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[[File:Barbara Ross.jpg|thumb|Barbara Ross]]'''Barbara Ross''' (1929&ndash;2015) was a social worker and gender counsellor, noted for her work for the LGBT community in [[Norfolk]].

Born in [[Essex]], she moved to London on marrying her first husband, and to Norfolk with her second husband in 1970. She lived in the village of [[Stoke Holy Cross]] near [[Norwich]].

In the early 1980s she started the [[OASIS]] self help group for trans people, providing an environment of mutual support and friendship. She also founded the Norfolk-based [[Gender Identity Services]] and organised the first ever [[International Transgender Conference]] at the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref> "Obituary: Barbara Ross - champion of Norfolk’s transgender community". ''Eastern Daily Press'', 25 February 2015 </ref>.

In 2011 she received an OBE "for services to gender dysphoria".<ref>http://www.gender.org.uk/gendys//2011/ross.htm. "New Year Honour for Gender Counsellor: Barbara Ross OBE". ''Gendys Journal'', spring 2011. Accessed: 2015-10-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6c52BzPgu; also archived by the Web Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20151022160626/http://www.gender.org.uk/gendys//2011/ross.htm</ref>

The Barbara Ross Association has been set up to continue her work, including the running of the Transgender Conferences.<ref>http://www.transgender-advice.com/bra.html Transgender Advice: Barbara Ross Association. Accessed: 2015-10-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6c52gsXXt)</ref>

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