Surf these sites: -- "''It''s a girl!'' I was told on that blustery November morning in 1950 when Tracy was born. I held my miraculous new daughter, my first child, and examined her and saw that she was indeed a perfect little girl. But I was wrong. Disastrously wrong. Inside the body of that beautiful girl baby was the personality and psyche of a boy. It has taken 22 years of tragedy and misery and hurt for the boy inside Tracy to emerge." A Family Transgender Affair - by norrie mAy-welby -- "I visited Melbourne earlier this year, and decided to pop in on my aunt and cousins while I was there. I hadn’t seen them in over twenty years, since I was a little boy ( and yes, whatever my gender is now, I was a little boy then. I checked this often enough with the little boy who lived next door. But, I digress..). I rang them and introduced my self as “Norrie, Marion’s child.. You knew me as Bruce”. On my way to visit them, I realised that they had no idea what to expect of me gender wise. I was dressed in bright multi-coloured androgynous fashion, as was my wont, devoid of gender signifiers. They may have been homophobic for all I knew. Oh well, they can take me as they find me, I thought...." A Parent''s Dilemma -- Advice for parents who have just discovered that their child is transgendered. About Our Transgendered Children -- P-FLAG booklet online An Open Letter To the Parents of Transsexual Children -- "You may be wondering why I am writing a letter to you even though I am a stranger. Probably the last thing that you want is to discuss the confusion, embarrassment and fear with someone you don''t know. I understand. You wouldn''t be reading this if someone you loved very much hadn''t told you something you didn''t want to hear, that your child is, was, and has been cross-gendered identified, that what you thought was true was not and never had been, that a silent agony was being played out for years and you just didn''t know, maybe you didn''t want to know, and now you do, and I''m presuming to talk to you about it." Gay, Transgendered, or Both? -- A P-FLAG brochure. "What is the relationship between sexual orientation and gender identity? How does one determine if a child or teen is gay or transgendered? Do parents of gays need to understand transgender issues?" Hermaphrodite Education & Listening Post -- "HELP is a support group for parents, family, friends and persons affected by Sex Differentiation Disorders. It is a source of medical information, literature and personal experiences. The goal is to connect persons affected by these disorders, to educate the public and medical profession, and to offer emotional support and understanding to those facing the decisions involved with these disorders." Hypospadias: A parent''s guide to surgery -- Good information for parents of intersexed children with hypospadias. Information:Friends & Family -- Information for family,friends, teachers and others who care about a girl with Turner''s Syndrome Intersex Parent/Teacher Conference Info -- Our daughter has made a choice to be very "upfront" about having Turner''s Syndrome. She has joined us in a fall conference with her teachers the past two years since her diagnosis. Here are some of the topics we have discussed with her teachers. These are in addition to teaching them about the syndrome. Justevelyn.com -- Evelyn wrote Mom, I Need To Be a Girl, "a book about my daughter Danielle and all the things we went through to get her to be the wonderful girl she is today." includes discussion area, excerpts, pictures, and lots of other cool stuff. Justin''s Home page -- Hi there, thanks for visiting my home page. I have dedicated this page to my family, special my daughter who has Turner Syndrome, therefore you will find a lot of information About Turner Syndrome here at my page. Klinefelter Syndrome & XXY: A Parents View -- XXY, Variants and Klinefelter Syndrome. Information and letters from other parents and men who are XXY or a variant. My Son, My Daughter -- " The first time I saw my forty-one-year-old daughter, Geraldine, she was being wheeled into a hospital room after major surgery. She was hooked up to intravenous tubes and was barely conscious. When her doctor assured me that she was going to be fine, I was very relieved. But in spite of this good news, it was a day of mixed emotions for me. You see, when my daughter, Geraldine, went into the operating room a few hours earlier, she had been Gerald, my son." PFT/TGS Online Helpline -- Write to us privately and we will answer or forward your question to an appropriate helpline volunteer or serve as an intermediary to the list. But the private helpline is second best to joining the list. In cyberspace as on earth, chapter helplines are good, but meetings are much better. Recommendations for Treatmentn of Intersex infants and children -- A very informative article and an important antidote to lots of the other information out there; among other things, this page explains why surgery should be avoided, not embraced, and recommends in-depth counseling. Tim''s Turner Syndrome Page -- Some information about Turner Syndrome and links to other sites. Trans Forming Families Book - Excerpts -- "''Just tell Grandma I''m a boy.'' Initially, I assumed Sarah''s announcement was simply an attempt to communicate a clothing preference in language she thought grownups would understand..." TransFamily News -- Contains a great essay - "Why don''t you tell them I''m a boy?" by the mother of an ftm child who came out at a very early age! TransParent Winter, 1997 -- Including stories like "How did I start out with a melancholy Catholic daughter and end up with a contented Jewish son? (The tale of Philadelphia T*FAM)," "Life is more fun married to a transsexual," and "Mary Boenke - A PFLAG leader''s lesbian daughter becomes her son." Transsexualism: Information for the Family -- Detailed information on what it means to be transgendered.
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