Genderqueer Street Philosophactivist contains the online thoughts of a Genderqueer person in the United States, and describes the term “philosophactivist” thus: a philosophactivist is someone who is able to see the deeper connections- the structural and institutional oppression and then organize and strategize to create change. For me, it is important to have both aspects. Think. Do. Visit their website
Category: Resources
These resources are relevant to anyone who wants to know more about Genderqueer and Transgender issues.
By The Freedom Centre The Freedom Centre operates a Tumblr onto which they add great material, like the Build Your Own Transition Path image, which you can download from the link below. FC Yeah!, Build your own transition path!
By Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Doctors from the Royal Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic in Melbourne have written this article for the Medical Journal of Australia regarding hormone treatment of children and adolescents. The objectives were to study the effects of hormones in this group of people and report findings. Medical journal of Australia Hormone treatment GID in children article Download PDF
WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) has made their first seven journals available for download. This great source of research and information is of benefit to professionals who work with gender questioning, genderqueer or transgender people. Warning: graphic images of surgery on some articles WPATH website Download journals
By World Professional Association for Transgender Health The WPATH Standards of Care are used by many professionals who work with transgender and gender non-conforming people. They are based upon the original “Harry Benjamin Standards of Care” and have now been expanded to cover other forms of gender expression. Download PDF Visit the WPATH website
By It’s Pronounced Metrosexual The genderbread person has had an upgrade! There are two big differences from v2 to the most recent v3: separating romantic & sexual attraction, and the labeling of the continua. I’m also sharing it here with a more simplified version that I encourage folks to use for Powerpoints or to supplement any articles they’re writing, where the additional verbiage isn’t necessary. The Genderbread Person v3: a helpful visual aid for explaining gender …
Rooster Tails is by Sam, a New Zealand Transman, semi-autobiographical, and always funny, touching and thought-provoking. It’s written by me! (Sam). A geeky, chubby transguy who spends too much time on the internet, messing about, and reading comics. It’s a way to pass the time while I try and get hairier…. (that sounded way more weird than I intended it to, sorry.) He includes links to other trans and gender variant comics, and you can …
By Transgender Law Centre San Francisco The Beyond the binary booklet was created by the Transgender law centre in San Francisco, California. It’s intended for use by students and teachers to discuss gender identity other than male and female. Note: the legal information and statistics are drawn from studies in the USA, however, the rest of the information is really good to get conversations going in a school environment. Download PDF from transgender law centre
The Not So Straight website is a resource for young people concerning sexuality and gender. It’s an Australian resource provided through the Gay and Lesbian Counselling service of NSW and MYST (Mountains Youth Services Team) Visit the Not so straight website.
By Australian Human Rights Commission In May and June 2008, the Australian Human Rights Commission sought the views of the sex and gender diverse community about the most pressing human rights issues facing their community. The Sex Files download site