Websites
Transgender Education & Advocacy
FORGE
http://www.forge-forward.org/index.php
FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression) is a national education, advocacy, and support umbrella supporting FTM+s (female-to-male transsexuals and transgenderists, and others who were assigned female at birth but who have some level of masculine identification) and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Family, Friends, and Allies).
FTM International
http://www.ftmi.org/
FTM International (FTMI) sponsors information and networking meetings, local and regional chapters and events, and sponsors internet communities to build FTM communities and provide accurate information and support. FTMI also sponsors and supports FTM conferences, presents workshops and trainings, and publishes resources The FTM International Newsletter, as well as materials such as books, manuals, and audiotapes.
Gender Education and Advocacy
http://www.gender.org
Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is a national organization focused on the needs, issues, and concerns of gender variant people in human society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from gender-based oppression in all its many forms.
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
http://www.gpac.org/
The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition works to ensure that classrooms, communities, and workplaces are safe for everyone to learn, grow, and succeed - whether or not they meet expectations for masculinity and femininity. As a human rights organization, GenderPAC also promotes an understanding of the connection between discrimination based on gender stereotypes and sex, sexual orientation, age, race, and class.
GenderTalk
http://www.gendertalk.com
GenderTalk is the home of the leading talk radio program on all issues of gender -- and much more. Listen here at any time to over 400 inspiring, entertaining and informative programs. Also on the website are links to GenderVision, which continues the ground-breaking work of challenging and expanding our vision of gender and progressive politics. Discussions will range from the basics of sex and gender to all things masculine, feminine, and transgender, including GLBT, feminist, women's and men's issues. The videos on GenderVision are intended for multiple audiences and can make great teaching tools.
International Foundation for Gender Education
http://www.ifge.org/
The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) is a non-profit advocacy organization whose purpose is overcoming the intolerance of transvestism and transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance. As our own consciousness evolves, we have rededicated ourselves to outreach through education for the emancipation of all people from restrictive gender norms.
National Center for Transgender Equality
http://nctequality.org/
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment. By empowering transgender people and allies to educate and influence policymakers and others, NCTE facilitates a strong and clear voice for gender equality in our nation's capital and around the country.
Transgender Law and Policy Institute
http://www.transgenderlaw.org/
The Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.
Transgender Support Networks
Hudson's FTM Resource Guide
http://www.ftmguide.org/
This Guide is intended to provide information on topics of interest to female-to-male (FTM, F2M) trans men, and their friends and loved ones. Non-trans men have also found the pages on men's grooming and clothing to be helpful. Transsexual, non-transsexual, intersex, transgender, genderqueer, questioning, and "just plain folks" are all welcome.
Laura's Playground
http://lauras-playground.com/
Laura's Playground is a transsexual, transgender, and crossdressing support and news site. We support partners and family members as well. Personal support is provided through transgender forums, live chat, and email. Both Male to Female (MTF) and Female to Male (FTM) transgender spectrums are included.
Trans Health
http://www.trans-health.com/
Trans-Health is a volunteer-run website providing information on health and fitness for trans people. The site addresses topics such as aging, body modifications,disability, fitness and training, health and wellbeing, health care services, hormones, mental and emotional health, nutrition, sexuality, sports and competition, surgery, and transitioning.
Transgender Zone
http://www.transgenderzone.com/
The Transgender Zone supports those who feel they are confused about their gender, those who are looking for support for someone who is transgendered, and health and social care professionals who want to learn more about the subject. We work to educate those who are living with gender dysphoria and increase awareness about this and other gender identity issues. Much of the involvement in this site involves the sharing of knowledge in our library and Bulletin Board.
Transsexual Road Map
http://www.tsroadmap.com/
This website serves as a resource for male-to-female (MTF) transsexuals. It guides them through all aspects of transition, from coming out to transitioning socially to undergoing sex reassignment surgery. It also provides resources such as links to other sites and information about books, films, and organizations.
Tri-Ess Cross Dressing Support
http://www.tri-ess.org/
Tri-Ess is an international support group for heterosexual crossdressers, their partners, the spouses of married crossdressers and their families.
What Is Gender?
http://www.whatisgender.net/
What is Gender? is a support forum for transgendered and non-binary people and significant others.
Student / Activist Resources
Campus Pride
http://www.campuspride.org/
Campus Pride represents the only national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBT students. The organization is a volunteer-driven network "for" and "by" student leaders. The primary objective of Campus Pride is to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States.
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
http://www.lgbtcampus.org/
The combined vision and mission on the Consortium is to achieve higher education environments in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni have equity in every respect. Our goals are to support colleagues and develop curriculum to professionally enhance this work; to seek climate improvement on campuses; and to advocate for policy change, program development, and establishment of LGBT Office/Centers.
Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network
http://www.glsen.org
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. It is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for ALL students.
National Student Genderblind Campaign
http://www.genderblind.org/
The National Student Genderblind Campaign is a rapidly growing student movement to promote gender-neutral rooming options at colleges across the nation. We work with college students, administrators, staff, LGBT organizations, and human rights groups to ensure that college policies and practices are affirmative to all students.
Safe2Pee: Bathrooms for Everyone
http://safe2pee.org/beta/
The goal of the project is to create a resource where people who do not feel comfortable with traditional public restrooms can find safe alternatives, and to support advocacy and research to further the cause of gender free, inclusive bathrooms. The service aims to be accessible from a variety of mediums.
Transgender Day of Remembrance
http://www.gender.org/remember/day/
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgendered people, an action that current media doesn't perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten.
Books
Trans - General
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
Kate Bornstein
Gender Quake
Joelle Ruby Ryan
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
Leslie Feinberg
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
Leslie Feinberg
The Transsexual's Survival Guide: To Transition and Beyond
Joanne Altman Stringer
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
Mildred L. Brown
FTM Spectrum
Becoming a Visible Man
Jamison Green
Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience
Matt Kailey
The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals
Dean Kotula
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
Max Wolf Valerio
Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities
Jason Cromwell
MTF Spectrum
Branded T
Rosalyne Blumenstein
She's Not the Man I Married: Life with a Transgender Husband
Helen Boyd
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Julia Serano
Wrapped in Blue: A Journey of Discovery
Donna Rose
Gender Nonconforming/Other
GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary
Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity
Matt Bernstein Sycamore
Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg
Gender Theory
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Judith Butler
Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer
Riki Wilchins
The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights
Deborah Rudacille
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
Anne Fausto-Sterling
Undoing Gender
Judith Butler