TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation Links

• 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. http://imatyfa.org/
  
• KarensPlace: A safe and supportive place where they can explore who you really are and obtain the informationand guidance to sucessfully transition. http://www.karens-place.org/
• PFLAG Transgender Network: http://www.pflag.org/TNET.tnet.0.html
  Support organization specifically for transgenders, their families and friends. Special Affiliate chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• True Colours: This website represents young people who experience transsexualism and a network of their parents, families and supporters throughout Australiahttp://www.truecolours.org.au/index.html
• PFLAG Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gay:s http://www.pflag.org
  Support organization for family members and friends of all GLBT individuals. Excellent support for families coming out and recognizing their gay, lesbian, or transgender children or siblings.
• TransFamily of Cleveland: http://www.transfamily.org
  Excellent Family support site. Newsletter, couples, spouses, parents, and youth discussion elists. Hundreds of members from all over the world.
• Mermaids – Family support for children and teenagers with gender Identity issues www.mermaids.freeuk.com/
• IFGE: http://www.ifge.org
  International Federation for Gender Education - The leading Trans oriented web site. News, events, publications worldwide
• Families Like Mine: http://www.familieslikemine.com/index.html
  Site for children of GBLT parents. Excellent
• National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC): http://www.ntac.org
  Legal and political action site. The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition works proactively to reform societal attitudes and the law to achieve equal rights for the transgendered and other gender diverse individuals.
• National Transgender Law Institute: http://www.transgenderlaw.org
  Transgender legal affairs activist site. Weekly announcements of changes in state or federal law affecting trans people. Searchable database on college and employer transgender policies, hate crime laws.
• Children’s National Medical Center, Parent Guide: If You Are Concerned About Your Child’s
  Gender Behaviors ..click here for website
• Excellent Youth Resource Site: http://www.advocatesforyouth.com
• Gender Odyssey Family is an organization dedicated to the education and support of families raising gender variant, gender non-conforming, gender-fluid, crossgender, and transgender children and adolescents: http://www.genderodysseyfamily.com/index.html

Mom, I Need To Be a Girl: This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook, by Just Evelyn, explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Evelyn.html

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals (Paperback) by Stephanie A. Brill & Rachel Pepper. This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. 
 http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Child-Handbook-Families-Professionals/dp/1573443182

Our Trans Children (pamphlet): Published by the PFLAG Transgender Network (TNET).
An introduction to transgender concepts and issues. This should be the first publication given to any new parents, family, or friends of anyone coming out as transgender. Request by email at pflagtnet@triad.rr.com

Carly: She’s Still My Daddy: Mary Boenke. Published by the PFLAG Transgender Network (TNET).
Brand new fiction for children grades 4 to 7. A child’s story of the transition of her mtf TS “dad.” Request by email at pflagtnet@triad.rr.com

The Agony of Nurturing the Spirit: Stephanie. Published by PFLAG Philadelphia.
A mother’s true story of raising a transgendered child It describes the family’s journey of pain and heartache through acceptance and understanding as they watch their 6 year old son become their daughter. Request by email at pflagphila@yahoo.com.

True Selves: Mildred L. Brown, PhD and Chloe Ann Rounsley
A serious book by a therapist with over 25 years of working with transgender individuals Available online at www.Amazon.com

Finding the Real Me: Edited by Tracie O’Keefe and Katrina Fox
A compilation of stories by transgenders about their accepting, transitioning, and coming out process Available online at www.Amazon.com

TransgenderEmergence: Arlene Istar Lev, CSW-R, CASAC.
An outstanding book of historical and the most current guidelines for addressing the needs of all gender-variant people, including transgendered children and youth. Available from www.Amazon.com

Made in God’s Image: Ann Thompson Cook and Dumbarton United Methodist Church.
“An exceptional resource for people of faith who want to open their hearts to a wider discussion of gender issues.” – Rev. Erin K. Swenson. Request by email at pflagtnet@triad.rr.com.

Out, Safe, and Respected and Bending the Mold: An Action Kit for Transgender Youth These kits are centered on the idea that knowledge of their legal rights is critical to improving the safety of LGBT and questioning students. They contain brief summaries of information for Safety, GSAs, Allies, Action, the Law, Negotiation, and Resources. FREE from Lambda Legal;request by email at PDavis@lambdalegal.org or your local PFLAG Chapter.