Gender Identity
Research and
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Information and support.

The following national organisations will be able to offer help and support to you and your family. They may also be able to provide details of local support organisations.

Gender Trust
PO Box 3192, Brighton, Sussex BN1 3WR
Tel: 01273 234024 (office hours)
Helpline: 0845 231 0505 (10am–10pm Monday to Friday and 1pm–10pm Saturday and Sunday)
Email: info@gendertrust.org.uk
Website: www.gendertrust.org.uk

Advice and support for transsexual and transgender people, and for their partners, families, carers, and allied professionals and employers. Has a membership society and produces a magazine (GT News).

FTM Network
BM Network, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0161 432 1915 (Wednesday 8–10.30pm)
Website: www.ftm.org.uk

Advice and support for female-to-male transsexual and transgender people, and for their families and professionals. ‘Buddying’ scheme, newsletter (Boy’s Own) and an annual national meeting.

Mermaids
BM Mermaids, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 07020 935066 (Monday to Saturday 3–7pm)
Email: mermaids@freeuk.com
Website: www.mermaids.freeuk.com

Support and information for children and teenagers who are trying to cope with gender identity issues, and for their families and carers. Please send an SAE for further information.

Beaumont Society
27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 01582 412220
Email: enquiries@beaumontsociety.org.uk
Website: www.beaumontsociety.org.uk

For those who feel the desire or compulsion to express the feminine side of their personality by dressing or living as women.

a:gender
Tel: 020 7035 4253
Email: agender@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.csag.org.uk

Support for staff in government departments and agencies who have changed – or who need to change – permanently their perceived gender, or who identify as being intersex.

Beaumont Trust
27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 07000 287878 (Tuesday and Thursday 7–11pm)
Email: beaumonttrust@gmail.com
Website: www.beaumont-trust.org.uk

Assists those troubled by gender dysphoria, and those involved in their care.

Depend
BM Depend, London WC1N 3XX
Email: info@depend.org.uk
Website: www.depend.org.uk

Free, confidential and non-judgemental advice, information and support for family members, partners, spouses and friends of transsexual people.

Gender Identity Research and Education Society
Melverley, The Warren, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2SP
Tel: 01372 801554
Email: admin@gires.org.uk
Website: www.gires.org.uk

Promotes and communicates research, and provides information and education to those who can improve the lives of people affected by gender identity and intersex conditions.

Gendys Network
BM GENDYS, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Email: gendys@gender.org.uk
Website: www.gender.org.uk/gendys

For all those who encounter gender problems personally or as family members, lovers or friends, and for those who provide care. Quarterly journal and biennial conferences.

Press For Change
BM Network, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0161 432 1915 (emergencies only)
Website: www.pfc.org.uk

Campaigns for civil rights for trans people. Provides legal help and advice, information and training for individuals. Newsletter and publications. Please send an SAE for further details.

THE SIBYLS
BM Sibyls, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX

Christian spirituality group for transgender people.

Women of the Beaumont Society
BM WOBS, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 01223 441246 or 01684 578281
Email: wobsmatters@aol.com
Website: www.gender.org.uk/wobsmatters

Operated by and for wives, partners, family and friends of those who cross-dress.

Department of Health

We are planning additional publications on transgender issues. For more information please visit our website.