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Here are some of the links to the most popular
transgender
resources on the web:
Crossdressing:
- Anita's
Crossdress World - A resource site for the
significant part of the male-born population who, for one reason or
another, feel the need to dress in the clothes of the opposite sex.
- Barbara's
World - Site for transvestite, transsexual or
transgendered lovers of elegant clothes. Hints and tips for dressing and
a message board to chat with like-minded individuals.
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Claudia's Diversity - Matter-of-fact site
including surveys, fashion, anecdotes, news, reviews of products and
services, definitions, interviews, and advice on "being weird properly."
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Crossdresser Support Resources
- Information to help understand the nature and causes of crossdressing,
gender psychology, and articles.
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Crossdressing in Indian Theater
- Pictures of theatrical crossdressing with notes on the context of each
photo.
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Drag King Workshop - From a
letter written for a masters thesis on lesbian and FTM masculinities,
- Transster is a repository for images of FTM gender reassignment
surgery results. At Transster FTM transsexuals can upload pictures of
their own surgical results, and search and sort through images other
transmen have submitted.
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Trans-Warrior FTM Homepage - A
site dedicated to providing education, information, and resources to the
FTM and transgendered community.
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troyham's page( S.T.A.G.'s Homepage)
- This is a site that introduces a new FTM group and provides links to
FTM resources.
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Women Who Pee Standing - A guide to peeing
standing up for biologically female folks. Great for FTMs!
- FTM International
- Regarded as one of the best sources of information and support for
female-to-male transgendered and transsexual people (March
23, 1999)
Ganderqueer:
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Alt.Support.Intergendered -
Alt.Support.Intergendered's webring! For the growing subgroup within the
transgendered community who do not identify as either a 'man' or
'woman', but as somewhere inbetween, or as neither, placing themselves
'outside' of the gender 'spectrum' completely.
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Andrognous Nation - Promotes a modern way of
thinking for the two genders of this world to work together against all
evils. System shows how men can develop a femimine side but still not be
a wimp and how women can become tough, but still be femimine.
- Androgyne
Online - Dedicated to helping androgynes learn
who and what they are. Article and related links.
- The
Androgyny RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions) - The
"Rarely Asked Questions" list on androgyne issues. Essays, resources and
humor on androgyny and transgender topics.
- Butch Dyke Boy
Productions - A wonderful organization that
puts on GenderCrash events and is working with the Lesbian Avengers and
Boston Transexual Menace to create a map of gender-safe bathrooms in
Boston, Massachusetts.
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Camp Trans - Bulletin board discussion of
genderqueers at the annual Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.
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Clara's Extra-Gender World - A
spanish androgyn-to-female woman leads you through her TransFormAction
experience.
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Gender Anarchoterrorism 101 -
How to think like a spivak without losing your mind.
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The Inminent Crucifixion of Gender
- In my useless quest to get myself excommunicated, complete with the
Papal note to authenticate it, I etched this poem in youthful hopes to
get that letter. None ever came but it did earn me a week's detention,
much the delight and thrill of my Alpha and my female father.
- MadKats
- Drag King Documentation, lists, links; Butch/Femme bibliography; host
of Femmedykes web site. Multimedia fun: photos, shockwave, flash. Plus
resources for the Artful Queer.
- Neutrois Outpost
- Online resources for members of the Neutrois Transgender Community,
GenderPunks, and other GenderQueers.
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The Operation: How Eunuchs Are Made
- A breakdown of international castration methods throughout history.
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Passages In the Bible Which Refer To Eunuchs
- A series of quotes and passages, with commentary.
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Sin - A work in progress; my
images from the other side of the mirror; a psychic sex change.
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The Spivak Manifesto - Our
gender identity shall be adopted, by anyone who can find odd happiness,
in dimissing gender dichotomies, and defy the "natural" order of things.
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Ultrasex: Beyond Division - Sex, gender, and
transgender, in words, pictures, and cartoons.
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What Is Intergendered - An essay explaining
that, simply stated, intergendered is a gendered state between the polar
endpoints of man and woman.
Intersexed:
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Abnormal Sex Differentiaton - This site will
help parents and patients understand intersexuality and the challenges
that accompany syndromes of "abnormal" sex differentiation. From the
Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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Ambiguous Genitalia and Intersexuality
- Discussion of the types and causes of intersexuality.
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Check for Mutilation on Return
- An exhibition by South African artist Stuart Barnes which examines the
medical discourse around intersex infant surgeries.
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The Discussion Forum - For
folks with Addison's Syndrome.
- Find
others with XXY - A great support, bonding,
and resource site for people with Klinefelter's syndrome.
- The Genetic Interest
Group - UK-based organisation that aims to
increase the public/government profile of genetic conditions. The AIS
Support Group (UK) is affiliated to GIG.
- Genetic Org
- Klinfelter's support site. Designed to provide support and education
for families and professionals dealing with these genetic conditions,
including sex chromosome variations 47XXY, 48XXYY, 48XXXY, 49XXXXY, and
46XY/47XXY mosaic.
- GIRES: The Gender
Identity Research & Education Society -
Registered UK charity that sponsors research and education on gender
identity.
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Guevedoces of the Dominican Republic
- About these children who comprised 2% of live births in the 1970s.
They appeared to be girls at birth, but developed muscles, testes, and a
penis at puberty.
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Guide to Medical Intersexuality Vocabulary
- Includes such bitterly funny entries as "Ambiguous Genitalia:
Genitalia that refuse to declare their sex to doctors--no doubt on the
principle that under interrogation by the enemy you should give only
name, rank, and serial number."
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Hypospadias - Why it happens, what it is, what
to do; see photos of hypospadias and contact others with it. Discusses
androgen insensitivity, testicular feminization syndrome, development,
and even ISNA.
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Inside Intersexuality -
Information and support for intersexuals and parents of intersexuals.
Articles on genital surgery, gender orientation, sexual identity, and
message board.
- Intersex Society of
North America - ISNA is a peer support,
education, and advocacy group founded and operated by and for
intersexuals: individuals born with anatomy or physiology which differs
from cultural ideals of male and female.
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Intersexuality In Sports -
Information about the condition in amateur and Olympic performance.
Includes a human rights perspective.
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Klinefelter's Syndrome Report -
A special short paper done as part of the Student Genome Project.
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MRKH Listserv and Online Support Group Homepage
- A discussion group for XX females with ovaries but lack of vaginal,
and often uterine development.
- North American Task
Force on Intersexuality - About the group
composed of American and Canadian physicians in the fields of pediatric
endocrinology, urology, psychiatry and genetics, of psychologists
working in this area and also representatives of support groups. List of
members.
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Sex Police - The biology of sex
is being hotly debated, as parents, doctors and researchers reevaluate
what it means to be male and female. This is an article about 'gender
reinforcement' surgery by a subscriber to the US branch of the AIS
Support Group.
- The
Sex That Dare Not Speak Its Name - A long
article by Emily Nussbaum in the current issue of Lingua Franca details
the rise of the increasingly successful intersex social justice
movement, its alliances with humanists and social scientists in the
academy, and growing pockets of change within the medical community.
- UK Turner Society
- Contains support, information on hormone replacement therapy for folks
with Turner's, health issues for folks with TS, and personal stories.
Male to Female:
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Ciara's Place - A site on being TS in Ireland,
the hows and wheres and whos with a few bits of voice therapy help
thrown in for the poor people who don't happen to be Irish.
- Dana Rivers -
Transsexual Resources - The personal site of
Dana Rivers, and an important resource for anyone interested in
transsexual and other transgender issues.
- The Gender
Trust - The Gender Trust is the only
registered charity in the UK which specifically helps adults who are
transsexual, gender Dysphoric or transgenderist.
- Karyns
Transsexual Refuge - Help, information,
advice, and editorials for transsexuals with local references for
California and Los Angeles.
- TGWorld
- Online community for the Transgenderist with free homesites and loads
of information for the TG community.
People:
Youth:
- Fishy's Place
- Personal webpage of a transgender teen with diary, pictures and
drawings.
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Resources for Young Transsexuals and Their Families
- Outreach networks, drop-in houses, and more.
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Some Notes on the Special needs of Young Transsexual
People, especially Teenagers - The very worst
time of all is puberty, as at this age you haven't developed the life
skills that help the older TS - even those in their 20's, to achieve
transition, with all the trauma that comes before, during and after. At
this age you're still stuck in school, with a load of twazzocks (idiots,
etc.!) who know you're different and remind you of it every minute of
the day.
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TransBoy Resource Network - Collection of
resource links for transgender, transsexual, gender-bending, intersex
and gender-questioning youth who were designated female at birth.
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Transgendered Teens Web Directory
- "I think this may be the first one only for transgendered teens but I
am not quite sure (some may be hiding.) If you know of any others you
can e-mail me. I hope this directory will help more transgendered teens
like me be recognized and maybe find some help."
- TransProud
- Resources and information, including news, questions and answers,
related links, and message board.
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Young, Loud & Proud - LYRIC's yearly San
Francisco queer youth activist conference, which kids all over the world
attend.
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