TFA Director Named One of Jenny Jones’ Heroes
Cristan Williams, the Director of TFA, was named one of “Jenny’s Heroes” on Monday, December 7, 2009. Ms. Jones will provide the Houston Transgender Library and Archive $5000.00 worth of new books about transgender issues.
Ms Jones writes, “It turns out that Cristan was a fan of the Jenny Jones Show so when I called her, she was very excited about the grant and also about hearing from me personally. Cristan said she used to watch my show for inspiration and to know she was not the only one out there who felt different. I told her about the first time a transgender was in the audience and asked a question on the air, joking that we all survived! Cristan is putting together her list of books to start shopping and with a little luck, these books may come in time for Christmas. What a great gift they will be for the center, and what a great gift Cristan is to the transgender community.”
The new additions to the library will be available to the public when the TG Center moves to our new location in the first quarter of 2010.
If you would like to send your thanks to Ms. Jones for her donation to the Houston Transgender Community, please send your email to info@tgctr.org . More information about Jenny’s Heroes is available here:
Hello,
I am trangendered and I live in Houston. I am familiar with the TG Center, and I would say that the TG Center already has anumber of books on TG History, etc.
I feel that the money Jenny Jones is giving the TG Center would be better spent, not on
books, but on real programs to assist trangendered persons in Houston with real world issues and problems they face every day: from housing to employment to medical treatment, etc.
Audrey Monroe
And that is why we are getting a huge grant from the City. It is also why we already established the 1st and only federally funded TG-homeless program in the nation.
We need it all. We need the archive, the center, and the services… and that is exactly what we are doing