Places for Help and Support for Transgendered and
Gender Queer Students
Many of the following are unfunded community groups who provide support/information
for and about the transgendered community as of September 2012. They are valuable
places for you to ask questions and get advice.
Please check them out thoroughly before referring a student to them as their ability to
support students may vary.
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Chris Dowd
Beaumont Trust
Website: www.gender.org.uk/bt/
e-mail: beaumonttrust@gmail.com
Helpline: 07000 287878 (Tues &Thurs 21.00-23.00)
Address: BM Charity London WC1N 3XX
An educational charity. For transvestites. Also some MTF transsexual people. Information available
on all aspects of transgender, talks etc.
Clare Project
Website: www.clareproject.org.uk
Email: clareprojectinfo@gmail.com
Address: Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 3XG
The Clare Project aims to provide a safe and confidential place for people to explore issues
surrounding their gender identity. Whilst the group is mainly attended by transgender, transsexual
and gender dysphoric people, we have deliberately aimed to be all-inclusive as we recognize the
complexities surrounding the issue of Gender Identity. Weekly drop-in at Dorset Gardens Methodist
Church and social meetings held at the Malborough, 4 Princes Street, Brighton BN2 1RD. See website
for details.
Depend
Website: www.depend.org.uk
Email: info@ depend.org.uk (General Enquiries)
Address: BM Depend
London WC1N 3XX
A network linking friends, partners and families of transsexual people in the UK
FTM Brighton
Website: http://ftmbrighton.wordpress.com
Email: via website
Phone : 07504 652129
Address: THT South offices on 61 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AE.
FTM Brighton is a new group for trans men in Brighton and the surrounding area. For anyone who
identifies on the trans-masculine spectrum. The group meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month .
FTM London
Website: www.ftmlondon.org.uk
Email: f2mlondon@hotmail.com
Tel: 0794 825 0778
Address: FTM London, BCM FTM London, London WC1N 3XX
FTM London started in 1997 as a peer support group for female to male transgender or transsexual
people. Comprised of trans guys, genderqueer people, and all those who are questioning their gender
identity who were previously assigned female. Although based in central London, many attend
meetings from further afield. FTM London are one the of the largest face to face groups in the
country.
Gendered Intelligence
Website: www.genderedintelligence.co.uk
Email: Contact is via am inquiry form on their website.
Transgender youth and education project.
Gender Matters
Website: http://gendermatters.org.uk
Email: via website
Phone: 01902 744424
Address: Gender Matters, The Mill House, 5b Bridgnorth Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands,
WV6 8AB.
Gender Matters is a registered charity providing support and information to the West Midlands and
bordering areas. It is fully inclusive to all trans people, their families, friends and professionals.
Gendys Network
Website: http://www.gender.org.uk/gendys/
Email: gendys@gender.org.uk
Address: BM Gendys
London WC1N 3XX
GENDYS is a network for all who have encountered gender identity problems personally,
transsexuals, transgendered people and gender dysphoric people of either sex, and for those who
provide care, both professional and lay.
Gender Trust
Website: http://gendertrust.org.uk
Email: info@gendertrust.org.uk
Phone: 01527 894 838 (office)
Gender Trust
76 The Ridgeway
Astwood Bank
B96 6LX
Worcestershire
The Gender Trust helps people who might be Transgender, Transsexual, Gender Queer, people who
do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth or those who are simply unsure. They also
provide support and information for significant others, friends, families and allies (SOFFAs).
GIRES (Gender Identity Research and
Education Society)
Website: www.gires.org.uk
Email: admin@ gires.org.uk
Phone: 01372 801554
Melverley
Address: The Warren
Ashtead
Surrey KT2 I 2SP
Gender Identity Research and Education Society (not a support group. but has information available
for the families of trans-people and for trans-parents seeking custody of or access to their children.)
In-Trust Merseyside:
Website: www. merseysideintrust.org
Email via contact form on the website.
A group providing support and guidance for men and women with an intersex or transgendered
history in Merseyside, and a safe place to explore and express personal gender identity. The group
meets on the first Saturday of every month at the Waterloo Community Centre, St Georges Road,
Waterloo.
Mermaids
Website: www.mermaidsuk.org.uk
Email: via website
Phone: (0208) 1234819
Address: BM Mermaids
London WC1N 3XX
Help Line: when staffed between 12.00-21.00
For children and teenagers who have gender identity problems, their families, friends, carers,
professionals etc.
Northern Concord
Website: http://www.northernconcord.org.uk/
Email: jennyb@ northernconcord.org.uk
Address: P0 Box 258
Manchester M60 1LN
Social and self-help group – for all TV/TS/CD/TG, wives and partners. Weekly meetings
Outskirts - Birmingham's Social Support Group
Website: www.outskirtstg.co.uk
Email: larna@outskirtstg.co.uk
The largest social support group in the West Midlands. Meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the
month at the Victoria Theatre Bar.
Press For Change
Website: www.pfc.org.uk
Email: office@pfc.org.uk
Phone: 08448 708 165 Mon to Thurs 10am - 4.30pm
BM Network
London WC1N 3XX
Not a support group, but a political pressure group dedicated to achieving full civil equality for transpeople. Information packs available. Very good for legal info, regarding transgender issues (e.g.
employment rights etc.). Comprehensive website which has been cyber-attacked and is being rebuilt.
Qwest FTM UK
Website: http://www.qwestftmuk.org/
Email: info@qwestftmuk.org
Tel: 01823 650 700/ 07811814302
Primarily a peer support group for female to male transgender or tanssexual people. Comprises
trans guys, gender queer people and those questioning their gender identity - having been previously
assigned female. The group is for those at any stage of their transition, from people still considering
their gender identity to people who transitioned some time ago.
The Sybils
Website: www.sibyls.co.uk
Email: enquiries@sibyls.co.uk
The Sybils, BM Sybils, London WC1N 3XX
The Sibyls is a UK-based confidential Christian spirituality group for transgender people, and their
supporters, offering companionship along the journey, and information/advocacy to churches.
Sibyls seek to fulfil the two great commandments of Jesus to love God and to one another. To achieve
this they try to hold two retreats a year, in safe, friendly establishments, to provide an opportunity to
meet, talk, learn, pray and seek God's will. They also produce a regular e-newsletter and offer a
listening service for members.
Transforum Manchester
Website: www.transforum.org.uk
Email: jenny-anne@transforum.org.uk
Phone:07500 741955
TransForum Manchester is a Transgender discussion group and mutual peer support forum for all
Transgendered people and those in any way questioning their gender, together with their partners,
family, friends and allies meeting in a Safe and Comfortable Space on the 4th Saturday Afternoon
each month at 3:30pm.
TransInclusion
Website: transinclusion.groupsite.com
Email: info@ transinclusion.org
Tel: 07792 494902
Address: Project 102
Dickson Road
Blackpool, FY1 2BU
Dedicated to promoting awareness of the issues affecting transsexuals and people with gender
identity disorders.