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FTM Conference Huge Success! Q u A R T E R L y 11 I 95 #5 Is s ,\' 1 () 7 7-1 6 2 x FTM Conference Huge Success! ayor Frank Jordan proclaimed as F1M will not be confined to pre­ AEGIS Plays Pivotal Role MAugust 18-20, 1995 "FTM scribed behavior roles outlined in in FTM Conjerence Conference Weekend in San theoretical papers published by prej­ Francisco" as over 360 female-to­ udiced researchers and based upon AEGIS noticed long ago that the male (FTM) transgendered people, extremely limited studies. FTMs needs of female-to-males are often transexual men, their families and and their issues are usually over­ ignored or overlooked in a transgender friends, medical practitioners, and looked at gender conferences, community that is geared primarily to psychologists convened there for where, as in the larger society, the meet the needs of male-to-females. the first International all-FTM gen­ commonly-held view of transgen­ We grew increasingly convinced that for FTMs to take their rightful place in the der conference ever held in North dered people is that they are pre­ community, they needed their own America. The overwhelmingly suc­ dominantly male-to-female (MTF), space in which to come together and cessful conferen e drew participants or transexual women. According to grow strong. from all over the U.S., Canada, Japan, members of the Harry Benjamin AEGIS has a very limited budget, Australia, and Germany. The confer­ International Gender Dysphoria but we earmarked $500 for a special ence theme, "A vision of Association (HBIGDA), a profes­ fund, and in mid-1994, we issued a Community," was chosen to help sional organization for medical and press release, stating that we would focus participants' awareness that psychological caregivers who special­ award the money to any group which they are not alone in dealing with ize in gender and sex transitions, would match the amount for purposes of putting on a national conference for their gender issues and that unity is most clinics where sex reassignment FTMs. FTM International took the chal­ necessary to make improvements in is performed in North America today lenge, and in early 1995, we presented the lives of FTMs. have acknowledged that the appli­ the funds to James Green , FTM's The conference was hosted cants for the procedure are 50% Director. by FTM International. Sponsors male-identified." The conference succeeded were FTM International, AEGIS, the Featured speakers included beyond everyone's wildest expecta­ International Foundation for Gender James Green, Director of FTM tions . Conference promoters had Education, and San Francisco's International· Robert Bray of the expected about 125 attendees. We bad promised to donate a free copy of the Educational Transvestite Channel. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; special FTM copy of Chrysalis for each There were numerous individual author and activist Leslie Feinberg; attendee, expecting that number. We contributions from members of the art photographer Loren Cameron; really had to scramble to assemble the above organizations, Transexual San Francisco Police Sgt. Stephan extra two hundred. Menace NYC, FTM International, Thorne; organizer Sky Renfro, edu­ We ended up sending 320 copies. and supportive friends. cators Dr. Steve Dain, Jason Jeremiah and Karen Gold-Hopton , FTM In ternational's press Cromwell, Ph.D.(c), Susan Stryker, members of Atlanta Gender release stated "The conference is an Ph.D., and Jude Patton, MFCT; sur­ Explorations support group, who attend­ important historical milestone in the ed the conference, Kindly volunteered geons Donald R. Laub, M.D. and to carry the copies as part of their lug­ development of the transgender Michael Brownstein, M.D.; and San gage. Little did they realize how volum i­ movement. It signals the rising Francisco Human Rights Commission nous it would be- there were three big awareness that people who identify staff member Larry Brinkin. heavy boxes to carry! AEGIS News 11195 Page 1 Why Membership? AEGIS Membership What are the advantages ofyour membership for AEGIS? Categories & Benefits • ~ get a stronger voice. General ($36/year) Because we have a membership base, our voices are raised in unison with yours and in dudes will be more easily heard when we protest against discrimination, when we fight against unjust laws, and when we claim our rights. Subscription to Chrysalis (2 issues) e ~ get feedback from you. Subscription to AEGIS News (4 issues) Membership;ldentity Card Via voting and membership meetings, we learn more about your concerns and inter­ ests, both in regard to the operation of AEGIS and in regard to your personal needs. Free access to library & Archive 10% discount on all merchandise e ~can work together toward effective solutions. Many heads are better than one. You may have the perfect solution to a problem which has been plaguing us, and if you do, we want to hear it. Professional ($60/year) - includes benefits above plus ~get your help. e Transgender Treatment Bulletin and With membership comes pride. With pride, comes willingness to work within the framework of an organization to help others, and to financially support the organiza­ Shhh! The Bulletin of the National tion. Transgender Library & Archive e ~get "consumers" and "caregivers" talking to one another. 15% discount on all merchandise Excuse the medical model terms, but we needed them to make our point that AEGIS is the perfect forum: for helping professionals and transgendered persons to meet on Supporting ($100/year) equal footing and discuss complicated issues regarding access to medical treatments. includes benefits above plus 20% discount on all merchandise What do you get from Membership? $40 tax deduction Sponsoring ($250/year) e You get our publications. includes benefits above plus You get two copies of our outstanding journal, Chrysalis, and 4 copies of our newsletter, listing in AEGIS News AEGIS News. You also get medical advisories and special bulletins throughout the year. 1st class mailing of materials • You get an ID card. 25% discount on all merchandise In mid-year, AEGIS will iss~e identification cards to all members. The card will carry a $190 tax deduction strong statement about your rights, and may come in handy sometimes when you need the authority of a membership organization behind you. Benefactor ($500/year) • You get discounts on our products. include benefits above plus · We sell lots of interesting things. You'll find out about our new products before anyone else, and you'll get them for less than others will pay. You 'll also get a discount on Note of appreciation in Chrysalis membership in the Transgender Historical Society. $440 tax deduction e You get a vote. 30% discount on all merchandise You have a say-so in the way AEGIS is run. Student ($24/year) • You get the satisfaction of helping others. includes General Membership benefits We mail dozens of information packets each week. Those packets change lives, and (Subject to verification) money from your subscription will be paying the duplication costs and mailing fees. e You get to change the world. Minor ($24/year Ideas about transgendered and transsexual people are changing. AEGIS has played a includes General Membership benefits considerable part in making that change happen. And things are going to change Must be under 18 even more. We're going to make the world a better place. Together. (Subject to verification) A note to helping professionals: 1 Incarcerated & Transgendered? AEGIS has a professional division which is concerned with issues of treatment 1 You can receive AEGIS News free and with education of caregivers. Our professional division will take a leading I role in redefining the relationship between transgendered persons and the pro­ fessional community (and consider, these are not mutually exclusive categories; I Memberships are for the calendar year there are hundreds of transsexual and transgendered physicians psychologists, researchers, ministers, electrologists, counselors, therapists, and social work­ i Please add 110 ifyou are ers). Please join so we can work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect I outside the U.S. & Canada to solve our considerable problems. I I L_________________________________ J Page2 AEGIS News 11/95 join us ... AEGIS A ffl e r i c tl 11 E cl u cat i o 11 al Gerzde1,. Inj(Jr11zation ._~--er vice ••• Name ______________ D General Membership ($36/year) * Addre§ ______________ 0 ProfessionalMemhership ($(i)/year)* Ory _________________ 0 Supporting Memhership ($100/year) State ____ Zip ______ Sponsoring Membership ($250/year) Office (___.,._ _____ Home(_....___ ____ BBenefactor ($500/year) 0 Student/Minor (requires documentation) ($24/yr) (We will send you a longer memhership data fonn) */Please add 110 outside North America/ Mastercard v~ No. _____________ Exp. ____ responsibility and a burden, one which could not be simply dropped, but which Ahem, a History Lesson could only be passed on, like a baton in a As the result of the publicity sur­ Mary Elizabeth (then Joanna Clark) and relay race. rounding Christine Jorgensen's sex reas­ Jude Patton, both transexual people, who We have done this important work signment in 1952, increasing numbers of formed J2CP Information Services. The to the best of our ability, but with a differ­ men and women came forward, asking name came from Clark's and Patton's ini­ ence: first, we believe it is too important to rest on the shoulders of any single indi­ for sex r~assignment. For more than a tials- two ]'s, a C., and a P. decade, there was very little support­ Patton moved to Oregon to go into vidual, but should be a group responsibili­ only individual caregivers like Dr. Harry private practice as a therapist, leaving ty, funded by and provided by transgender Benjamin in New York city and Dr. J2CP to Clark.
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