Resources

FTM Sonoma County does not endorse these service/product providers, we are only passing along their information.

Local Support

• Face to Face
  Sonoma County AIDS Network
• PFLAG Northbay
  PFLAG/NBC seeks to promote the health and well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning persons, their families and friends through: support, education and advocacy.
• Positive Images
  Provides support and advocacy to Sonoma County’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersexed youth and young adults, and educates the greater community. We envision a Sonoma County where all youth are valued, compassionate community members, creating a just society.
• Spectrum
  Serving Marin and Sonoma Counties, Spectrum provides community leadership to promote acceptance, understanding, and full inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Kaiser Permanente Providers

• Nicholas DeMara, PhD (Psychiatry)
• Kendal Hamann, MD (Endocrinology)
• Willow Thorsen, Msw (Psychiatry)

Other Local Healthcare Providers

• Suegee Tamar-Mattis, DO

Legal Organizations

• Transgender Law Center
• TLPI

Additional Information

• Hudson's FTM Resource Guide
  Provide information on topics of interest to female-to-male (FTM, F2M) transmen, and their friends and loved ones.
• Intramuscluar Injection Guide
• Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men
  A guide for health care providers regarding the care for transmen before, during, and after transition.
• Safe2Pee
  User generate mapping of gender neutral bathrooms, unisex restrooms, and accessible toilets.

Yahoo! Groups

• FTM Early Transitioning
• FTM Metoidioplasty
• FTM Phalloplasty
• FTM Surgery Info
• FTM Surgery Support

Social and Networking Sites

• The Men's Room
• Transqueernation

Binders, Packers, and FTM Gear

• Big Brothers Used Binder Program
  New or Gently Used Binder Exchange Program for Low Income, Homeless, Struggling Transmen/FTM/Intersexed Men
• Clit Pump and Cylinder Kit
  
• Dj. Knows Dicks
  Pissin' Passin' Packer (STP and Soft Packer in One)
• FTM Gear
  FTM Stud (STP and Soft Packer in One), FTM Sock (Packer Holder), and FTM Strap (Packer Jock Strap)
• Mr. Right Three Colors, VixSkin silicone Soft Packers
• pStyle
  Hard Plastic STP device (Not a Packer)
• Shewee
  UK based, Hard Plastic STP device (Not a Packer)
• Soft Pack Four Sizes, Soft Packers (Pink Only)
• Underworks
  Chest Binders, Compression Shorts, and Swimsuits.
• Whiz Freedom
  UK based, Hard Plastic STP device (Not a Packer)

Recommended Reading

• Letters for my Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect
  
  Edited by Megan M. Rohrer and Zander Keig
  
  Featuring Writing by Jamison Green, fAe gibson, Christopher Bautista, Chase Ryan Joynt, Malcom Himschoot, Lou Sullivan, Reid Vanderburgh, Aaron H. Devor, Aaron Raz Link, Patrick M. Callahan, Elliott Anthony Brooker, Zander Keig, C.T. Whitley, Raven Kaldera, Tucker Lieberman, Lyle Blake, Keith Josephson, and Matt Kailey
  
  20% of all proceeds donated to the National Center for Transgender Equality
• Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
• Body Alchemy by Loren Cameron
• How Sex Changed by Joanne Meyerowitz
• Self-Made Men by Henry Rubin
• The Testosterone Files by Max Wolf Valerio
• Trans Forming Families by Mary Boenke
• Transmen & FTMs by Jason Cromwell
• True Selves by Mildred Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley

Trans Artists and Musicians

• The Cliks
  Toronto based band led by Transman Lucas Silveira.
• Coyote Grace
  Girl meets Girl. Girl becomes Boy. Girl and Boy become a band.
• Katastrophe
  Katastrophe (aka Rocco Kayiatos) is a San Francisco based rapper and producer. He uses his poetic grasp of language to weave dense tales of lives lived outside the mainstreams of education, gender, and culture.