Resources
This page is divided into the following sections:
Some of the following resources are from the GQ: Gender Questioning booklet. This is a booklet for people aged 16 to 25 who are questioning their gender. It is jointly produced by TMGP and Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria. You can download a copy of GQ: Gender Questioning here (135K PDF file; requires Adobe Reader or an equivalent to view).
Books, films, music and performance
Books (non-fiction)
Kate Bornstein, My Gender Workbook and Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley, True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism-For Families, Friends, Co-workers, and Helping Professionals
Minnie Bruce Pratt, S/he
Loren Cameron, Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits
Caroline Cossey, My Story
Katherine Cummings, Katherine’s Diary: The Story of a Transsexual
Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Warriors, Trans Liberation
Jennifer Finney Boylan, She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders
De La Grace Volcano, Sublime Mutations (photography)
Del La Grace Volcano and Judith Halberstam, The Drag King Book
Jamison Green, Becoming a Visible Man
Arlene Istar Lev, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families
Matt Kailey, Just Add Hormones : An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience
Dean Kotula, The Phallus Palace
Joan Nestle, Clare Howell and Riki-Anne Wilchins, GENDERqUEER: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary
Tracie O’Keefe and Katrina Fox, Finding the Real Me
Riki-Anne Wilchins, Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender
Books (fiction)
Ivan E. Coyote, Close to Spiderman
Lucie Delarue-Mardua, The Angels and the Perverts
Jeffrey Eugendies, Middlesex
Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
Julie Anne Peters, Luna (young adult fiction)
Taste This collective, Boys Like Her: Transfictions
Rose Tremain, Sacred Country
Film
There are many, many films with trans themes in all different genres. Here are just a few:
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Boys Don’t Cry
TransAmerica
Ma Vie En Rose
Normal
Orlando
By Hook Or By Crook
M2F: A Journey in Gender Identity (http://www.m2fgender.com/)
Funny Kinda Guy (http://www.funnykindaguy.com)
TransGeneration (http://www.sundancechannel.com/transgeneration/)
Music and performance
Antony and the Johnsons
Award-winning band from New York City. You might like their album I Am A Bird Now.
http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/
Bitch and Animal
Queercore musical duo.
http://www.righteousbabe.com/artists/banda/index.asp
Dana International
Eurovision Song Contest winner and Israeli superstar.
http://www.dana-international.net/
Eddie Izzard
Comedian, actor and self-proclaimed “executive transvestite”.
http://www.eddieizzard.com/
katastrophe
Up-and-coming, genre-busting, emo-hop MC.
http://www.katastropherap.com/
King Victoria
Melbourne Drag King shows every Friday night at the Star Hotel in Collingwood.
info@kingvictoria.com
http://www.kingvictoria.com/
Lipstick Conspiracy
Rock-n-roll’s first all-tranny band.
http://www.lipstickconspiracy.com
Storm Florez
A faggy, butchy, skirt and kilt chasin’ genderqueer singer/songwriter, poet, spoken word and performance artist.
http://www.stormflorez.com
Family and friends
‘Guide for Parents: Raising a Gender-Variant Child’
Written by the Children’s National Medical Center Children’s Hospital (Washington D.C.). Focused on young children but still worth a look – contains some good information for parents. You can download it here (84K PDF file; requires Adobe Reader or an equivalent to view).
P-FLAG Victoria
If you identify as lesbian or gay (or think you might be lesbian or gay), your family may find P-FLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) useful. P-FLAG is also very trans friendly and welcomes families of trans people. This support group meets monthly.
6 Claremont Street
South Yarra VIC 3141
(03) 9827 8408
pflagvic@yahoo.com.au
http://www.pflag.org.au/start.aspx
Community
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) support group
A peer support, information and advocacy group for people affected by AIS and/or related intersex conditions, and their families.
PO Box 1089
Altona Meadows VIC 3028
Australia
Ph: (03) 9315 8809
aissg@iprimus.com.au
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aissg/
The Chameleon Society of Victoria
An organisation for people who experience loneliness and isolation because of gender identity problems.
PO Box 500
Williamstown VIC 3016
Ph: (03) 9517 9416 (voicemail)
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~csv/
Gender Identity Support Group
A non-profit organisation for people with gender identity issues, and their families and supporters.
Ph: 0421 209 608
http://www.gisg.org
The Gender Centre
Sydney-based organisation offering a wide range of services and information to people with gender issues, their partners, families and friends. Their website has a range of information on many aspects of transition.
PO Box 266
Petersham NSW 2049
Ph: (02) 9569 2366
gendercentre@bigpond.com
http://www.gendercentre.org.au
Minus 18
Holds dance parties for queer and gender-questioning youth. Their website has lots of resources for queer and gender-questioning youth.
Level 1, 6 Claremont Street
South Yarra VIC 3141
0400 9MINUS (0400 964 687) (call or SMS)
http://www.minus18.org
The Seahorse Club Victoria
A support and social group for the transgender community.
PO Box 86
St Kilda VIC 3182
Ph: (03) 9513 8222
info@seahorsevic.com
http://www.seahorsevic.com/
TransGenderVictoria
An advocacy group striving for justice and equity for those identifying as transgender, transsexual or cross-dresser, their partners, families and friends. Areas of involvement include education and legislative change. TransGender Victoria provides support and referral for a range of personal & family problems and facilitates assistance with workplace issues.
PO Box 762
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Ph: (03) 9517 6613 (voicemail)
transgendervictoria@yahoo.com.au
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~victrans/
Legal
Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria
Helps people to resolve complaints of discrimination.
Level 3, 380 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: (03) 9281 7111 or 1800 134 142 (toll free)
eoc@vicnet.net.au
http://www.equalopportunitycommission.vic.gov.au/
(Note: The Equal Opportunity Act for Victoria recognises the right of people to identify as a member of a particular gender. Visit their website for further information about discrimination on the basis of gender identity).
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Victoria)
Information and application forms to change your name and gender on a Victorian birth certificate.
PO Box 4332
Melbourne VIC 3001
Ph: 1300 369 367 (from within Australia)
vicbdm@dvc.vic.gov.au
Home page at http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/servlet/bdm_home
The specific page on changing your name is
here.
The specific page on changing your gender is here.
VicRoads
Information on how to change your name and gender on a Victorian driver’s licence.
Ph: 13 11 71
Home page at http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/.
The specific page to change your name with VicRoads is here.
The specific page to change your gender with VicRoads is here.
Health
Carlton Clinic
Has a number of doctors with experience in assisting trans people.
88 Rathdowne Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Ph: (03) 9347 9422
lee.schleger@maynemc.com
http://www.carltonclinic.com.au
Centre Clinic
Has a number of doctors with experience in assisting trans people.
Rear 77 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda VIC 3182
Ph: (03) 9525 5866
Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria
A Victorian health resource unit for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. Their website contains many good resources on issues affecting transgender and intersex people.
First Floor
215 Franklin St
Melbourne 3000
(03) 9285 5382
info@glhv.org.au
http://www.glhv.org.au
Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide for Health Care Providers
This comprehensive guide was written for health care providers but may also be of interest to anyone else interested in the health of transgender men. Download it from http://www.nickgorton.org/
Monash Gender Dysphoria Clinic
Has a range of medical practitioners who assist people who are considering gender transition. (Note: At the time of writing, the Clinic office is open between 10am – 4pm on Tuesdays only. However, business hours for individual practitioners for the Clinic vary.)
Dr Trudy Kennedy (Director)
Dawn Wallwork (Secretary)
270 Clayton Road
Clayton VIC 3168
Ph: (03) 8541 6333
Note: The Clinic does not have an official website but the Vicgender website contains information about the Clinic. The Vicgender website is at http://vicgender.wordpress.com/
Prahran Market Clinic
Has a number of doctors with experience in assisting trans people.
31 Commercial Road
Prahran VIC 3181
Ph: (03) 9826 4500
Victorian AIDS Council
Counselling team trained to deal with trans/gender-questioning clients
6 Claremont Street
South Yarra VIC 3181
PH: (03) 9867 6500
http://www.vicaids.asn.au/content/default.asp
Victorian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard
Trained counselors available to speak to daily from 6pm until 10pm, and Wednesdays from 2pm until 10pm. Trans and gender-questioning people are welcome to call.
03 9827 8544 (metropolitan area) or 1800 184 527 (country Victoria)
http://www.switchboard.org.au/
Other resources
There are so many different sources of information out there (with perspectives that can differ very widely). Here are a few more resources that you might find useful:
Battling the Trans-Enough Blues
Have you ever feared that you were not trans enough? Read the results of a survey about this issue.
http://www.trans-academics.org/TransEnoughBluesSummary.html
GenderTalk Radio
Download over 400 radio programs from the website for GenderTalk Radio, a U.S. talk radio program on issues of gender. Hosted and run by transgender folk, this program covers many aspects of gender. Their website also lists many gender-related resources.
http://www.gendertalk.com
Sally Goldner
Sally is a co-founder of the Victorian advocacy and education group TransGender Victoria (TGV) and an active member of the transgender community. She is available for conversation or referrals regarding gender issues. You can reach her via TGV:
PO Box 762
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Ph: (03) 9517 6613 (voicemail)
transgendervictoria@yahoo.com.au
TGV website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~victrans/
Sally’s personal website: http://www.laughagenda.com.au/
Transmission Time
Melbourne’s own trans radio show. Hosted by Jaye and Lauren on 94.9 JOY FM. To find out when this show is airing, go to
http://www.joy.org.au/grid/index.html
Transness at Wikipedia
There is plenty of trans information at Wikipedia including a huge list of transgender-related topics at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transgender-related_topics and a long list of transgender people at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transgendered_people
Transness at LiveJournal
There are many different trans communities at LiveJournal, an online journal service. For example, if you do a search on the interest ‘transgender’ at http://www.livejournal.com, you can find communities such as Genderqueer (http://community.livejournal.com/genderqueer/) and Trans News (http://community.livejournal.com/transnews/)
Trans writing at makezine.org
Go to http://www.makezine.org/trans.html to check out some of the essays on trans stuff from the U.S. site makezine.org
