There are calls for more resources and training for Tasmanian teachers to manage an increase in transgender students seeking help.

Support organisation Working it Out is currently helping 20 Tasmanian schools, including primary and high schools, as well as faith-based and independent schools.

Spokeswoman Susan Ditter said there had been a significant increase in young Tasmanians seeking assistance.

"I'd attribute that to a few things," she said.

"I think that the mainstream and social media are building people's confidence."

Ms Ditter said while some schools were on the front foot with LGBTI issues, others fell short.

"There's not any training, pre-service training, and so teachers are saying we need someone here to support us to learn."

Ms Ditter is calling for training and awareness around LGBTI issues to be incorporated into university studies, as it is with police recruits and medical practitioners.

The Tasmanian branch of the Australia Education Union agrees.

The union's president, Helen Richardson, said teachers were often the first people students turned to for support.

"It's really important now that we offer that specific information in teacher training because clearly there's an urgent need," she said.

"Teachers have to be equipped and schools have to be ready and offer a really safe environment to these kids."

Teachers' key role in student's transition

Teachers were pivotal in the recent transition of Abbey Boon, a student at Mowbray Heights Primary School in Launceston.

Sorry, this video has expired Primary school student's transition revealed by video ( Annah Fromberg )

The 11-year-old's YouTube video was played at assembly.

The Education Department's Trudy Pearce said it was a great example of the school and family working together.

"The school provided every level of support to the family and the student they put them in touch with outside agencies, they provided them with the professional support staff so that they could make informed decisions," she said.

Ms Pearce, the department's deputy secretary of learning, said teachers were offered professional development in LGBTI issues.

"We're certainly committed to a range of support in professional learning, and that includes ensuring that our language is gender inclusive," she said.

Susan Ditter said Working it Out received government funding as part of the Safe Schools program to help schools navigate LGBTI issues, but not enough to service all schools.

"At the moment we've got enough funding to meet the needs of the schools that request our support," she said.

"We haven't got enough funding as yet to do all schools."

The issue is likely to be discussed when a steering committee of stakeholders meets next term.

Trans Camp promotes inclusion and awareness

Avery Holderness-Roddam, 29, transitioned from female to male two years ago.

He said it might have happened sooner if he had had more information and education about gender identity.

"It took me until I was 27 to really actually find out the term for the feelings I had, and I think that probably would have happened sooner if there had been education in Year 11 or 12," he said.

To help support young people and adults who felt isolated, Mr Holderness-Roddam organised Australia's first-ever transgender camp, which was held in southern Tasmania this weekend.

Mr Holderness-Roddan said the camp was about promoting inclusion and awareness.

"The main idea is just to have a weekend in a safe space where trans people can just forget the stresses that can come with day-to-day life being trans," he said.

The two-day camp included a range of activities, including voice lessons, information about understanding legal rights, medical advice, a clothes swap and fashion parade.

"One problem I hear about a lot is people will get the guts up to go clothes shopping and then they'll be misgendered, sometimes accidentally or deliberately, or they'll be made to feel like they're doing the wrong thing — so a major event at the camp is going to be the clothing donations," Mr Holderness-Roddan said.

Anyone needing information or support around LGBTI issues can contact Tasmania's Sexual Health Service on 1800 675 859 or Working it Out on 0429 346 122.