To support this, GLADD is pleased to make available the following documents and links which will allow clinicians to update their       understanding:

• Definition and Synopsis of the Etiology of Adult Gender Identity Disorder and Transsexualism produced by a recent international Colloquy, which was jointly funded by the King's Fund and support groups from the trans community and which met under the auspices of the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism.
• Detailed guidelines for Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities, including standards of care appropriate for trans people can be found on the GIRES web site.
• Model Consent Forms to be used for the treatment of trans people can be dowloaded here in Portable Document format.
• Transsexualism, Medicine and the Law: Timeline A list of the key dates in the medico-legal history of transsexualism.
• Trans People in the New NHS: The text of a paper, which outlines current issues in medical care for trans people, given to the Royal College of Psychiatrists at the Royal College of Medicine on 16 April 2002. Available for download in Portable Document Format
• National Survey Report: Transsexualism in the UK Medical and Dental Curricula, 2002 Available for download in Portable Document Format
• Aetiology of Gender Identity Disorder and Transsexualism: Lessons from Research Brief details of a one-hour seminar suitable for non-specialist clinicians and allied health professionals, provided by the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES), a national charity which aims to promote education in gender identity issues. Contact http://www.gires.org.uk/
• Writing and teaching about trans people: guidance on appropriate language, terminology and approaches for non-trans people writing and teaching about trans issues.

          Some useful links on trans issues in the UK include:

• Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES), a national charity which aims to promote education in gender identity issues: http://www.gires.org.uk/
• Press For Change, the overarching lobbying group for UK trans people: http://www.pfc.org.uk/
• TRAPS, the Trans Prisoners Support Group: http://transtiff.homestead.com/TransPrisonerSupport.html
• Details about the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism are available on the website of its Chair, Dr Lynne Jones MP: http://www.poptel.org.uk/lynne.jones/transsex.htm