Transsexual Road Map Notes

2012

May

• New TV series seeks trans people planning a wedding

• Transgender & applying to college? See how schools rank for inclusivity

March

• Family Restaurant, film for kids with LGBT parents

• Fourfold increase in transgender youth clients at new clinic

• Dr. Oz Show seeks trans women guests for mid-March taping

February

• More endocrinologists worldwide recognize puberty blockers as safe for trans youth

January

• Transgender voice consultations available via videoconferencing

• Filmmaker seeks transgender individuals struggling with religion

• Transgender employee’s work transition letter

2011

November

• TransYouth Family Allies year-end fundraiser: please help TYFA help families!

October

• 5-disc and 10-disc transgender survival kits reduced $80+

September

• WPATH: Reparative therapy on transgender youth “is no longer considered ethical”

August

• Kenneth Zucker’s cronyism and pathologizing ideologies about trans youth examined

July

• Gender Identity & Expression in the Workplace: Pragmatic Guide for Lawyers & Human Resource Pros

• Reader note about “passing” and “acceptance”

• Outfest 2011: Groundbreaking transgender films and more

• Updated list of websites selling clothes for tall women

• New GIRES wiki resource lists UK support groups, plans expansion

June

• “DSD” supporters on track to get intersex listed among DSM-V’s disorders

• British Psychological Society joins critics of proposed DSM-V revisions

• New book challenges reparative therapists bent on “curing” trans children

• TransYouth Family Allies’ Kim Pearson wins Vanguard Award at LGBTA Youth Awards

• More European rights groups oppose “gender identity disorder” in DSM-V

April

• New Short Survey on Respectful Language for Trans People

• UCLA demographic report: about 700,000 transgender Americans

March

• New young adult novel about trans teen: I Am J

• Transformingfamily.org: Los Angeles resource for trans youth and parents

• Transgender rights: can potential employers ask your old name?

• First-hand reader orchiectomy report: Harold Reed, Miami

January

• Sample transgender coming out letter for coworkers

• 26 suicide prevention experts call for end to trans pathologization in DSM-5 by 2013

2010

December

• Letter from a grandmother who transitioned decades ago

• Spouses of trans people sought for study

• First-hand orchiectomy report from a reader

October

• Julia Serano: The Case Against Autogynephilia

• Ten Reasons Why the Transvestic Disorder Diagnosis in the DSM-5 Has Got to Go

September

• Suspicious organization GenID.org/GIEC targeting trans people

• Bank safe deposit boxes and financial planning

• New Vermont trans organization: VETO

August

• Canadian ‘peter meter’ youth program halted; tester charged with sexual assault

July

• Ontario moves to end CAMH death grip on trans health services

• Transición de hombre a mujer: consideraciones básicas

• Feds take a stand on housing discrimination faced by transgender people

• Injected silicone removal: medical resources

• Central Florida transgender resources

June

• Fun new Bad Questions To Ask A Transsexual merchandise

• Stop trans pathologization: International response

• Rectovaginal fistula: first-hand report

May

• Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) needs your help to pass!

• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves chapter proposals due June 1

• Anthropology graduate thesis on trans identities

• Another anti-LGBT “expert” busted: George Rekers and his vacation “rent boy”

April

• Support our next film: join us for a night on the town!

• Answers About Transgender Issues in the New York Times

• My comment on the DSM-V proposals

• Applications for Trans Bodies, Trans Selves interns due May 15

• Canada: Psychiatrist arrested for crimes against sex/gender minorities. Is CAMH next?

March

• Demand LGBT employment rights today

• Response to a thoughtful blogger regarding HBS and transkids.us hoaxers

• More transkids.us hoax weirdness: The case of the purloined plane

• Controversy continues over APA and gender variance

• Canadian minor skips “gender clinics,” gets post office box for hormones

• Dr. Oz y niños trangéneros: Con subtítulos en español

• Transgender fringe flare-ups: “PurpleGirl” and “Cloudy”/”Sillyolme”

February

• Transgender Health Handbook for transwomen in Asia

• Transsexual Road Map German translation (Wegweiser für Transsexuelle)

• Facial feminization patient guide from Agave Clinic

• New project: Trans Bodies, Trans Selves

• Paul McHugh still fighting against rights for sex and gender minorities

• Trans film news: Paulista, Prodigal Sons

• Two new books on the trans experience

January

• New support forum for couples where both partners are trans

• US Dept. of Justice joins in federal case on behalf of gender-variant teen

• Update: FFS surgeon Douglas Ousterhout no longer planning to retire

• New transgender community referral / resource site: Trans411

• Essays expose CAMH’s despicable practices toward transgender people

• Trans social event in LA, Saturday 30 January

• Expanded services for trans teens and young adults in San Jose, CA

2009

December

• Montreal surgeon Yvon Ménard retires; Pierre Brassard continues trans health services

• Point Foundation 2010 Scholarships Available

• New book: ‘Facial Feminization for the Transgendered Woman’ by Douglas Ousterhout

November

• Sam Winter calls for end to trans psychopathologization

• Ira Pauly and transsexualism

• Melanie Anne Phillips’ Raised by Wolves eBook and paperpack

• Malgorzata Lamacz and transsexualism

• Seeking Stories: Gender Transition and Health Insurance Coverage

• TransYouth in the news

• Peter Collins on transsexualism

• What motivates Ray Blanchard’s oppression of sex and gender minorities?

October

• Transgender disclosure letter for conservative workplace

• Visualizing CAMH’s stranglehold on Canadian trans health services

• New Irish trans documentary: Identities

• ‘Bodyshock’ episode on transgender youth

• Trans physician Dana Beyer kicks off state office run

• Transgender people in trade unions

• UK Commission releases detailed report on trans research

• Hate Crimes Bill Passes: First Federal Protections of Transgender People

• HUD Plans to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination

• New LA transgender educational support: Office Hours

• No more “doctor’s note” for New York transgender name change