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Online Information About Transgenderism

• Understanding Transsexualism
• The Transsexual Person in Your Life (from tsfaq.info)
• The basics of Gender Identity Disorder (from WebMD)
• Articles about gender identity from Questia.com, the online library

Essays and Opinions

• Discovering your partner is transgendered: Partners experiencing grief and Loss, of their significant other (SO) - by Samantha Johnson of Transgender Zone.
• Transpositioned - by Loree Cook-Daniels. Reflections on being a lesbian-identified genetic female in a relationship with a FtM transsexual.
• TS and Marriage - by Denise L. Moss-Fritch (MtF)
• For Wives and Significant Others of Transsexuals - by Diane Wilson (MtF)
• When your partner comes out as Transsexual - by Kathy Belge of Lesbian Life (this article is geared mainly toward lesbians)
• Transgendered People and Their Families - by Arlene Istar Lev, therapist and writer in Albany, NY
• Even Genetic Girls Get the Blues - a personal essay by the genetic female SO of a MtF transsexual
• If You're Going to Be a Female, Please Don't Be an Airhead - another essay by the same author as above

Other Online Support Forums for SOs

Yahoo Groups

• TGSO1 - for "genetic (born) female partners of MtF (Male to Female) transgendered folk (including, but not limited to, crossdressers, pre-op transsexuals, post-op transsexuals, non-op transsexuals and transvestites)."
• TG Partners - for genetic female partners of "crossdressers, transsexuals (MtF or FtM), transvestites, intersexed or otherwise 'gender-enhanced' individuals."
• FTMSOs - "This list is for SO's of transgendered persons on the masculine end of the gender spectrum. This generally means SO's of FTM's/Transmen or those considering transition. Here, SO's can talk about our own issues and get support from others. This list is open to SOs with *ANY* gender or sexual orientation or background."
• TransFamily Spouses - "offers support, discussions, and news for spouses and partners of transgendered individuals." Operated by TransFamily of Cleveland (see below).

Other

• Partners of men - a LiveJournal community for partners and family of FtM transsexuals.
• NuttycaTS Support Forum - "support forum for all transsexual people, their partners, and friends."
• Significant Others Talk - subforum of Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Other Sites Created by SOs

• FLOATS: Friends and Lovers of Any Trans-Sexual. A blog by our very own PennyPengo.
• Home Page for Wives and Significant Others of Transgendered People - includes lots of personal stories from SOs
• Star's T*SO Page - one of our members, and the author of Trans Forming Families

Books and DVDs

• Click here for a selection of TG-related books and DVDs.

General Support (TG-specific and Otherwise)

• TransFamily of Cleveland - "a support group for transgendered and transsexual people, their parents, partners, children, other family members, friends, and supportive others."
• The Straight Spouse Network
• The Divorce Support Page
• Journey of Hearts - "An online healing place for anyone grieving a loss"
• Straight Spouse Support Resources - for straight spouses of gays and lesbians, but still worth checking out.

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