Reddit mentions of TransGeneration

There are a few of us here, yeah, but there are other places with a LOT more guys that you should definitely check out. Come chat at http://ftmichael.transboys.info/yayforqueers.html . :) And spend a lot of time with the links below. http://ftm.livejournal.com/ is another particularly excellent place to connect with guys who've been there.

Take your time with these links; getting through them is not a race, and going through them slowly is a better idea anyway.

• http://imatyfa.org/
  
• http://tranifesto.org/
  
• http://transfamily.com/
  
• http://trans-health.org/
  
• http://transbucket.com/
  
• http://forum.trueselves.com/
  
• http://ftm.livejournal.com/tag/
  
• http://transkidspurplerainbow.org/
  
• http://t-vox.org/ - resource/info central
  
• http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=266
  
• http://t-vox.org/index.php?title=Online_Support
  
• http://t-vox.org/index.php?title=Support_groups
  
• http://t-vox.org/index.php?title=Therapists_by_region
  
• http://safeschoolscoalition.org/whydontyoutellthem.pdf
  
• http://ftmichael.transboys.info/yayforqueers.html - come chat!
  
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/njkidst-net/ - for Trans folks 18 and under, if you are
  
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=vPBLYBIo0uw - ten-minute YouTube on coming out as FTM
  
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teentransman/ - for Trans guys 25 and under, if you are
  
• http://youtube.com/theftmteam - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/theftmroom - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/itsttime2010 - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/ftmkickstart - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/ftmtelevision - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/ftmtranstastic - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/transguysunite - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/genderqueerchat - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/welcometoourworldftm - keep checking back because new ones are added regularly
  
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=gukzQ5eLrVc - the Trans Enough Project. An inspiring and empowering video.
  
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=IHAruoOm4w4 - Trans activist Jamison Green reflects on transitioning, 18 years after he began
  
  Must-reads if you can get hold of them:
  
  
• Luna by Julie Anne Peters (YA fiction)
  
• Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger (YA fiction)
  
• Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
  
• The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper
  
• Just Add Hormones by Matt Kailey (author of the above-mentioned Tranifesto)
  
• Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by S. Bear Bergman and Kate Bornstein
  
• Trans Forming Families, edited by Mary Boenke (third edition, 2008) - available from PFLAG's Transgender Network for $10 US
  
• The Our Trans Children leaflet (sixth edition) - available from PFLAG's Transgender Network for $2 US, or you can save and print it yourself for free. The booklet is their only source of revenue, so if you can pay for it, please do!
  
• TransGeneration (Ignore what Lucas says in the first episode about hormones being "very dangerous" - they're not, not if you get them through a competent doctor and have regular - which usually means annual - bloodwork, and that was irresponsible of him to say.)
  
  (The books, aside from Trans Forming Families, can be ordered on Amazon or you can get the ISBNs from Amazon and bring them to any bookstore to order them. The DVD can be ordered on Amazon also, as you see from the link.)

/u/ftmichael has a good list of resources. I hope he won't mind if I quote one of his posts concerning another person who had asked for books she/her parents could read:

>Connect with http://imatyfa.org/ and get yourself a copy of The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper. (Never give or recommend anything you haven't read first yourself!)

>Also check out:

> Luna* by Julie Anne Peters (YA fiction)

• Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger (YA fiction)
  
• She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boylan
  
• Trans Forming Families, edited by Mary Boenke (third edition, 2008)
  
• The Our Trans Children leaflet (sixth edition) - available from PFLAG's Transgender Network for $2 US, or you can save and print it yourself for free. The booklet is their only source of revenue, so if you can pay for it, please do!
  
• TransGeneration (Ignore what Lucas says in the first episode about hormones being "very dangerous" - they're not, not if you get them through a competent doctor and have regular - which usually means annual - bloodwork.)
  
  >(The books can be ordered on Amazon or you can get the ISBNs from Amazon and bring them to any bookshop to order them. The DVD can be ordered on Amazon also, as you see from the link.)
  
  Having seen Transgeneration, it isn't too bad and is something you could watch with your mum, although there's less factual information as it's more of a documentary.
  
  Also, the WPATH Standards of Care, and the American Endocrine Society Clinical Practise Guidelines for Transgender Care are informative reads (I like the former a bit more - they've come a long way the past decade or so).