User talk:LGBTCenterofRaleigh

The Transgender Initiative is a program of the [ http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com LGBT Center of Raleigh]built around the idea of creating a communal, safe place for people from all across the gender spectrum, along with their allies, to meet, gather, and provide a supportive and welcoming social environment.Our mission is to help build community with self-identified or perceived transgender, gender variant, or gender non-conforming individuals and trans-positive organizations in the greater NC Triangle region.

We move into facilitation and actualization of our thriving co-created community by nourishing and expanding support, education, activism, awareness, the arts, advocacy, wellness, health, resource creation, empowerment, visibility, acceptance, and self-determination for all transgender, gender variant, and gender non-conforming people.

SoFFA is an off shoot of the Transgender Initiative to create a peer support and social network for Significant others, Friends, Family and Allies of people in transition or questioning whether transition is appropriate, as well as gender fluid or gender queer individuals. We extend our communal safe space to address the special needs, concerns, and questions those with gender non-conforming loved ones face.

In addition to our suppport/social group meetings we also provide a wealth of local and internet resources to our community in efforts to provide and empower the North Carolinian trans community.

Changing Your Name (Wake County) Local Resources (doctors, business, etc. in and around the triangle) Internet Resources (you tube, websites, etc. that are just great) Transgender in the Media (movies, books, musicians by and for gender non-conforming) LGBT Center Psychological Resources (master list of LGBT friendly mental health providers)