Support Groups

CTAC does not endorse any of these organizations we are only providing them as a convenience.

Regional/National Groups

GLAD- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders :http://www.glad.org/

International Foundation for Gender Education: http://www.ifge.org/

National Center for Transgender Equality: http://transequality.org/

Local Groups

Eastern Connecticut Sate University ( ECSU ) Pride Alliance pridealliance @ my.easternct.edu

Connecticut Latina/os Achieving Rights and Opportunities (CLARO) http://www.claro-ct.org/

Connecticut Outreach Society (COS) http://www.ctoutreach.org

The Imperial Court of All of Connecticut - Our Drag Brothers and Sisters, Doing GREAT work and looking fabulous doing it! http://www.iscofallct.com/

New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community Center http://www.nhglcc.org/

Parents, Friends of Lesbians And Gays (PFLAG) http://community.pflag.org

PFLAG (Hartford): http://www.pflaghartford.org/

PFLAG (Greater New Haven/Shoreline): http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?&pid=224&srcid=229&chid=80

PFLAG (Southeastern Connecticut): http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=224&srcid=229&chid=375&tab=6

PFLAG (Norwalk): http://www.ctgay.org/tcc-groups.htm

Transitioning and Loving Life T.a.L.L. https://www.facebook.com/thetallgroup

Triangle Community Center(Norwalk, CT): http://www.ctgay.org/

Triangle Transgender Society(Norwalk, CT): http://www.ctgay.org/tcc-groups.htm

True Colors (Hartford, CT): http://www.ourtruecolors.org/

Twenty Club (Hartford, CT): http://www.twentyclub.net/

UCONN Rainbow Center (Storrs, CT): http://www.rainbowcenter.uconn.edu/

Create Yourself- An art group for transgender and gender non conforming children 12 and under.

Translation- Support group for transgender teens form 13-18 years old.

TransPACT- A support group for parents of transgender and gender non conforming children.

The groups meet every 3 weeks. For more information please contact: Tony Ferraiolo by email tony @ tonferraiolo.com (remove the spaces around the "@" sign) or call 203-376-8089.

New England and New York Groups and Events

Fantasia Fair: http://www.fantasiafair.org/

Fantasia Fair is a week-long transgender event held every October in the GLBT resort town of Provincetown, MA.

Innvestments ( Sagamore, MA ): http://www.innvestments.org/

Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center - New York City

208 W. 13th Street in NYC 10011, 212-620-7310 http://www.gaycenter.org/

Mid-Hudson Valley Transgender Association ( New Paltz, N.Y. ): http://www.ren.org/rafil/MHVTA/index.htm

Tiffany Club of New England (Waltham, MA): http://www.tcne.org/

First Event Conference http://tcne.org/?page_id=20

TransGender New Hampshire (TG-NH): http://www.tgnh.org/

Tri - Ess of New England ( Nashua, NH ): http://triessnewengland.org/

uniTy of the Pioneer Valley ( Springfield, MA. ): hhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/unity-of-the-pioneer-valley/

Social Groups

Connecticut Prime Timers http://www.ctprimetimers.com/

Prime Timers is a social organization for older gay and bisexual men and younger men over the age of 21 who prefer the company of mature men.

Women After Hours http://www.meetup.com/Women-After-Hours/

Women After Hours has been sponsoring monthly dance and social events in the greater Hartford area since 1992.

A number senior centers in Connecticut are holding a LGBT night.

Contact your local senior center to find out if they have a LGBT senior night and if they do not, ask why they don't have a LGBT night.