Information sources for people in transition
Search
Forum
News
Books
Films
Organizations
International
Los Angeles
Successes
Links
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Bernard Reed of UK-based group Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) notes:
Dear Colleagues,
You may wish to know about some recent additions to the website of the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES).
> Transphobic Bullying in Schools: The British Home Office has commissioned GIRES to develop a toolkit for schools to use in combating transphobic bullying and provided a link to it from the Crime Reduction section of its own website. GIRES has consulted widely in preparing this material and has already incorporated most of the good suggestions generated by that process into the current version of the document. The consultation process is ongoing and GIRES will be very happy to receive further suggestions for improving the material. There are currently two versions of the toolkit. The first is designed for easy internet navigability and contains hyperlinks to other material within the toolkit and located externally. The second is an easy to print version. Like all GIRES material, the toolkit is subject to the charity’s copyright policy (see http://www.gires.org.uk/copyright.php). However, schools, as well as other organisations, are specifically permitted to use it, in whole or in part, for internal discussion and teaching. Both versions may be accessed via:
http://www.gires.org.uk/transbullying.php
> Prevalence and Growth of Gender Variance in the UK: GIRES is preparing a paper on this topic for publication in a peer reviewed journal. So far, it has published the abstract and also presented its main findings at the LGBT Health Summit in Bristol, on 4 September 2008. This material is on view at:
http://www.gires.org.uk/prevalence.php#LBGTSummit
> Information about the Gender Recognition Panel: GIRES is keeping track of the rate at which the Panel is issuing Gender Recognition Certificates and the likely time that applicants (including those who have been required to reapply) will have to wait for a decision. This data, together with other information about the Panel is on view at:
http://www.gires.org.uk/grp.php
Kind regards, Bernard Reed
Trustee, GIRES
This is talk, not advice. See Terms of Use for details.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
In the past I have reported on the option of getting a court order for name change in Washington State if attempts in your local jurisdiction have met with resistance from a judge with an attitude. Several readers have done this, though you will need to establish residency in Washington State by receiving mail there and travel to the courthouse where you established residency in order to complete the process. You will probably have to appear before a judge and may have to swear that you are a resident. If you have properly established residency, these questions can be answered honestly.
A reader who just did this notes:
I had some trouble with a Judge in my local court. It seems that he did not think that transition was a valid reason to change my name and had refused my request on two attempts. I had the option to appeal but after searching your site came on a better solution.
I have relatives living in Washington state, a place where name changes are quite easy.
The first thing I did was to contact the court in the county where my relatives reside and get the requirements. They live in Tacoma/Pierce county. I was informed that all I needed to get a name change was a picture ID and a birth certificate. Out of state ID was OK. There is a residency requirement but the term or permanence of the residency was not an issue.
This is when I remembered the the debate of George Bush Sr. and the question of where he should vote. It seems that although he lived in Kennebunkport, he owned property in Texas and could therefore call it his residence. This was justified by him receiving mail at the Texas address. I simply established my residency by sending myself mail at my relative’s address, with their permission of course.
I flew to Seattle/Tacoma, had a nice visit with my relatives and went to the courthouse the next day. The courthouse is quite small and it took less than five minutes to fill out the two page name change request. I walked from the clerk’s office to the courtroom and was called for my hearing in less than a half hour.
The Judge was great, she called me by my female name and never once mentioned the former. She was very complementary on my reasons for the name change referring to them as “Definitely Necessary.” She congratulated me on my new name, admonished me to followup with my State ID and Social Security, and we were done. She never asked me about residency or had me swear that I lived there. I had two certified copies in my hand no more than ten minutes later and additional copies to be mailed to my Tacoma address in about a week.
The court costs were $117.00. I had travel and lodging expenses but all together it was less than what it had cost me for another attempt in California, and far less then the attorney fees for an appeal.
I got my name change and had a nice few days in Tacoma.
Just thought that this might be helpful to others.
More information:
Name change for transgender people:
http://www.tsroadmap.com/reality/name-change.html
Washington State name change information:
http://www.tsroadmap.com/reality/name/washington.html
Washington State residency information for out-of-state readers:
http://www.tsroadmap.com/reality/name/washington.html#residency
This is talk, not advice. See Terms of Use for details.
Friday, September 05, 2008
I asked reader Jona Kompa to share her recent transition experiences, and she wrote several helpful pieces:
Enclosed my blog on TS-issues
On SRS
http://bkk-jona.livejournal.com/tag/srs
On transgender theory or failing of theory
http://bkk-jona.livejournal.com/tag/limitations+of+transgender+theories
Ob psychological inner changes
http://bkk-jona.livejournal.com/tag/mtf+psychological+changes
I just needed to get the most important issues off my chest
Best wishes from Bangkok!
Jona
http://www.jonakompa.com
This is talk, not advice. See Terms of Use for details.
Posted by
Andrea James on 09/05 at 12:50 PM
Information •
Permalink
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Video of the June 2008 National Women’s Studies Association conference is now online. Moderator Joelle Ruby Ryan led a panel titled “The Bailey Brouhaha,” which examines the exploitation of the trans community by J. Michael Bailey and the ensuing community backlash. The panel went on despite Alice Dreger’s attempts to intimidate Joelle Ruby Ryan when she proposed it.
Background on the panel:
http://www.tsroadmap.com/nwsa
Lynn Conway’s coverage:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/News/US/NWSA/NWSA_panel_on_resisting_transphobia_in_academia.html
---
Joelle Ruby Ryan (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJAK_IqQa4
Joelle Ruby Ryan (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1WLE0K4e7w
---
Élise Hendrick (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgE0antLyOs
Élise Hendrick (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgeB_bBP_0
Élise Hendrick (part 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehNrQlMY0wQ
---
Katrina Rose (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5q-YRrLH8
Katrina Rose (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4rpbsIfvic
---
Andrea James (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ABs1WNwBg
Andrea James (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-IE2jhIcRQ
---
Q & A (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzaQS2X6LcU
Q & A (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-DxEXJjaU
This is talk, not advice. See Terms of Use for details.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
A reader notes:
The Resource Center of Dallas and our program GEAR (Gender Education, Advocacy, and Resources) is a fully backed program of the Resource Center of Dallas and we have made some pretty significant strides this year, the top one for me being the creation of what we call “Transgender Health Night” a Transgender Wellness service which is held the third Thursday of every month. This service allows people the opportunity to receive low cost health screening, lab work and meetings with a local doctor (Dr. Jamie Vasquez has graciously volunteered his time for this) if they have decided that they are ready to go down the hormonal route of transitioning or if they are in transition and need a low cost alternative for health screening. When we first conceived of this we thought that we might two or three people a month that would be interested but in the 7 months since we started we have barley been able to keep up with the response to this service seeing one average ten people (some to get labs some to see the Dr.) and we are now looking at adding a second night during the month.
GEAR is also very active in the Dallas area doing diversity training, holding a monthly mixer the last Thursday of the month and many other services that are definitely needed for our community here in Dallas and, with the backing of the Resource Center of Dallas will be a program that will definitely be sticking around for some time.
People can also find out more at http://www.rcdallas.org or by contacting us at gear@rcdallas.org.
http://www.rcdallas.org
This is talk, not advice. See Terms of Use for details.
Posted by
Andrea James on 06/29 at 03:32 PM
Information •
Permalink
