Services

Inscape works directly with the local LGBT community, as well as with other local organisations and services to help them to better help you.

Services

These pages explain the services that are available to each of these groups. There is also a page explaining the work we are doing with young people – both directly and with schools.

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Transgender

An individual whose gender does not match his or her biological sex. Commonly used to describe both transvestites (individuals who dress as the other gender) and transsexuals (individuals who have undergone sexual reassignment surgery).

Gender Identity Disorder

  • Presenting Symptoms:
    • Children will have preference for friends of the opposite sex.
    • Preoccupied with wearing opposite gender’s clothes.
    • Refusal to urinate sitting down if a girl or standing up if a boy.
    • Believe they were born with the wrong body.
    • Routinely request medications or surgery to change their physical appearance.
    • Women may bind their breast, have mastectomies, take testosterone to deepen the voice.
    • Men may have electrolysis to remove body hair & take estrogens to change the voice. May have surgeries to remove penis & create vagina.

Available Services