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About the Chameleon Society The Chameleon Society of Western Australia began in the 1970's as a group of like-minded people gathering for mutual support. Over the years the Society has grown to be the successful organization that it is today. The Society is now an incorporated body with an elected Committee who run its activities. The Society is a non-profit organization that uses the funds it raises from membership, advertising and raffles to provide services to the membership. The Society holds regular meetings in a hired hall to provide a safe environment to cross dress and meet like-minded people. Other social events are organized at both private and public venues for members to enjoy their cross dressing in a more public arena. We organize for guest speakers to talk at our meetings on subjects ranging from make-up to safe sex. The Society caters for transgendered people of all kinds as well as cross dressers, and our membership includes all ages and professions. We encourage partners, friends and family of cross dressers and transgendered people to attend meetings and events, and we have representatives available to discuss issues that may concern them. For those that have perhaps kept their cross dressing private and find it daunting to attend a meeting, we can usually arrange an escort to your initial Society meeting. The Committee members are generally happy to help in any way possible by email, and by phone in many cases. If desired, a private initial meeting can usually be arranged. In addition to an extensive library on transgender and cross dressing issues, the Society maintains a member's manual containing valuable information to help the new member in particular cope with, and get the most from, this lifestyle. We produce our own newsletter, The Transceiver, which is available to all members, is accessible at libraries, and is provided to a number of professionals in the Perth vicinity. Our Society Brochure is in the form of a folded leaflet and can be found at the offices of many professionals in the Perth area as well as at all of our Society meetings. It contains valuable information for crossdressers and transsexuals and can help others to understand what it means to be transgendered. If you have a family member or friend that is, or you consider might be, transgendered you may wish to present him or her with this brochure. We would be happy to mail a professionally printed copy to you upon request. Alternatively, you may download and print the brochure here.
Membership Membership is currently at the following rates: Standard Membership - printed and mailed newsletter and $5 entry per meeting - $60 p.a. Standard online Membership - no printed newsletter, $5 entry per meeting (access to the newsletter online) - $50 p.a. For more details on how to become a member of The Chameleon Society of Western Australia, please see the Society Membership page.
Extracts From The Society Charter The following extracts are from the official Charter of the Chameleon Society (Version 1.4 10/08/2009). Hopefully these extracts should allow members and visitors to observe the set of rules that the Society abides by and understand what it's responsibilities are:
(c) Definitions: A transvestite is defined as a person who has an emotional need to dress in the clothing of the opposite sex. A Transsexual is defined as a person whose psychological sex (i.e.: gender) does not match that of their physical sex. Both are referred to as crossdressers within this Charter.
(a) Promote the emotional and social well-being of its members, and crossdressers in general; (b) Educate its members and the public as to the conditions of crossdressing; (c) Provide venues and media through which to further the first 2 aims. The Society, as directed by the Social Committee, shall take actions to further these aims and objectives.
(a) Disputes: Any doubt arising as to the application or meaning of any Clause of this Charter, shall be decided by a vote of Special Meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive. A full copy of the Charter is available, on request, from the current Secretary. Society members may also view the Charter from the Society Members Section of our forum. |
