Transgender Resources on the Web and Elsewhere
My Web Sites:
http://members.shaw.ca/tallteri
This is my personal site. Full details of my workplace transition are included.
http://members.shaw.ca/ursacki
A "sanitized" site for people to consult who may not be very comfortable with the issue, or whose comfort level is not known to me (e.g. students, the general public, etc.).
My personal e-mail. If you have someone who needs to make a contact, you can pass it on.
The Illusions Social Club is Calgary's predominant transgender organization. The site has links to many members' sites, providing the possibility for a TG person to make contact with someone local. Most of the members are crossdressers, though there are also several MTF TSs.
www.fp.ucalgary.ca/positivespace/Trinfo.html
This is the U of C's page on
transgenderism. It includes a glossary of terms.
Transgender Forum is the best-known electronic magazine for TG people. It has some features available free to non-subscribers. A subscription is US$25 per year. Mostly oriented towards male crossdressers, but also useful for MTF TSs.
Tri-Ess is a US organization exclusively for heterosexual crossdressers.
Crossroads Magazine
This is Calgary-based printed magazine for TG people (especially crossdressers) in Western Canada, particularly Alberta. Contact Michelle Hart mhart@webminder.com. $25 a year. Online at: http://www.crossroads-magazine.com/
Zenith Digest
A Vancouver-based publication for transsexuals. Box 46, 8415 Granville St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z9. Web page at www.zenithfoundation.ca deals with TS workplace issues, among others. $24 a year
TG Support Group
A Calgary group which meets twice a month. Organized by a local psychologist with a large TG practice. Contact dedetg@hotmail.com.
The web mistress of this site is an MD who is also a post-op MTF TS. It has by far the most comprehensive collection of medical information on transsexuality, including post-operative pictures of surgical results. She will answer questions from helping professionals.
This is the web site of Drs. Menard and Brassard in Montreal, the surgeons who do the vast majority of the gender reassignment surgery in Canada. Shows the surgical techniques used with line drawings.
Dr. Toby Meltzer is considered by many to be one of the top two surgeons doing GRS in North America. After considerable research I chose him to do my surgery.
Has the latest version of the HBIGDA Standards of Care. The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association establishes the guidelines used by almost all practitioners (surgeons, psychologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, etc.) when treating transsexuals.
The Canadian Organization of Professional Electrologists. It has explanations of the procedures, advice on how to choose an electrologist, etc.
This is the official web site of the Federation of Certified Electrologists of Canada.
This is a peer-reviewed, electronic academic journal with wide-ranging articles on all aspects of all segments of the transgender community.
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Last updated: May 26, 2002