Connect with parents who understand what it means to love and protect transgender and gender-diverse children.

Find 1:1 conversations that build knowledge, confidence, emotional strength—and help spark change for a safer, more supportive world for every child.

Each conversation creates a ripple of care—strengthening your ability to support your child while helping other families stand tall together.

You find wisdom for your journey, comfort in company, and strength in what we build together.

Uphold matches parents with shared experiences to support one another, swap stories, exchange knowledge, resources and support the future of our community.

In today’s digital world, where it feels hard to find genuine connection, we’re out to restore depth, humanity, and trusted relationships.

Unlike Facebook groups or Reddit threads—with quick, impersonal chats that sink into a sea of comments—Uphold connects parents walking a similar path for real one-on-one conversations.

A safe, parent-centered haven for people raising gender-diverse kids

When your child explores their identity, you become guide, student, coach, and cheering squad—all at once. That takes a dose of courage, lots of love, and a world of support.

Uphold was started by a parent of a Transgender child to help foster the understanding, shared learning, and support every family deserves.

Here, you’ll find parents you can relate to—people who listen with curious generosity, share openly, and remind you that you’re not alone, but part of a network of families walking beside you and championing a better future together.

Parents bring hard-earned wisdom to every conversation, helping you find answers to the questions you didn’t even know to ask.
Share insights, trusted resources, and personal experience that strengthen you and reinforce collective resilience.
Confidence comes, in part, from knowing you’re not alone. Connection reminds you that your instincts are trustworthy, your love is enough, and you have a community to lean on.
Every conversation restores hope and agency—reminding you that your voice, perspective, and presence matter.
As you listen and share your own story, you support your child and contribute to a growing circle of understanding.
In finding your voice, you help others find theirs, too.
A portion of your membership directly funds nonprofits serving transgender youth and their families—turning connection into real-world impact.
Your voice has power—when you choose to share anonymized feedback and trends from your conversations, you give advocacy groups a stronger case for positive change, always with your clear consent and never tied to your name or face. It’s natural to feel hesitant about speaking up alone, but together, our anonymized insights help advocacy organizations approach their work with greater humanity and credible, parent-driven data. In this way, policy and social change become more impactful, grounded directly in real family experiences while keeping your privacy firmly protected

WHY UPHOLD?

Most online spaces—like Facebook groups or Reddit threads—offer quick takes, not real connection.

Uphold is different.

We match parents walking similar paths for genuine, one-on-one conversations. In a digital world that often feels shallow or unsafe, Uphold restores depth, empathy, respect and a sense of belonging—one conversation at a time. Each exchange strengthens your ability to support your child while helping other families stand tall together.

You get knowledge and understanding. Everyone gets hope.

HOW IT WORKS

STEP 1: CREATE YOUR PROFILE

Share a bit about yourself — background, preferences, goals, and interests.

STEP 2: MATCH-ROUND INVITATION

Every other week, we’ll ask if you’d like to meet another person from the network. Responding takes <1 minute.

STEP 3: BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP

We’ll pair you with another parent, introduce you, and schedule a 1:1 conversation at a time you’re both free.

STEP 4: HAVE A GREAT TALK

Just show up and connect — no agenda, all open conversation.

STEP 5: REFLECT AND GROW

You share feedback. The system learns and improves, surfacing new insight and opportunities for deeper impact.

OUR PURPOSE

We lift up every family by ensuring each voice is seen and heard—building confidence, belonging, and resilience together.

We hold close the needs, experiences, and diversity within our community, offering support and genuine connection. Through collective action and shared purpose, we create stronger, more caring communities, where everyone’s wellbeing is championed and no one stands alone.