TransTwenty is not a traditional support group, but instead a social group of transgender young adults who get together for activities, food, beer, coffee, playing video games, shopping, basically anything social. There are possibly hundreds of trans-young-adults in the Northeast Ohio area, yet very few attend support group meetings. And out of those who do, even fewer stick around for more than a meeting or two. It is painstakingly apparent that something is not working. TransTwenty was created by young adults who observed their peers feeling alienating vibes from traditional support groups and had trouble relating to its regular attendees. We've found that our peers are largely frustrated by the same things.
Frustrated with the lack of trans-young-adult social interaction for those of us past our teenage years but still much younger than our parents, a few of us have organized an independent young-adult trans group that does regular social activities. This is a social group for transgender-identified individuals in age through their twenties. As this group grows, we will get together on a regular basis for a variety of social activities in venues and homes throughout the Northeast Ohio area. We realize that we are not supposed to all band together all the time, but to we can occasionally get some benefit from it-- and that is the idea here.
In addition to being a whole new type of group, to some extent this group is a replacement for the Transformers group that stopped meeting in 2010 after it lost its moderator. We are learning from the mistakes of Transformers and building on its merits. However, the point is that this group is not a moderated support group. It is a loosely organized independent social group that uses activity to facilitate interaction and friendship between young adults who share the life experience of living with a transgender identity. We think this is exactly what we and our peers need.
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Frustrated with the lack of trans-young-adult social interaction for those of us past our teenage years but still much younger than our parents, a few of us have organized an independent young-adult trans group that does regular social activities. This is a social group for transgender-identified individuals in age through their twenties. As this group grows, we will get together on a regular basis for a variety of social activities in venues and homes throughout the Northeast Ohio area. We realize that we are not supposed to all band together all the time, but to we can occasionally get some benefit from it-- and that is the idea here.
In addition to being a whole new type of group, to some extent this group is a replacement for the Transformers group that stopped meeting in 2010 after it lost its moderator. We are learning from the mistakes of Transformers and building on its merits. However, the point is that this group is not a moderated support group. It is a loosely organized independent social group that uses activity to facilitate interaction and friendship between young adults who share the life experience of living with a transgender identity. We think this is exactly what we and our peers need.
This group is new and, as expected, it is a work in progress. If you're in your twenties (or almost twenty) and transgendered, please join us as we grow.
To maintain the group's privacy and integrity, we are treating this as a private group so that we may screen its members and activity attendees. To join us, send us an email, tell us about yourself and we'll set you up with more details.
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This group is being administered by Cleveland East-siders and so our target area for group activities is the Cleveland/Akron metropolitan area. Although, young adult groups like this are so rare and important that we may be able to occasionally co-coordinating activities with our trans-peers in neighboring major metropolitan areas (e.g. Pittsburgh, Columbus). We may also got together with other LGBT groups.