Activism

Activism

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Activism Links

• International Foundation for Gender Education, The IFGE is a leading advocate and educational organization for promoting the self-definition and free expression of individual gender identity, and an excellent source of transgender news and information.
  
  
• The Boston Transexual Menace New and improved, this group is returning to Massachusetts.
  
• Gender Letters A list of letters to various web pages about their mandatory M/F binary buttons, and their responses. Use this as a template to write your own!
  
• It's Time Illinois home page Political action group working for civil rights for the transgdendered community in Illinois
  
• Fighting Bigoted Journalism A well-articulated objection to Dea Birkett's article slamming the rights of transsexuals to gender reassignment surgery. Includes rules and tips for non-trans journalists.
  
• A Bill of Gender Rights It is time for the transgendered community to take a stand, a strong stand, against all gender-based discrimination simply because some people are different and simply because some people do not fit into current social norms of gender roles. It is time the gender-based community articulate this stand in words that clearly define exactly what our gender rights are.
  
• In Your Face! "Political Activism Against Gender Oppression." A national online news service edited by Clare Howell, including areas for feedback, discussion, and organizing below each news event.
  
• Lambda Letters Project Helping members and friends affect public policy in areas of concern to the communities of HIV/aids, l/g/b/t, women and people of color.
  
• Christina Rosetti The comparison of the campaigns of Reform Party Presidential Candidate and LGTBI Activist/Spiritual Lecturer, Christina Rosetti and that of the other Reform Party Candidate, Patrick Buchanan.
  
• Gender Education & Advocacy The web site of Gender Education and Advocacy, providing resources and activism for the transgender community. "The organization for gender variant people for the new millennium." Divisions include "It's Time, America," AEGIS, and the Remembering Our Dead project.
  
• Remembering Our Dead - Transgendered A website dedicated to preserving the memory of transgender individuals murdered by hate and killed by predjudice.
  
• Third - Law Bookmarks A great array of articles and resources on transgender legal rights.
  
• Why You Should Support a Trans-Inclusive Movement A flyer passed out at Boston Pride 1999. "We as a political community are learning what many have known for years. Not all of us define our identity based on who we sleep with. Moreover, those who discriminate against us, dont always do so because of the sex of our partners. Many times we are discriminated against or treated differently because of how we look and act. As a result, the legal protections we have secured may sometimes fall short."
  
• Center for Gender Sanity This Los Angeles organization provides workshops on "what it means to be a woman," published "Transsexual Workers: An Employer's Guide," and does lots of neat counseling on workplace transitions.
  
• The Revelation Station All about Jamie Kay, the Granny Tranny......a transgendered minister with a different view. Includes writings from her and others, a bio, some pics from Alaska, and many links to information and resources on a variety of relevant topics.
  
• Why You Should Be An Activist Right Now Personal essays and inspiration for tranny activists.
  
• The Feminist Conspiracy: Flyer Gallery An excellent coalition of signs and flyers, including some nifty pro-trans bathroom signs to print out and spread everywhere.
  
• The Transgender Fund The Mission of The Transgender Fund is to financially support qualified initiatives designed to advance the interests of the transgender community. Particular attention will be placed upon collaborative education, research, and public awareness programs among community organizations that foster the well-being of transgender individuals, their families, partners, friends, and the population-at-large.
  
• TSMenace International TS Menace is a list for TG/TS community activists and would be activists all over the world to chat and talk about what's going on in the community and what needs to be changed and updated through working together.
  
• Freaks Are Family The flaming tranny-, bisexual-, and radical faerie-run Millinery March Uniting All Queers.
  
• Transsexual Menace - Toronto Transsexual and transgender information in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area.
  
• NYAGRA: The New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy NYAGRA is a membership organization that advocates at the state and local level for self-determination in gender expression and identity.
  
• GenderPAC A not-for-profit organization, composed of individuals and groups, dedicated to a broad-based, inclusive national movement for "gender, affectional, and racial equality."
  
• How You Can Make a Difference Right Now, Without Leaving Your Seat A form letter which can be edited or sent as is to alert media and government figures to the problems of discrimination against transgendered people. Complete with addresses.
  
• Transexual Menace "Confronting with Love" - a wonderful direct-action group of transgender activists (and friends).
  
• Tranny Liberation 'Zine A radical anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic zine about transgender revolution.
  
• Debra Davis and the Gender Education Center Transgender resources and information. Ms. Davis is a transgender High School librarian who transitioned on her job in 1998. Gender Education Center is a Minnesota non-profit organization of differently gendered people dedicated to support, advocacy and education.
  
• The Transgender International Rights & Education Day Page (TIRED) There are now hundreds of support and advocacy groups for transgendered persons around the world and more are springing up every day. T.I.R.E.D. is a single cause to unite all these organizations in a single action, at least for one day. (Specifcally, August 7th, in memory of Tyra Hunter.)