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The Northern Concord
P.O. Box 258, Manchester, M60 1LN, England

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The Beaumont Society

The Society was founded in 1966 as a self help and social organisation for transvestites and transsexuals. We are still here over 40 years on, in a very different social climate, with a broader membership but with the same aims. The name comes from the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, a celebrated French transvestite of the 18th Century.

The Society is run for, and by, people who are transgender, covering the spectrum from occasional cross dressers to post operative transsexuals. We are a national organisation run on a regional basis. There are members throughout the UK, with local groups in many areas, there are also members overseas.

The Beaumont Society is run by an Executive Committee of elected and co-opted Members who meet twice a year.

Membership of the Society

There are three types of Membership, Postal, Electronic, and Combined Postal and Electronic. Postal Members receive their service through the mail, Electronic Members are given access to the Members page of the Web Site www.beaumontsociety.org.uk, Combined members, as the name suggests, receive snail mail and access to the Members Page.

Personal Security

The Society operates a strict code of confidentiality and guarantees that all information given on your application form will only be seen by those officers responsible for considering and administering your membership. No personal information is passed to other members and the Society never supplies names and addresses to anyone inside or outside the Society without the member's express permission. It is not even necessary to give your real address on your application form, as long as you provide some means for the Society to communicate with you.

Contacting Other Members

The Society operates a Mailbox System which allows members to make contact with each others without the need for individuals to reveal their personal details. This is especially helpful for members who would be daunted by the prospect of attending group meetings, or even meeting another individual face to face for the first time. The contact system allows correspondence with other members whilst preserving anonymity.

It also has a Members’ Area on its Website where members are free to display their profiles with contact details at the member’s discretion.

Magazines

The Beaumont Magazine is published quarterly and the Beaumont Bulletin twice-yearly. Both come free with the membership fee.

The Bulletin contains Society business and Membership news; it is available to Members only.

The Beaumont Magazine is more general in content with features, colour photographs, readers' letters and many articles on social events and helpful tips. It provides a lifeline to those members who for one reason or another, are unable to participate in many of the social activities. For those who do, the Magazine also provides news and information on social activities of interest to members, including many events not organised by the Beaumont Society.

Social Events

The Society is associated with a number of hotel weekends at various venues There are many other popular events organised by the Society as well as "Weekend Social Events" organised by other groups and supported by the Society.

Many areas have regular meetings which may be held in members' own homes or other suitable venues. These meetings are quite informal, though sometimes something special may be arranged, such as clothes sales, wig or make-up demonstration and video showings. Usually they are simply somewhere you can dress in a safe, relaxed, friendly atmosphere, chat with other members, make friends and discuss problems. Wives, girlfriends, and families are always very welcome.

Help and Advice

Many members find support, comfort and advice from other Society members, however neither the Society nor its members are qualified to undertake counselling. Associated with the Beaumont Society is the Beaumont Trust, which can provide avenues to professional advice.

W.O.B.S (Women of the Beaumont Society) is financed by, but quite independent of the Society. It provides help and support and a forum for the partners of transgender people.

Non-Transgender Support.

The Beaumont Society, through its experienced members, offers talks and advice on transgender matters to interested parties. This includes support for surveys by recognised students on college and university courses involving research into ‘transgender’ related subjects, mainly through its magazine and website. We also encourage students to attend our social meetings to gain first hand experience of transgender peoples’ life styles.

Further details contact

www.beaumontsociety.org.uk

 Or the information line 01582-412220

The Beaumont Society
27, Old Gloucester Street,
London.
WC1N 3XX

Beaumont Partners

The Beaumont Trust

The Beaumont trust is a registered Charity established in 1975 and funded voluntary by donations. It's aim is to assist those who are in any way troubled by gender dysphoria, or who are involved in such peoples care and provides referrals to appropriate organisations, professional counsellors, and self help groups. It aims to advance public education about all aspects of gender dysphoria related to transvestism or transsexualism and to protect the good mental and physical health of such individuals.

The Trust is a registered charity, (number 297527), the aim of which is the support of transvestites, transsexuals, their friends and families. It fosters research into both psychological and social aspects of transvestism and transsexualism and can provide speakers to address other organisations. It produces literature and arranges workshops develops befriending facilities and assists with conferences. The Beaumont Trust includes professional and members of other relevant organisations as trustees and officers.

The trust has a helpline which operates every Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm until 11pm. on

07000 287878

Calls should cost no more than British Telecoms national rate.

The Beaumont Trust,
BM Charity,
London.
WC1N 3XX.

The Beaumont Trust also has it's own web-pages on the Internet - www.beaumont-trust.org.uk

All communications will be be strictly confidential, and it would be greatly appreciated if enquirers would enclose a stamped addressed envelope.

The Gender Trust

The Gender Trust - The largest UK charity that provides support for anyone affected by gender identity issues. Individual and corporate memberships. Support, information and training available. Address: Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG.

Tel: 01273 234024

National Helpline: 0845 231 0505 (M-F 10am-10pm, Sa-Su 1pm-10pm)

Their website can be found at:

http://www.gendertrust.org.uk 

Gendys network

Gendys is a network for all who have encountered gender identity problems personally, transsexuals, transgendered people and gender dysphoric people of either sex, and for those that provide care, both professional and lay.

Members can be entirely open with other members or remain anonymous. This is a matter of personal choice. All personal information is entirely confidential and members are expected to respect this. Subscriptions support the network and help provide the various services.

The network hopes to help transsexuals and intersexed people see themselves not as victims, but as survivors of their gender identity difficulties.

The organisation that runs the Gendys Conference at Manchester University bi-annually

The organisation is run by Alice Purnell

Gendy's Network
BM Gendy's
London
WC1N 3XX

Web site at:

http://www.gender.org.uk/gendys/index.htm

 

GIRES

Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)

GIRES is committed to improving the lives of all gender variant people. It promotes research and provides information, education, training, e-learning, family workshops and a large website. Its users include trans people and all those who can enhance the circumstances in which they live, including policy makers, employers, service providers, journalists, programme makers and family members.

Web: www.gires.org.uk    E-mail: info@gires.org.uk

 Telephone: 01372 801554

Address: Melverley, The Warren, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2SP

Mermaids

Gender Identity Issues
Gender Identity Issues vary considerably. They may arise when a child exhibits gender, behaviour to some degree or other. Some may be boys who prefer to take the female role or vice versa; others may have a compulsion to play with toys mostly used by the. other sex (for instance, a boy who predominantly plays with dolls, or a girl who always plays with Action Man and ‘army, toys’). ‘ Some children may only feel comfortable when playing with peers of the other physical sex, or may cross-dress from time to time.

Gender Identity
Gender Identity is the sense of belief that "I am male," or "I am female." A child becomes aware of its gender identity before or around the age of five years. In most people their gender identity is the same as their sex, i.e. a woman or girl feels she is female and a man or boy feels he is male, but in a few people their gender identity and their sex do not match, and this can cause problems.

Gender Role
Gender role can be defined as the way someone behaves in terms of ‘maleness’ or ‘femaleness’ and the role they take in society. Gender role is variable, valuable and dependant on the cultural values of a society.

Sexual Orientation
Sexual orientation is separate from gender identity - it is simply whether one is attracted sexually to men, women, both or neither

To contact them in the first instance write to:-

The Mermaids Support Group
BM Mermaids
London
WC1N 3XX

(a SAE would be appreciated)

or you can go directly to their website at - www.mermaidsuk.co.uk

Transliving International

Contact: Stacy Novak - Email stacy@transliving.co.uk

The web site address is www.transliving.co.uk

Follow Transliving on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TransLiving1

Help line 9am to 8pm Mon to Friday 01268 583761

P.O. Box 3, Basildon, Essex, SS13 3ET

Press For Change

A campaigning organisation looking for equal rights for transsexuals.

To contact them write to:-

Press For Change
BM Network
London
WC1N 3XX

or e-mail letters@pfc.org.uk

Local Groups

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 To Contact Northern Concord write to:

The Northern Concord,
P.O. Box 258,
Manchester,
M60 1LN,
England

or E-mail JennyB@northernconcord.org.uk

   The Northern Concord is a completely voluntary organisation

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1987 - 2017

Working for the transgender community for the past 29 years