For over two decades, Transitions Makeup & Photo has provided safe, private, and deeply affirming image consulting, portraiture, and makeup guidance for the trans community in Los Angeles and beyond.
Today, we are taking our decades of hands-on experience and converting our knowledge into a scalable curriculum designed to launch new queer-owned beauty and image businesses across the country.
From Client Services to Entrepreneurship
Our new mission focuses on career preparation, business ownership, and expanding safe-space services nationwide.
Artistry & Craft
Business Incubator
Nationwide Access
Hands-on instruction in specialized makeup application, lighting, and portrait photography tailored specifically to LGBTQ+ clientele.
Practical business skills, studio setup guidelines, client relations, and marketing strategies for self-employed graduates.
Graduates return to their home communities equipped to open independent, safe, and affirming studios everywhere.
Priority Access & Support
Need-Based Sliding Scale Tuition
Due to documented systemic employment and economic disparities, priority scholarship placement is provided to trans women, while remaining accessible to any LGBTQ+ applicant facing financial hardship.
Financial constraints should never stand in the way of career empowerment. Our scholarship structure is designed to dismantle economic barriers.
Full and partial tuition grants cover learning materials, professional starter kits, and business creation guidance.
We are securing initial funding to outfit our Los Angeles facility with student workstations, photography backdrops, and instruction equipment.
1. Donate
2. Partner
3. Refer
Direct contributions immediately sponsor facility buildout costs and student training supply kits.
Beauty brands and photo organizations can donate equipment, curriculum support, or mentor trainees.
Connect prospective students, community partners, and advocacy networks to our initial program cohort.
Voices from Our Journey
Learning image techniques in a completely affirming atmosphere changed my confidence and professional path.
Past Client & Community Member
The dedicated care and safety offered here sets the standard for how trans services should operate nationwide.
Community Advocate
Expanding this experience into a training facility means so many more cities will finally have safe beauty spaces.
Program Supporter
Our Work & Training Space
Visual moments from our Los Angeles workshop, instruction sessions, and studio setups.
Reach out to discuss donations, corporate partnerships, scholarship sponsorship, or trainee applications.