Resources

Scott Turner Schofield performs at the University of Minnesota in April 2007

We will continue to update this list of local and national transgender resources. Updated 09/17/10.

Local Resources

• U of MN Gender-Neutral Restrooms Google Map
  This is a map of the currently-surveyed gender-neutral restroom locations on our Twin Cities campus of over 230 buildings. This is a work in progress: please let us know if you have information to add or alter!

• Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition
  612-823-1152 (leave a message)
  The MTHC is a group of trans and allied community organizers working to improve the health care experiences of transgender and gender variant people in Minnesota. The MTHC has developed lists of trans-friendly physicians and services, and provide trainings.
  
  
• Program in Human Sexuality (PHS)
  612-625-1500
  PHS Transgender Health Services at the University of Minnesota is a national leader in transgender services and offers therapy, consultation and clinical services.

• Trans Youth Support Network
  612-875-8164
  TYSN works to promote racial, social and economic equality for trans youth, with the freedom to self-define gender identity and expression. TYSN does this through educating and connecting youth serving organizations, with the goal of being shaped, directed and led by trans youth.

• RECLAIM
  612-235-6743
  RECLAIM is a nonprofit organization providing counseling and other support to LGBT-identified youth. It offers a weekly support group for non-gender-conforming youth, a monthly support group for trans-youth and their families, and a health clinic featuring acupuncture, chiropractic, massage and other therapies. RECLAIM serves youth ages 13-25.

• MN Boyz Yahoo Group
  The MNBoyz listserv is a place to share information for FTM, genderqueer, transmasculine, butch, etc-identified folks in the Twin Cities and greater MN/near midwest area.

• Avenues for Homeless Youth/GLBT Host Home Program
  Call Rocki at 612-522-1690, ext 110
  Avenues for Homeless Youth provides emergency shelter, short term housing and support services for homeless youth in a safe and nurturing environment. The GLBT Host Home Program is a community-based response to GLBT youth homelessness, where volunteers open their homes to young GLBT people ages 16-21 who are experiencing homelessness or who are precariously housed (youth ages 16-17 are involved with permission from their family or guardians). While living in the host homes, youth have an opportunity to work on their goals without having to worry about food and shelter. Youth receive case management throughout their stay and both youth and hosts receive support as they navigate the challenges of building healthy and nurturing relationships while sharing a home.

• YouthLink/Project Offstreets
  612-252-1200
  YouthLink's Drop-In Center, also known as Project Offstreets, is a safe place youth can visit when there’s no where else to turn. It's a one-stop shop of sorts for homeless youth that offers basic health care needs, long-term housing referrals and help finding a job – all under one roof. The Drop-In Center is open Monday-Friday from 3:00-8:00 PM, and is closed Saturday & Sunday.

• Trans Shot Clinic
  612-823-1152 (leave a message)
  3405 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis
  The Transgender Health Project Shot Clinic is a group of concerned trans folks helping out other trans folks with their hormone shots. We meet every Friday between 2:00-6:00 PM and can help you by administering your shots, teaching you to do the shots yourself and we can give you free needles and supplies. We offer a needle exchange, informational/ support group time and case management. We can hook you up with doctors and help you with different aspects of your transition. Contact t.eparty@yahoo.com for more information.
  
  
• District 202
  651-340-6167
  District 202 empowers LGBT youth through a unique blend of programs, face-to-face interaction throughout the Twin Cities and online engagement through our secure social networking sites.

• Minnesota Gender Advocates
  Minnesota Gender Advocates is a nonprofit advisory group for Trans, Intersex, Gender Queer, and Gender Questioning people (TIQQ) in the state of Minnesota.

• Transgender Clinic with Deborah Thorp, MD and Chris Durler, NP
  952-993-3282
  Dr. Deborah Thorp is an OB/GYN Physician at Park Nicollet who self-identifies as a trans-friendly health care provider. If you previously experienced long waits for an appointment with Thorp, that is no longer the case. She has hired a new trans-friendly nurse practitioner that is helping her be more available to the trans community.
  
  
• TMen
  TMen provides support, community, and socializing for everyone on the transgender spectrum who was assigned female at birth and no longer feels that is complete or accurate. At this website, you can also sign up for the MNBoyz listserv.
  

• Family & Children's Service with Xavier Schmitz, MS, MSW, LICSW
  612-728-2061 (general intake line)
  Family & Children's Service is trans-friendly and offers counseling and other resources. Xavier Schmitz is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with transgender clients. He practices at both the Lake St and Bloomington locations, sees adults and adolescents, accepts most forms of insurance, and offers sliding scale. Xavier is a member of the trans community and feels passionately about providing a safe and affirming therapeutic space for individuals at all points of the transgender spectrum to feel empowered to identify and express their true selves. Call 612-728-2061 for your first appointment; Xavier can be reached directly at 612-728-2041.

• TransParent
  TransParent is a peer led support group in Minnesota for transgender parents and parents of transgender children, with strives to strengthen families and community by offering peer support, empowerment and advocacy to parents and children in the Transgender community.
  
  
• City of Lakes Crossgender Community (CLCC)
  CLCC is the oldest and largest transgender community in the upper midwest, serving as a social circle, support group, networking resource, or a place to hang out. Contact CLCCinfo@yahoo.com for more information.
  

• Gender Education Center
  A nonprofit organization of differently gendered people dedicated to support, advocacy and education. Run by Debra Davis.
  
  
• OutFront Minnesota
  612-822-0127
  Minnesota's leading direct-service and public-policy agency serving the GLBT community and its allies.
  
  
• Queer Student Cultural Center (QSCC)
  612-626-2344
  The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Queer Student Cultural Center houses a number of social and support groups for GLBTA students and community members, including the Tranarchy group for transgender students and their allies.
  
  
• The Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
  Buttons, books, political banners, photos, and documents related to GLBT history. The Tretter Collection is the foundation for a growing and developing GLBT archive, a national and international resource especially useful to scholars and researchers in GLBT Studies.

National Resources

• Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)
  SRLP works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence.
  
  
• National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
  NCTE is a social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
  
  
• The Task Force
  The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (The Task Force) was the first national GLBT civil rights and advocacy organization and works to build the grassroots political power of the LGBT community to win complete equality.
  
  
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
  The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.
  
  
• Transgender Law & Policy Institute
  Non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.
  
  
• Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
  GenderPAC works to ensure that classrooms, communities, and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow, and succeed - whether or not they meet expectations for masculinity and femininity.
  
  
• Transgender People of Color Workers Project
  The Transgender People of Color Workers Project aims to help transgender people of color get out of the cycle of homelessness, poverty, and imprisonment.
  
  
• Intersex Society of North America (ISNA)
  The ISNA is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.
  
  
• Intersex Initiative
  Intersex Initiative is a Portland, Oregon based national activist and advocacy organization for people born with intersex conditions.
  
  
• Gender Education & Advocacy
  National organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in human society.
  
  
• Transgender Training and Advocacy
  Trans educator Samuel Lurie is committed to working with advocates and allies of transgender people to better meet the specific needs of trans people in health care, HIV/AIDS services, counseling, case management, education, housing and employment.
  
  
• International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
  IFGE advocates for freedom of gender expression.
  
  
• Transgender Day of Remembrance
  Mourning and honoring the lives of transgender people lost to violence.
  
  
• Center for Gender Sanity
  A refuge from male/female dichotomies, sex-based stereotypes, and other gender madness.
  
  
• Transsexual Road Map
  A wealth of information and links, aimed at "SRS-tracked male-to-female transsexuals" with a focus on empowerment, self-acceptance and assimilation.
  
  
• FORGE
  FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression) is a national education, advocacy and support umbrella organization supporting FTM+s(1) (female-to-male transsexuals and transgenderists, and others who were assigned female at birth but who have some level of masculine identification) and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Family, Friends and Allies).
  
  
• Transsexual Hormone Therapy FAQ
  
  
• Trans-Health
  Trans-Health.com is a volunteer-run website providing information on health and fitness for trans people.
  
  
• Transsexual Support
  Transsexual Support is a friendly volunteer run site for both Male to Female and Female to Male transsexuals. The website includes a large chatroom and an extensive and frequently updated library, including art, personal stories, fiction, poetry, audio, medication information and much more.
  
  
• TransProud
  Transgender youth resource.
  
  
• FTM International
  FTM International promotes itself as the largest, longest-running organization serving the Female-to-Male community.
  
  
• FTM Resource Guide
  This guide is intended to provide information on topics of interest to female-to-male (FTM, F2M) trans men, and their friends and loved ones.
  
  
• Genderology
  A source for transgender resources, including provider directories.
  
  
• TransYouth Family Allies
  TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected.
  
  
• Lynn Conway
  Strives to illuminate and normalize the issues of gender identity and the processes of gender transition.
  
  
• GenderTalk
  The home of the leading talk radio program on all issues of gender -- and much more. Listen here at any time to over 400 inspiring, entertaining and informative programs.
  
  
• CDS Bookstand
  Books, videos, & magazines for and about crossdressers, transvestites, transsexuals and transgender issues.
  
  
• Press For Change
  Press for Change is a political lobbying and educational organisation, which campaigns to achieve equal civil rights and liberties for all trans people in the United Kingdom, through legislation and social change.
  
  
• The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
  As an international interdisciplinary, professional organization, the mission of WPATH is to futher the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders by professionals in medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other related fields. Formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Inc (HBIGDA).