These pages set out the steps to take in changing your name.

• FTM Partners Support Network
  Telephone Jane 01446 740 371
• Partners, family, friends and relationship issues:
  Depend
• The Metropolitan Community Church: meets every Sunday, 4.45pm in St Peter’s House, University Precinct Centre, Oxford Rd, Manchester. tel: 0161 273 1567
• The Sibyls: Christian group for trans people, write to: BM Sibyls, London, WC1N 3XX telephone Jay on 020 8763 0146

Edinburgh

• Transgender Youth Support Group
  for 13-25 year old of all sexualities and genders. Meets every second Monday. Significant others are also very welcome. For more info. contact LGBT Youth Scotland
  Tel: 0845 113 0005 (tues. 7.30-9pm). Email: info@lgbtyouth.org.uk.

Glasgow

• Trans Support Group
  at The Sandyford Initiative, Sauchiehill Street, Glasgow, Tel: 0141 211 8135

Cork

• Counselling Group
  Glanmire Co Cork, details email: canygwynt@eircom.net, tel: 026 40229 or 086 3440131,no later than 22-00hrs

North Wales

• Contact Dave Rowntree on, 07720 784283 email: 2daerowntree@ukonline.co.uk

Brighton And Hove:

• The Clare Project
  Meets 7.30pm 1st Friday of each month at Hove Town Hall. Cttee Room 3, Norton Road Tel: 01273 292905

Lists of local support groups.

Note that local groups are sometimes quite small and run on an ad-hoc basis, so the deatils here may not always be up-to-date. Please tell us if you think that our imformation here is inaccurate or outdated.

The London group for female to male transsexual and transgender people, monthly support meetings

(0)161 432 1915

Only Wednesday evening between 8pm and 10.30pm, UK time.

Calls to this number are charged at the normal call rates.

This telephone help line is operated entirely by unpaid volunteers, from their own homes. Please respect their privacy, and the fact that on occasions they may be dealing with problems in their own lives. The phone line is not available at other times.

We are unable to return your calls, even if you leave a message on the answer machine, and we cannot afford to accept ‘reverse charge’ phone calls.