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Here are some links to organizations whose work you might be interested in, and/or whose web sites contain useful resources. The description of each organization is from its own web page. By listing a site here we are not endorsing the site, the organization behind the site, or that organization’s views or actions.

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Transgender Legal and Advocacy Organizations
Health Education Resources
Transgender Community / Information Sites
Class and Classism Sites

 

Transgender Legal and Advocacy Organizations

Transgender Law & Policy Institute
“Welcome to the Transgender Law and Policy Institute.  We are a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.”

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (NYC based)
“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.”

Transgender Law Center (California based)
“Civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities. Features mission, board, staff, services, clients and client stories.”

Mass Trans Political Coalition (Massachusetts based)
“The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is dedicated to ending discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression. We educate the public, lobby state and local government, encourage political activism, and empower community members through collective action.”

Intersex Society of North America
“The Intersex Society of North America (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.” “Includes contact information, medical information, a library, articles, newsletter, bibliography, store, faqs and writings about the intersexed condition.”

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
“The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.”

Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
“The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition 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.”

 

Health Education Resources

The Center of Excellence on Transgender HIV Prevention at UCSF
"The CoE is committed to making the best knowledge and practices accessible to providers, clinicians, consumers, researchers, and others involved in HIV prevention programs and the care and treatment of transgender persons living with HIV."

The Guttmacher Institute
"[T]he Institute continues to advance sexual and reproductive health in the United States and worldwide through an interrelated program of social science research, policy analysis and public education designed to generate new ideas, encourage enlightened public debate, promote sound policy and program development and, ultimately, inform individual decision making."

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
"Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is many things to many people. We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital health care services, sex education, and sexual health information to millions of women, men, and young people."

YouthResource - A Project of Advocates for Youth
"YouthResource, a Web site by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) young people, takes a holistic approach to sexual health and exploring issues of concern to GLBTQ youth."

 

Transgender Community / Information Sites

Lou Sullivan Society (San Francisco based)
"The Lou Sullivan Society exists to provide information, education, support, community building and advocacy for transgender, transsexual and genderqueer people assigned female at birth and their loved ones."

TransGender San Francisco (TGSF)
"TransGender San Francisco is a non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the educational, social, and recreational needs of the transgendered community. TGSF is also dedicated to educating the general public about transgenderism and promoting a positive image of transgendered persons among the general public."

GenderTalk
"... the home of the leading talk radio program on all issues of gender -- and much more." This site includes many links to further resources.

GenderVision
After all of the horrible talk shows about trans people, finally here's a talk show by trans people! "From the producers of GenderTalk radio and GenderTalk.com, GenderVision continues the ground-breaking work of challenging  and expanding our vision of gender and progressive politics.  Discussions will range from the basics of sex and gender to all things masculine, feminine, and transgender, including GLBT, feminist, women's and men's issues."

Laura's Playground
"A transexual transgender crossdresser support site."

 

Class and Classism Sites

Queers for Economic Justice
Queers for Economic Justice is a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation.

Class Action
“Class Action focuses on the personal, interpersonal, and organizational levels of classism. We are a national resource center on class, providing individuals, organizations, and institutions with the tools and resources needed to work on eliminating classism.”

United for a Fair Economy
“UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power has negative effects on society. UFE supports and helps build social movements for greater equality.”

Working Class Studies Association
“The Working Class Studies Association aims to develop and promote multiple forms of scholarship, teaching, and activism related to working class life and cultures.”

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (NYC based)
Sylvia Rivera Law Project is so cool it deserves to be listed twice: “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.”