistance Primer for Cis Folks
A collaboration with EqualityMaine
Support our Work Today
We are Maine’s only organization specifically focused on supporting transgender people. Your financial support helps us to ensure that trans people in every corner of Maine have at least one place in their lives where they are able to safely be themselves.
‘See you in Court’ and ‘Protect Trans Youth’ T-Shirts
The ECC and Little Chair Printing joined forces to design this tee shirt after Gov Janet Mills let Mainers know she’ll fight for trans rights: you can support trans Mainers too with your purchase, proceeds support the work we do here at MTN!
Trans Joy Care Packages
Over 80 care packages were fully funded by your generosity in 2025, thank you SO MUCH! We will continues to collect funds which will go to next year’s program: the more you give, the more packages of joy we can offer next year!
Your gift of $25 funds a care package full of joy that will be claimed by a trans community member and picked up or shipped to them as part of a collaboration with EqualityMaine to spread joy to trans Mainers throughout our state! Thank you for your contribution!
Wanna help? Sign up to volunteer!
We have opportunities for everyone, from immediate openings in the thrift shop to ongoing partnerships for skilled professionals seeking to uplift orgs whose work matters to them: fill out the form and we’ll be in touch!