Selected Organizations and Links
CONTENTS:
Organizations:
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
- WPATH (formerly HBIGDA)
is the organization that promulgates the Standards of Care for Gender Identity
Disorders.
- International Journal of Transgenderism (IJT)
- IJT publishes scholarly
articles dealing with transgender issues.
- Gender Identity Project
- This project of New York's LGBT
Community
Services Center offers information, referrals, and counseling.
- PFLAG Transgender Network
- The Transgender Network of PFLAG (Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) provides
excellent resources.
- Gender Trust
- A Registered Charity in the U.K, devoted to helping TS, TG and gender
dysphoric persons.
- Mermaids
- A
U.K. support and information service for young transgendered persons and their
families. Provides a great deal of helpful and inspirational material.
- The Gender Centre, Sydney, Australia
- The Centre provides counseling, support
services, and professional and community outreach.
Information Sites:
- Transgender Soul: The Psychology of Transgender Issues
- This terrific site is the work
of my friend and colleague, Dr. Rachel St. Claire.
- Zen and The Art of Post-Operative Maintenance
- A practical guide to postoperative care.
Contents by The XX Club, Inc.
Helping Professionals (Physicians, Therapists, and Clinics):
- Toby R. Meltzer, M.D. – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Dr. Meltzer's site
describes his procedures and services.
- Gender Reassignment Surgery in Montreal
- Drs. Yvon Menard and Pierre Brassard's site
describes their procedures and services.
- Marci L. Bowers, M.D. -- Genital Reassignment Surgery
- Dr. Bowers' pages
devoted to SRS describe her procedures and services.
- Preecha Aesthetic Institute
- Dr. Preecha Tiewtranon’s new site is extensive and
informative.
- The Suporn Clinic (Dr. Suporn Watanyusakul)
- Dr. Suporn’s web site
describes his clinic and services, including SRS and FFS.
- Michael L. Brownstein, M.D. – Plastic, Reconstructive, and Gender Related Surgery
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Dr. Brownstein's site describes his services, and features some eye-catching
graphics.
- Dr. Chettawut Tulayaphanich: Cosmetic and Sex Reassignment Surgery in Thailand
- Dr. Chettawut’s site offers a thorough discussion of his procedures,
including possible complications.
- Phuket Plastic Surgery Center, Thailand
- This site describes the services of
the clinic and its SRS surgeon, Dr. Sanguan Kunaporn.
- Gary Alter, M.D.
- A site run by Dr. Alter, a Los Angeles urologist and plastic
surgeon who performs SRS.
- James P. Thomas, M.D. (Voice Surgery)
- Dr. Thomas’ informative web site
discusses cricothyroid approximation (CTA) and "feminization
laryngoplasty" (thyroid cartilage and vocal cord reduction).
- Notes On Gender Transition by Anne Vitale
- Dr. Vitale is a Bay-area psychotherapist with an
extensive knowledge of transsexuality.
- Gender and Life's Path's by Rebecca Auge
- Dr. Auge, an Oakland-based
psychotherapist, offers thoughtful essays and a list of selected readings.
- Dr. Rachel St.Claire: Counseling Services
- My colleague Dr. Rachel
St. Claire practices psychology in Denver, Colorado.
- Gender Wellness of Los Angeles
- Provides counseling for individuals, couples, and families
coping with cross-dressing, gender identity, and sexual orientation issues.
- The Los Angeles Gender Center
- Discusses the clinicians, services, and programs of the
Center.
- The Gianna E. Israel Gender Library
- Articles by San Francisco gender specialist
Gianna Israel.
- The Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota
- PHS provides one of the few remaining University-based gender programs
in the US.
- Kenneth Demsky, Ph.D.
- Dr. Demsky is an American-trained, London-based psychologist
who has extensive experience with transgender clients.
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