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Mara Keisling | Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, on the demise of the 'stealth' option for transgenders (9/2/06) |
Richard Juang | Independent scholar and co-chair of the National Center for Transgender Equality Advisory Board, and co-editor of Transgender Rights (8/26/06) |
Shannon Price Minter | Legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and a founding board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute, and co-editor of Transgender Rights (8/26/06) |
Paisley Currah | Associate director of political science at Brooklyn College, executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, and a founding board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute, and co-editor of Transgender Rights (8/26/06) |
Victoria Willow | A transwoman recently emerged from living in stealth for over 20 years, now working to open a transsexual shelter in Mississippi (8/19/06) |
Andrea Smith | Author of "Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide", on violence against Native Americans and activism that addresses the true source of such problems (8/12/06) |
Alex & Anya | FtM transsexual & Queer project organizer, live from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on the situation for transfolk there (8/5/06) |
Emily Metcalfe | Trans poet and activist, talks about a new trans support group, and reads some of her poetry (7/22/06) |
Georgina Beyer | 3rd-term New Zealand MP, native-born Mauri and the first known transgender person ever elected to national office, on her life story and key legislative initiatives (5/20/06) |
Jeremy Pittman | Deputy Campaign Director of MassEquality, on the upcoming constitutional convention and the current battle to defend marriage equality in Massachusetts (4/29/06) |
Monica Roberts | Trans activist, author, and co-founder of the Transsistahs and Transbrothas Conference, on racism and African-Americans in the transgender community (4/15/06) |
Dan Hunt | Co-producer of a new documentary film "Cruel and Unusual" that reveals the merciless entrapment of transgender individuals at the intersection of our gender and penal systems (4/1/06) |
Olga Vives | Action Vice President of the National Organization for Women, on the threats to individual rights posed by the Alito Supreme Court nomination (1/14/06) |
Mara Keisling | Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, on national trans gains and directions for transgender political activism (1/7/06) |
Pauline Park | Chair of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, on the closing of a GLBT prison facility, and Hillary Clinton's queer politics (1/7/06) |
Amber Hollibaugh | Senior strategist for the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, on the recent White House Conference on Aging's exclusion of GLBT concerns (12/17/05) |
Loree Cook-Daniels | Founding executive director of the Transgender Aging Network (TAN) and the American Society of Adult Abuse Professionals and Survivors (ASAAPS) (12/17/05) |
Transgender Day of Remembrance | Nancy Nangeroni & Ethan St. Pierre discuss the origins of the observance and current day realities (11/19/05) |
Sunil Pant | Director of the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's only organization advocating for the rights of sexual minorities in a country ruled by autocracy (11/12/05) |
Dee Dee Chamblee | Founder of a shelter for Trans and GLB persons in Atlanta (10/29/05) |
Lisa Mottet | Trans legal eagle for the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, on the status of federal hate crime protections for transgenders, and state & local legislative gains in 2005 (10/15/05) |
Moonhawk River Stone | Former board chair of the International Foundation for Gender Education and a psychotherapist specializing in LGBT concerns, on issues supporting the elimination of Gender Identity Disorder as a psychiatric diagnosis (10/8/05) |
Ariel Herrera | National field director and director of GLBT field organizing for Amnesty International, on the recent Amnesty report on police violence against the GLBT community (10/1/05) |
Danny Kirchoff | Manager of Equality California's transgender equality project, on EQCA's work towards same-sex marriage (9/24/05) |
Deanne Matte | Canadian feminist activist, on the Women's Global Charter for Humanity and the upcoming day of feminist solidarity (9/3/05) |
Dallas Denny | Transgender Tapestry editor and longtime trans community commentator, on her upcoming run for office, Fantasia Fair, and more (8/13/05) |
Deeg Gold | Queer advocacy: What is really worth working for? Have we lost our way? A compelling critique of assimilationism (7/30/05) |
Monica Helms | President of the Transgender American Veteran's Association on why they exist, what they hope to accomplish, and about their upcoming march in Washington, DC (4/30/05) |
Tami Starlight | Vancouver-based Canadian trans activist, on issues affecting trans persons "north of the border" (4/16/05) |
Kelli Burkinshaw | New Mexican State field director for "Basic Rights New Mexico" (which defeated an effort to repeal GLBT protections), on the defeat of 2005 NM DOMA legislation (3/19/05) |
Paisley Currah | Executive director for the Center for Lesbian And Gay Studies at New York University, on their upcoming conference on Trans Politics, Social Change and Justice (2/26/05) |
Holly Ryan | Public services trainer and consultant on behalf of trans persons, on homelessness and related problems suffered by the transgender population (2/14/05) |
Mara Keisling | Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, on some of the good things for transgender persons that have happened over the past year (12/27/04) |
Morwen Madrigal | New Orleans-based transgender activist, on her work on behalf of trans community (12/6/04) |
Mark Leno | California State Assemblyman and a leading advocate for LGBT-protective legislation on a transgender health care access hearing (11/22/04) |
Hesay Vincent | French trans activist, reports on the first-ever French trans summit meeting in Paris (10/04/04) |
Wayne Besen | Columnist and author, on unmasking the scandals and lies behind the ex-gay myth (7/19/04) |
Mara Kiesling | Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality and member of John Kerry's LGBT steering committee, on trans-inclusion in anti-harassment legislation, and the democratic party platform (7/12/04) |
Mary Marcel | Researcher, author and professor, on what will be the largest sex discrimination class action lawsuit ever to be brought in the US, by women employees against retail giant Wal-Mart (6/21/04) |
Christopher Labonte | The Human Rights Campaign's deputy Director for Legislation, on transgender inclusion in future federal empoyment non-discrimination legilsation (5/24/04) |
Gail & Betsy Leondar-Wright | Social justice activists and devoted partners talk with us on the first day of legal "gender-blind" (AKA Same-Sex) marriage in Massachusetts about their upcoming wedding and the politics of gender-blind marriage. (5/17/04) |
Rosalyn Forrester | Co-founder of Canadian Transexuals Fight For Rights, on her activism and the Transsexual Day of Pride (5/10/04) |
Ethan St. Pierre & Karen Martin | On the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition's lobbying effort and a TS Menace demonstration against the Human Rights Campaign (5/3/04) |
Imani Henry | Transman, writer, activist and performance artist, on theatre, activism, and intersections between the two (4/5/04) |
Paige Bradley Frost | Development director and spokesperson for NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, on the status of struggles around some of the leading women's issues today (3/29/04) |
Arline Isaacson | Co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus and a lead lobbyist on behalf of the GLBT community, on the Massachusetts struggle for same-sex marriage rights (3/15/04) |
Kate Bornstein &
Gail Leondar-Wright |
On the ongoing controversy over the Lambda Literary Foundation's award nomination of a transphobic book (3/1/04) |
Sue O'Connell | Co-publisher of the GLBT newspaper "Bay Windows", on the gay marriage issue and local media coverage of the state constitutional debate (2/16/04) |
Jim Marks | Lambda Literary Foundation director, responds to complaints about his organization's nomination of a trans-stigmatizing book for an award (2/9/04) |
Christine Burns | Longtime transgender activist and government policy advisor, on legislative changes affecting transgender persons in the UK (2/2/04) |
James MacGregor Halleman | Transgender activist and 4th generation steel worker, on transgender employment issues and his own experience of discrimination in the workplace (2/2/04) |
Mara Keisling | Executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, on the most pressing issues on the national trans activism agenda (1/19/04) |
David Moats | Pulitzer prize winner for his editorials in support of same-sex unions, on the battle for gay marriage (1/19/04) |
Monica Helms &
Angela Brightfeather |
Transactivist co-founders of the Transgender American Veterans Association, on their reasons, purpose and plans (12/29/03) |
[name reomved by request] | Transgender activist, on queer organizing in a San Francisco college environment (11/24/03) |
Anne Stanback | President of 'Love Makes a Family', a Connecticut coalition working to expand the state marriage laws to include same-sex couples (11/3/03) |
Gwen Smith | San Francisco transactivist who created the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, on violence against transgender persons (10/27/03) |
Gunner Scott | Boston area transactivist whose ButchDykeBoy website is one of Boston's leading resources for the young trans and FTM communities (10/27/03) |
Molly Hurley Moran | Author of "Finding Susan", about the murder of her sister in 1994, leading to her advocacy for victims of domestic violence (10/13/03) |
Eleanor Smeal | Feminist Majority Foundation president, on the FMF and the current state of abortion rights and activism (9/29/03) |
Pearl Cleage | Popular black feminist author whose new book considers the effects of the participation of black women in political leadership (9/29/03) |
Geoffrey Kors | Executive director of Equality California, on recent legislation protecting the rights and fair treatment of GLBT citizens (9/22/03) |
Shelly Prevost |
Independent film maker and video activist, on the aftermath of Gwen Araujo’s murder and her short film Isn’t It Obvious(8/11/03) |
Jill Weiss | Transgender lawyer and graduate student, on anti-trans discrimination at Northeastern University (7/21/03) |
Jill Weiss | Transgender lawyer and graduate student studying Human Resource policies regarding trans persons in workplace, on current trends in the employment of transpersons (7/14/03) |
Andrea James | Former advertising writer who has now committed her skills to promoting the healthy depiction and well-being of the transgender community (6/9/03) |
Imani Henry | Trans playwright activist performer, about his new play and current activism, and reading his poem, "Corn Fed Girl" (6/2/03) |
Deborah Lake Fortson | Playwright and activist, on the international trade in sexual slaves. (5/5/03) |
Dallas Denny | Transgender academic, activist and editor of Transgender Tapestry magazine, on transgenderism in the 90's (4/28/03) |
Pauline Park | Political scientist and transperson challenges "post identity" politics and the lack of visibility of persons of color in the transgender movement (3/31/03) |
Virginia Stephenson | Transgender activist, on New Mexico's recent adoption of broad statewide protections for gender diversity (3/31/03) |
Isis Nusair | Scholar and activist, on the situation of women's and human rights in the middle east and North Africa. (3/17/03) |
Peter & Shirley Oiler | On the aftermath of his firing by Winn-Dixie and the court judgement against him. (3/10/03) |
Terry O'Neill | Attorney, professor and NOW VP, on the recent Supreme Court decision that undercuts the security of abortion clinics nationwide, and other issues of importance to women today. (3/3/03) |
Dr. Donna Lopiano | Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation, on Title 9, the equal opportunity measure passed 30 years ago that is under attack for diverting funding from boy's athletics (2/24/03) |
Dean Spade | Transgender attorney and activist on trans activism, global issues, and the groundbreaking Kantaras ruling from Florida on the legal sex of a transsexual man (2/24/03) |
Dr. Monica Casper | New executive director of the Intersex Society of North America, on the connection between fetal surgery and intersexuality, gender and children's rights (2/17/03) |
Alejandro Marcel | Former director of Boston's Transgender Education Network, on problems created by John Shope and the BVNA for those attempting to do outreach work with transpersons (2/3/03) |
John Shope | Bay Village Neighborhood Association president, on problems that Jacque's, Boston's leading tranny bar, creates for it's neighbors (2/3/03) |
Stephen Whittle | A leading trans activist, author and academic, on trans representations and the rights of transsexual and transgender persons (1/20/03) |
Dorian Solot &
Marshall Miller |
Founders of the Alternatives to Marriage project, on difficulties faced by couples who elect to not get married (1/13/03) |
Dallas Denny | Respected writer, activist and Transgender Tapestry journal editor, guides us through the last 50 years of trans history (1/6/03) |
Cristan Williams | Co-founder of CATS Houston transitional living facility for transpersons, on who and what they are, and the help they need in order to survive (12/23/02) |
Geeta Citygirl | Actor, writer, performer, and director of the South Asian League of Artists in America, on her work and activism challenging ideals of female beauty (12/23/02) |
Arline Isaacson | Co-chair of the Massachusetts Lesbian & Gay Political Caucus, on their legislative agenda for 2003, and recent gay marriage news (12/9/02) |
Cole Thaler | Trans activist and lawyer, on Boston's new anti-discrimination ordinance that protects freedom of gender identity and expression (10/28/02) |
Gwendolyn Smith | On the 4th National Transgender Day of Remembrance and the recent Bay Area murder of trans teen Gwen Araujo (10/21/02) |
Gilda Bruckman | Co-founder of New Words women's bookstore, on their evolution for survival (9/23/02) |
Mara Keisling &
Kathy Padilla |
Transactivists who helped pass 3 trans-protective ordinances in Pennsylvania jurisdictions in early 2002 (6/10/02) |
Cynthia BrianKate | An electronic activist from Long Island who helped blow the whistle on transphobic practices at Microsoft and Yahoo (6/3/02) |
Riki Anne Wilchins | Founder and Executive Director of GenderPAC, on gender profiling and the upcoming 2nd National Conference on Gender (4/22/02) |
Sabrina Marcus | Southern Comfort Conference organizer, on planning the first-ever Gender March On Washington (4/15/02) |
Yosenio Lewis | Board chair of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (4/8/02) |
Carolyn Wagner | Co-founder of Families United Against Hate and national vice president of PFLAG, on fighting hate (3/11/02) |
Courtney Sharp | New Orleans transactivist on the struggle against Winn-Dixie's firing of crossdresser Peter Oiler (2/11/02) |
Jessica Archer | The circumstances of the murder of Terrianne Summers, and what is being done about it (12/17/01) |
Jessica Archer | Director of the Florida Organization for Gender Equality, on trans activism in Florida, and her gender performance art (12/10/01) |
Sarah Gould | Director of the Ms. Foundation for Women, on women's economic security issues and their campaign to raise the minimum wage (12/10/01) |
Holly Ryan | Obtaining state health policies guaranteeing availability of social services to trans people, and much more (12/3/01) |
Grace Stowell | Director of Boston Alliance of Gay & Lesbian Youth, on TG Remembrance and serving trans youth (11/26/01) |
Gail Leondar-Wright | Publicist, on publicizing progressive books, and helping a local women's bookstore (11/19/01) |
Gunner Gurwich | Boston area transctivism, including Day of Remembrance, a new political group, stopping a transphobic ad campaign and more (11/12/01) |
Helen Matthews &
Sue Solomon |
EcoFeminism and the connection between violence against women and violence against nature (11/5/01) |
Monica Helms | Atlanta transactivist, on 'Transgender Highway' and other new developments (9/24/01) |
Kathy Wilson | Leading advocate for reform of psychiatric classification of gender diversity as mental disorder tells us why (9/17/01) |
Stacey Montgomery | Boston area transactivist and poet, on collaborative activism (8/10/01) |
Robyn Ochs | "Bisexual Resource Guide" & pressing bisexuality issues (7/9/01) |
Emi Koyama | A new teaching kit from the Intersex Society of North America (6/25/01) |
Jaedon | A young Asian Pacific Islander activist on prejudice (6/18/01) |
Max Cohen | A 17 yr old radical white gender-queer activist and poet on ageism in the trans community; (6/18/01) |
Merissa Sherrill Lynn | IFGE's founding director and Transgender Tapestry founding editor on her vision (5/21/01) |
David Rostcheck | The Pink Pistols, a GLBT gun organization (5/7/01) |
Nathan Purkis | SF supervisor aide, on the new measure providing medical transition support for transsexuals (5/7/01) |
Sandy Stone | Transsexual academic studying interface, interaction and desire, on Janice Raymond and FreeNet" (4/16/01) |
Grace Chang | Author of "Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy" (4/9/01) |
Angela Gardner | The Renaissance Education Association, a network of open support groups (3/26/01) |
Sylvia Rivera | Stonewall veteran on actions for murdered TS Amanda Milan (3/19/01) |
Dana Rivers | Award-winning High School teacher fired for being TS, now a leading activist (3/5/01) |
Jessie Shafer | Colorado Trans Activism & a journal for transgenders in prison. (2/26/01) |
Riki Anne Wilchins | Strategies for advocating for gender rights (2/19/01) |
Cheryl Chase | Advocating for intersexuals with the medical profession (1/29/01) |
Julie Johnson | The politics of national trans advocacy (1/15/01) |
Riki Anne Wilchins | GenderPAC and national trans advocacy (1/15/01) |
Jessica Archer | Activism against Winn-Dixie firing of crossdresser Peter Oiler (1/8/01) |
Anne Casebeer | National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (11/6/00) |
Riki Anne Wilchins &
Lesbian Avengers |
Camp Trans at Michigan Women's Music Festival (9/25/00) |
Rikki Swin | Founder of institute to benefit transpersons (8/21/00) |
Monica Helms | NGLTF's "Creating Change" and TG victim memorial (8/14/00) |
Paisley Currah | Co-author of the "Transgender Equality" handbook (7/31/00) |
Lori Buckwalter | Working with Portland, OR police on trans inmate guide (7/3/00) |
Shawn Hayward | Response to the new Vermont Civil Union legislation (7/24/00) |
Riki Anne Wilchins | Results from the Gender Lobby Days in Washington, DC.(6/5/00) |
Bill Lippert | Vermont's "civil union" bill, which passed the House and faces the senate. (3/27/00) |
Tonye Baretto-Neto | Update on TS incarcerate Dee Farmer (3/27/00) |
Karen Mass | TS activist who asked presidential candidate Al Gore what he would do for the rights of transgendered persons. (3/13/00) |
Gwen Smith | Cyberspace transactivist, on spinning webs that fill transgender community needs (2/21/00) |
Tonye Barreto-Neto | The story of unfairly incarcerated TS Dee Farmer (2/7/00) |
Noel Lewis | Help for battered lesbians (2/7/00) |
Jean Kilbourne | Internationally recognized, award-winning critic of images of women in advertising (12/13/99) |
Dana Rivers | Trannsexual teacher forced out of her job in California (12/6/99) |
Riki Anne Wilchins | Author of "Read My Lips" and GenderPAC founder, on transactivism (11/15/99) |
Debra Davis | TS activist, radio host & high-school librarian, on the legal attack against her right to use the ladies' bathroom (9/20/99) |
Marsha Botzer | Director of the Ingersoll Gender Center, on the new Seattle Ordinance protecting "Gender Identity" (9/20/99) |
Dawn Wilson &
Dan Farrell |
Kentucky activists on the Louisville anti-discrimination legislation effort (8/30/99) |
Miranda Stevens-Miller | Leading Illinois-area transactivist (8/23/99) |
Lesbian Avengers | Report on Camp Trans (8/23/99) |
Kerry Lobel | NGLTF executive director, on GLBT inclusion politics, HRC, and trans issues (8/16/99) |
Shirley Bushnell,
Nancy Wilson, Daviko Marcel & [name removed by request] |
On the recent trans bashings in Los Angeles, race, gender, and police behavior (8/9/99) |
Kate More | UK transsexual activist and academic, on trans prisoner abuses, HIV, and gender theorists (7/19/99) |
Joan Goodnight | Southern Californian crossdresser and community organizer (7/19/99) |
Michelle Josef | Canadian drummer on her challenge to provincial legislation & elimination of SRS coverage (6/28/99) |
Penni Ashe | On the Report on Transgender and Gender Variance in Massachusetts (5/31/99) |
Hida Viloria | Intersex activism, research, and the groundbreaking video "Hermaphrodites Speak" (5/17/99) |
Ty Jalal | FTM transgender person, on GLBT Muslims (5/17/99) |
Virginia Prince | Founder of the first crossdressing support group, tells her story of how it all happened (5/10/99) |
Carrie Davis | Director of Operations for GenderPAC, on Lobby Day and also the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) (4/26/99) |
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