ORGANIZATIONS
- Association of Transgender Professionals
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health
- Center for Excellence for Transgender Health
- Global Action for Transgender Equality
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- Transgender Health Information
- Transgender Law Center
- Transgender American Veterans Association
RESOURCES
- Resources: Transgender (Human Rights Campaign)
- Resources: Transgender Children (Human Rights Campaign)
- Transgender Homelessness (National Center for Transgender Equality)
- Equality Map: Gender Identity (Movement Advancement Project)
- Transgender Suicide Attempt Rates are Staggering (Procativ)
- Transgender People, Gender Identity an Gender Expression (American Psychological Association)
- Professional Organization Statements Supporting Transgender People in Health Care (Lambda Legal)
- LGBT Aging Resources, Your Elder Experts
- Gender Unicorn, Transgender Student Education Resources
- LGBT Health and Wellness (Children Focus), American Academy of Pediatrics
- Trans Substance Abuse - Center for American Progress
- What Not to Say When Your Child Comes out as Transgender
Transgender
REPORTS
- LGBT Aging: A Review of Research Findings, Needs and Policy Implications, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Aging, American Psychological Association
- Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging and Sexuality Gender Study. National Aging Research Center
- LGBT Aging: Addressing Disparities and Health Care Needs, National LGBT Health Education Center (Fenway Institute)
- Transgender Victims of Sexual Assault - Office of Victims of Crime, Department of Justice
- Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults - Williams Institute (UCLA School of Law) and American Foundation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Transgender refers to individuals' whose gender identification (self identification as a man, woman, neither or both) differs from the "assigned" gender (identification by others based on physical or genetic sex.) It does not not imply any specific form of sexual orientation as transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual or asexual. Transgender includes a number of overlapping categories: cross dressers (CD, transvestites (TV), andrognyes, drag kings or queens and transexuals.
Transsexual people identify as, or desire to be accepted as a member of a different sex than they were assigned at birth. Many transsexual people have a wish to alter their bodies to conform to their identity. These physical changes are known collectively as gender reassignment therapy and can include horomore replacement therapies and sex reassignment therapy.
Current diagnosis criterion (from DSM-5) for transsexual people is called "gender identity disorder", a change from previously diagnostic language which referred to the disorder as transsexualism. This diagnostic label is often needed to obtain sex assignment therapy with health insurance coverage, though it can also result in stigmatization. Not everyone with gender identity disorder has a desire for sexual rassignment therapy.
Helping professionals should be aware of the differences between transsexuals and transgendered people as well as the special challenges faced by them.