I learned first about TFSS when I was looking for help when my trans daughter came out. They offered me a space with other parents and facilitators to understand our new journey. I attended their meetings and presentations. Their support was so vital that I decided to help them by volunteering at events. I have seen them grow and help other trans youth and adults as well as parents. They truly are making a difference helping the trans community and literally saving lives.
TransFamily Support Services provided incredible support and information for my family in our journey with my son!
Transfamily Support Services helps me understand what it means to be an ally and parent of a trans kid.
La organizacion ha apoyado a mi familia en nuestro camino con nuestro hije.Recursos educativos, comunidad y navegacion con nuestro seguro medico y escuelas. La compasion y apoyo han sido vitales . Mil gracias TFSS!!
I volunteered at an event (She Fest) where TFSS ran a fun and informative booth for people of all ages-it was a welcoming atmosphere where staff and volunteers answered questions, provided information about services and upcoming events, and best of all, had a button-making station where kids of all ages could create their own artwork and make a button. Some chose to use the button to declare their preferred pronouns while others used it to make fun and whimsical artwork. And some did both! It was a great event for showcasing TFSS’s services and their commitment to the community.
TFSS has helped me to bond with and help support the trans youth of San Diego while getting in touch with my own identity! Love being able to help out and keep up the great work!
How incredible is this? When choosing my role for this survey, I realized I went from volunteer, to donor, to client served, and now to a board member!
I’ve been involved with Transfamiles well over 10 years, starting as a parent volunteer. I’m honored to work with so many wonderful people, each with own unique story. Being in this supportive environment has made it possible for me to start my own gender journey and to use the services of Transfamily Support Services.
Transfamily Support Services is extremely dedicated to helping not only trans youth, but creating an environment of growth and community for their volunteers as well. Trans youth are extremely at risk for mental health concerns such as suicide, self harm and substance abuse. TFSS directly addresses those most as risk and offers them guidance in navigating healthcare, finding a supportive community and accessing life-saving gender-affirming products and prosthetics. I am really proud of the work being done by TFSS and I am honored to be apart of their efforts to bring life-saving care to those most at-risk.
TFSS has been a lifeline for our family. We are so grateful for all the support navigating school and other challenges that have come our way. TFSS has provided us with community, education, and empowerment. Everything from the family engagement session to parent groups, to play dates, family events, trainings and school support has helped us stay grounded and been exactly what we needed to continue living our lives and just being a family.
TFSS has been a vital link in both my son’s and my life toward support and validation. During a period of uncertainty it provides guidance and understanding. The countless children struggling with their identity have a very qualified resource to direct them to the help they are looking for. Please support the work of TFSS.
We were a family with a kid in a lot of emotional pain when we first encountered Transfamily Support Services. Without judgement and with compassion and empathy they surrounded us with information, recommendations, and a support system to help us through. I've never encountered an organization so dedicated to their clients, and we're so thankful our family benefited from their services!
TransFamily Support Services has been providing services to our family since our journey began five years ago, all at no charge. We’ve participated in both youth and parent support groups, and most recently had a wonderful mentor matched with our adult child and could not be happier with her incredibly positive influence. We highly recommend this amazing organization.
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TransFamily Support Services (TFSS) was recommended to me by a friend with a trans female adult child. My trans adult child and I met with Kathie Moehlig shortly thereafter and felt so much better after having spoken with her. Kathie is a terrific advocate for trans youth and really helped us to feel like we have a community of support. Since then we have participated in numerous TFSS sponsored meetings and events. I have been so impressed with and grateful to this organization that I joined as a volunteer almost one year ago!
TransFamily Support Services provided my family with the resources to assist our child with their transition. We were able to find quality medical services and started treatment with no issues. We also were able to go through the process of name and gender marker for all necessary legal documents.
This organization is doing amazing work educating the community and supporting gender diverse youth. Their work is so critical, especially at this time, to keep our children safe and supported!
Trans Family Support Services has been an invaluable resource for our family over the past five years! They've helped us find the right care providers, done a training at our children's school, hosted support groups that have helped us so much, hosted a conference where we learned and connected with others, and more. We have felt embraced and supported by everyone at TFSS we've come in contact with and are so grateful to founder Kathie Moehlig and TFSS!
Without TFSS we would not have known where to start. From insurance to doctors and therapists to the affirming way to support our child, they were there every step of the way. The staff is amazing. And now the org provides us volunteering opportunities to help other parents. It’s a great community.
This nonprofit has been an amazing help to our family and so many other families. We contacted them when our child started exploring her gender, and TFSS connected us with so many resources to support our journey, from therapists to support groups to educational and medical supports. They provide so many support groups to Parents and youth of all ages, with mentorship programs and trainings to schools and the community. Our lives have been dramatically improved through the support of TFSS.
Transfamily Support Services has bee very helpful to our family through the gender transition of our child. I very much appreciate that all of their service are free to families with trans individuals. Thanks to the work they do our child is happy and thriving.
I had a wonderful experience with getting help for a transgender young person that is close to me. They offered me support through parent meetings and never charged me anything. I highly recommend this amazing non-profit to anyone needing help with transgender issues.
TransFamily Support Services helped me navigate through the challenges of having a transgender young person!
All their services are free and they have provided excellent help!
We have an adult kid who is transitioning. We needed help understanding this process. We needed help on how to use correct pronouns and accept our kid's new name. We needed help accepting our kid"s changes. We searched for help in our area and TFSS was the only non profit that could help us specifically as parents of an adult transgender kid.
My child came out to his father and I at 16 year old as non binary. Our world got turned upside down!!. We were lost looking for support from understanding what that was (had no idea of gender diversity!!) and how to support him. TFSS help us by supporting our family with support groups for both my husband and I and for our son. We received information, they opened our family to resources with therapists, doctor's and the procedures that we needed to know to support our child: name and gender chance, guidance to make sure his school supporting him and respected his rights, community where our family was accepted in spaces that were safe and affirming.
Now 4 years later, we still attending their events and our son found a place where he belongs and can be celebrated for who he is !Gracias TFSS!
Trans Family Support Services was a life saver. They connected us with other families walking through the same situation and helped us see that we would be okay. Not only okay, but great. The support we have received allowed us to face the many challenges that families of trans kids go through. I cannot recommend or thank this organization enough for the life saving work they do.
I was having trouble filling out the paperwork with my legal name and gender change. My parents contacted Kathie and she came to our home and sat with me while she helped me complete the paperwork and told us exactly what we would need to do and what to expect for the process of changing my name and gender. She was very patient and helpful, and all of her help cost absolutely nothing. There were very few resources available to help me with the paperwork besides TFSS, so I would have had a very difficult time if it hadn't been for them.