TransparenTsees

About TransparenTsees

The Transparentsees community was started by one family in Glasgow in 2013, and initially used a small meeting room in the Sandyford Gender Clinic. The aim was to build a network of parents and carers who were supporting their young transgender and non binary family members. Since then that network has spread across all areas of Scotland, and our members are supporting their loved ones ranging in age from 3 to 33.

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Initially the focus was on face to face groups for adults only, aided by local volunteers in different parts of Scotland. Due to Covid the community shifted to monthly online meet ups, and these have proved very helpful for new families in particular. We are now starting to organise occasional face to face meet up at different venues so we get a chance to meet each other (and our kids and dogs!)

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The format of our meetings is simple, welcoming and non judgemental. We give parents, family members and carers a safe space to discuss how they are doing, away from their offspring. This leads to questions that other group members can often answer from their own experience. Topics can range from how to navigate the NHS Gender Clinic to how to obtain supportive education in their local school. There isn't much we haven't talked about, laughed about and cried about. There is absolutely no pressure to talk unless you feel you want to.

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We are not counsellors, or experts, but we can offer our own lived experience. We are not on this path alone. There are others who have walked this way before us. We support each other so we can better support our incredibly special children and young people.