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Note: this is NOT an attempt at a comprehensive set of links: it's just a few of those that seem most likely to be useful to someone in the Ireland. Unfortunately, there aren't many Irish ones so far.

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  Irish Girls

  The following Irish girls are located outside Dublin and are prepared to assist girls in similar circumstances.

  Lucie

  Rose

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  Mailing lists

  There are several mailing lists covering transgender issues, each with a slightly different purpose.

  • Transgen is by far the biggest. A global list for discussion of transgender issues, it's open to all. It has a large active membership, and can be very busy, with 20-100 messages a day. At its best, Transgen can be wonderful, with support and insight from all over the world; at its worst, it can seem full of nit-picking about trivia, and can sometimes get a bit heated. It's always American-dominated.
  • Phoenix is a list for transsexuals only. It's big, though not as big as Transgen, and it has a much more friendly atmosphere (though too chatty for some tastes). Theoretical discussions are banned, and it's flame-free. As with Transgen, Americans predominate.
    No webpage at the moment. For info, send email to phoenix-request@lists.best.com.
  • TGFolk-UK is a regional list, covering the UK and Ireland. It's open to all transgendered people, and has several Irish members.
  • There are other TGFolk lists, each covering a different region, including TGFolk-EU for Europe, TGFolk-OZ for Australasia and TGFolk-CA for Canada.
  • TGS-PLFLAG is a mailing list for partners, families and friends of transgendered people.
  • Trans-Academic is a mailing list for those doing academic work and research on transgendered issues. The aim of the list is to keep members informed of work published in the field, of conferences and other events of interest, and to provide a forum for discussion and the exchange of ideas.
    To subscribe, send email to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with the following lines in the body of the message:

  join trans-academic FirstName LastName (eg.mary smith)
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  • The AEGISmailing list is used by AEGIS (The American Educational Gender Information Service) to publicise its announcements and activities, and to distribute information on TG issues in the USA. It's a read-only list so you can't send anything in to it. To subscribe, send an email message to listserv@xconn.com with the line "HELP" in the message body.
  • The TransActive-L list is for the discussion of TS and TG political activism, strategies for educating society, and the empowerment of TS and TG people everywhere. This list is not for those who are questioning their gender identity -- rather, it is geared toward those who have dealt with or are dealing with these issues and taking the appropriate steps toward resolution of these as well as post-transition political issues. The list is open to male-to-female and female-to-male transsexuals or transgenderists who are living full time in the gender of their choice, as well as supportive others with a strong commitment to the betterment of society specifically regarding TS and TG peoples. To subscribe, send email to listserv@netcom.com. The first (not subject) line of the message should be

  subscribe transactive-l <your email address>

  If anyone knows of any other transgender lists out there, please tell us, so we can list them here. Send an email to transgender@utvinternet.ie.

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  Usenet newsgroups

  Newsgroups don't actually carry any news: they are unmoderated discussion forums, open to anyone with internet access. There are three covering transgender issues:

  • alt.transgendered
  • soc.support.transgendered
  • alt.support.sexreassign

  Beware! These newsgroups are unmoderated, and open to all. So there is a lot of flaming, abuse, and no privacy -- anything you post can be read by anyone on the 'net. Some very nice and helpful people participate in these newsgroups, but because of the lack of privacy and the amount of flaming, many people find the newsgroups next-to-useless.

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  The World-Wide Web

  The World-Wide Web is huge, and there are lots of transgender resources out there. Rather than try to keep a comprehensive list, here are some UK sites, a few significant overseas ones, and some pointers to where you can find others.

  Irish-specific links

  • Ireland's Pink Pages are maintained by Outhouse, the community and resource centre in Dublin for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people and friends.

  Some Irish Girls With Sites

  Judith

  Ciara McMullen

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  UK-specific resources

  

  Transgender-UK is a self-help network for all transgendered individuals within England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A discussion room has been added at http://www.transgender.freeserve.co.uk/tg/chat.htmlThis is intended as a place where issues affecting the lives of transgendered people can be discussed in an empathic environment.

  The web-mistress Rebecca Dittman says "It is open to all visitors to the site 24/7 assuming there are two or more of you present! I will visit as I am able but definitely between 20:00 and 21:00hrs. GMT each Sunday. I hope that I will catch up with some of you there.

  Mermaids. A support group for children and adolescents with Gender Identity Problems, their families, friends, carers, professionals etc. It is aimed at helping those up to age 19 years.

  The Gender Trust is a UK charity that supports transsexuals. It has a great web-site!

  Press for Change is a lobbying group working to improve the legal status of transsexuals in the UK. Their website includes lots of useful information for TSs.

  The Northern Concord is a Manchester-based support group for all transgendered people.

  The Plaid is a Scottish transgender page, with lots of useful links.

   

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  Medical resources for Transsexuals

  Anne Vitale's site has lots of information on Transsexual issues, with particularly good data on surgery and hormones.

  The HBIGDA Standards of Care are a set of guidelines observed by most of those providing medical care for Transsexuals.

  The ICTLEP Standards of Care are an alternative, more client-centred, set of guidelines.

  The Hormone FAQ is an invaluable resource for transsexuals undergoing hormone therapy.

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  International resources

  The Transgender Ring is a good place to start. It's a sort of a random list of Transgender web-sites.

  FTM International is a great resource for female-to-male transvestites and transsexuals.

  Julie Waters' Gender issues page has lots of a useful links.

  The Australasian Good Tranny Guide is a very nicely constructed site, with a lot of useful information for TSs. It's written for the folks down under, but much of it is of wider relevance.

  Yahoo is a sort of catalogue of web pages, and has a great Transgender section. Mostly American, though :(

  AltaVista is a very powerful search engine. Use it to find whatever you want!

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