✍️ 🖥️ Accepting applications for online community

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

What's inside?

💜 Positive, solution-based vibes
Chat spaces to ask questions and share resources 24/7 with people you can trust. No ads, no randos.

🔒Peace of mind
Security measures: vetted members, invite-only private link, independent community platform, robust community guidelines, moderated discussions, encrypted data.

🧑‍🎓Guest expert talks
Learn directly from high-caliber experts in an intimate setting - everything from medical care to college admissions to neurodiversity. Almost all invited experts have lived experience as transgender individuals.

🫂Support groups
We laugh, we cry, we solve the world's problems. One in the daytime and one in the evening every month.

📚Book club
Discuss trans-focused memoirs, novels, and parenting books - often with the authors!

👬Social events
Make some friends while crafting, talkin' about trans movies, or doing trivia stuff.

NEW: As a social impact business, Parents of Trans Youth wants to make our online community as accessible as possible for everyone who needs it. Membership is offered on a sliding scale with 3 pricing tiers described below.

➡️ Standard Membership
For those who can cover the membership cost
$96/quarter or $320/year

➡️ Supported Membership
For those who need financial support
$48/quarter or $160/year

➡️ Pay It Forward Membership
For those who can give a lil' extra to support others
$120/quarter or $400/year

No one is turned away for lack of funds; we mean it!

This month's application window is September 1 - 8. For more info and the application form, click the button below.

Apply to PTYC!

Mandy Giles (she/her)
Founder and CEO
Parents of Trans Youth

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