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• The Gender
Trust
PO Box 3192
Brighton
BN1 3WR
Tel: 07000 790347
E-mail: info@gendertrust.org
Website: http://www.gendertrust.org/
The Gender Trust is
a registered UK charity that helps adults who are transsexual, gender
dysphoric or transgenderist.
• The Beaumont
Society
27 Old Gloucester Street
London, WC1N 3XX
Tel: 01582 412220
E-mail: enquiries@beaumontsociety.org.uk
Website: www.beaumontsociety.org.uk
National UK support
network for cross dressers/transvestites, transsexuals. Contact their
information line to find the group nearest you. Website offers details
of events and the society membership magazine.
• The Beaumont
Trust
BM Charity
London
WC1N 3XX
Helpline: 07000 287878
(Thursdays 7pm-11pm for transsexuals and Tuesdays 7pm-11pm for transvestites).
Website: http://members.aol.com/bmonttrust
A registered charity
which helps those who are in any way troubled by gender dysphoria or are
involved with the care of others in that situation.
• Press for
Change
BM Network
London
WC1N 3XX
Fax: 0870 052 3630
E-mail: editor@pfc.org.uk
Website: http://www.pfc.org.uk
A political lobbying
and educational organisation that campaigns to achieve equal civil rights
and liberties through legislation and social change for all transgender
people in the UK.
• Mermaids
BM Mermaids
London WC1N 3XX
Helpline: 07020 935066 (12noon-9pm when staffed)
E-mail: mermaids@freeuk.com
Website: www.mermaids.freeuk.com
Mermaids is a support
group for children and teenagers up to the age of 19 who are trying to
cope with gender identity issues — and also supports their parents,
families, carers, professionals and friends. Meetings are held in London
every two months.
• Seahorse
Society
Catherine Townsend
BM Seahorse
London WC1N 3XX
Tel/fax: as Beaumont Trust helpline — 07000 287878
E-mail: Seahorse.Society@btinternet.com
Website: www.btinternet.com/~seahorse.society
A self-help and support
group based in Central Southern England for transvestites, transsexuals
their families, friends and others involved in their welfare. Publishes
a monthly magazine, The Seahorse Scene.
• TS/TV News
Box 2534
London WC1N 3XX
Tel/fax: 020 7609 1093
E-mail: news@crag.co.uk
Free newsletter for
transsexuals and transvestites. Send a stamped self-addressed C5-size
envelope to the address above for a copy. Published 10 times a year.
• Depend
BM Depend
London
WC1N 3XX
E-mail: info@depend.org.uk
Website: www.depend.org.uk
Voluntary association
whose aim is to provide support, advice and information for anyone who
knows, or is related to, a transsexual person. 'A cushion for distress,
a listening ear, a source of information for learning, respectful acknowledgement
of feelings, and a little humour.'
• Sibyls
BM Sibyls
London
WC1N 3XX
A non-denominational
Christian spirituality group for transgendered people.
• The Northern
Concord
PO Box 258
Manchester
M60 1LN
E-mail: JennyB@northernconcord.org.uk
Website: www.northernconcord.org.uk
Longstanding social
support group for transgendered people which meets regularly in Manchester.
• FTM Network
BM Network
London WC1 3XX
0161 432 1915 (Wed evenings only)
Website: www.ftm.org.uk/
The largest, longest-running
educational organisation serving Female-To-Male (FTM) transgendered people
and transsexual men.
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Websites
• Gender Education
and Advocacy
www.gender.org
On-line library and archive. A repository for books, journals, magazines,
newspapers, newsletters, postcards, films, personal papers, ephemera,
and other transgender material.
• The Harry
Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
www.hbigda.org/
A professional organisation devoted to the understanding and treatment
of gender identity disorders, with some 350 members around the world in
the fields of psychiatry, endocrinology, surgery, law, psychology, sociology,
and counselling.
• Miss Vera's
Finishing School for Boys who Want to be Girls
www.missvera.com
A cross-dressing School in Manhattan, founded by Veronica Vera in 1992,
where students experience a physical and psychological gender transformation.
• The International
Journal of Transgenderism (IJT)
www.symposion.com/ijt/ijtintro.htm
A peer-reviewed on-line journal of scholastic research into transgenderism.
• Transgender
Guide
www.tgguide.com
A transgender resource page containing a great deal of information.
• Transgender
Support Site
http://heartcorps.com/journeys
Message boards, stories, advice, transgender product support and unique
audio-visual recordings of a personal journey through sex reassignment
surgery from the site's founder, Melanie Anne Phillips.
• Transgender
Links
www.tglinks.com/
Comprehensive transgender links, including articles from medical and government
authorities. Also includes mailing and support group lists, and personal
pages.
• TransSister
http://trans.sister.org/
Well researched website, with up-to-date transgender news stories and
resources from the UK and around the world.
• The National
Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
www.outproud.org
US-based organisation with links to various UK bodies.
• The Looking
Glass Society
www.looking-glass.greenend.org.uk/
A non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting understanding
and acceptance of Transsexual/Gender Dysphoric people. It publishes a
range of booklets concerning the condition and engages in education work,
particularly aimed at people involved in caring for or working with those
with Gender Dysphoria.
Anne Lawrence website
www.annelawrence.com
Major US based website on gender dysphoria, with lots of links and information
on hormones, wigs, surgery and so on.
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Helplines
• Manchester
TV/TS
Tel: 0161 235 8000 (6pm -10pm 7 days a week)
• The Beaumont
Trust
Tel: 07000 287878 (Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm-11pm)
• Crosslynx
Scotland
Tel: 0141 332 3333 (Mondays 7.30pm-9.30pm)
• Transliving
(formerly New Transessex)
Tel: 01268 583761 (Thursdays 7pm-10.30pm, but can leave a message at other times)
• Beaumont
Society Information Line
Tel: 01582 412220
Pre-recorded information about the Beaumont Society.
• The Gender
Trust Transsexual Helpline
Tel: 07000 790347 (call before 10pm please)
• Helplines
For Wives and Partners run by Women Of The Beaumont Society (WOBS)
Tel: 01223 441246 (8.00pm-11.00pm)
Tel: 01684 578281 or 01389 380389 (Scotland). Messages may be left.
Opportunity for women to talk to other women about concerns they have
with their husbands or partners cross-dressing.
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Books
• Anatomy
of Desire: the science and psychology of sex, love and marriage
by Simon Andreae (Little, Brown & Co, 1998) £16.99.
Fuses the perspectives of science, history and religion and looks at the
fundamental characteristics of sexual desire.
• A Gender
Trust Guide to Transsexualism, Transgenderism and Gender Dysphoria
edited by Tracy Dean (The Gender Trust, 1998) £8.
A thorough introductory guide to transgender issues, including advice
on practical and legal matters, with useful contact details.
• Blending
Genders by Richard Ekins and Dave King (Routledge, 1996) £17.99.
Social aspects of cross-dressing and sex changing.
• Brainsex
by Anne Moir, David Jessel (Mandarin, 1991) £6.99.
Scientific study offering a biological perspective on thought processing,
looking at the differences between men and women.
• Conundrum
by Jan Morris (Penguin 1997) £6.99.
An extraordinary narrative of male-to-female transsexualism.
• Dear
Sir or madam? The Autobiography of a Female-to-Male Transsexual
by Mark Rees (Continuum, 1996) £15.99.
An account of transition from a state of alienation and isolation to awakening
at the age of 27.
• Gender
Outlaw: On men, women, and the rest of us by Kate Bornstein (Routledge,
1994) £32.50.
A former heterosexual male, now a lesbian, takes a wily and incisive look
at the radical new politics of sexuality and gender.
• Girlfriend:
Men, Women and Drag by Holly Brubach and Michael O'Brien (photographer)
(Random House USA, 1999) £20.
A New York Times editor travels the globe with a photographer to
explore gender-bending internationally, interviewing men and women who
participate in events such as Wigstock.
• Issues
in Therapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Clients
edited by Charles Neal and Dominic Davies (Open University Press, 2000)
£22.50.
Collection of articles in which professionals from various fields of therapy
offer guidelines for good practice in areas ranging from HIV /AIDS to
psychosexual problems.
• Male
Femaling: A Grounded Approach to Cross Dressing and Sex Changing
by Richard Ekins (Routledge, 1997) £14.99.
Details the desires and varied practices of me who cross-dress or change
sex, tracing the phased femaling career path of the 'male femaler'.
• Physician's
Guide to Transgender Hormonal Therapy by Sheila Kirk (available
from BCM LifeWorks, London WC1N 3XX) £9.25.
A bible of hormonal evaluations and studies for physicians.
• Read
My Lips: Sexual subversion and the end of gender by Riki Ann Wilchins
(Firebrand Books, 1997) £14.99.
Part autobiography, part feminist theory, the author brings humour to
the dialogue on gender.
• Sex Changes:
The Politics of Transgenderism by Pat Califia (Cleis Press, 1997)
£14.99.
Groundbreaking work on gender transgression by one of the most provocative
lesbian authors in Britain.
• Sex,
Gender and Sexuality by Dr Tracie O'Keefe (Extraordinary People
Press, 1999) £13.99.
An incisive well-researched insight into gender and sexuality.
www.extraordinarypeoplepress.com
• Stone
Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (Firebrand Books, 1993) £11.99.
Well-written fictional account of one woman's transgender journey from
'stone butch' lesbian who blends masculinity and femininity after breast
removal and hormone use.
• The Transgender
Debate by Stephen Whittle (South Street Press, 2000) £3.50.
Addresses the historical, social, legal and medical issues surrounding
the transgender community; intended primarily as an introductory resource
for non-transgender people.
• Transgender
Nation by Gordene Olga MacKenzie (Bowling Green State University,
1994) £10.12.
Highlights the sociopolitical aspects of transgender, challenging the
rigid gender norms that result in victimising of people who transgress
them.
• Transgender
Care: Recommended guidelines, practical information and personal accounts
by Gianna Israel and Donald Tarver (Temple University Press, 1997) £24.34.
Handbook for transsexuals, transvestites and the professionals who work
with them; key mental health issues, practical information and 'coming
out' stories.
• Vested
Interests: Cross dressing and cultural anxiety by Marjorie Garber
(Penguin, 1993). Out of print but available in libraries.
Tour de force of cultural criticism exploring the nature and significance
of cross-dressing and western fascination with it.
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Produced to accompany
Boy Meets Girl, an Optomen Television production, first screened
on Channel 4 in February 2001.
Writers: Paula Hawkins
and Jon Lusk
Editorial consultant: Julia Bard
Deputy Editor: Roger Evans
Design: Edition
Resources: Paul Chi and Jon Lusk
Editorial assistant: Jill Crouch
Images: Jason Bell and Libi Pedder
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