AEGIS Public Service Advertisements (1990s)
AEGIS designed a series of public service ads, which ran on the inside front covers of Chrysalis Quarterly, the house journal. We also distributed them as flyers. The ads addressed assorted health issues of transsexual and transgendered people, including silicone injections, overuse of hormones, and HIV/AIDS. Margaux Schaffer designed the first two ads.
Read MoreSelected Readings on Transvestism, Transsexualism and Related Subjects (2000)
JoAnn Roberts took lead on the publication of this bibliography. Most of the references and annoations were drawn from my 1994 book Gender Dysphoria: A Guide to Research.
Read MoreGender Dysphoria Update (1995)
AEGIS distributed thousands of copies this excellent article by Blaine Beemer. I was responsible for layout and editing.
Read MoreTranssexualism: Religious Aspects (1978)
In the 1970s the Erickson Educational Foundation produced a series of booklets about transsexualism. Rights eventually came to my nonprofit American Educational Gender Information Service, and, in the early 1990s, we reprinted and distributed this and some of the other booklets.
Read MoreAEGIS Advisory Board (1992)
The nonprofit AEGIS maintained an interdisciplinary advisory board from 1991 through 1998. Members were distinguished in fields that were important to transsexualism and transsexuals and were consulted on policy issues and the advisories we periodically released.
Read MoreAEGIS Fact Sheet (1993)
The American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit clearinghouse for transsexual and transgender issues. AEGIS actively supports the professionalization and standardization of services for transgendered persons; promotes non-judgmental, non-discriminatory treatment of persons with gender issues; advocate respect for their dignity, their right to treatment, and their right to choose their gender role; helps transgendered persons make reasoned and informed decisions about the ways in which they will live their lives; and provides educational materials, information, and referrals.
Read MoreA Guide to the HBIGDA Standards of Care (1993)
In 1993 we developed this brief guide to the HBIGDA Standards of Care and sent it, along with the Standards, to people seeking information and support.
Read MorePride Special (1994)
Member of the Atlanta Gender Explorations Support Group, including myself, passed out thousands of these flyers at Atlanta Pride events during the 1990s—and we distributed them to activists and organizations around the world for use at their local events.
Read MoreTranssexualism: Sex and Gender Dilemma (1991)
Between 1990 and 1998, I mailed many thousands of these tri-fold brochures.
Read MoreThe AEGIS Catalog of Publications (1994)
The nonprofit American Educational Gender Information Service maintained a mail-order bookstore with more than 60 products, many of which we produced ourselves. I edited and laid out this booklet, which dates from 1994 or so, and had thousands of copies run on newsprint. I would fill orders every other day or so and drop boxes and envelopes off at the post office on the way home from work.
Read MoreA Brief Guide to Atlanta (1991)
As executive director of AEGIS and a member of the planning committee of the first-ever Southern Comfort Conference, I turned this paper into a brochure for insertion into the attendees’ packet. Stephanie Rose did the layout. I’ve been unable to find a copy in the AEGIS archives.
Read MoreIntroduction to Gender Dysphoria Syndrome (Sister Mary Elizabeth, 1990)
In 1992 Sister Mary Elizabeth passed on to me the privilege and responsibility of reproducing and distributing the publications of the Erickson Educational Foundation, a clearinghouse for information on transsexual issues. That included this paper, which she distributed through her nonprofit (with Jude Patton) J2CP. I distributed it throughout the 1990s.
Read MoreMy Son, My Daughter (Jane McDowell, 1992, 2013)
In 1992 Sister Mary Elizabeth passed on to me the privilege and responsibility of reproducing and distributing the publications of the Erickson Educational Foundation, a clearinghouse for information on transsexual issues. This article was first published in Ladies Home Journal and then reprinted and distributed by the Erickson Foundation. I laid out, published and distributed this version throughout the 1990s.
Read MoreAn Annotated Bibliography of Gender Dysphoria (1992)
My efforts to catalog materials which I had located in my efforts to learn about transsexualism slowly grew into a huge computer file which was published in book form in by Garland Press with the title Gender Dysphoria: A Guide to Research.
Read MoreAtlanta Killings Require Community Response (1992)
The murders of three transgendered persons in Atlanta during a one-month period is a matter of grave concern. Whether or not the killings are related, they must be stopped. We hope and trust law enforcement officials will take immediate and thorough action to find the perpetrator(s) and put a stop to these tragic deaths.
Read MoreErickson Educational Foundation
The Erickson Educational Foundation was founded in 1964 by Reed Erickson, a wealthy philanthropist. The executive director was Zelda Supplee. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Foundation provided information about transsexualism to medical and mental health professionals, journalists, the general public, and of course transsexuals and their loved ones.
Read MoreAEGIS Southern Comfort Giveaway Cookbook (1991)
1991 was a heady time. The American Educational Gender Information Service was up and running, and the Southeast was about to have its first trans conference— Southern Comfort. The cookbook was Margaux Schaffer’s idea, and the design is hers. We placed it the SCC registration packet and every attendee received one.
Read MoreA Primer of Sex and Gender (1991)
Gender Identity is one’s sense of being a boy or a girl, a man or a woman. Kessler & McKenna (1978) have noted that as gender identity is a self-attribution, it isn’t measurable with psychological tests. The verbal statement of the individual is the best indicator of gender identity (“I am a man”; “I am a woman”).
Read MoreThe Gender Revolution (1995)
Kate tells us there are millions of genders. The gender we wake up with in the morning may not be the one we go to bed with. We are free to try on one gender after another, as if they were coats at the consignment shop. “Here’s a nice gender. And only $19.95! Won’t it look good at the symphony tonight!”
Read MoreSome Notes on Access to Medical Treatment (1995)
We are convinced, after fielding thousands of calls over a period of five years, that free access to medical treatment would be disastrous. We are equally convinced that there should be a clear, non-obstructionistic process to get access to these treatments, and that transsexual people should not be singled out for special restrictions that are not given to other less marginalized groups.
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