Transition Resources

(i also have a number of great printed resources listed in the recommended reading section.)

If you are in Western Massachusetts, UMass’ Stonewall Center made a resource guide of therapists and doctors and rated them based on their experience with and attitude towards trans clients/patients.

Alternatively, Boston-located Fenway Health offers a very comprehensive trans health program and follows an informed consent treatment model that they developed (as opposed to WPATH’s Standards of Care)

http://genderology.com : a directory of therapists, doctors, and other resources for trans people and SOFFAs

TransCare: Hormones, a Guide for FTMs (PDF file)

Effects of Testosterone (and more information)

Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide: the go-to site for all the information you have ever wanted about transitioning. This not only helped me to realize I was trans, it has been vital in my success throughout the transition process.

T-Vox is a helpful wiki/resource site that, unlike Hudson’s, is not FTM specific.

Transguys.com is a fun and helpful site for FTMs and transmasculine peeps (and it is one of the few well-designed trans-focused websites I have ever seen).

The Transitional Male is another fairly comprehensive (yet ugly-to-look-at) site.

There are two galleries that I know of that have surgery result photos: transbucket.com (not FTM-specific) & transmasculine.com.

Online pharmacies (these require Rxs too, just so you know)

• For needles/syringes: http://www.grogans.com/
• http://www.imed.com/
• For testosterone: http://www.stroheckersrx.com/

For legal issues, check out The Transgender Law & Policy Institute.

Also, all of my posts that I think contain helpful resource information on transitioning (i.e. name change stuff, etc.) I will mark with the tag #resource

For SOFFA

How to Be an Ally to Trans People

PFLAG has a great Transgender Network called TNET

For more resources, there are lists & guides at the following sites:

http://www.compassftm.org/resources.html

My buddy Ira actually compiled  a great list of resources, so I’m just going to direct you to his page:

http://www.iradaltongray.com/resources

Also be sure to read this post on my blog:

 

why you being gender-variant is GOOD for yr friends and family

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