Media kit
For media inquiries
Jeff Main (he/him)
Executive Director
press@pointofpride.org
Executive summary
Point of Pride has awarded $2,800,500 in financial aid and provided gender-affirming support to 25,750 people in all 50 states and around the world.
Our mission
To help trans youth and adults access necessary, life-saving health and wellness services.
Our vision
A world where trans and gender diverse people of all ages see a bright, safe future for themselves—living in their authentic truth.
Our impact
Point of Pride is a direct service, mutual aid non-profit.
We operate at the community level to identify and address the most urgent and impactful healthcare access needs.
1. Annual Transgender Surgery Fund
Financial assistance for gender-affirming surgery.
2. HRT Access Fund
Financial assistance for HRT and telehealth medical care.
3. Electrolysis Support Fund
Financial assistance for permanent hair removal services.
4. Thrive Fund
Financial assistance for other types of gender-affirming needs.
5. Free Chest Binders
Free chest binders (chest compression garments) for folks who cannot afford or safely obtain them.
6. Free Femme Shapewear
Free femme shapewear (gaffs/undergarments) for folks who cannot afford or safely obtain them.
The data
- 1 in 2 people served are living with a disability or chronic illness.
- 3 in 4 people served have experienced housing insecurity.
- 88% of all garment requests come from trans young people under the age of 24—a vulnerable demographic currently being targeted by anti-trans legislation in the United States.
- 2 in 3 people served are living in high-risk states for anti-trans legislation.
- 1 in 2 applicants have experienced discrimination by a healthcare provider or employer due to their trans status, either now or in the past.
- 35% of Annual Trans Surgery Fund applicants do not have health insurance. Of those that do have health insurance, 27% of applicants have already had their procedure denied at least once.
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Images
Point of Pride staff and volunteers
(From left to right) Point of Pride staff Aydian, Tyler, and Jeff
Point of Pride staff and volunteers at a LGBTQ+ Pride event
2018 recipient Cairo smiles widely following gender-affirming surgery
Smiling trans folks hold up a free chest binder and trans pride flag
Point of Pride staff with a chest binder recipient at a LGBTQ+ Pride event
A volunteer packaging a chest binder
Handwritten notes of affirmation, included with every gender-affirming garment we donate
Handwritten notes of affirmation, included with every gender-affirming garment we donate
Recipient impact
"Receiving top surgery will allow me to feel at home in my own body: to look in the mirror and recognize the person who stares back at me."
"I just wanted to share that after my surgery, I feel so much more alive. In one day, you all have created a situation for me where I'm not afraid to come out of my home."
"It's amazing how much my quality of life has changed. I'm so much less anxious than I was before, I'm way more confident and less foggy and disconnected... I feel like I'm finally experiencing the life that I was missing out on."
"Getting gender-affirming care in my state has been the hardest thing I've done mentally, physically and emotionally. I've had to cross state lines many times to receive care as a result, which has been extremely costly and dangerous."
"Receiving electrolysis will help me regain my confidence and independence to go out in my community with my head held high."
"Thank you so much for the binder. I just started a new job and the binder has helped me feel more like the man I know I am, but have sometimes struggled to see."
"I got my garment last week and it has changed my life. I feel so much more comfortable in my body. I cried tears of joy when I read the beautiful enclosed note that told me I mattered. It really touched me."
"When I first tried my binder on, I cried. I never felt so comfortable looking at myself in the mirror."