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Selected Readings on Transvestism, Transsexualism and Related Subjects (2000)

Posted on Dec 11, 2013 in AEGIS, Bibliographies, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

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.

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Gender Dysphoria Update (1995)

Posted on Dec 2, 2013 in AEGIS, Editing & Layout, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

AEGIS distributed thousands of copies this excellent article by Blaine Beemer. I was responsible for layout and editing.

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Transsexualism: Religious Aspects (1978)

Posted on Dec 2, 2013 in AEGIS, Erickson Foundation, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

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.

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HBIGDA Standards of Care (1990)

Posted on Oct 13, 2013 in AEGIS, Gender, Offprints, Standards of Care

In my capacity as Executive Director and person-in-charge-of-the-mails at the nonprofit American Educational Gender Information Service, I mailed thousands of copies of the 4th revision of the HBIDGA Standards of Care to those seeking information. It was economically feasible to do so because the document required only three sheet of paper! Version 7 of the WPATH Standards of Care, released in 2011, is 112 page long!

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(Needless) Health Risks of Transsexualism (1992)

Posted on Oct 11, 2013 in AEGIS, Gender, Offprints

While transsexualism is not as risky as, say, jumping over automobiles on a motorcycle, there are definite health risks associated with it. These risks are minimal, provided the person seeks psychological help and follows the Standards of Care. Risks increase when proper avenues of care by bypassed.

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The Impact of Emerging Technologies on One Transgender Organization (2001)

Posted on Aug 22, 2013 in AEGIS, Gender, History, NTL&A, Offprints

In this paper I talk about the transition of the 501(c)(3) American Educational Gender Information Service from a brick-and-mortar provider of information to an online entity.

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Transsexualism: Information for the Family (1977-1993)

Posted on Aug 7, 2013 in AEGIS, Erickson Foundation, Gender, Offprints

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 we reprinted and distributed this and some of the other booklets.

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Introduction to Gender Dysphoria Syndrome (Sister Mary Elizabeth, 1990)

Posted on May 8, 2013 in AEGIS, Editing & Layout, Erickson Foundation, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

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.

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My Son, My Daughter (Jane McDowell, 1992, 2013)

Posted on May 8, 2013 in AEGIS, Editing & Layout, Erickson Foundation, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

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.

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The Professional Literature of Gender Dysphoria (1991)

Posted on May 6, 2013 in AEGIS, Gender, Offprints

Much of my early work concerned the truly repressive medical model of transsexualism. This is but one of several discussions of the literature that was born of the medical model.

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An Annotated Bibliography of Gender Dysphoria (1992)

Posted on May 6, 2013 in AEGIS, Bibliographies, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

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.

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Erickson Educational Foundation

Posted on Apr 12, 2013 in AEGIS, Erickson Foundation, Flyers & Pamphlets, Gender, Offprints

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.

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Results of a Questionnaire on the Standards of Care (1995)

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 in AEGIS, Book Chapters, Gender, Offprints, Presentations, Research, Standards of Care

We prepared and distributed a questionnaire which solicited the opinions of transgendered and transexual persons about the HBIGDA Standards of Care. In this paper, we present some results of that survey and discuss some of the issues involved in imposing such standards on transexual bodies.

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