Northern California Support Groups

Trans Bay

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South Bay Transmen

Come and hang out with other FTM/questioning guys at our social and support group, the South Bay Transmen. We'll have munchies and an easy-going atmosphere.

We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30-9:00 pm at the Billy DeFrank Lesbian & Gay Community Center, 938 the Alameda, in San Jose, CA. Check the schedule on the wall as you come in the front door to find out which room we'll be in.

Cheers-

Lance

South Bay Transmen group

Interested guys are welcome to me at lance00@onebox.com.

Transitioned Mens Group

A new support and social group

FTM International announces a new monthly support group for transitioned transsexual men. This group is envisioned as a place where we can come together to discuss and share the unique experience of being a man born of a female body.  

It is hoped that the group will be a comfortable environment for personal connection and discussion. The group will focus on issues of interest to transitioned men such as living male in the world, long-term health care, relationships, transitioned men's roles in the FTM community, losses & gains from transition, fatherhood, connecting with other men, stealth vs. non stealth, etcÉ.

The tentative idea is to meet as a 'just guys' support group every other month and a mixed social group on in-between months-- partners, families, dates, friends, kids, dogs, eats, Frisbees, footballs all welcome to join us at the park.

For additional information contact Chuck

New group for people of color on the FTM spectrum!

Don't you think itís time we got some support? Check it out! Meetings are held at the Pacific Center in Berkeley.

This group will welcome all people of color on the female-to-male (FTM) spectrum, regardless of physical status. This includes but is not limited to: transgendered, questioning, butches, FTMs, drag kings, two-spirited, genderqueers, third-gendered, trannyfags, tranny boys, boydykes, transmen, papis, Shinjuku boys, and whatever else you call yourselves. Come as you are.

The Pacific Center is located at 2712 Telegraph Avenue (at Derby) in Berkeley. For directions, visit www.pacificcenter.org. We have some funds to assist with transportation costs. For more information about the group, contact Willy Wilkinson at willyw@uclink4.berkeley.edu, or call the Pacific Center at (510) 548-8283.

Note: The Pacific Center is a scent-free space. Please refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, hair spray, essential oils, and other scented products so that people with environmental illnesses may attend. Thank you for your consideration.

20 Something and more group

Weekly support group sponsored by the Center for Human Development meets every Wednesday evening from 6:30pm til 8pm. This is a LGBT group supporting each other with transitioning, coming out, work relationships, family relationships, dating and what ever comes up. There is no fee or donation request and we usually go out to eat after the meeting. Some really eat and others just sit and talk over a glass of water. The meeting site is at 391 Taylor Blvd in Pleasant Hill, but you can't see the building from the street. Call for directions. 925-687-8844.

Gender TransForms -- SF

a direct action group committed to fighting the static, binary gender system, and demanding equal respect and space for all genders and gender expressions.

We are about: creating new pronouns and new language, redecorating Male and Female gender-segregated public bathroom doors to welcome all genders, getting better health care and medical research for trannies, fighting job, housing, and gender-segregated clothing size discrimination, being visible, and educating the masses about how the binary gender system hurts everyone.

Our first meeting is on Tuesday October 10th at 7:30 pm. For more information, call (415) 401-8939 or : genderworkssf@hotmail.com

ONGOING THERAPY GROUP (SF Bay Area)

Starting Sept. 2000. For trans folks of all varieties, anywhere on the continuum from questioning to post-operative. This group will be a safe place to receive support from peers and explore a variety of issues, including workplace, family of origin, and intimate relationships. Compared to individual sessions, this can be a more affordable way to fulfill the therapy requirement of the current standards of care. Time to be arranged. Sliding scale, $20-45 per session, payable monthly. Free pre-group interview required.

For further information call 510-527-5662 or to valigl@aol.com or see

http://members.aol.com/valigl/page/feministtherapy.htm

Co-facilitators:

Valerie Igl, MFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in the East Bay. With over 20 years of counseling experience, she specializes in relationship problems, sexual minorities (lesbian, trans, S/M, bisexual, gay), abuse survivors, sexuality, and addictions.

Reid Vanderburgh is finishing his master's degree in Counseling Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda. His specialization is Transpersonal Psychology, a holistic perspective emphasizing the mind-body-spirit connection. Reid is an FTM who began transition in 1995.

Santa Cruz Trans

A biweekly support and social group for gender-different persons, held its first meeting March 21, 2001 at 7 pm at The Diversity Center (formerly known as the Santa Cruz Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Community Center).

This group serves Santa Cruz and the Central Coast. In this first meeting we will focus on how Santa Cruz Trans can best structure the group to serve the needs of our community. In larger, more wide-ranging meetings, we can provide a network withing the Santa Cruz Trans community; and in smaller, more focused groups we can focus on more specific issues, including coming out, transgender youth, family issues, and legal matters.

All interested persons are welcome, regardless of identification: transsexual, transgenderist, or transvestite; drag king or queen; intersex, two-spirit or androgyne; genderqueer, gender-variant, gender-different, or gender-questioning. If you are a partner, ally or an interested helping professional, you are also welcome! All are welcomed to make this group a success and make Santa Cruz a more secure and supportive environment for transgendered individuals.

For more information, please contact Joy -- transcengender@yahoo.com The Diversity Center is located at 1328 Commerce Lane, Santa Cruz CA 95060, and can be reached by calling (831) 425-5422. The Diversity Center is also on the web at http://www.sclgbtcc.org

Transmens' Alliance Against Racism

To be Announced --> at Luna Sea, 16th and Mission.

The purpose of the meeting is to start a dialogue in our community between white men and men of color. I would like to work on my own racism as a white man and to learn ways in which I can be allies to men of color. Eventually I would like for the group to look at other "ism's" like sexism, classism, ageism, anti-sematism, etc.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Tom TMKennard@aol.com