Support Group "trans* and Me

The support group "trans and Me" offers help and support for parents, partners, relatives, and friends of trans, inter, and non-binary people. "trans and Me" sees itself as a supplement to the existing services for trans people in the Rhein Neckar region. The offer is explicitly aimed at parents, partners, relatives, and friends, thus closing a gap in a range of existing services that are usually aimed at the affected individuals themselves. Because not only they face a long, hard road after their coming out. The people close to them are usually caught off guard by this big step and it often means a huge shock. In the time afterwards, not only empathy is required to be the support and help that the outed person wishes for, but also self-reflection and open dealing with one's own worries, fears, and feelings. We therefore want to enable ourselves to optimally support and accompany the person through the exchange of information and experiences in the group, but also to talk about what these profound changes in our immediate environment do to ourselves in this protected framework. Thus, we will help each other overcome obstacles, always being trans* affirmative and mindful in dealing with each other.