Everyone should feel welcome, respected and supported at university. Therefore, we have put together a page on Support for Trans Students, which includes resources specific to the university as well as local and national support.
If you can think of other forms of support that can be added to this page or have any questions, please email us at advice@cambridgesu.co.uk.
Welfare Support
College and University support services, including the University Counselling Service and Harassment and Violence Support Service, continue to be open to all students, regardless of gender identity.
The University offers a free counselling service, provided by Student Support. There are options for individual counselling, group/workshops, and specialist support LGBTQ+ students
At the SU, we offer free, confidential, and impartial advice and support to all Cambridge University students - undergraduate and postgraduate - from any College or course. You can come to the Student Advice Service with any issues or problems you might experience as a student, from making friends to working relationships, from exams to intermission, and from welfare concerns to finance.
Community
There are also community related forms of support such as societies and student groups.
A society for students that aims to promote and project the welfare of all its members, including to campaign to counter all forms of LGBT+phobia.
You can find them on Instagram, Facebook, and Email.
An inclusive LGBTQ+ student group celebrating queer history and culture by hosting events like bar nights, babarets and socials to build community and provide support for all queer identities in Cambridge.
Specifically for Queer People of Colour in Cambridge, a space that hosts events and provides support for all its members.
Local Support
There are also forms of local support offered across Cambridge that can be accessed by students.
A local charity that describes its purpose as supporting the wellbeing and creativity of LGBTQ+ young people in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and surrounding areas through information, support and groups. We build inclusive communities to tackle inequalities through consultancy, training and education to all sectors.
Diamonds is a social self-help group, based in Cambridge (UK), for transgendered people, transsexuals, transvestites, crossdressers, their friends and partners. The group is open to anyone with an interest in transgender issues, and who is resident in or visiting Cambridgeshire, or willing to travel from further afield in East Anglia.
Speaking up for trans rights & building trans community in Cambridge.
National Support
As well as local, there is also forms of support offered to everyone across the UK.
A national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate and empower LGBTQ+ individuals and our diverse communities to realise their full potential, every day.
Helpline: 0345 3 30 30 30, and you can also get in touch with them by email.
Free, confidential listening service for people identifying as trans or non-binary, and their friends and families.
Helpline: 0300 330 5468 (open Friday evenings)
TRUK Listens is an invaluable helpline service for the transgender and wider community.
Helpline: 0800 009 6640 (open 8am-midnight, 7 days a week)
Mermaids supports transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse children and young people, as well as their families and professionals involved in their care
Helpline: 0808 801 0400
Web chat (Open from 1pm – 8.30pm Monday to Friday)