Working for basic rights for transgender and transsexual people to be open, honest, and safe at home, at work, and in the community.
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Resources for Trans Youth and Families
Organizations
TransYouth Family Advocates, www.imatyfa.org
TransYouth Family Advocates (TYFA) are parents, family, friends and caring adults dedicated to educating and raising public awareness about the medical and cultural challenges faced by children with gender variant and gender questioning identities and the families who love them.
Gender Spectrum Education and Training, www.genderspectrum.org
Gender Spectrum Education and Training is dedicated to creating supportive and nurturing environments for all children through trainings, information, and resources offered to families, schools, and organizations.
Gender Spectrum Family, www.genderodysseyfamily.com
The Gender Spectrum Conference is a family-centered conference to support people raising gender non-conforming, gender-variant, and transgender children and adolescents through information and workshops. The website itself has lots of wonderful information.
Parenting and Support
Websites
The Family Acceptance Project, http://familyproject.sfsu.edu
The Family Acceptance Project (FAP) is a community research, intervention and training initiative to study the impact of family acceptance and rejection on the health, mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.
Transfamily, http://www.transfamily.org
Transfamily is a support group for transgender and transexual people and their family and friends based out of Cleveland, Ohio. They provide referrals, literature, and over-the-phone information on all transgender issues. Although their meetings are held in Cleveland, Ohio, the Internet has enabled them to extend helping hands to transgender individuals and their families across the globe.
Support groups
PFLAG Tucson
PFLAG Tucson promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunity to dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Call (520) 360-3795, e-mail
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Rainbow Families
Rainbow Families is a group by and for LGBTQS family units (single and/or partnered), their supporters, and those thinking of beginning their own families. Rainbow Families meets once/ month, generally on a Sunday, sharing our journeys over fun-filled times. For more information visit their website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowfams/
Literature
“Parents’ Reactions to Transgender Youths’ Gender Nonconforming Expression and Identity” by A.H. Grossman, A.R. D’Augelli, T.J. Howell, and S. Hubbard. In Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services Volume 18 (2005).
“Male-to-Female Transgender Youth: Gender Expression Milestones, gender atypicality, victimization, and Parents’ Responses” by A.H. Grossman, A.R. Augelli, and N.P. Salter. In Journal of GLBT Family Studies Volume 2 (2006), pages 71-92.
Safe Schools Coalition, http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org
An international public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth to help schools to build safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
GLSEN http://www.glsen.org
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Human Rights Watch, http://www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world by standing with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice; by investigating and exposing human rights violations and holding abusers accountable; by challenging governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. HRW has researched and challenged the discrimination and harassment of LGBT youth in U.S. schools.
Literature
“Translating Research into Practice: Trans Youth Recommendations for Improving School Systems” by L.A. Sausa. In Journal for Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, Volume 3 (2005), pages 15-28. Available online at www.lydiasausa.com
“Counseling and Advocacy with Transgender and Gender-Variant Persons in Schools and Families” by Stuart F. Chen Hayes. In Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education & Development Volume 40, Issue 1(2003), pages 34-49.
From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America by GLSEN and Harris Interactive (2001).
“From Silence to Safety and Beyond: Historical Trends in addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues in K-12 Schools” by Pat Griffin and Mathew Oullett. In Equity and Excellence in Education, volume 36 (2003), pages 106-114.
Hatred In The Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools by the Human Rights Watch (2001).
“Embracing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in School Based Settings” by Nicole J. Little. In Child & Youth Care Forum, volume 30: Issue 2 (2001), pages 99-110.
Children’s National Medical Center’s Outreach Program for Children with Gender-Variant Behaviors and their Families, www.dcchildrens.com.
The program's main goal is to support and affirm young children with gender-variant behaviors (ages 3-12) so that they can grow and develop healthy self-esteem and positive social participation. The website has information and literature available for downloading.
Literature
“Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: Health Concerns, Services, and Care” by C. Ryan. In Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs, volume 20 (2003), pages137-158.
“To the Beat of a Different Drummer: The Gender-Variant Child” by E.C. Perrin, E.J. Menvielle, and C. Tuerk. In Contemporary Pediatrics (May 1, 2005).
“Early Medical Treatment for Transsexual People” by the Gender Identity and Research Society. Available at www.gires.org.uk
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc. (WPATH). “Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders, Sixth Version,” (February 2001). Available at http://wpath.org/Documents2/socv6.pdf
Mental Health Care—Literature
“Extending the Boundaries of Research on Adolescent Development” by M.R. Goldfried and A.C. Bell. In Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Volume 32 (2003), pages 531-535.
“Recognizing Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Teens in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice” by M. Rosenberg. In Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, volume 42 (2003), pages 1517-1521.
“Transgender Children and Youth: A Child Welfare Practice Perspective” by G. Mallon and T. DeCrescenzo. In Journal of Homosexuality, volume 42 (2006), pages 215-241.
“Chapter 9: Transgender Children and Youth” by Arlene Lev. In Transgender Emergence: Therapuetic Guidelines for Working with Gender-variant People and Their Families (2004).
“Transgender Youth and Life-Threatening Behaviors” by A.H. Grossman and A.R. D’Augelli. In Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (In press).
Legal Assistance
Lambda Legal, www.lambdalegal.org
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. They have resources for transgender and gender-variant youth in schools and for gender-variant youth the custody of child welfare agencies.
Transgender Law and Policy Institute, www.transgenderlaw.org
The Transgender Law and Policy Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality. Their website provides examples of transgender inclusive policies in K-12 schools.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project, www.srlp.org
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. SRLP is a collective organization founded on the understanding that gender self-determination is inextricably intertwined with racial, social and economic justice.
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