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Transgender Resources 

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Mickey Hart - Director to the LGBT Center, hartm@ohio.edu, 740.593.2515, 354 Baker University Center

Susan Young - Psychologist, youngs2@ohio.edu, 740.249.4159 

Spectrum: Gender Variant-Transgender Queer Support Group

Creating a safe place for individuals, both student and non-student, wanting to explore and discuss their gender identity ranging from questioning to gender queer to those who need practical help and support in changing their name, seeking medical treatment, communicating with family members, and adjusting to the change in their gender identity on campus and elsewhere can benefit from this support group. This is a support group of  OU’s Counseling & Psychological Services. Contact psychologist Susan Young at 740.249.4159 or youngs2@ohio.edu to express interest in joining the group.

Counseling and Psychological Services

CPS in Hudson Heath Center has several trans-friendly counselors. Call 740.593.1616 to set up an appointment.

Transitions Support Group

A support group for transgender and questioning students and community members that meets on an on-going basis. Contact Susan Young at youngs2@ohio.edu for more information.

Counseling and Psychological Services

CPS in Hudson Heath Center has several trans-friendly counselors. Call 740.593.1616 to set up an appointment.

Alden Library

            http://www.library.ohiou.edu

LGBTCenter

            http://www.ohio.edu/lgbt

The LGBT Center has an ever-growing collection of transgender books, movies, and information.

Books

Allen, J.J. The Man in the Red Velvet Dress: Inside the World of Cross-Dressing

Bornstein, Kate. Gender Outlaw

Bornstein, Kate. My Gender Workbook

Brown, Mildred L; Rounsley, Chloe Ann. True Selves

Cameron, Loren. Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits

Colapinto, John. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

Fausto-Sterling, Anne. Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality

Feinberg, Leslie. Stone Butch Blues

Feinberg, Leslie. Trans Liberation

Feinberg, Leslie. Transgender Warriors

Halberstam, Judith "Jack"; Volcano, Del Lagrace. The Drag King Book

Nestle, Joan; Howell, Clare; Wilchins, Riki; ed. GenderQueer

Queen, Carol; Schimel, Lawrence; ed. PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions about Gender and Sexuality

Stringer, JoAnn Altman. The Transsexual's Survival Guide to Transition and Beyond

Stringer, JoAnn Altman; Roberts, JoAnn, PhD. The Transsexual's Survival Guide to Transition and Beyond: Volume 2 for Family, Friends, and Employers

Stuart, Kim Elizabeth. The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender

Videos

The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, 1994 (VHS)

Billy Elliot, 2000 (VHS)

Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink), 1997 (VHS)

Soldier's Girl, 2004 (DVD)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, 1995 (VHS)

You Don't Know Dick, 1997 (VHS)

Other Resources at the

The "Transgender" resource folders (Talk to a staff member to see them)

Past issues of 4 Our Health newsletters  

Trans-related brochures

Transgender Tapestry magazine (current and past issues) 

*List updated as of January 2006.

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/

Alden Library is a tremendous resource. The following are some of the books they have, though this is hardly a complete list. Many books that they do not have can be found through the Ohio Link interlibrary loan, if they don't have a specific title.

Books

Alexander, Jonathan; Yescavage, Karen; ed. Bisexuality and transgenderism: interSEXions of the others

Bloom, Amy. Normal: transsexual CEOs, crossdressing cops, and hermaphrodites with attitude

Bolin, Anne. In search of Eve: transsexual rites of passage

Bornstein, Kate. Gender outlaw: on men, women, and the rest of us

Brown, Mildred L.; Rounsley, Chloe Ann. True selves: understanding transsexualism: for families, friends, coworkers, and helping professionals

Bullough, Bonnie; Bullough, Vern L.; Elias, James, ed. Gender blending

Devor, Holly. FTM: female-to-male transsexuals in society

Ekins, Richard; King, Dave; ed. Blending genders: social aspects of cross-dressing and sex-changing

Feinberg, Leslie. Stone Butch Blues

Feinberg, Leslie. Transgender Liberation

Feinberg, Leslie. Transgender liberation: a movement whose time has come (short booklet)

Green, Jamison. Becoming a visible man

Halberstam, Judith. Female masculinity

Halberstam, Judith. In a queer time and place: transgender bodies, subcultural lives

Hausman, Bernice Louise. Changing sex: transsexualism, technology, and the idea of gender

Haynes, Felicity; McKenna, Tarquam, ed. Unseen genders: beyond the binaries

King, Dave. The transvestite and the transsexual: public categories and private identities

Kotula, Dean; Parker, William E., ed. The phallus palace: female to male transsexuals

Kroker, Arthur; Kroker, Marilouise, ed. The Last sex: feminism and outlaw bodies

Namaste, Viviane K. Invisible lives: the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people

Thurer, Shari L. The end of gender: a psychological autopsy

Wilchins, Riki. Queer theory, gender theory: an instant primer

Videos

Boys Don't Cry, 2000 (DVD and VHS)

Butch Mystique, 2004 (DVD)

Different for Girls, 1999 (DVD)

Female Misbehavior,1992 (VHS)

Georgie Girl, 2002 (VHS)

Law of Desire, 1987 (VHS)

Soldier's Girl, 2004 (DVD)

Transgender Revolution, 1998 (VHS) 

            *List updated as of January 2006.

The internet can be one of the best places to go when looking for transgender information, to hear the experiences of other people, and to find trans friends. This list contains a few ideas of where to go to start looking for information.

The LGBT Center does not endorse any doctor, authors or service providers. We list links below for information sharing purposes only. The lists do not reflect all providers and should not be viewed as comprehensive.

FTM International:

FTM International is the largest, longest-running education organization serving FTM transgender people and transsexual men.

Gender.org: 

Gender Dysphoria Program:

Gender Dysphoria Program of Central Ohio serves the needs of individuals who wish to transition gender roles with or without hormones, and with or without sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). Contact: Meral Crane. Phone: 614.451-0111 Email: crane@genderprogram.com 

International Journal of Transgenderism: 

Collection of studies about transgenderism, including surgical and hormonal results and studies regarding therapy and education about transgender issues.

LiveJournal Communities: 

Check out: ftm, mtf, newtrans, our_own_path, genderqueer, transgender, and a million others (including groups for partners of transgender people)

PFlag: Our Trans Children: 
PFlag's Transgender Network published this booklet as an intro to trans issues for family, friends, co-workers, and others interested in trans issues. It is also a great resource guide for transgender people.

Successful Transmen:
Collection of photos, stories, and links to personal websites of successful FTM individuals.

Trans-Academics.org:
Trans-Academics.org is a place where people of all genders can discuss gender theory, the trans community and its various identities, both as a part of the academic world and day-to-day life.

TransFaith:
TransFaith on-line seeks to be inclusive of all spiritual traditions and orientation -- while placing a particular emphasis on support and education within the Christian tradition and Christian communities.

Trans-Health.com:
Trans-health includes articles about fitness and training, health and wellbeing, healthcare services, hormones, mental and emotional health, surgery, transitioning, and more for both FTM and MTF individuals.

TransOhio: 
TransOhio serves the Ohio transgender and ally communities by providing services, education, support and advocacy which promotes and improves the health, safety and life experience of the Ohio transgender individual and community.

The Transitional Male:
Includes photos of surgery results, descriptions of hormones and surgeries, lists of trans-friendly surgeons and therapists, and resource pages for books and videos for FTM individuals.

Transsexual Women's Resources: 

Transsexual Women's Successes: 

Collection of photos, stories, and links to personal websites of successful MTF individuals.

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH): 

A professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders. (Formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association.)