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Purpose of TranzWiki.net
TranzWiki.net attempts to be a comprehensive directory of the groups campaigning for, supporting or assisting transgender people across the UK, and has been developed by GIRES. Some groups may appear in one or more subdivisions.
People have many reasons for contacting support groups. Some of them may be the victim of a crime related to their being transgender and need to know who to turn to for support. TranzWiki also contains a list of Police forces, and these are also listed on each regional page. Groups may wish to use the information to liaise with other listed groups regarding issues of public policy.
The national groups are listed below. To access other groups, please click the relevant link.
Using www.TCrime.net
We have also set up a system for reporting transphobic crime, http://www.Tcrime.net. We want to know about all the unpleasantness, and too often much worse, inflicted on gender variant people because, in their opinion, they have been targeted based on their actual or perceived transgender status. Very often this unpleasantness is criminal. However, whether or not anyone could be charged with a crime would depend upon a police investigation and Crown Prosecution Service examination of the case.
For instance, persistent use of transphobic language directed at a trans person probably does constitute a crime. But, regardless of that, we want those who experience such treatment to tell us about it, please. This will help us to build up a picture of the transphobia that too often results in abuse or much worse. We can use this information to persuade policy makers in the criminal justice system and elsewhere in government to take additional action to protect trans people. Improving the circumstances in which trans people live may depend more on education than criminal prosecution. We also want to use this information in our work with educators and, in collaboration with Trans Media Watch, journalists and people working in broadcasting.
Draft Trans Community Statement of Need
In response to the recently commenced talks with the government about the range of problems which trans people can face but have no protection against, they are now engaged in producing the Trans Community Statement of Need. This document outlines all the problems that trans people face and suggests those that the state could act to prevent, discourage or assuage. These may either be things that negatively affect all trans people or, importantly, problems specific to certain under-represented subgroups of trans people. The Community realistically accepts that the government cannot act on all its problems immediately. Some may have to be dealt with later and, in the case of others, the Community itself can improve the situation with nothing more than government support and encouragement rather than specific departmental action.
The Trans Community Statement of Need is very powerful because many different perspectives have gone into producing the document. If you would like to review the current version of the Statement and/or make comments and amendments please see the main document, Trans Community Statement of Need
Disclaimers
TranzWiki is intended only to provide signposts to the great range of voluntary and public-sector organisations that provide services to trans people and those who care for them. GIRES has not vetted the accuracy of the contents of TranzWiki or the reliability of the organisations that are listed. The inclusion of an organisation within TranzWiki does not mean that it has been endorsed by GIRES. Some of the information and images on the organisations' individual websites may be inappropriate for you. Users of the information contained within TranzWiki are strongly advised to be prudent in making use of this resource and to note carefully that GIRES is not responsible for the material you may see.
Nonetheless, GIRES retains the right in its entire discretion to remove without notice any information or image that may be displayed and to close any account.
If you are unhappy with the response of any organisation listed, please tell us immediately.
Amending Details
You must have a TranzWiki account in order to amend details in it. To request an account, please contact us.
If you find any fault with TranzWiki or the organisations that it lists, wish to suggest improvements or know of other organisations that should be listed, please tell us.
Support Groups
This section of TranzWiki lists all the organisations that we know about which support transgender people across the UK, at national and local level, including those which have a special focus. The national groups are listed below. To access groups which have a more local focus, please click the link for the relevant regional page.
Churches and other faith-based communities are listed in their own sections on the regional pages. However, the LBGT Anglican Coalition has a list of churches they believe to accept some of gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans people on their own website.
The categorisations used are for guidance only.
UK-wide Support Groups
| Group Name | Support Trans Men | Support Trans Women | Support Partners | Support Children of Trans Parents | Support Trans Children / Youth | Support Parents of Trans People | Religious Support | Employment Support | Internet Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a:gender | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Al-Fatiha | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Beaumont Society | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Beaumont Trust | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Broken Rainbow | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Depend | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| FTM Network | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Gendered Intelligence | Yes | ||||||||
| Gender Trust | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Gendys Network | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| GIRES | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | LAGIP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mermaids | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| National Trans Police Association | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| NuttycaTS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| The Other Halves | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Pink Parents | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Press for Change | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Queer Youth Network | Yes | ||||||||
| QwesT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Regard | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Roses Forum | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Sibyls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Trans Media Watch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Transliving | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Transpartners UK | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| UK Angels | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Women of the Beaumont Society - WOBS | Yes | ||||||||
News Services
Localised Groups
This section contains links to pages for each region which detail groups which focus on that geographic region or part of it.
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Police Forces
If you report a trans-related hate crime via www.TCrime.net, GIRES can inform the police, protecting your anonymity if you wish.
To report a crime through TCrime.net, click here.
Police Authorities
The following is a list of Police Authorities across the UK, together with their statements on hate crime and ways of reporting hate crimes:
