Wives of transgenders support group?

[helderheid]

Hi my GBLT friends.

I am trying to compile a good list of support groups for wives of transgenders. A family member has just come out and his wife is in shock. I am getting her as much information as I can and she is very interested in talking to other women who have experienced this. She is in Oregon. Can any of you help me out?

Thanks!

[JackBeck]

1. Hope this helps.

Trans-Port
PO Box 66913, Portland, OR 97920-6913
[phone]
Peer support group for all transgendered individuals, their families and friends.

Northwest Gender Alliance
PO Box 4928
Portland, OR 97208-4928
[phone]
http://www.nwgapdx.com

Chrysalis
PO Box 1793
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Support and education for people interested in crossdressing.

Cocksure
Portland, OR
[phone]
[e-mail]
Social group and email list for female-assigned gender-variant people.

E.M.E.R.G.E.N.C.E. (Eugene, OR)
c/o Trans-Port
PO Box 66913
Portland, OR 97290-6913
[phone]
To explore and reaffirm gender expression.

Intermountain Transgender Outreach
1524 Monroe Ave.
La Grande, OR 97850
[phone]
[e-mail]
Resources and info for the TG community.

GenX Trans Group
NW 5th Ave. at NW Irving St.
Portland, OR
(2nd fl. Amtrak Union Station)
Under age 31 only. Support group, and other resources for younger TGs.

Trans/Identity Resource Centre
1030 SW 13th, Portland, OR 97205
[phone]
Genderblendz Walk-ins Mondays 4 - 7 pm

Rho Gamma - Tri-Ess (Rogue Valley Girls)
PO Box 5551
Grants Pass, OR 97527
[phone]
[e-mail]
Support for heterosexual CDs & SOs.

Salishon, The Womyn's Information Network
PO Box 1604
Eugene, OR 97440- 1604
A service and information network for womyn who perceive themselves living an alternative lifestyle.

Salmacis: The Equalitarian Feminist Social Society
PO Box 1604
Eugene, OR 97440-1604
[phone] (Sally Ann, 6-11 PM PST)
A social support society devoted to the concept of feminism.

Transsexual/Peer Support Group
2400 NE Broadway
Portland, OR
http://home.comcast.net/~genderxplore
Meets at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland.

Resources PDX
Portland, Oregon area transgender resource directory
This is a directory, rather than a support group. Contains a wealth of information.
http://www.resourcespdx.org

FtM Trauma Survivor Support Group
YWCA Counseling Center in downtown Portland
Catherine Pivetti, MA [phone] Ext. 2018
http://www.ywca-pdx.org/counseling.html

Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Center (SMYRC)
2100 SE Belmont St.
Portland, OR 97214
[phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
http://www.www.smyrc.org/transyouthgroup/index.html
A group for age 23 and under genderqueer, transgender and gender questioning.

TransParentcy
Based in Portland, Oregon
http://www.transparentcy.org
Supporting transgender parents and their advocates.

[helderheid]

2. many thanks!!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Online Support Forums

I am transgendered myself and I'm currently a member of a couple of online forums at http://www.crossdressers.com and http://www.myhusbandbetty.com. Both forums would be excellent places for your family member and his wife to get some more information and to find some support. My wife also belongs to the "My Husband Betty (named after a book written by a wife of a crossdresser, Helen Boyd, who also moderates and posts on the site)" site which, between the two of them, is more geared towards spouses of crossdressers/transgendered individuals. Hope everything turns out o.k.

[tonekat]

4. Heres a link to the live journal "partners of tg" community

http://community.livejournal.com/partners_of_tg/profile

My spouse recently discovered this and assured me that it was more than just shared resentment. May be worth investigating.

[helderheid]

5. thank you everyone here

My mom and dad may be able to work through this thanks to these resources.