"When we ignore the calling, when we ignore the truth, when we ignore our experience of ourselves of somehow mysteriously transcending the binary gender system, a deep psychological and spiritual wound is inflicted." ------St.Claire
“Like dogs chasing our own tails, We are bedeviled by the ‘why’ question, which conjures up its twin, the devilish ‘how’, how to change. The pursuit of happiness becomes the pursuit of answers to the wrong questions.”
--—James Hillman
Gender Support Organizations in Colorado
- The Gender Identity Center of Colorado.
- Address: 455 Ammons Street, Suite 100, Lakewood CO 80215-4993
- Phone: 303-202-6466
- Website: www.gicofcolo.org
- GIC is a non-profit transgender education and support organization offering several support groups, workshops, seminars, and guest speakers from various areas of the community.
- Boulder Gender Support Group.
- Contact: Soltahr at 720-563-0409.
- Website: www.bouldergendersupportgroup.org
- Southern Colorado Intra-Regional Transgendered Society.
- Northern Colorado Gender Support Group.
- open to all exploring gender diversity and spouses.
- Facilitator: Beth Firestein PhD
- Phone: 970-635-9116. Call or email for directions.
- Email: firewom@webaccess.net
- The Gender Identity Center of Colorado.
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Professional Resources
- Physicians
- Anna Wegleitner MD. Rachael St.Claire has been a colleague of Dr. Wegleitner at Mountain View Family Medicine since 1995. Dr. Wegleitner provides general health care services to transsexual and transgender patients, including managing hormones and post-operative care. Office: 2020 S. Oneida, Suite 100, Denver, CO 80224. Phone: 303-759-4800.
- Hair, Make-up, and Clothing
- Studio Lites. 333 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203. 303-733-7797
- Hair Removal
- Electrolysis
- Hair Free Colorado: 2620 S. Parker Road, Suite 140, Aurora, CO 80014. 303-695-9392.
- Laser Hair Removal
- Gentle Touch Laser: 303-920-3700.
- Rocky Mountain Laser: 303-797-1669.
- Electrolysis
- Voice Coaching
- Exceptional Voice: 3955 E. Exposition Ave., Suite 406, Denver, CO 80209-5033, 1-866-4-MY-VOICE.
- Website: exceptionalvoice.com.
- Melanie Anne Phillips resources: How to Develop a Female Voice.
- Exceptional Voice: 3955 E. Exposition Ave., Suite 406, Denver, CO 80209-5033, 1-866-4-MY-VOICE.
- Physicians
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Transgender Youth Resources
- Rainbow Alley: Denver's only drop-in center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning young people, 25 years and younger. Rainbow Alley is a drug/alcohol and hate- free space.
- Address: The Center at 1050 Broadway, Denver.
- Phone: 303-831-0442 or 303-832-2260
- Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3-8pm, Wednesday and Fridays 3-10pm, and Saturdays 4-10pm.
- Website: www.coloradoglbt.org/rainbow_alley.html
- E-mail: jami@coloradoglbt.org.
- Crisis Services: The Alley also has a confidential 24hr. crisis pager for young GLBTQ youth in crisis at 303-461-1650.
- Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays- PFLAG
- Circle of Pride 13-22 family/friends- PFLAG Teens & Parents Group
- Address: P.O. Box 18901, Denver, CO 80218-0901
- Phone: 303-573-5861
- E-mail: pflagden@tde.com
- Rainbow Alley: Denver's only drop-in center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning young people, 25 years and younger. Rainbow Alley is a drug/alcohol and hate- free space.
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Transgender Therapists Websites
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Transgender Resources: General
- TransGenderCare.com: A great new site
- TgirlMagazine.com: This online magazine covers topics ranging from the transgendered life-style to real social issues like job discrimination, human rights, custody and access, hormone replacement therapy, the legal aspects of transitioning, and case studies of successful transitions.
- TransGenderLegal.com: The official web site for Phyllis Randolph Frye, Esq., of Houston, Texas, USA. This site includes most of the two-plus decades of her writings and other items that she has produced in her quest for individual freedom and for freedom of transgender people.
- TransgenderLaw.com: 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 together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.
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Transgender Resources for Women
- Anne Lawrence MD, clinical sexologist. Dr. Anne Lawrence, friend and colleague, provides the most thorough examination of genital surgery outcomes and experiences available on the web. Her site includes in depth reports of each surgeon's work, reports written by their patients, and color photographs of post-surgical results. Dr. Lawrence provides information on medical procedures available for male to female transsexual women.
- Gender Dysphoria: A Guide for the Non-Transitioning by C.F. Napier. These pages are about gender dysphoria. They are meant to be a beginner's guide for gender dysphoria suffers who have accepted their condition, but have chosen not to transition, or cannot yet transition to the other sex.
Transgender Resources for Men
- FTM International
- Address:1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Phone: 415-553-5987
- Email: info@ftmi.org
- Website: www.ftmi.org
- American Boyz
- Address: 212A South Bridge Street, PMB 131, Elkton, MD 21921
- Phone: 410-392-3640
- Email: amboyz@iximd.com
- Website: www.amboyz.org/
- Transster is a repository for images of FTM gender reassignment surgery results. FTM transsexuals can upload pictures of their own surgical results, as well as search and sort through images other transmen have submitted.
- Aaron H. Devor PhD
- Professor, Sociology Department, University of Victoria, Canado.
- Homepage: http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/.
- Mirroring and Witnessing: The Fourteen Stages of Transsexual Identity Formation (PDF).
- FTM International
LGBT Resources
- InOutDenver
- Boulder Pride: www.boulderpride.org. serving the GLBTQ communities in and around Boulder County.
- The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Resources Center of Colorado
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: The GLMA has worked to maximize the quality of health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and to foster a professional climate in which our diverse members can reach their full potential. Founded in 1981 as the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, GLMA "came out" as an organization in 1994 with a name change as part of the broader expansion of our visibility, leadership, education, and advocacy.
Fertility Issues
- spermbankdirectory.com: Cryopreservation is the process of freezing tissue. In the case of sperm cryopreservation, semen is frozen for future use. A sperm cryobank is a facility that collects, stores and freezes the sperm for future impregnation.
- genderpsychology.org/reproduction: A personal website describing one transsexual woman's dealing with fertility issues. Includes a list of cryobanks.
Education and Advocacy Web Sites
- It's Time, Oregon. A gender educational and advocacy organization on the west coast of the United States of America and a chapter of It's Time, America! (ITA), the first nationally-organized grassroots civil rights group seeking to secure and safeguard the rights of all transgendered persons.
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Surgeons
- Toby Meltzer MD has moved to Scottsdale Arizona.
- Yvon Menard MD FRCSC and Pierre Brassard MD FRCSC in Montreal Canada.
- Eugene Schrang MD in Neenah Wisconsin.
- Michael Brownstein MD in San Francisco.
- Dr. Gary ALTER MD . Century City Hospital [Beverly Hills, California U.S.A.] http://www.altermd.com/md.htm
- Dr. Tuan NGUYEN MD. Portland, Oregon USA. http://www.mdtnguyen.com
- Dr. Harold REED MD. The Reed Center [Miami, Florida U.S.A.] SRS = $5000 USD. http://www.srsmiami.com
UNITED KINGDOM
- Dr. James BELLRINGER MD. Charing Cross Hospital & Parkside Hospital [London, England U.K.]. http://www.bellringers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
- Dr. James DALRYMPLE MD. London Bridge Hospital [London, England U.K.]. http://www.relativelyyours.com/dalrymple/JamesODalrymple.htm
NEW ZEALAND
- Dr. Peter WALKER MD. Southern Cross Trust Hospital [Christchurch NEW ZEALAND] http://www.plasticsurgery.co.nz
SPAIN
Dr. Sáenz DE CABEZON MD
. Barcelona SPAIN. http://www.saenzdecabezon.com/angl/fresp.htmlINDIA
Dr. Manohar LAL SHARMA MD
. Holy Family Hospital & Mool Chand Hospital [New Delhi INDIA]. http://www.geocities.com/genitaliasurgery/THAILAND
Dr. Paiboon CHITPRAPAI MD
. Bangkok Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND]. http://www.bangkokhospital.com/english/uro/uro_sexchange.aspDr. Choomchoke JANWIMALUANG MD
. Ban Don Hospital [Koh Samui THAILAND] http://www.srsthailand.comDr. Sirachai JINDARAK MD
. Deja General Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND] http://www.sexchange-bangkok.comDr. Sanguan KUNAPORN MD
. Phuket International Hospital [Phuket THAILAND] http://phuket-plasticsurgery.comDr. Kamol PANSRITUM MD
. Bangkok Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND]. http://www.mtfsurgery.comDr. Greechart PORNSINSIRIRAK MD
. Yan Hee General Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND] http://www.yanhee.net/serv_sexreass.htmDr. Pichet RODCHAREON MD
. Vibhavadi II Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND] http://www.bangkokplasticsurgery.comDr. Bhumsak SAKSRI MD
. Vibhavadi II Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND]. http://neopsc.comDr. Jirapong POONY MD
. Pattaya International Hospital [Pattaya THAILAND]. http://www.pattaya-inter-hospital.co.thDr. Preecha TIEWTRANON MD
. Bangkok Nursing Home Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND] http://www.pai.co.thDr. Chettawut TULAYAPHANICH MD
. Vibhavadi II Hospital [Bangkok THAILAND]. http://www.chet-plasticsurgery.comDr. Suporn WATANYUSAKUL MD
. Aikchol Hospital [Chonburi THAILAND]http://srs-thailand.com
General Psychological Resources
- The American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org.
- The C.G. Jung Page: http://www.cgjung.com/homepage.