Monday, June 15, 2009
I am a prominent critic of psychologist J. Michael Bailey, whose 2003 book, The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism, led to a formal investigation and an undisclosed response by his employer Northwestern University.
What kind of person decides on a lark to get involved in a dispute between a controversial academic and the victims of his pseudoscience? What kind of person engages in fraud to obtain a signed gift for J. Michael Bailey from someone who helped file charges against him? Only Megan B. McCormick can explain her troubling behavior, but she’s been too busy trying to erase materials she published on the internet.
Megan B. McCormick, transsexualism, and J. Michael Bailey
http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/megan-b-mccormick.html
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Andrea James on 06/15 at 08:02 AM
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Gina Morvay notes:
While I’m sure you’re well acquainted with it, in a month the trial of Dwight DeLee will commence. He is accused of murdering a 22-year old Syracuse, NY African American transwoman named Teish Green back in 11/08. Teish and her gay younger brother were sitting in a car in front of a house where a party was going on when a man they didn’t know (possibly DeLee) shouted hate statements at them and shot them with a rifle. Teish (born Moses Cannon-- which is how she’s referred to in much of the media surrounding the trial) was one of many transwomen of color who are murdered each year and whose murders go unsolved and often lightly prosecuted. This case is going to be prosecuted with a hate crime amendment. In the month we have before the trial begins, we’re trying to generate some of the same interest which occurred for the Angie Zapata trial. Unfortunately, far too many murders of African-American transwomen go under-reported.
I’ve created a Facebook page for those remembering Teish Green and supporting respectful coverage in the media of the trial and her life. I’d greatly appreciate it if you could give it a mention of it on Transsexual Roadmap.
I am sad to report that this was the first I’d heard of it. As Monica Roberts notes:
The trial of the alleged killer of Lateisha Green, Dwight DeLee was supposed to start yesterday in Syracuse. You wouldn’t know that because if you Google it, check the local Syracuse media, the website of the Onondaga County DA’s office, and even the websites of GLBT groups in the area, you won’t find anything on the DeLee trial except old stories and link backs to TransGriot. I guess if the victim is a Black transwoman, nobody gives a shit, especially if the trial is falling just before the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion that peeps who share Lateisha’s ethnic heritage helped jump off.
What If There Was A Trans Trial And Nobody Cared? by Monica Roberts
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-if-there-was-trans-trial-and.html
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Andrea James on 06/14 at 12:46 PM
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In honor of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, the International Court System, in collaboration with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is recognizing 40 transgender and gender- nonconforming individuals for their contribution toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.
“This is by no means a complete list or a ‘best of’ or ‘top 10’ list. It is merely a beginning tribute to the thousands of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals that have made our modern-day movement possible,” says Thom Hansen, president of the International Court Council. “This momentous tribute to the transgender community is a long time coming. The International Court System is honored to partner with the Task Force. Together, we pay tribute to those whose lives and works have impacted each and every one of us.”
40 Trans Heroes
http://www.impcourt.org/Trans40/
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
United Kingdom-based Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) has issued a report on prevalence of trans people in the UK that challenges the conventional wisdom that gender variance and transsexualism are very rare. Lead author Bernard Reed will present a paper on this topic at the June Symposium at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
The DSM-IV published by the American Psychiatric Association says small studies suggest “roughly 1 per 30,000 adult males and 1 per 100,000 adult females seek sex-reassignment surgery.” These prevalence numbers are significantly different from the report released today.
Highlights of the report prepared by Bernard Reed, Stephenne Rhodes, Pietà Schofield, and Kevan Wylie:
• The number of people reporting is doubling every 5 years at the current rate.
• The report estimates as many as 1 in 166 (600 in 100,000) experiences some degree of gender variance.
• 1 in 8,000 people in the UK have already transitioned, with another 4,000 planning to transition or in the process.
• Male-to-female gender variance may be reported more often (currently 80% of all reported in the UK) If the gender balance is equal, the number could be 1% of the UK population.
• GIRES predicts that anywhere from five to nine times as many people may present for treatment in the future.
The report discusses other demographic trends, including the trend toward transitioning earlier in life.
Webpage:
http://www.gires.org.uk/prevalence.php
PDF:
http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/Medpro-Assets/GenderVarianceUK-report.pdf
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Professor Lynn Conway has made a formal complaint against Ken Zucker at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Zucker has a habit of making legal threats against trangender people who criticize him.
Not only did Dr. Zucker apparently misappropriate University legal funds to press a personal action aimed at intimidating and silencing a transgender critic, thereby defrauding the people of the Province of Ontario, he also abused his position of authority as a senior faculty member to co-opt CAMH into enjoining this unethical action – i.e., joining into a false accusation of libel. Furthermore, he has engaged in a pattern of such activities, i.e., repeatedly co-opting CAMH into launching libel threats against his critics – thus terribly frightening and intimidating others too. The evidence of this is quite clear, for several other transitioned women have recently posted legal threats that they have received from CAMH and these are likely just the tip of the iceberg.”
Website:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/News/US/Zucker/Complaint/Academic_Misconduct_by_Ken_Zucker.html
PDF:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/News/US/Zucker/Complaint/Academic_Misconduct_by_Ken_Zucker.pdf
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