A trans-led charity#
Gendered Intelligence works to improve trans lives by widening how gender is understood. Its services are run by trans and non-binary people, and fall into three groups: spaces for trans, non-binary and gender-questioning people, mostly young; support for their families; and training and consultancy for schools, employers and public services. It also responds to public policy, though that is not what most visitors come for.
Youth groups and events#
Its youth groups are free and are for ages 8 to 25, split by age:
- London, in Westminster: an 8 to 12s group, a 16 to 21s group, Community Saturdays for 11 to 25s, a group for trans people of colour aged 16 to 25, and swimming.
- Leeds, with in-person groups for the same age range.
- Online, including a group for young trans women and transfeminine people.
There are also residentials, a summer camp and Pride trips. Each group begins with an optional circle where everyone gives the name and pronouns they use, which for many young people is the first place a new name is used aloud. To join, you email the youth work team from the youth groups page.
The support line#
The Support Line is for adults, and for friends, family and professionals, affected by waits for NHS gender care. It works with two NHS gender services, the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health and the East of England Gender Clinic, and until the end of October 2026 with the Exeter clinic, whose patients then move to a new service, Waiting Well, run with LGBT Foundation. It is open on set afternoons from Monday to Thursday by phone, WhatsApp or email, and does not share anything with the clinics without your consent. Under-18s are pointed to the youth team instead.
Families, schools and colleges#
A Families forum meets in London on the last Saturday of the month and online on the third Wednesday, for parents, carers and other adult relatives. Mentoring in education offers one-to-one sessions for a pupil or student, usually paid for by the school or college; its page puts the fee at £100 an hour plus travel.
Where a change of name fits#
Gendered Intelligence publishes nothing of its own about deed polls or documents: none of its service or resource pages read today covers them. A name change is still a common step for the young people and families it supports, so these pages cover it:
- Under 16. A parent can change it only if all holders of parental responsibility consent, or a court allows it. Changing a trans child's name explains how, and how school records work.
- At 16 or 17. A young person can sign their own unenrolled deed poll, GOV.UK says, witnessed by two adults. Changing your name at 16 or 17 has the detail.
- Passports. A new name and a new gender marker are separate requests to HM Passport Office; the gender marker page explains what each needs, including consent for under-18s.
A deed poll needs no gender clinic appointment, diagnosis or medical letter; it changes only your name.
This page describes what Gendered Intelligence publishes on its own website, read on 26 October 2026. Gendered Intelligence has not reviewed it, and appearing in this list does not mean it recommends this handbook or any deed poll service.
