Welcome Booklet Supporting Trans Communities, Campaigning for Inclusion. Welcome! When people first begin to explore their gender identity, they often wonder ‘am I really The Clare Project is a registered charity run trans?’ or‘am I trans enough to access by and for trans, non-binary and intersex support?’. (TNBI) people in Brighton, Hove and East Sussex. Founded in 2000, we have since If you are trans, non-binary or gender- welcomed thousands of TNBI people exploring, you are welcome here. You don’t through our doors, regardless of their need to look or dress a certain way, take gender identity or expression. hormones, have surgery, or come out in order to be trans. You are also welcome here if you We run drop-ins, support groups, don’t have a gender identity at all. information sessions, workshops and socials for local TNBI people as well as There have always been people, like us, providinginformationandtrainingfor whose gender identity does not fully align individuals and organisations on with their sex assigned at birth. Throughout TNBI community needs. history TNB identities have existed, and they continue to exist, in different ways across cultures and communities. Reaching out for support can be the most difficult part of any Similarly, if you are intersex, we are here for journey. We recognise that you. We believe intersex variations are normal exploring, questioning or biological variations and we support the recognising your gender or rights of intersex adults and children. You intersex identity can often be don’t have to be a transgender intersex confusing, stressful, and isolating. person to access our support. This Welcome Pack will introduce Whichever labels you chose to use, your you to our services, who can access them, and how to find trans, non-binary or intersex identity is further information, resources and real and valid, and we will support you. support. We also recognise that TNBI people who use Our contact details are on the last our services may have other marginalised page of this booklet. We are here identities. We welcome everyone, including for you. People of Colour, disabled people, sex workers, migrants and the homeless. Our Services Training and Development • We produce information booklets for the TNBI community, their friends and families, which are Tuesday Drop-In: available in print or on our website as PDFs and • A weekly get-together for community members to audio files. We also have a blog. socialise, find out more about services and receive • We provide training to organisations on how to support. support people with TNBI identities. • Every Tuesday 2.30-5.30pm (except on the first Tuesday of the month, when it is 5-7pm) at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Brighton, BN2 1RL. Health and Wellbeing • We have a transgender counsellor who can TNB support people with short-term, low-cost counselling. • Monthly workshop & discussion group. Each month hosts a theme relating to health and well-being, or • We can refer people to a local transgender GP for various activities. free NHS trans specific and general healthcare at the Brighton Trans Health Hub. • TNB Brighton happens on the third Thursday of every month, 6-8pm at Café Domenica on Preston • We can offer coaching and mentoring, and access Road, Brighton, BN1 4QE. to TNBI personal assistants for TNBI people who need social support. • TNB Hastings – organised in partnership with Hastings & Rother Rainbow Alliance – happens on • We support local commissioning services with the second Wednesday of every month, 7-9pm at research and development to improve the Mungos Café, 21 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JY. accessibility of NHS primary care services for the TNBI community, as well as for refugees and Monthly Meet & Eat asylum seekers. • Monthly social at a local pub or restaurant. Fully accessible, bursaries available, all diets catered for. Meet & Eat happens on the first Tuesday of every month straight after our later drop-in, at 7pm, at a chosen venue close to Dorset Gardens. Local Resources Local Charities Meet-Ups Hobbies Events Online Groups Brighton and Hove Navigate Trans Can Sport Trans Pride Queer Community LGBT Switchboard: A peer support group for Sports and fitness Annual day of Noticeboard Helpline and community TNBI people on the sessions for the trans celebration for the trans A place for Brighton projects for LGBT adults, Trans-masculine community community. Includes Queers to share info/ training for spectrum. www.transcansport.co. march, live music, and campaigns/adverts/ organisations. www.navigatebrighton. uk evening events. requests/queries/ www.switchboard.org.uk co.uk/ www.facebook.com/ regarding queer friendly BLAGSS TransPrideBrighton/ events/ job and housing Allsorts Youth Project: Trans Survivors Sports society for LGBT opportunities/ sports Groups, 1:1 support and A peer support group for people, groups include LGBT Pride groups/ activism. advocacy for LGBT TNBI survivors of sexual football, badminton, Annual weekend festival www.facebook.com/ youth (5-25), family violence. Contact: dance and more. to celebrate the LGBT groups/ support work, training Ruairi.white@ www.blagss.org community. Includes queercommunitynotice and education services switchboard.org.uk march, live music, street board www.allsortsyouth.org. Rainbow Chorus parties and evening uk Lunch Positive LGBT choir with no events. Homes For Queers Lunch and social auditions. www.brighton-pride.org Brighton MindOut: support for people living www.rainbowchorus. A place for queer people Mental health service for with HIV. org.uk Gal Pals to find housing with LGBT adults, training for www.lunchpositive.org/ A queer dance party other queer folk in organisations LGBT Geeks featuring only music Brighton. Search QTIBIPOC Mental A safe space for created by women. www.mindout.org.uk Health Space LGBTQIAP folk who love “Homes for Queers QTIBIPoC focused https://galpals.club/ Brighton” on Facebook. The Rainbow Hub: all things geeky. Alternative Mental www.facebook.com/ Tramfrau Local drop-in space in Health Support and BrightonandHoveLGBT LGBT Brighton and Kemp Town, Brighton, Community Advocacy A queer club night for Hove Network for LGBT+ people Geeks the unusual crowd. Facebook group for training. www.facebook.com/ seeking help, www.facebook.com/ Older and Out LGBT people in Brighton information or qtipocnarratives/ TraumfrauBrighton/ to keep up to date with guidance. Social network and local events. www. Rainbow Families telephone advice for Polyglamourous Search ‘LGBT Brighton therainbowhub Social group for LGBT older LGBT adults. A queer dance party. and Hove Network’ on brighton.com families and their www.olderandout www.facebook.com/ Facebook. children. brighton.org.uk polyglamorousbrighton www.rainbowfamilies. org.uk This booklet was designed and produced by The Clare Project This is the Spring 2021 edition, Version #1. Booklet available in other formats on request. Writing & Design: Luka White Images: James Fox Contact details: Address: The Clare Project, c/o Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Dorset Gardens, Brighton, BN2 1RL Email: [email protected] Tel: 07464229395 Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/tcpbrighton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ theclareproject Supporting Trans Communities, Campaigning for Inclusion..