{JoAnne on SSI, 14/8/24}

I am BC Canada (North America) based, I am transitioning (M2F) and discovering (with some support/hep from my significant other) some great "local" resources as I (we) move forward.

All of the transitioning information is (of course?!) "on the web" and there are some really useful resources "out there", but sometimes discovery is a matter of luck, (or a bit more…). I am happy to provide pointers to these resources if there is some interest?

Here's a start - a link to the many remarkable YouTube videos of Dr Z PhD:

https://www.youtube.com/@DRZPHD/videos

And, of course, the genderbread person model(s) and explanation of what gender/sexuality are all about for us folks… Links to my favourite versions of this "cookery book" visualisation/guide to the complexities of our diverse group
https://egale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ENG-Genderbread-Person_NEW.pdf 

Research Guides: LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Allies, Nonbinary/Genderqueer +) Resources and Research: Definitions/Terminology

To help folks you and older with what it all means (if it's of interest and helps), perhaps we could have a place on the Beaumont site for some of these sorts of transition/transgender resources/links?

We could also put something up on the Beaumont site about "self-compassion" something that is big (and IMHO) rightly so, in NA. It has helped myself and my SO move forward together, big time!

Interested in any positive/constructive comments and input on the above.
Take care
JA