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THE GENDER TRUST
PO Box 3192 Brighton BN1 3WR Telephone: 01273 234024 E. Mail: gentrust@mistral.co.uk Website: www.gendertrust.com	Gender Trust offers help and support to adults who are transsexual, gender dysphoric or transgenderist.

PRESS FOR CHANGE
Press For Change, BM Network, LONDON WC1N 3XX Website: www.pfc.org.uk	PfC is a political campaigning organisation - the trans equivalent to Stonewall.

DEPEND
BM Depend LONDON WC1N 3XX E. Mail: info@depend.org.uk Website: www.depend.org.uk	Depend is a support network linking friends and families of transsexual people.

MERMAIDS
BM Mermaids LONDON WC1N 3XX Helpline: 07020 935066 Mon - Fri: 12 noon - 9:00pm E. Mail: mermaids@freeuk.com Website: www.mermaids.freeuk.com	Mermaids is a support organisation for children and teenagers with gender identity problems, their families, friends, carers or professional organisations.

Women of the Beaumont Society (WOBS)
Website: www.members.aol.com/wobsuk	A help and support group for the parents, partners and families of TV and TS people.

Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)
'Malverley' The Warren Ashstead Surrey KT21 2SP Telephone: 01372 801554	An information resource with information for families of TS people.

Beaumont Society
27 Old Gloucester Street LONDON WC1N 3XX Website: www.beaumontsociety.org.uk	A help and support group for TV/TS people

Northern Concord
PO Box 258 MANCHESTER M60 1LN Website: www.northernconcord.org.uk	A help and support group for TV/TS people.

FTM Network
BM Network LONDON WC1N 3XX Helpline number:0161 4321915 Wed 8:00pm - 10.30 p.m.	A help and support group for Female to Male TS's.

Looking Glass Society
PO Box 68 Exeter EX4 1YN Website: www.looking-glass.greenend.org.uk	A TV/TS information resource.

The UK Intersex Association
Website: www.ukia.co.uk	An education and support association for intersexual people.

Manchester TV / TS Line
Wed / Thu: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Helpline number: 0161 235 8005

TRANSGENDER WALES

Transgender Wales can be contacted in any of these ways:

Transgender Wales Help-Line number:

07967 426558 (Mobile)

By post:

(Through our post office box to ensure confidentiality for Transgender Wales, should a leaflet get into the wrong?
Hands)

P.O. BOX 304
CARDIFF
CF11 9XA

A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION FOR TRANSSEXUALS PLUS THEIR FAMILIES AND TRANSVESTITES.

Transgender Wales main aim is to support the TRANSSEXUAL person living in the principality Wales, bring the community together. To enable meetings of transsexual person’s, enabling them to meet discuss with others ways to gain recognition with national local government to gain recognition as transsexuals are person the same as others, with the same needs as others and to live our life like any other person.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

To support any Transsexual person in their quest, for a high standard of living
To support any Person wishing to become a Transsexual person, and assist their family to come to terms with it.
Defeat Hate Crime affecting the Transgender Community, by supporting any one suffering from this crime.
To assist anyone to report Hate Crime to the Police, ensuring that the matter is effectively dealt with and the problem ended.
To give help and guidance in obtaining the best services from government agencies.
To give help and guidance in obtaining the best services from the local authorities.
To ensure that messages left on the answer phone are responded to the following day.

All the services offered by Transgender Wales are free. The only cost to you is the cost of your phone call. (Funding for this part of the service is being sought).

TRANS ALBA

TransAlba

website: www.transalba.org

email: transalba03@aol.com

TransAlba was formed in 2001 as a result of a meeting between Andrea and Cath Brown and Caroline Crozier at the Pride Scotland march in Edinburgh.

Both Andrea and Caroline are post-op transsexual women, and Cath is Andrea’s wife.

Over the course of the day, it became apparent through our conversations that although there were plenty of excellent support groups in the area, there was nothing specifically for transsexuals. We therefore decided to form TransAlba Transsexual Support.

Since then we have campaigned tirelessly for the rights of transsexuals, especially male to female throughout Scotland and beyond. Our experience and expertise is now recognised by the Scottish Parliament, NHS Scotland and all the Scottish Police Forces.

We work very closely with other groups and agencies such as Equality Network, Press for Change and GIRES.

We operate a helpline for transsexuals, their partners, families and friends every Wednesday evening from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. You can contact us by phoning either:

0781 846 7512 or 07930 880 410

We also hold a “drop-in” on the third Saturday of every month from 2.00pm to 4.00pm at:

Café Sala
Broughton Street
Edinburgh
Please feel free to call in and have a chat and a cuppa!

You can also e-mail us on:

transalba03@aol.com

Finally, we are currently working with Age Concern Scotland and Equality Network regarding the needs of older “T” people, and we’d like to hear from you if you feel that are “older”, or if you have any anxieties about getting older.