Support Groups
Support groups for Trans & Gender-Expansive folks
Support Groups
Free & Virtual via Zoom!
Trans Wa’s support groups are facilitated by current undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in social work who are supervised by licensed social workers (LSWAICs & LICSWs). While our groups are open to folks regardless of geographic location, our focus is on those currently located in or imminently relocating to Washington State. To learn more about each group, check out our descriptions below!
Ongoing Groups
- QTBIPOC Connections
- Gender Journeys
- Transgender & Gender Expansive (TGE) Youth (ages 13-25)
- Parents/Caregivers of TGE Folks
8-Week Groups
- Nonbinary Peer Connections (October-December)
- Autistic Identity Exploration (January-March)
- QueerCrip Space (April-June)
General Eligibility for Groups
- Identify as Transgender, Gender-Expansive, and/or questioning (Trans, Two-Spirit, 3rd gender, nonbinary, Intersex, gender fluid/flux, agender, and all others who aren’t exclusively cisgender
- Ages 18+ at start of groups
- Meet any other experience-based eligibility requirements for individual groups detailed below
- While it is not required to be based in Washington State, our groups are primarily made for people located in or imminently relocating to Washington State
Ongoing Groups
QTBIPOC Connections
Tuesdays 6:00pm-7:30pm
QTBIPOC Connections is a group for Transgender & Gender-Expansive identified Black, Indigenous, & People of Color interested in connecting with peers and growing in their community-building skills. Throughout group, participants will discuss the complexities of identity and gain tangible skills to bring back to their communities.
While this group meets weekly, participants are not required to attend every week
Gender Journeys
Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:30pm
Gender and the way we’ve experienced it looks different for everyone, from the ways we perceive ourselves to the ways others perceive us. In this facilitated group, members will build community as we explore gender in our everyday lives beyond the Eurocentric binaries we’ve been taught.
While this group meets weekly, participants are not required to attend every week.
TGE Youth & Parents/Caregivers of TGE Folks
Youth: 1st & 3rd Mondays 7:00pm-8:30pm
Parents/Caregivers: 2nd & 4th Mondays 7:00pm-8:30pm
These biweekly groups offer a facilitated space for TGE youth ages 13-25 and their parents/caregivers of TGE people of all ages to grow in community and resiliency together. Parents/caregivers are not required to identify as TGE to attend, and this group is primarily designed for cisgender adults wanting to grow in their allyship.
Participants are not required to attend every session or have a family member in the other group.
8-Week Groups (Quarterly)
Nonbinary Peer Connections
Thursdays 6:00pm-7:30pm
October 7th 2026-December 3rd 2026
This is a peer support group for nonbinary or genderqueer people. Over the course of 8 weeks, we will create a community where we can support each other through the unique joys and challenges of being outside of the binary. You will have space to share stories and thoughts and process emotions, as well as learn skills like how to identify and replace negative thoughts and develop a mindfulness practice.
Autistic Identity Exploration
Thursdays 6:00pm-7:30pm
January 14th 2027-March 4th 2027
Our Autistic Identity Exploration peer support group is a space for TGE autistic people (with or without a diagnosis) to connect with each other. Over the course of this eight week group, members will discuss topics such as the relationship between autism and gender, unmasking, cultivating trans and autistic joy, and meeting sensory needs. Our intention is that at the end of the eight weeks, members will understand more about themselves, what they need from their communities, and how to increase the joy in their lives.
QueerCrip Space
Thursdays 6:00pm-7:30pm
April 8th 2027-June 3rd 2027
This is a peer support group for Disabled, Chronically Ill, Mad/Mentally Ill, and/or Neurodivergent adults who identify as LGBTQ+. Over the course of 8 weeks, participants will explore how to incorporate Disability Justice in their everyday lives and the intersection of Disability and LGBTQ+ identity.