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Clinical information

Websites:

World Professional Assn for Transgender Health - www.WPATH.org

Clinicians:

Children under 14: Kim Mathewson, PsyD, Phoenix-Rise.com

Denver psychologist Dr. Rachael St. Claire’s superb site with many links - www.TransgenderSoul.xyz

Books:

  • Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, Arlene Istar Lev
  • Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Ettner, Monstrey, Eyler, eds.
  • Transgenderism and Intersexuality in Childhood and Adolescence, Cohen-Kettenis and Pfafflin

Information for Self, Youth, Parents/Family, Others

Websites and Organizations:
  • www.transgenderSoul.xyz, see above
  • www.GenderIdentityCenterofColorado.org, support groups
  • www.glbtcolorado.org, advocacy, support, job fairs. For youth: Rainbow Alley social hang out
  • www.ONE-colorado.org, advocacy for healthcare, legal, other
  • www.Trans*youthchannel.org see: youtube.com/transyouthchannel
  • www.coloradopflag.org Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays includes Trans. Denver and Highlands Ranch have chapters
  • highlandsranchpflag.org
  • www.imatyfa.org/parents Trans YouthFamily Allies National organization
  • www.tyes-colorado.org Support for families in Colorado
Films:
  • “Trans” Documentary of six true stories of trans children, families, transitions and more, www.transthemovie.com for purchase at the GIC, in office, while they last, $20
  • “No Dumb Questions” and “Five Years Later” by Daylight Productions. Documentary following three children whose uncle becomes their auntie. Not recommended for small children.
  • Inside Out-the documentary movie: https:///insideout-thedocumentary.com
Books:
  • Trans-Kin: A guide for Family & Friends of Transgender People, Eleanor A Hubbard and Cameron T. Whitley
  • The Transgender Guidebook: Keys to a Successful Transition, Anne L. Boedecker
  • TransGender 101, Nicholas Teich
  • True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism, Mildred Brown and Chloe Rounsley
  • Helping Your Transgender Teen, Irwin Krieger
  • The Agony of Nurturing the Spirit: A Mother’s Recount of Raising a Transgendered Child, by Stephanie, A Publication of PFLAG Philadelphia. Order from [email protected]
  • The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, Brill and Pepper
  • She’s Not There, and sequel: I’m Looking Through You, Jennifer Finney Boylan memoir

Spirituality

Books & Articles:
  • Living in the Image of God: Transgender People in Spiritual Direction, Laura Thor (see my blog)
  • Quarterly Voice, DignityUSA (GLBT Catholics), vol 13, n 2, Summer 2015
  • Transgender Good News, Pat Conover (my favorite)
  • Omnigender: a Trans-Religious Approach, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
  • Balancing on the Mechitzah: Transgender in Jewish Community, ed. Noach Dzmura
  • Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible, ed. G. Drinkwater, J. Lesser, D. Shneer
  • Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, Joy Ladin
  • By the Grace of God: Lee Frances Heller and Friends: Writings for Families, Friends and Clergy, ed. Julie Ann Johnson
  • Forsaking the Normal: Biblical Tales of Transformation, James and Evelyn Whitehead
Websites:
  • www.TransChristians.org
  • www.TransFaithOnline.org
  • https://catholictrans.wordpress.com
Listing of Religious Affirming Support Sites, Churches, Synagogues in Metro Denver:
  • www.DignityDenver.org, Catholic LGBT
  • www.Keshet.org, Jewish LGBT inclusion
  • www.Affirmation.org, LDS (Mormon)
  • House of All Sinners and Saints (Lutheran), Denver
  • B’nai Havurah, Jewish Reconstructionist synagogue, Denver
  • Warren Methodist Church, Denver
  • Park Hill UCC, Denver
  • Highlands Church, Denver www.highlandschurchdenver.org

FTM

Books:
  • FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society, Holly Devor
  • Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience, Matt Kailey
  • Teeny Weenies and Other Short Subjects, Matt Kailey
  • Becoming a Visible Man, Jamison Green
  • Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits, Loren Cameron
  • Transmen & FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders & Sexualities, Jason Cromwell
  • Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect, ed. Megan Rohrer and Zander Keig

Websites:

  • Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide: www.ftmguide.org/

This page will grow, and welcomes your suggestions!

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Transgender Spirit Blog

  • Spouses and Parents of Transgender folks: Upcoming Gatherings
  • Considering ‘a-gender’: expressing selfhood without the binary
  • Recent Research on Psychological Effects of Hormone Therapy
  • TransGender People of Faith: Your Retreat is Coming!
  • Discovered S/He is Intersex at Age 53 - Guest Post

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