About

Why we exist

Many institutions claim to serve everyone while repeatedly failing trans people in practice. These failures show up in housing systems, healthcare navigation, emergency planning, and community safety structures. Trans people are often required to educate providers, tolerate intolerance, or accept unsafe conditions in exchange for basic access.

The Center for Trans Futures exists to build an alternative. We focus on trans led solutions that do not require trans people to justify our needs or compromise our safety.

What trans separatism means here

At the Center for Trans Futures, trans separatism is a governance practice, and it means:

• Trans people set priorities

• Trans people define norms

• Trans people direct core programs and decision-making

Some offerings may include cisgender participants when it strengthens outcomes and does not undermine trans leadership or safety. The default, however, is trans-centered and trans-governed.

This approach allows us to design programs that are clear, effective, and accountable to the people they are meant to serve.