We want to thank every single person who has ever shared the link to the Trans Language Primer (http://www.TransLanguagePrimer.com/). We created the Primer with the intent that it be distributed for education and every single person who shares the link helps us in that mission. Trans people deserve the opportunity to connect with their community through language and *everyone* benefits when people educate themselves about how gender works-- it's complicated and no one has it figured out! If you have any suggestions for us, you're welcome to email us at Info@TransLanguagePrimer.com.
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About Us
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In 2015, recognizing the need for a resource that could be utilized by the community as well as our cohorts and the medical, mental health, and social professionals working with us, Greyson Simon began compiling the first version of the Transgender Language Primer. This early version was then hosted by Outshine NW and quickly became a popular resource.
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In 2017, the TLP expanded to become a dynamic Google Document with members of the community adding new entries and expanding definitions regularly with project leadership seeking out ways to continue to be inclusive. With the sponsorship of an anonymous patron, the TLP was able to hire a sensitivity editor to help curate and plant firm intersectional roots in the document.
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In 2018, upon receiving a grant from The Transgender Justice Funding Project, the Trans Language Primer expanded further, migrating off Google Docs and growing into a robust website, laying the foundation for future expansions and greater visibility.
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In 2021, the TLP launched a massive update, bringing the total number of entries to over 200. It also migrated to WordPress in preparation for the massive localization project, starting with a Spanish Translation slated to premiere in late 2022.
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It is our hope that the growth of the TLP will lead to even greater usefulness to the community, our cohorts and the medical, mental health, and social professionals working with us. Providing up-to-date working definitions for these particular facets of life has already helped bridge that gap as well as helped questioning people find their way into a vibrant community. We hope that our upcoming expansions will provide even more paid work for the community and expand our reach into areas inaccessible to us before.
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If you have any suggestions on how we can continue this work, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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How we use these funds:
We believe transparency is important. Our community has not been immune to bad actors and bigger groups are famous for utilizing their funds in ways that seem suspect. Thus far we've used these funds to pay writers, sensitivity editors, and web developers (all trans) for specialist labor, as well as the annual expenses of running the TLP as an LLC and webhosting. We're about to use a large chunk of our savings to pay for the Spanish Translation Project that has been in development for years.