A list of online resources for transgender people and their family and friends. Please add your own useful links in the comments Here is a selection of online resources for trans and gender-vari...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/29/transgender-advice-best-resources-online
In her final column, Juliet Jacques reflects on life after sex reassignment surgery. Was the gruelling four-year process worth it – and does her body feel right at last? Three years and six mo...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/29/transgender-journey-last-post
After sex reassignment surgery, Juliet Jacques recuperates at home with her parents. An infection delays her recovery, but eventually pain begins to give way to pleasure When I got the date for ...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/oct/08/transgender-journey-recovering-from-surgery
The day of the operation has finally arrived. Juliet Jacques recounts the final preparations, the surgery itself and the aftermath Six weeks before sex reassignment surgery (SRS), I am obliged t...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/30/sex-reassignment-surgery-transgender-journey
In her final consultation before sex reassignment surgery, Juliet Jacques is told exactly what will happen to her body - and what could go wrong Britain's most famous transsexual autobiographies...
After a consultation with her gender reassignment surgeon, the reality of impending surgery dawns on Juliet Jacques. Is she doing the right thing? I'm finally moving towards the second major sta...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/may/15/transgender-journey-reality-surgery
Juliet Jacques reports on the 'Real Life Experience' living as a woman required by medical professionals before she can set a date for gender reassignment surgery Click here to read the rest of ...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/23/transgender-real-life-experience
Juliet Jacques learned to deal with heckling in public, but hadn't anticipated the problems with being 'read' as trans on a night out Pre-transition, I managed my gender difference through caref...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/27/transgender-journey-public-spaces
The hormone dose has been doubled, the verbal abuse has dwindled and surgery has been discussed - is the end finally in sight for Juliet Jacques? I knew after my second visit to the Gender Ident...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/18/transgender-journey-clinical-details
The journey to gender reassignment has felt like an endurance test, more so than necessary to prove my 'commitment' I knew at the start that the NHS gender reassignment process would be slow. I...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/09/transgender-journey
The surgical conclusion to the gender reassignment pathway is irrevocable. But what alternative is there - and do any regret it? Throughout transition, one question has stood out for me above th...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/23/gender-reassignment-transgender-journey
Learning how to live and 'present' as a woman can be like learning a new language, only without the concrete rules, says Juliet Jacques Follow Juliet's journey from the beginning Living 'as a ...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/09/transgender-women-femininity
How will Juliet Jacques's transition be perceived in the macho world of football? On a train from Brighton to London, I check my appearance, wondering if my gender will complicate matters at my ...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/26/transgender-juliet-jacques-masculinity-football
For Juliet Jacques, beginning hormone replacement therapy is a vital step towards her goal. But what will it feel like to go through a second puberty? Two months after my second visit to the Gen...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/12/transgender-health-and-wellbeing
Juliet Jacques had always wanted to take to the stage, and now the time finally seemed right After living in fear for so long, coming out had been hugely liberating, but I gradually forgot that ...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/29/gender-performance-stage
As she prepares to start hormone therapy, Juliet Jacques is forced to consider if she will ever want to be a parent. Should she save sperm for the future? For transsexual people, a strong relati...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/14/transgender-freezing-sperm
Juliet Jacques returns to the Gender Identity Clinic, hopeful of a long-awaited hormone prescription. Will she get the answer she wants to hear? The wait for my second Gender Identity Clinic ap...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/01/transgender-mental-health
Juliet Jacques is starting to look like a woman, but she still sounds like a man. Will speech therapy help? Realising that I wanted to transition made sense of so many long-standing personal tr...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/16/transgender
What do transsexual people and pregnant women have in common? Both cause strangers to lose all sense of propriety, says Juliet Jacques Throwing myself into living as female , I anticipated the d...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/03/what-not-to-ask-a-transsexual
Once her transition was under way, Juliet Jacques set out to make new friends who understood the specific challenges of transsexual life Settling into 'full-time' living , I stepped away from th...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/20/transsexual-community