Links to Trans Groups And Organisations

Support and information groups | Campaign groups | Research groups

Support and information groups

• The Gender Trust
  The Gender Trust is a registered charity; their web site carries details of the regional support organisation and affiliated groups around the UK and across the world.
• Mermaids
  Most grown-up transsexual people were juvenile transsexual people once … although it’s important to realise that the reverse isn’t necessarily true; not every child who displays a gender identity problem will grow up to desire gender reassignment.  Mermaids is a support group formed by and for the parents who have such children and who, whatever the eventual outcome may be, want to know how to support those young people.
• The FTM Network
  The FTM Network is an informal and Ad Hoc self help group, open to all female to male transgender and transsexual people, or those exploring this aspect of their gender.  Currently there are over 700 members of the network in the UK.
• Depend is a voluntary organisation whose aim is to provide support, advice and information for anyone who knows, or is related to, a transsexual person.
• The Gendys Network
  GENDYS is a UK-based network for all transgendered people, their families, and care professionals.  To this end, the network produces a quarterly journal, and holds biennial conferences in Manchester.
• Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)
  Provides information and training based on research into atypical gender identity development.
• a:gender is the support network for staff in government departments/agencies who have changed or need to change permanently their perceived gender, or who identify as intersex.
• IFGE - 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 Intersex Society of North America
  An excellent resource with a mass of info and links to related resources.
• 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.

Campaign groups

• 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 Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
  IGLHRC exists to protect and advance the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. A US based non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC responds to such human rights violations around the world through documentation, advocacy, coalition building, public education, and technical assistance.
• 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.”
• GenderPAC
  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-defamation work, community-based research, public relations, field mobilization, grassroots education, and legal advocacy”.
• The murder of Brandon Teena
  About the rape and murder of trans man Brandon Teena
• Trans International
  An international group dedicated to the equality rights, human dignity, healthcare access & workplace rights of ALL Transsexual, Transgender, Gender queer or anyone who does not ID in the binary.
• New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy is a lobbying group which works at the stae and local level in New York, USA.

Research

• GIRES
  The Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) promotes and communicates research that improves the lives of people affected by atypical gender identity development. It offers a monetary award for published research that its trustees judge to be highly influential.