Yearly TFA Membership Meeting July 24th
The Transgender Foundation of America is the organization that is responsible for Transgender Center, library and archive. As per TFA By-Laws, we are a 501[c]3 nonprofit membership organization. Our By-laws stipulate, “Membership in this organization shall be open to all who are dealing with issues relating to cultural gender stereotypes.” The annual membership meeting of TFA will be...
Read MoreNew TG Center Donations: Music and History
The TG Center would like to acknowledge the following generous gifts: 1911 Packard upright piano: Thanks to Grace Lutheran Church and Dawn M! Extremely Rare 1914, 1st edition “Die Homosexualitat” by Magnus Hirschfeld: Thanks to Cristan Williams! Entire personal collection of trans magazines, zines and books: Thanks to Kristen Schilt, professor of Sociology at the University of...
Read MoreA Thank You Note
We are always glad to hear from folks! The card reads: Friends, It has passed time when I should have formally thanked you for your help in filling my prescription this past September. Transitioning is stressful under any circumstances, but worrying about the effects of discontinuing hormones (due to a lack of funds), was a problem I did not have to face – thanks to you. I am...
Read MoreFor the Girls
Kristen Schilt is a professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. She received her PhD from UCLA in 2006 and then spent two years at Rice University. She has just finished a book, coming out this winter, about the workplace experiences of transgender men. For this project, she interviewed transmen in Texas and California who were stealth at work and who had openly transitioned and stayed...
Read MoreHow Did the TG Center Change Your Life?
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