Not all of the organizations listed in this resource guide are familiar with trans people and their needs. Whenever possible, we have identified organizations that are trans-friendly and/or provide services specifically for trans people. Most of the organizations and people listed in the resource guide serve the Greater Philadelphia Area.
Transgender Health Action
Coalition
Washington
West Project, 4th Floor
1201
Locust Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19107
215.732.1207
Youth In Transition
A support group For transgendered and gender questioning youth
12-23
Meets every Tuesday from 7:30PM-9:00PM. The second Tuesday of the month is an
open meeting.
The Attic Youth Center
419 South 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
For more information, call Action Aids Transgender
Outreach:
(215) 981-3351
The Attic Youth Center:
(215)545-4331
The GALAEI
Project (Gay
and Lesbian Latino AIDS Initiative)
1233 Locust
Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA
19107
215.985.3382
215.985.3388
(fax)
http://www.critpath.org/galaei/#services
Peer-facilitated confidential support group for
transgender, transsexual, femme queen and gender-questioning adults of all ages
and ethnicities; meets from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at Washington West, 1201
Locust St.; (215) 981-3351. Sponsored by Actions Aids
Washington West
Building
1201 Locust
Street
Philadelphia, PA
19107
Contact Sara
215.483.7647
Meets 1st
and 3rd Sat. of month at 4 PM
Wayne, PA 19087
Open support
group for mostly TVs, some TS
Meets monthly
Membership
$36/yr.
Non-member fees
$5/meeting
TransYouth
Services (TYS)
Unity, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
215.851.1958
(phone)
215.851.1939
(fax)
contact Tyreef
King
Trans World
Allies
Washington West
Building, 2nd floor
1201 Locust
Street
Philadelphia, PA
19107
215.386.2790 or
215.732.1207
Open to the
gender-questioning and all varieties of gender expression.
Meets 1st
Saturday of the month from 2-4 PM.
We Transition Too
Support group for partners of gender-variant
people; meets from 2PM to 4PM the first Saturday of the month at 1201 Locust
St.
(215) 732-1207
Washington West
Building, 4th floor
1201 Locust
Street
Emily
Kahn-Freedman, M.S.ED
5100 State d
Ste. 250 West
Drexel Hill, PA
19026
Voice
Mail/Pager: 215.824.5346
A referral for
male cross dressers
The largest, longest-running educational organization serving FTM transgendered people and transsexual men.
GenderPAC
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition is a national organization working to guarantee every American's civil right to their gender identity or expression free of stereotypes, discrimination, and violence. For membership, contact:
GenderPAC Membership
733 15th St., NW 7th floor
Or e-mail membership@Gpac.org
Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
Professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders.
Contact:
Bean Robinson, PhD, Executive Director
1300 South Second Street, Suite 180
Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA
Tel: 612.625.1500
Fax: 612.626.8311
E-mail: hbigda@famprac.umn.edu
P.O. Drawer 1010
Cooperstown, NY 13326 USA
ph: 607-547-4118
ictlephdq@aol.com
IFGE
(International Foundation for Gender Education)
info@ifge.org
Tel: (781) 899-2212
Fax: (781) 899-5703
IFGE
P.O.Box 540229
Waltham, Ma 02454-0229
Mission:
To end shame, secrecy, and
unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical sex anatomy. An education, advocacy, and peer support organization.
Parents,
Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
1101
14th st. NW, Ste. 1030
Washington,
DC 20005
212.638.4200
TGS-PFLAG
Mailing
list for the support of friends and family of trangendered people.
The
TransMan’s Information Project
http://www.trans-man.org/
P.O. Box 1145
Greenbelt, MD 20770-1145
Transsexual
Menace
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/tsmenace/
International
non-violent direct action group focusing on the issues facing the trans
community.
TRI-ESS
International: Society for the Second Self
Box
194
Tularre,
CA 93275
Organization
strictly for heterosexual crossdressers
focusing on families and relationships. Transsexuals generally not
welcome. Lots of local groups across the country.
Chapters:
http://www.tri-ess.net/SSS_chapdir.html
The GALAEI
Project (Gay
and Lesbian Latino AIDS Initiative)
1233 Locust
Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA
19107
215.985.3382
215.985.3388
(fax)
http://www.critpath.org/galaei/#services
Designed to meet
the HIV/AIDS education and prevention needs of Latino/a sexual minorities.
Philadelphia
Community Health Alternatives (PCHA)
1642 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA
19107
215.563.0652
Safeguards (part
of the AIDS Information Network)
1211 Chestnut
Street, 7th floor
Philadelphia, PA
19107
215.575.1110
ext. 104
We the People
425 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA
19147
215.545.6868
Youth Health
Empowerment Project (YHEP)
(part of the
AIDS Information Network)
1211 Chestnut
Street, 7th floor
We the People
425 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA
19147
215.545.6868