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Websites by young transgendered people
Mailing Lists
Mermaids Mailing List - Open to young transgendered people between ages 12 and 19.
Mermaids-UK-Parents - MermaidsUK Parents is a UK-based support, information and friendship list
for the parents or carers of 'gender variant' children and teenagers, up to
and including the age of 18 years. These young people will all have some
kind of gender identity issue - of which some may be transient, some
permanent - either way, the situation can be a difficult one for all
concerned
TSTalk-UK - For Transsexual people only (and others invited by the moderators)
Support Groups
Gender
Trust - An organisation for Transsexual People and Transgenderists.
Antijen - The Antijen list is a place for young transsexual kids to talk and try
to sort the whole mess out. We talk about parents, work, school, doctors,
new experiences, ways to cope and grow. It's a place to find out
information, meet a few people, and generally feel like you're a little
less alone in all of this. It's scary sometimes, and it's always good to
have a place to talk things through.
Manchester Parents Group is a support and information network for parents,
families, and friends of lesbians, bisexuals and gay men.
Parents Enquiry Scotland. - This is a voluntary organisation that provides
support to parents of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)
children. Central Line: 0131 556 6047 (call before 10pm)
email: parentsenquiry@hotmail.com
Depend - Support Group for Partners, friends and loved ones
The Northern Concord - Social group for transsexuals and transvestites eighteen or over. They get together every week in a club in Manchester's gay village. Changing facilities are available and you can either stay in the meeting place or if you're brave enough, you can venture out with the others for a drink or a dance in one of the other pubs and clubs in the Village. Partners are welcome.
The Manchester Transsexual Social Group - No website. This group is very informal and meets on the first Tuesday of Every month in a private room at Taurus, Canal Street, in Manchester's Gay Village - 7.30pm onwards. No Changing Facilities available. Non-Transsexual people only admitted if they are accompanied by a transsexual person. Admission free
Intersex Support
xy-Turners genetic mosaic support group - Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis is a condition caused by genetic
mosaicism, usually xy/xo. Ordinarily xy results in a male and xo results in
a female with Turner's Syndrome. About 90 per cent of xy/xo children have an
apparently normal male body shape at birth. About 5 per cent have a female body
shape and about 5 per cent have ambiguous genitals.
Gender identity problems are extraordinarily common in xy/xo even in those
born with apparently normal male genitals. Since doctors rarely order a
karyotype for children with gender identity problems some of our members
were misdiagnosed for years. This matters because all xy/xo patients are at
risk for heart and kidney problems.
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG) UK - The Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG) is a peer
information/support organisation established in 1988 (formalised in 1993).
We
are completely autonomous but are affiliated to the Genetic Interest Group
(GIG)
and Contact a Family. We help adults and families affected by XY intersex
conditions such as AIS, XY gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer's syndrome) and 5 alpha
reductase deficiency, and also XX females with Mayer Rokitansky Kuster
Hauser
(MRKH syndrome, Mullerian dysgenesis/aplasia, vaginal atresia etc. We have
branches in Germany, USA, Canada, S. Africa and Australia.
AISSG -
Homepage of the Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group
Climb CAH UK -
Homepage of the Climb CAH UK Support Group
ISNA -
Homepage of the Intersex Society of North America
Campaigning or Education groups
Press For Change - This is a Pressure Group and Educational Group for Transsexual Rights.
Gender Identity Research and Education Society - GIRES exists to promote and communicate research that improves the lives of
people affected by gender identity and intersex issues.
Bullying
Bullying Online - This charity Bullying Online gives comprehensive advice and information
to parents and children on how to deal with school bullying.
There is a wealth of information on the site, everything from how to
take a complaint right through the education system to racist and
mobile phone bullying and there are also explanations of the different
types of bullying policies in UK schools and sample letters for parents
to copy out if they are not sure what to say.
Resources
http://www.tgguide.com - this is a tg resource page with a LOT of
useful info on it, including information on the TS and their parents. Click on gfam8.txt.
Birth Parents Info. - As someone who has been made to suffer parental rights by the very State
which was supposed to protect her against discrimination, Janine decided to
start up a Birthparents web site to help other Gender Dysphoric parents. It
is the largest such site in the UK and tackles all avenues, from telling the
partner and children, to going to Court. It shows that no one need suffer
and that the family centre can indeed stay in one piece.
Miscellaneous
http://www.tolerance.org - Fighting hate and promoting tolerance in all ways
Geocities/Yahoo TG Directory - The place to be for all Transsexuals, Transvestites and Transgenderists. This list contains links to every known site in the transgender spectrum within Geocities. - Parental Guidance is required for the links from this site as some sites may contain material of an Adult Nature.
April Ashley - is one of the three most famous British transsexual women. A former top model in Vogue and other publications, she now has her own website. It contains an online version of her life story.
Mosaic LGBT Youth Project - We are a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Questioning youth group,
for 25 and under, based in Harrow/Brent, Northwest London. Group meets on
Friday evenings, 6.30-9.30. A safe place to meet other young LGBT people.
We also offer advice, information and support on a one-to-one basis.
Pamela's Palace - This is the site of the Webmistress. The site now contains a list of medical specialists in the UK and throughout the world. The UK specialists are marked as Private or NHS.
If you would like a link from these pages and are a
non-profit making organisation for transgendered children or a support group
please E-mail with
details. Please use the same e-mail address if you are a transgendered person under 19 and would like a link.
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