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About Transsexuality About Aids Intersex
Access to treatment Other
An introduction to Gender Dysphoria Professional Associations
An Ode to The Woman Research and Research Papers
Appearance Science
Campaign Groups Political Page Surgery GRS/SRS/Cosmetic
Critiques Transgender Information Resources
Employment Transgender terms
Family Relations and the Young Transsexualism FAQ
General Advice TS/TG (UK & World) Help & Support
General Medical Resources UK Medical Contacts & Gender Clinics
Hair Removal USA Medical Contacts
Hormones Online Pharmacies Voice

Acknowledgements go to:- Dr Russell Reid - Dr Anne Lawrence - The London Institute - The Gender Trust - Charing Cross Hospital Gender Unit - Change - plus all those many others who have contributed here - A Special Thank you

Are you a transsexual ? Take the transsexual test The TS Test - Also take the fast track gender test

Frequently-Asked Questions Our own comprehensive FAQ which covers most matters effecting TranssexualismNEW!!

Frequently-Asked Questions Answered by Dr Anne Lawrence (member of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA - where she serves on the Standards of Care Committee. Also a Ph.D. at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality,) Also see:- An introduction to Gender DysphoriaNEW!!

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Change ( but were afraid to ask ! )

Information for MP's on Transsexuality ( A very good starter for everyone - PDF format ) NEW!!

Transsexuality a comprehensive medical overviewNEW!!

An Interview with Dr.Russell Reid | Bad Press Stories | Site Gossip | Press Room | News | TG Articles

Top Some General Transgender Information Sources

Transgendercare.com Transgendercare.com is the website of the Tampa Gender Identity Clinic. The well constructed site is crammed full of medical and news information - a must to visit.

Transgender Primer Gender Center of Colorado
TG Lists Transsexual Medical Journals
Int Foundation for Gender Education CDS Links and Resources
Persistence of Gender Gender and Society
Report on Biological Causes of TS Transsexual Women's Resources

For Female to Male Transgender information & Resources go to Transboy Resource Section

Top General Medical Resources and online Tests

BBC's Health is an excellent roundup of ailments and mental health issues
NHS Direct Good sources of information from UK's National Health Service
Spotlight Health an interesting Medical Info source
Surgery Door a good UK medical emergencies section - plus find a GP by postcode
Net Doctor article led sections on sex and relationships (UK)
Healthy Place Tests Online Psychological Tests
Do you think like a Female? A fun test donated by the Science museum
Quack Watch

Quack Watch advice on non recommended treatments

and .. some authoritive advice for those delicate embarrassing problems

Top HORMONES

A must for all TS's - what are the risks? - and how to be very careful

Hormones
Male -> Female and Female -> Male. The full explantion and gateway to the best FAQ (in my opinion) on the web.
Hormones essential information

Hormone Treatment in Transsexuals - A brilliant paper by Henk Asscheman, M.D. and Louis J.G. Gooren, M.D. and which gives details of correct doseages for M2F and F2M.

Where can you purchase hormones without a prescription?

More Hormones
Very essential reading - courtesy Dr Russell Reid & Change. Like everything else to do with the condition, HRT dosages in transsexualism have received much discussion but very little tangible research, other than by patients themselves. The information given in this paper includes all available, relevant data from the pharmaceutical industry plus data collected from people who take the medications.
Transsexuality a comprehensive medical overviewNEW!!
A good guide and including an explanation of what the effects of hormone and anti androgen therapy will do together with doseages required for MtF change. Essential reading.
And More Hormone Therapy
From Dr Anne Lawrence. A full page of hormone links and information.
Evanesce
A very popular herbal estrogen. Note - No reputable clinic that I am aware of will recommend that herbal estrogens / phyto estrogens are any form of direct replacement for the normal hormones prescribed by your doctor under a course of treatment. Herbal estrogens / phyto estrogens however can assist in a supportive role if used properly.
Hormonal Sex Reassignment
The author, Louis J. G. Gooren, reviews the relevant current literature on the subject. He goes on to outline detailed treatment recommendations for MTFs with estrogens and antiandrogens. He highlights side effects and complications such as venous thrombosis, breast cancer in individuals with a predisposing family history and the rare incidence of prolactin producing tumors.
Medmarket
MedMarket is the premiere online medical search index—bringing together physicians, purchasing agents, suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors to facilitate a world-wide exchange of medical products and services.
Natural Progesterone and Women's Health
In order to accurately evaluate the effects of estrogen and Natural Progesterone, on Menopause, PMS, Fertility, and Osteoporosis, it is necessary to identify the sources of these two primary female hormones. Distinguishing safe and natural progesterone and estrogens from those that are foreign and carcinogenic will allow women to make informed choices. This information will help them to avoid the unwanted effects oflow or no progesterone (Estrogen Dominance) and the subsequent unpleasant symptoms associated with Menopause & PMS, the conditions of infertility & osteoporosis. Other major disorders, including breast cancer, stroke, osteoporosis & heart disease are also caused by improper levels of estrogen and progesterone.
Suggested Transgender Hormone Regimes
Very useful information on what to take, how much to take and when to take hormones.

There is a much information on the Classifieds Board relating to Hormones and reader experiences. You can also share and exchange views with others. Take a visit there and head to the board marked Transsexuals only. Go to Boards here

If what you are looking for is not shown here go to the alphabetical listing at the Library Main Index

Top ONLINE PHARMACIES

A great deal has been said about online pharmacies. There are few that are reliable or who carry a complete range of medications for fast delivery without any necessary prescriptions. All of those below are super site pharmacies offering very large ranges of products including hormones. All take credit cards and all despatch medications in plain wrapping for total confidentiality. NONE REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION
The Hormone Boutique

In association with and administered by Pharmacy Network International this is an integrated "hormone only" Pharmacy on this website. Here you will find most hormones and anti androgens available for online purchase. No prescriptions are required and the service is fast and truly confidential. This page carries special offers not available on the main Pharmacy Network hormone pages and is totally geared for gender change products.

This online Hormone Boutique is brought to you and administered by Pharmacy Network International who are absolutely reputable and the only internet pharmacy recommended by Crissy Wild. Crissy Wild does not personally sell any of these medications.

If you are proposing to take hormones you should do so under professional medical guidance even though no prescriptions are required to purchase any of these products. These medications are the real thing and not mimics or phyto estrogens and should be approached with respect. If you are interested in the full range of over 400 pharmacy prescription medications or for any medication not listed here you should visit the NPD Pharmacy Network website.

NPD Pharmacy Network International

This is Pharmacy Network . The main Pharmacy URL and gateway to over 450 medications online. Safe, trusted and totally reliable.



Noprescriptiondrugs.com
No Prescription Drugs is a real super "super" site. Offering some 100 different medications covering just about anything. The hormone section is well visited by transsexuals and this Yahoo listed site has won awards and is well rated by medical organisations. Totally reliable.
Suggested Transgender Hormone Regimes and Information
Very useful information on what to take, how much to take and when to take hormones. Produced by NPD you can buy direct from this page as well.
Your MedicinesNEW!!
www.your-medicines.com is a new one on the block. A huge range of over 1000 prescription medications including a very good selection of hormones. Shipping from the south pacific these people are both reliable and professional.
Mr PillNEW!!
www.mr-pill.com is very new and by the looks the cheapest pharmacy we have ever seen online. Nice navigation and website. Plenty of hormones also.
Medications DirectNEW!!

www.medications-direct.com is a European based pharmacy offering a good selection of hormones and other medications. Good reports on this one.

Click for Low Cost Meds Without Prescription

Why not put a Medications Direct banner on your website and start earning an income now. To join the Medications Direct affiliate scheme.
Click on the banner to learn more>
www.medications-direct.com

Top SURGERY GRS / SRS / COSMETIC


For GRS / SRS Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE SURGERY REFERENCE SECTION
Results of SRS SRS in Scottsdale, Arizona
SRS in L.A. and California SRS in Bangkok, Thailand
SRS in the U.K. SRS in Brussels, Belgium.
SRS -- Other Topics SRS in Montreal, Quebec
SRS in Phuket, Thailand SRS in Other Locations
Vaginoplasty World Surgeon List NEW!! SRS Surgeons Information and Contact Resource

Top MEDICAL CONTACTS

GENDER CLINICS (United Kingdom)

NEW!!In response to many requests we have created a page called "What to expect when you approach your GP"
and... An Introductory Guide for GPs and Health ProfessionalsNEW!!

Information about James Bellringer one of UK's Leading SRS surgeons Click HereNEW!!

Exclusive - From UK's Leading SRS Surgeon - The James Bellringer powerpoint SRS slideshow download [4,562 KB]
If using M/S Explorer click on download above and then click open when prompted. Please wait 3 mins [DSL] for loading.

James Bellringer was trained in Gender Reassignment Surgery by Mike Royle from Brighton UK. He now works at Charing Cross Hospital in London, and is happy to offer both NHS and private operations. In addition to using the peno-scrotal flap technique employed by Mr. Royle, he has developed a penile inversion technique. Whilst this technique is not possible in all patients it gives a larger capacity vagina than penoscrotal flap in most cases, and avoids the problem of hair growth in the neo vagina. Both techniques are discussed fully with all patients prior to surgery. In addition, for patients who do not wish to have a functional vagina, a "cosmetic" procedure can be performed.

The London Gender Clinic (Private Patients) www.transhealth.co.uk
The London Gender Clinic (formerly The London Institute)
3rd Floor, 25 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8GL
- contact: Dr Richard Curtis
Tel: 020 7631 3164 NEW NUMBER
Email: enquiries@transhealth.co.uk

contact: Dr Richard Curtis - please mention crissywild.com

Also see www.transhealth.co.uk
Charing Cross Hospital (NHS Patients - GP referal required)

Charing Cross Gender Identity Program ( rear of Charing Cross Hospital )
The Claybrook Centre
37 Claybrook Road
London W6 8LN
United Kingdom
020 7386 1253 (Gender Unit)
020 7386 1348 (Centre Switchboard)
020 7386 1349 (fax)
MTF & FTM SRS

SRS Around The World
Comprehensive listing of SRS Surgeons complete with case histories, photos & techniques.

SPECIALIST PSYCHIATRISTS - COUNSELLORS - SURGEONS

MIND BODY
Counsellors Electrolysis clinics
Psychiatrists Endocrinologists
Psycotherapists Laser Hair Removal Clinics
Support and Contact Organisations Surgeons
Support Groups SRS Surgeons list

Professional Associations
The British Medical Association
The BMA is the professional body representing more than 100,000 doctors in the United Kingdom.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Royal College for General Practitioners
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the academic organisation in the UK for general practitioners. Its aim is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice and act as the 'voice' of general practitioners on education, training and standards issues.
British Association of Counselling
Looking for a counsellor in the U.K?

Access to treatment

Those of us who seek access to the medical technologies which have so greatly improved the lives of trans people in this century find our way blocked with obstacles, obstructions and -- all too often -- downright hostility.

Further Medical Information
The International Journal Of Transgenderism
The IJT is the first scientific journal on transgenderism. The journal is peer reviewed and its editorial board consists of many leading scientists from all over the world. In common with most such journals, it consists of writings about trans people, with our own voices notably absent.
British Medical Journal
A wonderful site ... with the full text of all issues of the BMJ since January 1995, with a powerful and easy-to-use search engine. Nicely laid out, with minimal graphics and clean HTML.
The National electronic Library for Health
Still under development, but looks promising. This NHS project aims to "provide easy access to best current knowledge" and to "improve health and healthcare, clinical practice and patient choice".

Even though we are increasingly winning legal recognition and improvements in our civil status in many countries around the world, there is still widespread ignorance of the oppressive and stigmatising terms on which we can gain access to medicine. Sexual stereotyping, humiliating and time-wasting "assessment", psychiatric control (and sometimes abuse) are all a part of the path faced by all trans people.

To understand how and why these structures arose, and how the try reading some of the references below on medical and psychiatric approaches to trans people ... and be prepared for a long catalogue of social control masquerading as protecting the individual: long after gay and lesbian people have shaken off the label, trans people are still classified as "mentally disordered".

The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
HBIGDA is a American-based professional association of those involved in providing medical care to trans people. Its so-called "Standards of Care" are widely cited as guidelines ... and widely condemned for their restrictions on trans people, for their relentless pathologisation, and for the failure to recommend any protectionagainst psychiatric abuse. The most recent (1998) version of the standards of care is available on this website, and includes the clear statement that "The Gender Identity Disorders are Mental Disorders". Thanks a bunch, folks.
"The Disparate Classification of Gender and Sexual Orientation in USA Psychiatry"
by Katherine K. Wilson, of the Gender Identity Center of Colorado.
"In 1973, the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association voted to delete homosexuality as a mental disorder from the seventh printing of the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-II. Twenty-three years later, the inclusion of diagnostic categories for Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism in the fourth edition of the DSM continues to raise questions of consistency. In this paper, issues of gender identity and sexual orientation are compared in light of current definitions of mental disorder."

Science
A Sex Difference in the Brain
Transgendered people should not have to rely on the scientific evidence of a microscopic part of their brains in order to lay claim to the same common rights as others. We exist in sufficient numbers, all recounting similar histories, and it shouldn't be necessary to establish why we exist in order to accept the fact that we do. Nevertheless, this piece of research, published in the Autumn of 1996 has probably done more than any other medical contribution to undermine the psychiatric labelling of us, and turn the tide of opinion towards an acceptance of transsexual peoples' imperatives.
The International Journal Of Transgenderism

The IJT is the first scientific journal on transgenderism. The journal is peer reviewed and its editorial board consists of many leading scientists from all over the world. In common with most such journals, it consists of writings about trans people, with our own voices notably absent. Medical campaigners and Support Groups

MIND The Mental Health Charity
It is not believed that trans people are in any way mentally ill. But access to the medical treatment we seek is available only through psychiatrists, and can be an uncomfortable experience. MIND provides advice and information to the mentally ill and to psychiatric patients, and has a specialist legal service to assist with problematic cases.

Intersex
The Intersex Society of North America
ISNA is a dynamic campaigning group which has done much to promote understanding of intersex issues, and in particularly how poorly the medical system in the West treats intersexed people. The website is an excellent resource with a mass of info and links to related resources.
The United Kingdom Intersex Association (UKIA)
UKIA works to educate and inform in order to remove the shame, secrecy, social prejudice, ignorance and stigmatization which surround intersex conditions and campaigns against the use of surgery and other medical treatments for coercing intersexed people to physically conform to cultural definitions of "normal".
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group
UK based support group for people with complete and partial AIS.
Turner Syndrome Society

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Addresses religious issues around female genital mutilation and intersex genital mutilation.

Top USA MEDICAL CONTACTS

USA PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Psychological Resources in USA
Gender Identity Center of Colorado
Crissy Wild United States Resources SectionNEW!!
 

Top ABOUT HAIR REMOVAL
Electrolysis and Hair Removal and Our own site Guide on all Hair Removal technologiesNEW!!
ElectrolysisNEW!!

LASER HAIR REMOVAL

I have had many emails regarding Laser treatments. Do they work ? - well yes and no. I can only recommend the Alexandrite Laser and there are a number of clinics offering laser hair removal but not necessarily with the Alexandrite Laser - many of these other systems do not give permanent results despite the claims. No laser yet that I know of will permanently remove fair or blonde hair. The best Alexandrite machine is "The Candella GentleLase" and the reason is that it has cryogenic gas cooling which means that unlike other machines it can operate up to 40 jules power without burning you to pieces. Lasers without cryogenic gas cooling can only operate safely at half that power and you still may get burned - so be careful. I shall be doing a feature on this shortly. Any business's or individuals dealing with hair removal that may be currently referred to in this section are NOT specifically approved of by me unless actually stated.

Cristianos Laser Clinics
Specialists for over 6 years in the trans community for hair removal using the Chromos 694 Ruby Laser
Our UK clinics in Manchester, London and Leeds are registered with The National Care Standards Commission (NCSC).

We offer a free consultation and test patch.Call in confidence on 0800-0850661

Lasercare Hair Removal Clinics

Hairaway Laser Clinics Lasercare (formerly Hairaway) - UK London & Birmingham Tel: 0800-0287222

T & T Epilation Services

T & T epilation in North Essex UK have two major advantages - one is that they use the Plasma Lite system described below and two; one of the partners is a TG.

PLASMA LITE HAIR REMOVAL

Plasma lite is a relatively new system - developed I believe in Sweden and not to be confused with lasers which have been around for some time. It is claimed that during a course of treaments plasma lite will remove all types of hair (dark & blonde) with no major risk of burning. It passes an intense light down the hair shaft which then effectively kills the folicle. There is one such system operating near me in Bucks and whilst I have seen it - I have never tried it. If anyone has any reports please email me.

IPL (Intense Pulsed Light Laser)

The latest IPL technology is described Here and is available in Bucks UK see Mayflower Clinic

Laser Hair Removal Clinics

For a complete listing on UK Laser clinics go to The Tranny Mall

 

Top VOICE
Voice Feminization
Voice Surgery
Vocal Feminization for Transgendered Women
Gender trust voice therapy information
Voice Techniques
Transgender Voice
NPR Media - All things considered audio

The numbers are hard to estimate but as many as 25,000 or even more transgender people live in the United States. For those males redefining themselves as women the voice can be a difficult part of the transition. From member station KUOW in Seattle Cathy Duchamp reports on a voice therapy program designed to help them sound more feminine.

TS Voice
Voice changing software - Change your voice instantly - Free Downloads
Virtual Personality AV VCS Voice Mask Pro

UK Speech therapist and presentation advisor - Judy Challoner

contact via London Institute Tips on Passing and staying safe

Top GENERAL ADVICENEW!!

CRISSY WILD'S CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADVISORY SERVICE

Top APPEARANCE
Appearance & Presentation
Tips on Passing and staying safe
Passing & Real Life Test See Articles

Top FAMILY RELATIONS & THE YOUNG
For Young Transsexuals
Losing a Son, Gaining a Daughter published article by Adair Lara - also see other Articles
Parents of Transsexuals
For Transexual Parents NEW!!

Top TS / TG (UK & WORLD) HELP & SUPPORT

For UK, Ireland & Scotland Regional Groups Go Here
For European Support Organisations Go Here
For Canada & USA Support (State by State listing) Go Here
Comprehensive Support
Use this link for additional on site World support and info sources
The Transvestite Mall
A vast collection of suppliers to the TV communities
International Where to Go
On-Site - France, Spain, Germany, Holland, USA & Canada

If what you are looking for is not shown here try the Library Main Index

The Gender Trust

Excellent TG Resource - Help - Info - Counselling - etc

The Gender Trust is the only Registered Charity in the U.K. which specifically helps adults who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric or Transgenderist: i.e. those who seek to adjust their lives to live as women or men, or to come to terms with their situation despite their genetic background. We also help those who are Intersexes, and try to provide care for the partners and families of all these individuals. We are able to provide trained counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists, and if required we can initiate the proper referal procedure to a choice of psychiatrists.

The Gender Trust provides confidential care within the guidelines of the British Association of Counsellors. It works closely with the Beaumont Trust which, with the help of our members, provides a Telephone Helpline.

Tel: THE NATIONAL HELP LINE is available on 07000 790347
Office Telephone 01273 234024
PO Box 3192 BN1 3WR UK
Reg. Charity no:1088150

The Trust has a membership society (GEMS) for those who seek information, befriending or referral for counselling. GEMS is a non profit making Self-Help Organisation and includes Associates who join for information or as helpers.

GEMS members receive a quarterly magazine and there is a Confidential Contact System with regional officers as contacts. This self-help element of The Gender Trust does all it can to provide information, care and a balanced view. Surgery is not always the only solution, and the main enemy is isolation. There is a high suicide rate among transsexuals and much distress and dismay within their families. Prejudice, ignorance and fear all take their toll.

Membership of GEMS includes a free copy of 'A Gender Trust Guide to Transsexualism, Transgenderism and Gender Dysphoria', though this can be obtained by non-members for £ 8.00 inc. p & p from the address on the publications page, or ordered from libraries or bookshops (ISBN 1 873049 04 8). The Guide addresses in detail the problems both of transsexuals and their loved ones.

The Beaumont Society

This is the Beaumont's new website and well worth visiting. Founded in 1966 the Beaumont Society is the World's largest membership organisation for Transvestites & Transsexuals. Based in the United Kingdom the Society is a democratically run, non profit making organisation funded entirely by membership subscriptions and small private donations. It offers a wide variety of activities including: Weekend Reunions, Make-Up finishing schools and a national information helpline newtork. The Beaumont Trust

Press For Change
Excellent Current Affairs Legal and Political Information for the TS

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

The Work of PFC

The PFC siite exists to publicise the work of Press for Change, and to support all those who are interested in achieving basic human rights for a group of UK citizens who have done nothing more than to be different ... and to undergo a prescribed medical treatment.

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

A sea change in public understanding in recent years has meant that nowadays it's rarely necessary to explain to people that transsexuality is an internationally recognised condition, and not a form of sexual or political rebellion. Yet few people actually appreciate that over the last 30-40 years, more than 5,000 people in Britain have successfully transitioned between the genders ... for the simple reason that most of them have blended invisibly into ordinary society. More importantly though, only a very small number of people are really aware of the needless and damaging bureaucratic obstinacy that such people face during and after their transition, and the fact that this quiet and invisible group of people are among the most cruelly discriminated of all citizens in the United Kingdom.

Here you can learn about the problems which UK trans people continue to face, since a divorce case in 1970 branded us as non-people ... and our successes in reversing a state of law which can only be described as ignorant, fearful and spiteful.

(For an introduction to the issues, start here)

Press For Change
Needs Your Help Here

Seahorse Society
The Seahorse Society of Great Britain, founded in 1988, is a self-help and support group for Cross Dressers, those who see themselves as being Transgendered, Transsexuals, their Families, Friends, and others involved with their welfare.
GENDYS
A network for all who have encountered gender identity problems personally, transsexuals, transgendered people and gender dysphoric people of either sex, and for those who provide care, both professional and lay. Although the emphasis is on care, support and therapy, the aim is to be person-centred. In other words, categories whether political or medical are less relevant. The Network hopes to help transsexuals and intersexed people to see themselves not as victims, but as survivors of their gender identity difficulties. To this end, the network produces a quarterly journal, and holds biennial conferences, the next one being in Autumn 2000.
FTM
The mission of FTM International is to improve the quality of life for FTM's, loved ones, friends, families and those questioning gender through information, education, advocacy and support.Uses frames, but with the option of a non-frames version. The FTM News Web is part of a growing number of organisations oriented towards the particular issues and concerns confronting female to male trans people. See, in particular the account of the murder of Brandon Teena and the biography of Stephen Whittle
Northern Concord
The Northern Concord was conceived and created in 1986 out of the ashes of the original Manchester TV/TS group which had been running since 1965 in one form or another. They now have in excess of 400 members in the UK and around the World. The aims were and still are to be a self help and social group for cross dressers and people who consider themselves to be transgendered.
TG Forum
A USA site with a private members section providing loads of useful information and links
Mermaids Support for TG Children

MERMAIDS IS A SUPPORT GROUP FOR GENDER VARIANT CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS

THEIR AIMS ARE SIMPLE:
TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS UP TO AGE 19, WHO ARE TRYING TO COPE WITH GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES

In support of this one aim, Mermaids also intend to:Offer support to parents, families, carers, and others
Raise awareness about gender issues amongst professionals (e.g. teachers, doctors, social services, etc.,) and the general public
Campaign for the recognition of this issue and the increase in professional services.

Mermaids Helpline: 07020 935066 (12 noon - 9pm UK time, when staffed)

 

UK Regional Support Help Numbers

 

Beaumont Trust
The Trust can be contacted at B.M. CHARITY - LONDON - WC1N 3XX.
Or E-Mail
bmonttrust@aol.com
Or via the trust's helpline number 07000 - 287878 (07000 BTRUST) manned by a team of volunteers on Tuesdays & Thursdays between 1900 and 2300 hours.
Beaumont Society Information Line
Tel: 01582 412220
Pre-recorded information about the Beaumont Society.
Helplines For Wives and Partners run by Women of The Beaumont Society (WOBS)
Tel: 01223 441246 (7.30pm-10.30pm)
Tel: 01684 578281 or 01389 380389
Opportunity for women to talk to other women about concerns they have with their husbands or partners cross-dressing.
Birmingham (St Michael) TV TS support
0121 559 3181 Tue, Wed ,Thur, Sat 7-30 to 10pm.
Brighton
0127 371 9043 and 368 0327
Cardiff (Wales) Friend S.Wales
02920 34 0101 (Tues Wed Thur 7-30 - 9-30 pm)
e-mail: friendssouthwales
P.O. Box 479 Cardiff CF10 1YN
Darlington
0132 526 6062 before 10pm Daily
Derby
0133 267 0088
Essex Self Help
0125 586 1432 TV/TS support Evenings (7pm - 10 pm)
Essex Transliving (formerly New Transessex)
Tel: 01268 583761 (Thursdays 7pm-10.30pm) e-mail
Hampshire
0170 377 1798 (Early evenings)
Kent ( Les Sheks TV/TS )
0130 322 0373
Information line (evenings) Meetings Ist Frid Month ring for details (Social)
e-mail
London (L.T.I.S.S.G.)
0208 355 7413
Transsexual support group Meets third Wed of month. (Social)
e-mail
Leeds
0192 487 1600 after 7pm
Liverpool New Blooms 
Tel: 0151 284 0945 newblooms.org@virgin.net
Manchester TV/TS 
Tel: 0161 274 3705 (Wed and Thurs 7.30pm-9pm)
Nottingham
0115 928 3610 Thur 7-11pm fax
Oxford/ Swindon
0179 342 0262 (7 - 11 pm)
Sheffield (Roses)
0122 675 4252 before 9-30pm
Shropshire
0174 334 4199 (Tue 7-30- 9-30pm) fax 0174 334 4269
South West (South West Girls)
0797 403 4693 (Wed and Sun 7-10pm)
South West
0158 241 2220
Swansea (Wales)
0179 248 0044 (Thursdays)
Swindon
0179 342 0262 (Fri 7-11pm)
Yorkshire (Trans-Yorks)

0870 7414071
SUNDAYS 7pm-9pm on This line provides a listening ear for trans-people, partners and family members - as well as being able to supply information about services, venues and events across the region.
Confidential help and advice is available by e-mail from

support@trans-yorrks.org.uk

 

Help on HIV/Aids

Terrence Higgins Trust Direct AIDS Info Helpline Site Aids Section

Tel: 0845 1221 200
HIV information, advice and support over the phone. They might not have all the answers straight away, but they will know someone who has. Why not call now for peace of mind? It's open 10am - 10pm Monday - Friday, and 12 noon - 6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Help in Scotland Full listing of Scottish help

London Transsexual Information
London Transsexual Information, Support & Social Group (LTISSG). We are a monthly support group. We meet the third Wednesday of each month from 7-10pm. Our support group is for M-F, F-M or Medically Formed (Post-Op's). Phone: 020 8355 7413, Fax: 020 8355 7413, Mobile 07763 785 7602 Female 2 Male Coordinator is: Liam Wilson, 07734 910 514 (12-6pm) Friday and Saturday please phone the Duty Officer on: 020 8659 3509 BETWEEN 6-10pm.
Depend
An organisation offering free, confidential and non-judgemental advice, information and support to all family members, spouses, partners and friends of transsexual people in the UK.

Top Some other important online resources ..

TransLiving

TransLiving International is a voluntary self-help network dedicated to serving the needs of Crossdressers, Transvestites, Transsexuals, their families, partners and friends. It hosts the UK’s biggest TV/TS group party each month, runs friendly Help Line support, and publishes a wealth of useful information especially for TVs, TS's and those dear to them

+44 (0) 1268 583761 HelpLine hours are 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday
email: stacy@transliving.co.uk
Write to: TLI, P.O. Box 3, Basildon, Essex. SS13 3WA England
Roses Club [Repartee]
Magazine & Contact Club NEW!!
Gender.org
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.
Kathleens Resource (TS info)
Transsexualism is a congenital condition treated by teaching hospitals around the world. Other congenital conditions include hair, eye, and skin colour, blood group, and predisposition to diseases. Supplementing the CHANGE-UK web site, Kathleen's Korner provides support in the form of practical information and advice about transsexualism and its successful negotiation. It does not tell anyone what to do or how to be .I recommend this one.
UK Regional Support Groups & Meetings
This site's own page on support venues and meetings.
Fun Venues - Where to Go
Where to go guides. Now International
Transgender Forum's Resource Guide
Formerly IFGE International Transgender Resource Guide, this is a really comprehensive listing of support organisations, and how to contact them, around the world.
IFGE - International Foundation for Gender Education

The International Foundation for Gender Education General umbrella site for all trans and transgendered people, useful info and links - little bit graphic-intensive but within acceptable levels.

The Renaissance Transgender Association

Formerly the AEGIS Information Centre

Transsexualism FAQ

"The Transsexual Person in Your Life: Responses to some frequently asked questions/frequently held concerns". Geared towards families and friends, this is actually better than the title would suggest.

Change Your Name (The Statutory Declaration)

includes forms - also see legal Info and change identity page (Legal documents should always be checked by a solicitor/attorney)

Transsexual Women's Resources

Much information in here provided by Dr Anne Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D. She is a member of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA). She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS). She has a private practice in clinical sexology and transgender medicine in Seattle, Washington. This site is one of the most important transsexual resources on the web.

Transgender Support Site

Very Useful and crammed full of info albeit a little commercial. Presented by Melanie Anne Phillips

Top Campaign Groups

See also Legal Campaigners listed in Legal Section

The International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA)

Accredited with observer status at both the UN and the Council of Europe, ILGA is a powerful force in drawing the attention of international law to the status of GLBT people. The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide federation of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people everywhere.

Founded in 1978, it now has more than 350 member organisations. Every continent and around 80 countries are represented. ILGA member groups range from small collectives to national groups and entire cities.

Press For Change

Campaigning for respect and equality for ALL trans peoplePress for Change is perhaps the best known of all campaign groups. A political lobbying and educational organisation, which campaigns to achieve equal civil rights and liberties for all transgendered people in the United Kingdom, through legislation and social change.

Transexual Menace

"We're here, we're even queerer, get used to it!"
Appalling multi-coloured background on the opening page makes the site almost unusable. It says "This site is currently under re-construction at this location. Please be patient - Thank You". Let's
hope they redesign the opening page - urgently - They do say they are moving url's soon (May 2001)

Action Without Borders

Action Without Borders (formerly the Contact Centre Network), lists non-profit support and campaigning groups around the world.

International Foundation for Gender Education
The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), founded in 1987, is a leading advocate and educational organization for promoting the self-definition and free expression of individual gender identity. IFGE is not a support group, it is an information provider and clearinghouse for referrals about all things which are transgressive of established social gender norms.

GIRES

Gender Identity Research and Education Society - A UK Charity No:1068137

GIRES was founded in October 1997 by ten activists then working for Press for Change. It obtained registration with the Charity Commission in February 1998. The founding members and the Charity Commission agreed that the charity's objectives are to advance education into gender identity and intersex issues.

GIRES therefore: Initiates, promotes and supports research particularly to address the needs of those in whom there is a strong and ongoing desire to live and be accepted in the gender, although it be different to that assigned at birth, in which they identify; Publishes the outcome of such research and other relevant information in order to inform interested parties and the general public; Enables the public to achieve a wider understanding of these issues and thereby provide equal treatment within society of those whom they affect. Charitable status makes GIRES eligible for grants from other charitable bodies and able to reclaim tax from the Inland Revenue on much of its income from individuals. Although, as a registered charity, GIRES is not permitted to undertake political campaigning on behalf of the trans community, it can and does legitimately educate politicians and government officials.

Membership and all enquires direct to bernardgi@aol.com and please mention crissywild.com when replying

Transsexual Medical Journals

An exhaustive library of medical papers delivered by some of the most eminent specialist MD's in The World concerning transsexualism, causes, effects etc . Some very interesting theory here as well.

We are very pleased to present the first issue of the International Journal of Transgenderism (IJT). This electronic journal will be an important vehicle for the transmission of scholarly work in the area of transgenderism. We are at an exciting point in history where the interest in the study of transgenderism is keen and quite a bit of scholarly activity is being produced. The study of transgenderism is rapidly expanding both in quantity and in breadth. We are learning more about transgenderism from an interdisciplinary and intercultural perspective, from vast new knowledge from psychological and biomedical studies of gender identity, and from anthropological, socio-cultural and historical studies. We feel that this journal will be an important source of information and exchange of ideas from this perspective throughout the world.

TopResearch Papers

The HBIGDA’s XVII Symposium, Gent, 2003
Call for Papers
New Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Feminizing Hormone Therapy: Case Series
Jamie Feldman, Fulltext
Gender Stereotype and Self among Transgenders: Underlying Elements
Sam Winter, Nuttawut Udomsak, Fulltext
Engaging Transgender Substance Users in Substance Use Treatment
Jean Oggins, Jeanna Eichenbaum, Fulltext
Towards a Transpositive Therapeutic Model: Developing Clinical Sensitivity and Cultural Competence in the Effective Support of Transsexual and Transgendered Clients
Rupert Raj, Fulltext
The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders - Russian Version
Fulltext (pdf, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

TopIJT Volume 6, Number 1, 2002

Children and Adolescents Referred to a Specialist Gender Identity Development Service: Clinical Features and Demographic Characteristics
Domenico Di Ceglie, David Freedman, Susan McPherson and Philip Richardson, Fulltext
Fournier’s Gangrene in a Male to Female Transsexual
Andrew C. Lee, Chris R. Wilson and W. David George, Fulltext
Transgender Individuals’ Experiences of Psychotherapy
Katherine Rachlin, Fulltext
Male, Female and Transgender : Stereotypes and Self in Thailand
Sam Winter, Nuttawut Udomsak, Fulltext

TopIJT Volume 5 Number 4, October - December 2001

XVII Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
Abstracts, 31 October - 4 November 2001, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.

TopIJT Volume 5 Number 3, July - September 2001

Transgendering, Migrating and Love of Oneself as a Woman: A Contribution to a Sociology of Autogynephilia
Richard Ekins and Dave King, Fulltext
Effects of Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment on Emotionality in Transsexuals
Ditte Slabbekoorn, Stephanie H.M. Van Goozen, Louis J.G. Gooren and Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Fulltext
Autoimmune Hepatitis in a Male-to-Female Transsexual Treated with Conjugated Estrogens
Vin Tangpricha, Nezam H. Afdhal and Stuart R. Chipkin, Fulltext
Mak Nyahs (Male Transsexuals) in Malaysia: The Influence of Culture and Religion on their Identity
Yik Koon Teh, Fulltext

TopIJT Volume 5 Number 2, April - June 2001

Special Issue on David O. Cauldwell (Classic Reprints Series)

Editorial
Richard Ekins and Dave King, Fulltext
Pioneers of Transgendering: The Popular Sexology of David O. Cauldwell
Richard Ekins and Dave King, Fulltext
Psychopathia Transexualis
David O. Cauldwell, Fulltext
Desire for Surgical Sex Transmutation: An Insane Fancy of Near Males
David O. Cauldwell, Fulltext
Questions and Answers on the Sex Life and Sexual Problems of Trans-Sexuals
David O. Cauldwell, Fulltext
Sex Transmutation – Can One’s Sex Be Changed?
David O. Cauldwell, Fulltext
David O. Cauldwell on Transsexualism, Transvestism and Related Topics: A Bibliography
Richard Ekins and Dave King, Fulltext

TopIJT Volume 5 Number 1, January - March 2001

Vaginal Neoplasia in a Male-to-Female Transsexual: Case Report, Review of the Literature, and Recommendations for Cytological Screening
Anne A. Lawrence, Fulltext
Beginnings of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Japan
Takamatsu Ako, Harashina Takao, Inoue Yoshiharu, Kinoshita Katsuyuki, Ishihara Osamu, Uchijima Yutaka, Fulltext
Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association´s
The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders -- Sixth Version

TopIJT Volume 4 Number 3, July - September 2000

Special Issue:  What is Transgender?

Preface
Michael ‘Miqqi Alicia’ Gilbert, Fulltext
Introduction: Looking for Understanding
Ariadne Kane, Fulltext
Transgenderism and the Concept of Gender
Vern L. Bullough, Fulltext
Who put the "Trans" in Transgender? - Gender Theory and Everyday Life
Suzanne Kessler, Wendy McKenna, Fulltext
Sexing the Body: How Biologists Construct Human Sexuality
Anne Fausto-Sterling, Fulltext
Crossing Economics
Deirdre McCloskey, Fulltext
The Transgendered Philosopher
Michael ‘Miqqi Alicia’ Gilbert, Fulltext

TopIJT Volume 4 Number 1, January - March 2000

Reflections on "Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment"
1969-1999: Presidential Address, August 1999 - Richard Green, M.D., J.D., President, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Fulltext
Abstracts of the XVI Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
Reflections on "Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment" 1969-1999

TopIJT Volume 3 Number 4, October - December 1999

European Court of Human Rights: Case of Sheffield and Horsham v. the United Kingdom

TopIJT Volume 3 Number 3, July - September 1999

Factors Which Influence Individual’s Decisions When Considering Female-To-Male Genital Reconstructive Surgery
Katherine Rachlin
Hormonal Sex Reassignment | Fulltext
Louis J. G. Gooren

TopIJT Volume 3 Number 1+2, January - June 1999

Special issue on Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care

Preface
Walter Bockting & Sheila Kirk, Guest Editors, Fulltext
Dedication to Lou Sullivan
Fulltext
Sex, Drugs, and the Culture of Travestismo in Rio de Janeiro
James A. Inciardi, Hilary L. Surratt, Paulo R. Telles & Binh H. Pok., Fulltext
Transgender Health and Social Service Needs in the Context of HIV Risk
Nina Kammerer, Theresa Mason & Margaret Connors, Fulltext
HIV Risk Behaviors of Male-to-Female Transgenders in a Community-based Harm Reduction Program
Cathy J. Reback & Emilia L. Lombardi, Fulltext
HIV Prevention and Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco
Kristen Clements, Kerrily Kitano, Willy Wilkinson, & Rani Marx., Fulltext
HIV/AIDS and Female-to-Male Transsexuals and Transvestites: Results from a Needs Assessment in Québec
Viviane K. Namaste, Fulltext
Education and Soul-searching: The Enterprise HIV Prevention Group
Douglas Hein & Michael Kirk, Fulltext
Transgender HIV Prevention: Community Involvement and Empowerment
Walter O. Bockting, Simon Rosser & Eli Coleman, Fulltext
Sex, Truth, and Videotape: HIV Prevention at the Gender Identity Project in New York City
Barbare E. Warren, Fulltext
Sex Reassignment Surgery in HIV Positive Transsexuals
A. Neal Wilson, Fulltext
Guidelines for Selecting HIV Positive Patients for Genital Reconstructive Surgery
Sheila Kirk., Fulltext

TopIJT Volume 2 Number 4, October - December 1998

Legal Implications of the New Ferment Concerning Transsexualism | Abstract
Louis H. Swartz
German Standards for the Treatment and Diagnostic Assessment of Transsexuals
S. Becker, H. Bosinski, U. Clement, W. Eicher, T. Goerlich, U. Hartmann, G. Kockott, D. Langer, W. Preuss, G. Schmidt, A. Springer, R. Wille Abstract
Italian Standards of Care for Sex Reassignment in Gender Identity Disorder (DSM IV 302.85)
Editor: Anna Rita Ravenna
Transsexuals´Children | Abstract
R. Green

TopIJT Volume 2 Number 3, July - September 1998

Gender Role Reversal among Postoperative Transsexuals | Abstract
A.J. Kuiper and P.T. Cohen-Kettenis
An Experimental Study of Body Image and Perception in Gender Identity Disorders

Marone P., Iacoella S., Cecchini M.G., Ravenna A.R., V. Ruggieri

The Third International Congress on Sex and Gender. An Inter-disciplinary Conference 
College, Oxford University, 18th-20th September 1998

TopIJT Volume 2 Number 2, April - June 1998

Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association's The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders
St. B. Levine,G. Brown, E. Coleman, P. Cohen-Kettenis, J.J. Hage, J. Van Maasdam, M. Petersen, F. Pfaefflin, L. C. Schaefer
Abstract,
Transgenderism and Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Case Study | Abstract
B. R. Saks
Yugoslavia: The Legal Issue of Transsexualism
M. Draskic
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Gender Identity Disorders in Children and Adolescents Guidance for Management
Abstract, Fulltext
Methodological Problems in Assessing Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Reply to Meyer and Reter
M. Fleming, C. Steinman, G. Bocknek Originally published as: Fleming M, Steinman C, Bocknek G (1980), Methodological Problems in Assessing. Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Reply to Meyer and Reter. Arch. Sex. Behav. 9: 451-456.

TopIJT Volume 2 Number 1, January - March 1998

Empirical Data on Epidemiology and Application of the German Transsexuals' Act During Its First Ten Years | Abstact
C. Weitze, S. Osburg
Genital Reassignment on Two Male Transvestites
F. Abraham, Originally published as: Abraham F (1931), Genitalumwandlungen an zwei männlichen Transvestiten. Zeitschrift für Sexualwissenschaft und Sexualpolitik, 18: 223-226
Psychological and Social Function Before and After Phalloplasty | Abstract
J. Barrett

TopIJT Volume 1 Number 2, October - December 1997

The State of Our Art and the State of Our Science
Abstracts of the XV Harry Benjamin Intenational Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
Updated Look at Legal Responses to Transsexualism: Especially Three Marriage Cases in U.K., U.S. and New Zealand
L. Swartz
Sex Reassignment, Harry Benjamin, and some European Roots
F. Pfaefflin

TopIJT Volume 1 Number 1, July - September 1997

Blending Genders: Contributions to the Emerging Field of Transgender Studies | Fulltext
R. Ekins, D. King
Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender -Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence | Fulltext
A. E. Eyler, K. Wright
Narcissistic Pathology and Personality Factors in Gender Dysphoric Patients. Preliminary Results of a Prospective Study | Fulltext
U. Hartmann, H. Becker, C. Rueffer-Hesse
The Medicalization of Gender Migration | Fulltext
S. Hirschauer
Legal Aspects of Transsexualism in Brazilian Law - A Privat Law Approach | Fulltext
C. Lima Marques, E. Ramos da Silva
A Sex Difference in the Human Brain and its Relation to Transsexuality | Fulltext 
J.-N. Zhou, M.A. Hofman, L.J.G. Gooren and D.F. Swaab, Reprinted with permission by the authors from NATURE, 378: 68-70 (1995)

USA/ INTERNATIONAL HELP & SUPPORT

For UK Help & Support National Organisations Go Here
For International Support Organisations Go Here
For Canada & USA Support (State by State listing) Go Here


General International
USA / International Organisations & Lists
by Anne A. Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.
TS Road Map
Information about a variety of topics related to transition
International TG Resources
Crissy Wild's Main Library Index - perhaps the largest listing on the web - but check International Support and Links first.
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy
is a lobbying group which works at the stae and local level in New York, USA. Their links page includes a useful set of pointer to other US campaign groups.
Page of Rage
US site. "It's goal is simple. I want to report and chronicle incidents of abuse of transgendered individuals wherever they occur."
Gender PAC
GPAC


An important US lobbying group, working for gender civil rights. Activities include: "Congressional education and advocacy, National Gender Lobby Days, the In-Your-Face! online news service, anti-violence work, anti-defamationwork, community-based research, public relations, field mobilization, grassroots education, and legal advocacy".

The Mission and Vision

GenderPAC is the national advocacy organization working to ensure every American's right to their gender free from stereotypes, discrimination and violence, regardless of how they look, act or dress or how others perceive their sex or sexual orientation.

We are especially concerned with the way discrimination based on gender intersects with other kinds of discrimination, including those of race, class, ethnicity, and age.

GenderPAC believes that gender ought to be protected as a basic civil right, and we look forward to the day when it is universally respected and recognized as such.

The Work
We focus on:

Congressional Advocacy
Education
Gender Law/Impact Litigation

Civil Rights
GenderPAC is committed to "civil rights," protected by laws that help stop gender-based hate crimes and job discrimination. We are also committed to "social rights," that help stop unfair and defamatory media portrayals, give our children the right to choose and express their gender, and promote respect and gender diversity at home, at school, in the workplace, and in public space.

Gender
"Gender" includes how we look, act, or dress, and others' interpretation of our sex or sexual orientation.

Thus we use "gender" in the most inclusive sense — including transgender, as well as sexual orientation, because we believe the mainspring of homophobia is gender, i.e., the prejudice that gay men are insufficiently masculine or lesbian women necessarily inadequately feminine. And we also include sex and sexism, because we believe the basis for misogyny is our culture's devaluation and derision of femininity and vulnerability.

Constituency
GenderPAC is committed to achieving gender rights for all. This means we organize around the common issue of gender rights, rather than representing any single identity or constituency. We believe that all of us, at some time or another, are harassed, shamed, or made to feel afraid because of our gender. Therefore we believe gender is too basic to be left to any single group, and too fundamental to leave anyone behind.

This form of organizing, sometimes called "post-identity polticial" or "issue-based organizing" means that while respecting how individuals identify, we work on bringing people together for the common work of achieving gender rights. GenderPAC believes this is the best way to build a strong, broad-based, and inclusive movement to secure gender civil rights.

Intersections
GenderPAC is especially sensitive to how other kinds of discrimination intersect with those of gender, for instance those of race, class, ethnicity, and ability. GenderPAC believes those connections are integral to a gender rights movement, and we seek to stress those connections when and where they occur.

The Intersex Society of North America
An excellent resource with a mass of info and links to related resources. The Intersex Society of North America is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical sex anatomy. We recommend a model of care that is patient-centered, rather than surgery-centered.
LEGAL INFORMATION - KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

A very comprehensive section now spanning several pages covering all legal issues affecting TVS- details of UK & European legislation - details of organisations - law firms - documentation changes etc Plus a whole contacts section including email addresses of Govt Departments, MP's & MEP's for:-

The UK GovernmentNEW!!
The European ParliamentNEW!!
The UK ParliamentNEW!!
Employment Section
This sites own employment section containg a vast amount of information relating to transsexuals in the work place.