Transgender

 

FTM Specific Organizations

Transsexual Specific Organizations

 

Links to States:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, Utah, & Washington

National/International Organizations

 

FemmeFever (the leading TG organization and transformation service) is a personalized, professional service for the transgendered community. My (Karen) diverse background is in both social work and cosmetology. This, flavored by my flair for style, true love of and experience with the community makes FemmeFever the success that it is. My "clients" inevitably become my friends. I genuinely do care and love you all. My mission is to "unleash" your femme side, help you celebrate your beautiful femme self, as well as provide you with the resources for friendship and guidance through your journey. FemmeFever is "all I do" - all services are by appointment only. Located on Long Island, New York - 40 minutes from NYC; Near the LIRR

 

ABGender.com
America's Most Popular Transgender Resource and Shopping Directory!

 

Welcome to ABGender.com
America's Most Popular Transgender Resource & Shopping Directory
.
 

 

 

Bi-Gender

A new word for a very old idea.  Two-spirited peoples have been around for as long as there have been people.  Recent terms  that attempt to define us, such as transgendered or "gender dysphorics" are inadequate to describe what is first and foremost a spiritual state.  Gender expression comes in a variety of forms ranging from Cross-dressing to sexual reassignment surgery. But in all cases there is a common element:   The desire to express yourself as an individual and as a gender, other than that you were born with.

Birth Gender vs. Spiritual Gender.

This site is based on a few beliefs and here is one of the most important.  We believe that the plumbing that one is born with is secondary to the person you want to be.  Birth Gender may well govern what is put on your drivers license...but it is your spiritual gender that governs how you express your life.  Hopefully this site will open dialogue and understanding in this area.

 

Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is a national organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in human society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from gender-based oppression in all of its many forms. We also are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated in Georgia.

 

 

Welcome to the Website of the

Gender Identity Research and Education Society

The aim of this website is to inform a wide public of the issues surrounding gender identity and transsexualism. It is also a resource for gender dysphoric people and their families; the medical and other professionals that provide their care; Health Authorities; Members of Parliament and other policy makers.

 

 

Lynn Conway

 

Computer Scientist,

Electrical Engineer,

Inventor

 

Research Manager,

Engineering Educator

 

 

About This Website:

(es) = en español

 

My goal for this website is to illuminate and normalize the issues of gender identity and the processes of gender transition. This project began in the year 2000, as I struggled to "come out" about my past to my research colleagues. I wanted to tell in my own words the story of my gender transition from male to female three decades earlier, in 1968, and then of being outed 31 years later in 1999, while living quietly and successfully in "stealth mode".
 
Since beginning work on this website, I've come into contact with ever growing numbers of people concerned with gender issues. I've interacted via e-mail and in personal meetings with large numbers of people who are transitioning or who have transitioned. Given the still-remaining social invisibility, ignorance and superstitions about gender conditions, I've felt a strong need to provide whatever information, encouragement and hope that I can to help others who are struggling with these issues.
 
As a result of my contacts with thousands of TG/TS/IS people over the past few years, this website has evolved into a major informational and support site for transgender and transsexual people. The site now reflects years of field work and empirical research, and intensive efforts at framing and writing up the resulting observations regarding this previously almost invisible, highly stigmatized minority about which many superstitions still prevail.

 

 

Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide For Health Care Providers

R. Nick Gorton MD, Jamie Buth MD, and Dean Spade Esq

This book was originally written in Open Office (version 1.1.1). It has been exported to both Adobe Acrobat and MicroSoft Word format. This book is copylefted. This means it is provided free under the GNU Free Documentation License - it is free as in free speech, not free as in beer. You may may copy it, print it, give it to friends, host it on your website, and sell copies of the book or disk. You can even modify it and distribute it in modified form (as long as you indicate that it is a modified work and as long as the derivative work is available under the same free license.)

 

 

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.

NCTE was founded in 2003 by transgender activists who saw the urgent need for a consistent voice in Washington DC for transgender people.

NCTE provides this presence by monitoring federal activity and communicating this activity to our members around the country, providing congressional education, and establishing a center of expertise on transgender issues.

 

 

OIGSOutreach Institute of Gender Studies

The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS) was established in 1975 to advance the understanding of gender identity and role development with a special focus on alternative gender lifestyles. The last two decades have witnessed controversy over what characteristics should constitute manhood and womanhood in American culture. Traditional forms of gender identity and gender role are being questioned. Crossdressers, drag queens, transsexuals, and transgendered people of all types are more openly challenging cultural gender stereotypes.

 

 

Campaigning for respect and equality for ALL trans people

Why we are here

Press for Change is a political lobbying and educational organisation, which campaigns to achieve equal civil rights and liberties for all trans people in the United Kingdom, through legislation and social change.

Parliament

This site is here to explain our work, and to support all those who campaign with us to achieve full equality and rights for gender diverse people in modern society.

Nowhere else in the world will you find such a comprehensive collection of information about the trans rights campaign, and details about the legal, medical, political and social issues surrounding the people it represents. If you’re a trans person, we aim to raise your consciousness. If you’re a researcher or a journalist we want you to have everything you could possibly want to report us accurately and fairly. If you’re a campaigner already, we want to provide you with the very best resources. And if you’re not, we’d like to show you what an astonishing challenge we continue to face even though many fundamental forms of protection are now in place through UK law.

 

 

Remembering Our Dead

The idea for this memorial came while posting to a message board in the Transgender Community Forum on America Online, discussing the murder of Rita Hester and the wrongful death/survivor’s action for Tyra Hunter. So many had forgotten some of the individuals we had lost in only the recent past and I felt that, by forgetting those individuals, we would be doomed to see their deaths repeated. Indeed, the passing of Rita Hester is similar enough to the death of Chanelle Pickett to leave one wondering.

We have lost so many people in our community to the hand of hatred and prejudice, yet we still are not seemingly willing to fight back. Meanwhile, we die at the hands of a lover, of police, of medical practitioners, and even parents, while the news media calls us “freaks” — and worse.

 

 

Welcome to Rose’s Forum
This is a forum for transgendered persons, their friends and their families.

The Forum was created by Krystina at the end of 2001 on behalf of Rose’s which is the organisation founded by Martine Rose in 1979. The Forum was initially set up as an additional facility for subscribers/readers of Rose’s Repartee magazine which is widely recognised as a leading magazine for cross-dressers. However the Forum was never restricted to Repartee readers and it quickly grew to cater for the whole transgender community worldwide.

Regrettably, and most unexpectedly, Krystina passed away in her sleep on 21st December 2004 aged only 36. The enormous success of this Forum is a tribute to Krystina’s tireless work in maintaining and developing it.

The Forum is now being maintained by Martine Rose and Val with help with the day to day running of the forum from a team of dedicated volunteer administrators and moderators.

 

 

Susan's Place


Links to a wide assortment of transgendered resources.

 

 

This website was designed
to provide help to
transgenders, transsexuals,
gender-variants and those
questioning their gender.
Plus, loads of other
interesting stuff!

 

 

Welcome!

Welcome to our site!

TransGenderCare contains a large archive of health information that we have written and compiled from our years of directly providing medical, psychological, electrology, and general health services to our transgender community.

Whether you need to make informed heath care decisions for yourself or wish to understand more about a friend or loved one, we hope you find our online transgender health center helpful.  

 

 

Transgender Forum provides access to a wide variety of transgendered resources and materials.

 

 

Transgender Guide - Transgendered Information, Links & Resources

Welcome to TGGuide.Com! Our goal is to provide the Transgender community with quality resources. We are committed to publishing the most comprehensive site of services and information, accurately representing the Transgendered community, in a positive manner. We would like to make you feel comfortable here, encourage your feedback and hope you will explore the site. We have one of the largest collections of informative texts on the web. Whether you need help determining your size, coming out to your family, or learning about how the law affects you; the answer is right here!

 

 

The online magazine of health and fitness for transsexual and transgendered people.

 

 

Transgender Resources & Information

 

 
by
 DEBRA  DAVIS

Executive Director of the Gender Education Center and a Transgender High School Media Specialist (who transitioned on the job in 1998 & retired in 2001 after 32 years in education).

and the

 Gender  Education
 C
enter

 

A Minnesota non-profit corporation of differently gendered people dedicated to support, advocacy & education.

 

GenderQueer Revolution
Welcome to the GenderQueer Revolution home on the web. GenderQueer Revolution, a worldwide organization, supports people of all genders and gender-giftendess in all its forms.

 

 

The world's very first Transgender Support Web site founded 1994.

Created and Presented by

Melanie is a prolific author, musician, composer,
teacher of the craft of writing, and successful businesswoman.

She is also the founder of the first Transgender Forum on America Online
and the creator of the world's very first Transgender Support Web Site.

 

 

Are you a boy or a girl?
NO. ARE YOU?

For everyone who views gender as
having more than two options.

Do you:

prefer not to identify as a "man" or a "woman"?
see yourself as outside the gender boxes?
get frustrated by society's judgments about gender age and identity?
feel restricted by labels categories and pronouns?

All ages--All anatomies--All Hormone levels
All ways of expressing yourself-- All are Welcome!

 

 

State & Local Organizations

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Washington

Arizona

 

A Phoenix area support group for the entire transgender community

TG Harmony Mission Statement

 

The mission of Transgender Harmony is to provide resources and opportunities for the support of ALL transgender and gender variant persons in the pursuit of health and happiness in their lives. We believe this will be accomplished through education, personal interaction, developing a fuller understanding and acceptance of self, raising the understanding and acceptance by the general public, professional counseling and providing a support network. We do not have a political or religious agenda, nor are we affiliated with any other organizations or political or religious groups, nor is membership restricted on the basis of one's political or religious affiliation.

 

California

 

Orange County 

 

Transgender Coalition

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uniting the Transgender
Community in Orange County

 

 

SF Transgender Empowerment,
Advocacy and Mentorship

 

 

SF TEAM

Commemorating, Empowering, Nurturing, Increasing Visibility, Promoting Positive Social Change in the Transsexual and Transgender Communities

San Francisco Transgender Empowerment, Advocacy & Mentorship (SF TEAM) is an ad hoc group of transgender community members committed to coordinating quarterly events for the benefit of the local area. These events are intended to bring the wide array of transgender communities together to meet, educate and support each other while celebrating the diversity and richness of our lives and accomplishments. SF TEAM and all its events are open to all members of the transgender communities in the San Francisco Bay Area and our allies.

 

Colorado

 

The Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Inc., (GIC) is a non-profit corporation organized to provide support to those people who cross dress, are transsexual, or are non-traditional in their gender identity. The Center is also an informational and educational resource to the community at large.

The GIC is available to anyone, male or female, who can benefit from its services or resources, including spouses and significant others, parents, and siblings.

 

Connecticut

 
Working for Freedom in
Gender Identity and Expression

The Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition mission is to improve, through Political and Social Advocacy and Activism, societal attitudes and the law in order to achieve equal rights for the transgender and gender variant individuals and communities. It is a grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to the advancement and attainment of full civil rights for all transgender and gender variant people in every aspect of society and actively opposes discriminatory acts.

Georgia

 

Atlanta Gender Explorations

Atlanta Gender Explorations, known as AGE by our members and friends, is an open gender support group. This means that there are no special requirements for membership except that you or a loved one are exploring a significant gender issue in your life. We are open to people who identify as cross-dresser, transsexual, transgender, drag artist, androgyne, bi-gendered, female-to-male, male-to-female, and especially those who embrace no specific gender label. Our members represent all sexual orientations, races, spiritualities, and socio-economic categories. A typical meeting will have from 10-25 attendees, and may include everyone from newcomers just starting to explore a gender issue to transsexuals who have long since completed their gender transition.

 

Illinois

 

Illinois
Gender
Advocates

The vision of Illinois Gender Advocates
is to create a community that celebrates the inherent worth and dignity of every person, regardless gender identity or gender expression.

 

We believe that all people should share equally in the civil rights guaranteed to everyone under our nation's Constitution, and we will be a lead organization in Illinois proactively advocating for the rights of our community.
 

Sometimes being (Transgender)* TG is like being on an Island. Nowhere to go, no one to confide in, feeling like there is nothing to do in life.

For some there is CGS, Tri-ess, or T.O.N.I. (see Support Groups).

The business meetings, social events, and night outs. These are wonderful opportunities for the girls on the north side, but a long drive for the girls down south.

The south side girls now have an additional place to hang their dress or pants.

 

Indiana

 

The Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA)
seeks to organize the transgender community and works through
education and legislative efforts to create a society that values and
protects freedom of gender expression and the right to gender
self-determination for all.

 

Massachusetts

Welcome to

UniTy of the
Pioneer Valley


This group is open to people who identify as transgendered, as well as their allies, friends, significant others and family members. We are an inclusive group, and very much welcome supportive people from the larger GLBT community.

The UniTy group meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at the Blue Moon Coffee Roasters at 715 Sumner Ave., Springfield, MA. and every 4th Thursday of the month at Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA. The meetings provide support to transgendered persons, their allies and all GLBTs. The confidentiality of the meeting provides a safe environment in which to address issues related to transition, such as relationships, family, spirituality, workplace and fashion. Social hour begins at 6:30 and the meeting runs from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. Please use this web site for more information, or call:

 
Keri at (413) 782-2581
or
Janie at (860) 233-2087
 

Michigan

 

The University of Michigan Health System Comprehensive Gender Services Program (UMHS-CGSP) is an academic, multidisciplinary program. This program provides comprehensive health care services for individuals who are transgendered and in need of gender-related care, including endocrinological, surgical, mental and general health care services. UMHS-CGSP is a member of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, and operates under strict standards of ethics and human rights.

 

New York

 

New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy

NYAGRA's mission is to advocate for freedom
of gender identity and expression for all
.

 

Ohio

 

OUR MISSION

TransFamily is a support group for transgendered and transsexual people, their parents, partners,
children, other family members, friends, and supportive others. We provide referrals, literature, and
over-the-phone information on all transgender issues. Although our meetings are held in Cleveland,
Ohio, the Internet has enabled us to extend helping hands to transgendered individuals and their
 families across the globe.

 

Texas

 

Transgender Advocates of Central Texas is an advocacy group dedicated to furthering the cause of Gender Diverse people in Central Texas. We will accomplish this through advocacy and education in both public and private forums. Through our efforts we will strive to halt discrimination through social, legal, legislative and corporate education.

Washington

 

Mission Statement

Ingersoll Gender Center supports transgendered people towards growth and well being.  We provide support, education, advocacy and information resources for people interested in gender identity issues, and for service providers, employers, families and friends in order to promote understanding, awareness and acceptance of gender diversity.

 

 

Welcome to the Washington Gender Alliance

We are a support and educational organization dedicated to helping people deal with the issues of gender identity and/or expression, be it their own, or those of someone in their lives. We are a non-profit organization which serves the state of Washington.

 

 

 

FTM


FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression) is a national education, advocacy and support umbrella organization supporting FTM+s(1) (female-to-male transsexuals and transgenderists, and others who were assigned female at birth but who have some level of masculine identification) and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Family, Friends and Allies)

 

 

Welcome to the FTM Informational Network.

This by no means a totally complete listing of all the information out there on the Web or in books...

In my years on this journey I have gathered many bits of information that men starting on their journeys ask me time & time again.


I am returning some of the kindness shown to me by others who were further along the road than I by sharing it with you.

 

FTM International - FTM stands for Female-to-Male. This site is the internet contact point for the largest, longest-running educational organization serving FTM transgendered people and transsexual men.

ABOUT THIS GUIDE
This Guide is intended to provide information on topics of interest to female-to-male (FTM, F2M) trans men, and their friends and loved ones. Non-trans men have also found the pages on men's grooming and clothing to be helpful. Transsexual, non-transsexual, intersex, transgender, genderqueer, questioning, and "just plain folks" are all welcome.

The Transitional Male / The T-Male

A Comprehensive, Educational, Support Based Website
Designed to Enhance The Lives of Transmen as Well as
Provide Information to Transmen, Their Significant Others,
Family and Friends

 

California

FTM Alliance of Los Angeles, Inc., is a community-based organization dedicated to empowering the female-to-male [FTM] transgendered community, and to increasing the visibility and acceptance of FTMs in Southern California.  We provide resources, support, and leadership opportunities to people assigned female at birth or in childhood who no longer feel that label is complete or accurate, as well as our significant others, families, friends, and allies. Through education, advocacy, and activism, we are committed to creating a society where everyone is free to choose and express their own gender.

Massachusetts

Compass is a New England area female-to-male (FTM) trans support, information,
and social group for people assigned female at birth who feel that is not an accurate
 or complete description of their gender.

 

Transsexual

 

Differently Gendered

"Differently gendered." Catchy, perhaps, but it would be more direct to say that I'm a transsexual. It's been an interesting life, but the only thing I can compare it to is pretending not to be transsexual.

Stopping the pretense and being true to myself has been a much better way to live. I hope that these pages will make the way easier for others who are differently gendered, along with their families, friends, and partners.

To all who may share this path, I wish you well.

 

We learned in Lynn's story that she was born and raised as a boy, and later in life was changed into a girl by female sex hormone treatments and major surgical procedures. Because of this past, Lynn is sometimes called a "transsexual" woman. Why did this happen to Lynn, and what is transsexualism anyway?
 
In order to understand transsexualism, we must first answer some basic questions about gender. What is Gender Identity? Where does it come from? What events occur in nature that interfere with correct assignments of gender? These pages aim at answering these questions. Links are then provided to further information on gender identity, transgenderism, transsexualism and intersexuality, and to information about methods and technology for physical gender modification.

Site Purpose

 The purpose of this site is to provide information and a communication forum for people with Gender Identity issues.

What it is, How it exists, What to do about it, and even some thoughts about the Why of it too.
This is Transsexual.org

This is a site about Gender Dysphoria, and all of the complexities surrounding it.
 

    I am Jennifer Diane Reitz, and I will do my best to provide you with the concepts that you need. My purpose is to see you able to understand yourself, to determine what to do, to know the basic plan to actually do it and what it will involve, and to survive and succeed.

 

 

 

Medical and Other Resources for Transsexual Women

This web site is designed to empower transsexual women by providing factual information, informed opinion, and personal narrative. I hope these resources will help transsexual women make decisions that will best serve their individual needs.

 

 

 

Transsexual transition is simply a journey. Just like a trip, you decide on

- your destination
- the time you'll need to get there
- the money you'll spend

Transsexual Road Map is a travel guide to set priorities and choose your route.

It's about making informed purchasing decisions and setting realistic, achievable transition goals.

Connecticut

Transsexual Support Group for the New England Area

  • The Twenty Club meets at the Project 100 GLBT Community Center, 1841 Broad
    Street, in Hartford on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, from 2 pm to 5 pm

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