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TG Alphabet Soup
A guide to local transgender
groups
Social/Support
CATS (Community Awareness for Transsexual Support)
281/585-8089.Cristan Williams, president. www.tghelp.org,
e-mail tghelp@tghelp.org. Galveston support organization;
also runs the TG homeless shelter in Galveston
(see "Where the Need Is Greatest").
TATS (Texas Association for Transsexual Support).
Peer support group since 1993. Lilly Roddy, president.
Two meetings a month at Lesbian & Gay Community
Center. 713/529-1209, tats@GenderWeb.org.
GCTC (Gulf Coast Transgender Community) Social
support group for entire TG community. Monthly
meetings at restaurants. Rose Wall is president,
phone contact is Jackie Thorne. Good initial entry
group or source of information. 713/780-4282.
HTGA (Helping Transgenders Anonymous) Directed
by Brenda Thomas, brendat@brenda.com. 12-Step-style
support group. Weekly meetings at Bering Memorial.
STAG (Some Transgenders Are Guys) For FTM transsexuals.
Founded and run by Troy Ham, troy-61@webtv.net.
Meets in Alvin.
Tri-Ess (stands for "Three S’s,"
the Society for the Second Self) National sorority
for heterosexual crossdressers and their families.
The Houston chapter is Tau Chi and holds monthly
meetings and social events. 713/349-8969, e-mail
triessinfo@aol.com, www.tri-ess.net. Sponsers
the Spouses and Partners International Conference
of Education (SPICE), a non-crossdressing event
for wives and spouses, a summer conference, originated
by Houstonian Peggy Rudd.
Political
TGAIN (Texas Gender Advocacy and Information Network)
"Works in the political arena on behalf of
gender-variant individuals (in all of our diverse
forms), spouses (no matter how the term spouse
is defined), and families. Because gender-variant
individuals may be of any (or no) sexual orientation,
we support positive gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
gender-variant legislation and services."
Directed by Sarah DePalma, e-mail redhead13@ev1.net,
713/779-4662.
NTAC (The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition)
"Works proactively to reform societal attitudes
and the law to achieve equal rights for the transgendered
and other gender-diverse individuals. Believing
in the worth and dignity of all human beings,
we also participate in the struggles of other
wrongly oppressed minorities on the issues we
share." is media chair. E-mail info@ntac.org.
Webpage www.ntac.org.
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