Some Helpful Links
TG/TS Support
Gender.org includes listings of resources by state
Transgender Gazebo on gay.com
PFLAG Parents, Families, and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays
ABGender Above & Beyond:
Tons of resources, links to personal pages, etc.
Gender Web The Gender Web Project
Remembering Our Dead In memory of the victims of transphobia
Comprehensive Transition Information
Transsexuality
Jennifer’s site contains many insights to the transition process,
including 30 pages containing answers to questions frequently asked by
transitioners.
TS Road Map I found lots of helpful
information about electrolysis and financing transition here, and it strongly
influenced my decision to use the extremely effective E2000 clinic in the Dallas
TX area for most of my facial electrolysis.
Transgender Support Site by Melanie Anne
Phillips. Good voice training information.
Transsexual Women's Resources by Dr. Anne Lawrence
Lynn Conway's website Lots of insight and
information from a woman who transitioned in 1968.
Kindred
Spirit Lakeside Extensive
information on surgeons, name change process, therapists, and many links.
Mom, I Need to Be a Girl book by Just Evelyn
about her teenage daughter's transition.
Gender Library Essays by Gianna E. Israel
Notes on Gender Transition by Anne Vitale PhD
Gwen Smith Lair of the Webmistress
Amberspace Amber has composed an
extensive website which includes many essays.
Dr. Becky Allison Dr. Becky Allison's website includes many
essays
The Looking Glass Society Information and
support for transsexuals in the UK.
Second Type Woman This website by Anne
Richards contains some unique articles covered by no other TS website.
TGPortal Susan's Place
Transgender Resources
Rachel's Web Transgendered Resources
and Support
Disforia De Genero Información por transexuales en Español – Information for transsexuals in
Spanish language
FTM
International
TransMan's Information Project
Intersex
Intersex Peer Support - Bodies Like Ours
ISNA Intersex Society of
North America
Procedures and other specific aspects of transition
Disclosure
GenderSanity Center of Gender Sanity has information and
links pertaining to workplace transition.
Family Gender Library by
Gianna E. Israel
Workplace Transition Central A Support Resource for Transgendered
Employees, their Employers, and Helping Professionals
Facial Feminization Surgery
Facial Feminizing Surgery Information and Links on Beginninglife.com
Feminization of the Transsexual by Dr. Ousterhout
Dr. Chettawut
in
Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Chettawut’s price list .
Dr. Ousterhout's own website. Cocoon House for recovery after FFS
(by Lynn Conway).
Dr. Suporn offers many FFS procedures in Thailand. See also Suporn’s assessment
and results
pages.
TS-RoadMap FFS Page
Financing
Transition
Financial Advice for Transsexual Women In depth advice from
Andrea James
Hair
removal
Electrology 2000 Expensive (now $105 per hour) but very
effective electrolysis in Carrollton TX. In eight complete clearings from
2000 to 2002, they have permanently removed just about all of my facial hair.
Hair Removal Extensive section on electrolysis by Andrea
James. Includes advice on choosing an electrologist, pain control, and
dealing with the aftereffects.
Hair Facts Non-commercial
information on various forms of hair removal, by Andrea James
Hair
restoration
Apollo Apollo hair systems
Hair Quackery.com Website about how to
spot scams, rip-offs, and worthless snake oils.
Keratin.com Information about hair biology, hair loss, and
treatment options.
Hormone
Reassignment Therapy
Hormone Therapy for M2F
Transsexuals now on sexuality.org
Hormone Treatment in Transsexuals Another informational
site about HRT
Some Typical Hormone Regimens on Transsexual Women's
Resources
Hormones and Heart Disease By Dr. Becky Allison,
writes about the cardiac and other health risks of HRT.
Legal
Issues
TransgenderLaw Transgender Law & Policy Institute
Name Change Law Laws for changing name
in all 50 states of the USA
Legal Name Change Project Andrea is compiling a
state by state list of instructions for a legal name change on her TS.Roadmap
site.
Birth Record
On the Kindred Spirit Lakeside site.
Includes information on changing name and birth certificates in the 50
states, Canada, and the UK.
Instructions for changing name and sex on birth certificate Dr. Becky has listed
the procedure and requirements for changing name and sex on your birth
certificate for each state (NOTE: Several states will not change the sex
designation even after SRS).
Name
(choosing a)
BabyNamer
Eponym Many links to more name sites
Orchiectomy
List of surgeons My list of surgeons
who perform orchiectomies
Castration My castration site,
which includes my personal account of the procedure and the effects.
Sexual
Reassignment Surgery
IndigoWiki Comprehensive list of
SRS surgeons worldwide
A Kindred Spirit (surgeons
list) Another list of
SRS surgeons worldwide
These following surgeons have detailed websites:
Dr.
Bowers Trinidad, Colorado, US
Dr. Brassard Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dr. Chettawut Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Greechart Bangkok, Thailand
Dr.
Kamol Bangkok, Thailand
Dr.
Meltzer Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Dr. Menard Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dr.
Preecha Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Reed Bay Harbor, Florida, US
Dr. Sanguan Phuket, Thailand
Dr.
Schrang Neenah, Wisconsin, US
Dr.
Suporn Chonburi, Thailand (new website!)
I have more SRS related links on my SRS Page.
Standards
of Care (SOC)
HBIGDA Version 6 of the SOC issued in 2001
Stealth
Issues
A Little Help From My Friends Andrea James has
collected advice from anonymous women who are now stealth on TS-Roadmap.
The Internet and the Option of Stealth also on
TS-Roadmap. Advice about internet surfing, participation in mailing lists
and forums, and websites for those planning to go stealth.
Life as a Woman After Transsexual
Transition by Lynn Conway examines various issues of stealth
Life as a Woman After Transsexual
Transition (continued) A continuation of Lynn Conway's page on
stealth issues
Therapy
Listing of Therapists Dr. Becky's list of gender therapists
by state, also includes therapists in Canada, Germany, and the UK.
Kindred Spirit
Kindred
Spirit Lakeside Resources List includes a listing of therapist as well as some
doctors.
Gender.org Listings of resources by state include
therapists
Voice
Finding Your Female Voice by TSRoadmap.com
How to Develop a Female Voice by Melanie Ann
Phillips
TS Voice Transsexual Voice for the Tone Deaf
Gender Differences in Nonverbal
Communication About the nonverbal differences in expression by each
gender.
Workplace Issues
GenderSanity Center of Gender Sanity has information and
links pertaining to workplace transition.
Transgender
At Work Home Page