Rose’s is a membership group set up by Martine Rose in 1989 to provide help and support for transvestites mainly through the publication of Repartee magazine. As Rose’s rapidly grew to become the largest TG membership group in UK, Martine was joined by Bella Jay to help with the ever-increasing workload.

Though Rose’s is based in S. Yorkshire, England, it is by no means just a local group as the membership is well spread throughout the British Isles with many overseas.

Whilst some subscribe just to get Repartee, many join Rose’s in order to meet others. We give news and details in Repartee of regular meetings, including social evenings held by our own Local Organisers, and other major social events, including our own Harmony Weekends held twice a year in Scarborough.

For those preferring to meet others on a one-to-one basis, we provide several means to make it easier for members to contact others, including personal ads. in Repartee, membership lists, a directory of members and a free confidential Contact System. In this system members only need to quote another’s membership number in order to have a letter forwarded to them. In order to maintain just the level of security and confidentiality each individual requires,all members may have as little, or as much, information about themselves published or made known to others as they wish.

It is not even necessary to give us an address if you make arrangements to collect mail from one of our nation-widePick Up Points (PUPs). These may be shops, providers of photo/dressing services for cross-dressers, local organisers, or simply ordinary members who have offered to provide this service for others. Please phone us to find out if there is a PUP near you.

We also provide support for wives/girlfriends as, even if they accept the cross-dressing of their partners, they often feel isolated and in need to talk to another lady in a similar situation. Our Sorority Of Understanding Ladies is a group of ‘real’ ladies (SOULmates), who are mostly partners of members willing to be contacted by others.