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Transgender Resource Center

Basics of this Zone

Transgender can mean many things; transsexual, gender questioning, transvestite, and variations far too diverse to every fully cover. This is an area to learn what you need and share what you know in the hopes we may all understand each other better.

All things Trans

The history of National Transgender Awareness Day
A brief look at how this day came to be and it's importance
Having a Transgender parent
Aimee Gold shares with us what it is like to have a transgender parent
My Marriage to a transgender
Julie Hick gives us a look at what life with a transgender person is like
Transgender support
A Collection of U.S. support groups for the transgender community
Transsexuals in the Workplace
What is it really like for a transsexual person trying to make their way in the working world?
Tips for raising a gender dysphoric child
Callista Meyer gives us a glimpse of parenting a child with GID

Show your Pride!

This is the Transgender Pride Symbol!

Remembering our dead

Reader Poll

Has the term "transgender" become too broad in its usage?

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	I don't really know what transgender means

Helpful links

Defining transsexualism
Kristie Writer provides a like at cross gender behavior
Understanding the necessity of sex change operations
Transsexual Success Stories
A look at dozens of transsexual women who have achieved great things
Financing GRS/SRS and transition
Succesful transmen
A look at transmen that have gone on to great success
The best online trans communities
Laura's Playground - A transgender support and education community

News Block

Pastor offers support, sanctuary to area's transgender community
The Toledo Blade | 2010/02/08 11:15:43
By CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT BLADE STAFF WRITER
Learn, think, talk, support, accept
Kearney Hub | 2010/02/03 20:13:10
KEARNEY — Gay, lesbian, straight, drag queen, closet case, transsexual, non-conformist, questioning.
Letters to the Editor
Metro Santa Cruz | 2010/02/05 00:25:12
REGARDING "Home in the Range" (Cover Story, Jan. 14), I recently actually hung on the phone to answer questions to a "survey" when they said it was about Santa Cruz and our "quality of life."
Fort Erie stepfather jailed for making child porn
Welland Tribune | 2010/02/04 12:11:23
ST. CATHARINES — The former wife of a Fort Erie man who used a computer program to create sexually explicit photos of her young daughter says she carries no anger toward the man she once loved. "I forgive him.[...]

Transgender children - Out of the shadows

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Things you should know about transsexualism

by Amanda Fox

Transsexualism is a condition which is greatly misunderstood by people everywhere, it isn't just one country or region of the earth, but a universal phenomena. Transsexualism is defined as one of two ...More>
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Why it's important to educate parents of transgendered children

by Amanda Fox

It is paramount to the health of a transgender child as well as to their physical safety that their parents be educated on all the issues that surround the life of their trans child. The first cardina...More>
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FTM binding tips

by Daniel Dermont

So you want to flatten out your chest. Unless you have a extra few grand waiting to be spent, you're going to have to bind. Binding is a process by which a person squishes down their breasts to give t...More>
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Living transgendered

by Gina Bennett

Being transgendered is not a path I would recommend to just anyone. It is by far one of the hardest ways to live, even if you're just trying to be yourself and do not fit in with the norms of society ...More>
4 articles Write Now Write

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Melissa R. Bickel

Jan 23, 09 at 07:42 PM

Amanda, Wow chica, you've put a lot of thought into this zone! I know for a lot of people this will be a comforting zone to visit. Looks great

Amanda Fox

Jan 13, 09 at 06:48 PM

http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/the_new_anti-lgbt_talking_point_sharing_a_restroom_with_a_transgender Check this out for a new vote coming up in Fla. on Transgender rights.

Jalene Eden

Jan 03, 09 at 02:38 PM

I want to give thanks to Helium and Amanda for this Transgender Resource Center. It is a wonderful way for transgendered people to write and share who we are and what I believe is extremely important is that anyone can come in here and educate themselves about transgenderism. I am excited about this Transgender Resource Center as I believe it will open some doors for a lot of people. Jalene Marie

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Zapata Trial gets underway- Be sure to follow this piece of history

First of Kind “Zapata” Trial to Start
A landmark trial, believed to be the first attempted murder prosecution under a hate-crime law that involves a transgender victim will begin this week in Weld County, Colorado. The trial will determine the fate of the suspect in the brutal murder of Angie Zapata, an 18-year-old transgender who was attacked and killed in her Greeley, Colorado apartment last year. The suspect has been charged with first-degree murder and a “bias-motivated” or hate crime, on top of various other charges.

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