What We Do
The Lou Sullivan Society strives to keep the life and spirit of Louis Graydon Sullivan alive in the hearts and minds of transgender, transsexual and genderqueer men through providing information, support, community building, education and advocacy for Female to Male persons and their loved ones.
To build on the 20 plus year history of volunteer driven peer support started by Louis G. Sullivan offering projects to include: Support for Transmen and SOFFAs of all genders, Bridge Building with the various communities through TGSF, SF TEAM and other MTF focused groups and Education & Advocacy with the FTM Voices project interjecting the FTM POV into the conversation.
Support Project
Meetings and Support Groups are held on the third Saturday of each month from 2-5pm at the Eureka Valley Rec Center, 100 Collingwood Street - Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94114.
Informational meetings odd months are (open), centered around a topic to focus discussion, provide time for networking/social gathering and are open to all genders. Support meetings even months are (closed) or limited to self-identified FTMs at any stage of the process and those who are exploring trans identity.
Schedule 2008: 1/ 19 (Open), 2/16 (Closed), 3/15 (O), 4/19 (C), 5/17 (O), 6/21 (C), 7/19 (O), 8/16 (C), 9/20 (O), 10/18 (C), 11/15 (O), 12/20 (C).
Bridge Project
The Lou Sullivan Society has outreach workers that go to regular meetings around the Bay Area and try to bring equity to community planning processes, while bridging the gap of understanding that exists between the MTF and FTM communities.
FTM VOICES Project
Lou Sullivan's pioneering work of inserting the FTM voice into the broader mainstream society and growing national trans community provided the opportunity for individuals, professionals, media outlets, organizations, schools and many others to learn about FTM lives through personal stories and advocacy. We Continue this important work through FTM Voices.
Who We Are
The founders of the Lou Sullivan Society (LSS) are five FTM identified men with gender identities that range from genderqueer to transsexual. All of whom found support in the broad ranging FTM support group in San Francisco. The FTM San Francisco support group was inherited from FTM International, which left the group behind in their move to becoming a virtual organization. At first the LSS was offered the opportunity to become a chapter of FTMI. However, the group decided that a local focus was needed to really reach the FTM community in the Bay Area. Instead of filling out the chapter application the founders worked with TransGender San Francisco to build a bridge across organizations. With this new bridge built and the LSS and TGSF working together, the community can look forward to more joint programing and further understanding between the various trans communities.