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TransOhio serves the Ohio transgender and ally communities by providing services, education, support and advocacy which promotes and improves the health, safety and life experience of the Ohio transgender individual and community.

Partners & Spouses & SOFFA

TransOhio maintains a list of resources for Partners, Spouses, Significant Others, Parents, Children, and other SOFFA’s of transgender people. This is by no means a complete list of available resources. If you’d like to add a resource to this list, please send an email to us at TransOhio@gmail.com.

 

Partners , Spouses, Significant Others

http://transmarried.blogspot.com
A blog written by the wife of a transwoman

http://www.unwellness.com/
A blog written by the wife of a trans man

http://www.herwife.com/
A blog archive of a spouse’s journey (note: archive, not an active blog)

http://www.tgcrossroads.org/yoursoffavoice
An online archive section of tg crossroads that was geared towards SOFFAs

http://www.youtube.com/user/TMatesFTM
YouTube Channel featuring ftm partners talking about various topics related to being a partner

http://thecrossdressersgirlfriend.blogspot.com/?zx=ca7ff3ca08e7da8f
A blog written by the girlfriend of a crossdresser

http://ftm-soffa.net/
Online forum for trans, particularly transmen and their family and friends

http://www.straightspouse.org/
An online community for heterosexual identified spouses

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransFamilySpouses
Online yahoo support list for spouses and partners of trans identified individuals

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ftmsos
An online yahoo support list for for partners of FTMs regardless of sexual identity

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/engender_partners
An online yahoo support list for all partners of transgendered individuals

http://transpartner.wordpress.com/
A blog written by the partner of a FTM

http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/
A blog written by Helen Boyd, an author, activist, and wife of a trans woman.

http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/community/
The link to her online forum where trans and partners are able to discuss openly how transness affects their lives.

http://crossdressers-forum.com/forums
An online forum for crossdressers, SOs, friends and family. Also provides a safe place for partners to post.

http://www.crossdressers.com/forums
An online forum for crossdressers, transgendered, transsexuals, their loved ones and friends. Has a safe space for partners to post.

http://www.tri-ess.org/spice/CDSO/CDSO.htm
An online forum for female partners of crossdressers.

http://annierushden.blogspot.com/
A blog written by the wife of a MTF and her experiences during her spouse’s transition and beyond.

http://www.bussert.com/jessica/sharon.html
A partner’s story about her life during her spouse’s transition.

http://crossdresserswife.com/
A blog archive written by the wife of a crossdresser

Books

  • Trans People in Love
  • My Husband Betty
  • She’s Not the Man I Married
  • Head Over Heels: Wives Who Stay With Cross-Dressers and Transsexuals
  • Crossdresers: And those Who Share Their Lives
  • My Husband Wears My Clothes: Crossdressing From the Perspective of a Wife

Children With a Transgender Parent

A Seat of the SOFFA
http://supersoffa.blogspot.com/
A blog written by the daughter of a trans woman

Kids of Transgender Parents

http://www.colage.org/programs/trans/
A COLAGE program geared for children of a transgender parent, provides resources for the entire family

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kidsoftrans/
A yahoo list for children to be able to connect and share experiences

Parents of A Transgender Child

http://www.imatyfa.org/
Trans Youth Family Allies is an organization for transgender youth and their families

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TYFA_TALK/
Their yahoo list providing support and resources for parents, guardians, and other caregivers of transgender children ages 3-18
**We are continuously  updating this list of links, websites, blogs and books. Check back regularly for more resources for Partners, Spouses, Significant Others, Parents, Children, and other SOFFA’s.

If you have a resource you’d like us to list, please email us at TransOhio@gmail.com.

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