transsymbol
a transgender resource page for lane county, oregon


Maintained by Risa Stephanie Bear. Latest edits 5/5/08.
Corrections and submissions to risasb[at]gmail.com. If you don't see what you are looking for here, try PFLAG Eugene/Springfield or QueerEugene.


 





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Internet: Local Interest



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News

Battle rages on over transgender rights Being heard
Nashua Telegraph - May 3, 2008
By ASHLEY SMITH Staff Writer Members of the transgender community say they are the next group of people who need to fight for, even demand, their rights.


Xtra.ca
Deck stacked against Winnipeg trans youth
Xtra.ca - May 5, 2008
"When kids discover that the term 'transgender' might apply to them, they don't necessarily know where to go," says Katie Owen who counsels many transgender youth at the Rainbow Resource Centre in Winnipeg. In Winnipeg, as with many cities and small ...

AsiaSF gender-bending club goes Hollywood
San Francisco Chronicle - May 4, 2008
The show would be the first of its kind - a series documenting the lives of 22 male-to-female transgender people as they master complex choreography, learn to move like biologically born women and fight through often painful transitions.

School challenge: Transgender student is age 9
Philadelphia Inquirer - May 3, 2008
The Haverford School District consulted experts on transgender children, then sent letters to parents advising them that the guidance counselor would meet with the school's 100 third-grade students to explain why their classmate would now wear girls' ...


For other current national and international news go here.




Locally Available Books & Videos



Books & Videos in Municipal and Academic Libraries:

Items below were found 1/17/05 in the online catalogs of Eugene Public Library (24), Lane Community College Library (8), Springfield Public Library (5), and University of  Oregon Libraries (80). No items were found in Cottage Grove Public Library, Creswell Library, Fern Ridge Library, Junction City Public Library, Oakridge Public Library, or Siuslaw Public Library (including Mapleton Branch). Cascade Foothills Public Library has no online catalog. You can request items from any of these libraries by talking with the Interlibrary Loan librarian at your local library. Use your discretion and judgment when working with these materials as not all of them represent what most transpeople would call responsible or enlightened views.

As nature made him : the boy who was raised as a girl / John Colapinto. Eugene Public Library, 305.3 R273c. University of Oregon, RSRV KNI RC560.G45 C65 2000.

As nature made him [compact disc audio book] / by John Colapinto. Eugene Public Library, Audio Books AB-CD 305.3 REIMER DAVID 2000.

Becoming a visible man / Jamison Green. Eugene Public Library, 306.768092 GREEN JAMISON 2004. [Recommended]

The blank point : what is transsexualism? [The Beijing-San Francisco Film Group], n.d. University of Oregon, 1 copy ordered for VIDEO COLL on 11-24-2004.

Body alchemy : transsexual portraits / by Loren Cameron. Eugene Public Library, 305.3 CAMERON 1996. [Strongly Recommended]

Body guards : the cultural politics of gender ambiguity / edited by Julia Epstein and Kristina Straub. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  HQ71 .B57 1991.

Boys don't cry [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Film Channel Productions present a Killer Films/Hart-Sharp Entertainment production ; a Kimberly Pierce film ; produced by Jeffrey Sharp ... [et al.] ; written by Kimberly Peirce, Andy Bienen ; directed by Kimberly Peirce. Eugene Public Library, MM-V BOYS DONT C. Also at Bethel Branch. [Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

The Brandon Teena story [videorecording] / produced, shot, directed, & edited by Susan Muska & Greta Olafsdottir; University of Oregon, KNIGHT; VIDEO DVD 00749.  [Strongly Recommended]

Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit : gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore / Randy P. Conner, David Hatfield Sparks, Mariya Sparks ; foreword by Gloria E. Anzaldúa. University of Oregon,  REF KNIGHT HQ75.15 .C66 1997.

Changing sex : transsexualism, technology, and the idea of gender / Bernice Louise Hausman. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT RC560.G45 H38 1995.

Changing sexes [videorecording] : female to male / written & produced by Mason Funk. Lane Community College Library, DVD 126.

Counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender substance abusers : dual identities / Dana G. Finnegan, Emily B. McNally. University of Oregon. KNIGHT HV5139 .F56 2002.

Courage to love : liturgies for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community / compiled by Geoffrey Duncan. Eugene Public Library, 291.17835 COURAGE TO 2002.

Creature [videorecording]. "In 1994, Parris Patton drove a two man crew to the corner of Santa Monica and La Brea in Hollywood, California. It was there that he met Stacey "Hollywood" Dean and began what was to become a four year chronicle of Stacey's odyssey into womanhood." University of Oregon,  VIDEO COLL VIDEOTAPE 06668. [Strongly Recommended]

Crossing : a memoir / Deirdre McCloskey. Eugene Public Library, 921 MCCLOSKEY DEIRDRE 2000. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ77.8.M39 A3 1999. [Strongly Recommended]

The crying game [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; produced by Stephen Woolley ; written and directed by Neil Jordan University of Oregon,  VIDEO COLL VIDEOTAPE 03990. [Strongly Recommended]

Dual attraction : understanding bisexuality / Martin S. Weinberg, Colin J. Williams, Douglas W. Pryor. University of Oregon,   KNIGHT HQ74 .W44 1994.

Fantastic women : sex, gender, and transvestism / Annie Woodhouse. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ77 .W66 1989.

Female desires : same-sex relations and transgender practices across cultures / edited by Evelyn Blackwood and Saskia E. Wieringa. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT     HQ75.5 .F43 1999.

Female-to-male transsexualism : historical, clinical, and theoretical issues / Leslie Martin Lothstein.  KNIGHT  RC560.C4L65 1983.

Female masculinity / Judith Halberstam. University of Oregon, KNIGHT  HQ75.5 .H33 1998.

Finding the real me : true tales of sex and gender diversity / Tracie O'Keefe and Katrina Fox, editors. University of Oregon, KNIGHT  HQ77.7 .F556 2003. [Recommended]

From wounded hearts : faith stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and those who love them / compiled and editied by Roberta Showalter Kreider; Lane Community College Library, BV4596.G38 F76 1998. 

FTM: female-to-male transsexuals in society / Holly Devor. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT   HQ77.9 .D49 1997.

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people with developmental disabilities and mental retardation : stories of the Rainbow Support Group / John D. Allen.University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ30.5 .A45 2003.

Gender disorders and the paraphilias / William B. Arndt, Jr. University of Oregon,   KNIGHT  RC560.G45 A76 1991.

Gender dysphoria : interdisciplinary approaches in clinical management / Walter O. Bockting, Eli Coleman, editors c1992. University of Oregon, LGBTESS (Oregon Hall).

Gender outlaw : on men, women, and the rest of us / Kate Bornstein. Eugene Public Library, 305.9066 B645g. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ77.9 .B67 1995. [Strongly Recommended]

Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives / edited by Sabrina Petra Ramet. University of Oregon KNIGHT GN484.35 .G46 1996 

GLBTQ : the survival guide for queer & questioning teens / Kelly Huegel. Eugene Public Library, 306.766 HUEGEL 2003. Lane Community College Library, HQ76.25 .H84 2003. Springfield Public Library YOUNG ADULT 306.76 H.

The Harvey Milk Institute guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer internet research / Alan Ellis ... [et al.], editors. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ76.25 .H375 2002.

Hatred in the hallways : violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students in U.S. schools / Human Rights Watch. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT LC212.82 .H37 2001.

Hedwig and the angry inch [videorecording] / FineLine Features ; New Line Cinema presents a Killer Films production ; animation sequences and art work by Emily Hubley ; music, lyrics, and original score by Stephen Trask ; producers, Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel, Pamela Koffler ; written for the screen and directed by John Cameron Mitchell.Eugene Public Library, MM-DVD HEDWIG AND. Lane Community College Library, MVP 519. [Recommended]

How sex changed : a history of transsexuality in the United States / Joanne Meyerowitz. Eugene Public Library, 305.489664 MEYEROWITZ 2002. Lane Community College Library, HQ77.95.E85 M48 2002. University of Oregon, RSRV KNI  HQ77.95.E85 M48 2002.

Human sex change and sex reversal : transvestism and transsexualism / David Brez Carlisle. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ77 .C36 1998.

In a queer time and place : transgender bodies, subcultural lives / Judith Halberstam 2005 University of Oregon KNIGHT  HQ75.5 .H335 2005.

In search of Eve : transsexual rites of passage / Anne Bolin. University of Oregon KNIGHT HQ77.9.B65 1987.

Invisible lives : the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people / Viviane K. Namaste. University of Oregon  KNIGHT  HQ77.95.C2 N35 2000.

Learning from resilient people : lessons we can apply to counseling and psychotherapy / Morley D. Gl 2006. University of Oregon KNIGHT BF698.35.R47 G55 2006  

Lesbians talk transgender / Zachary I. Nataf. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ75.5 N29 1996.

The life and career of Alberta Lucille/Dr. Alan L. Hart with collected early writings / [compilation and design, Jeremy Skinner ; exhibit and editorial, Jeremy Skinner, Doug Erickson, Paul Merchant]. University of Oregon, SCA OrColl R154.H276 L54 2003.

Linda/Les & Annie [videorecording] : the first female-to-male transsexual love story / produced & directed by Albert/Annie/Johnny ; created by Albert Jaccoma, John Armstrong and Annie Sprinkle. University of Oregon,  VIDEO COLL  VIDEOTAPE 05943. [Recommended]

Looking queer : body image and identity in lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender communities / Dawn Atkins, editor. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ75.6.U5 L66 1998.

Love makes a family : portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families / photographs by Gigi Kaeser ; edited by Peggy Gillespie ; foreword by Minnie Bruce Pratt ; introduction by Kath Weston ; afterword by April Martin. Eugene Public Library, 306.766 K118 and 306.766 KAESER 1999. Springfield Public Library, 306.874 K. University of Oregon KNIGHT HQ76.13 .K34 1999. [Strongly Recommended]

Ma vie en rose [videorecording] = My life in pink / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; directed by Alain Berliner ; produced by Carol Scotta for Haut et Court ; in co-production with La Sept Cinema [et al.] University of Oregon,  VIDEO COLL VIDEO DVD 00384. [Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

Male femaling : a grounded theory approach to cross-dressing and sex-changing / Richard Ekins ; foreword by Anselm Strauss. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  HQ77 .E45 1997.

The man who would be queen : the science of gender-bending and transsexualism / J. Michael Bailey. [Sadly the only item in all four libraries, this is the recent book suggesting that transsexuals are all about sexual fetishism. Since discredited. See Lynn Conway's remarks <http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/LynnsReviewOfBaileysBook1.html>] and what occurred afterward in Bailey's career [<http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/LynnsReviewOfBaileysBook.html>. This dreadful book is being taught in psych classes in universities all over the United States. Eugene Public Library, 305.38 BAILEY 2003. Lane Community College Library, HQ76.2.U5 B35 2003. Springfield Public Library,  305.38 B. University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ76.2.U5 B35 2003.

Mental health issues in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities / edited by Billy E. Jones, Marjorie J. Hill. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT RC451.4.G39 M45 2002.

My gender workbook : how to become a real man, a real woman, the real you, or something else entirely / Kate Bornstein ; with illustrations by Diane DiMassa. University of Oregon RSRV KNI      HQ1075 .B69 1998.

My husband Betty : love, sex, and life with a crossdresser / Helen Boyd. Lane Community College Library, HQ77 .B63 2003.

My story / Caroline Cossey. [autobiography of "Tula," the trans "Bond girl."] University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ77.8.T84 T85 199. [Recommended]

Myth of father [videorecording] / directed by Paul Hill ; produced by Laura Dahlinger and Paul Hill ; AstroBaby Productions University of Oregon VIDEO COLL VIDEOTAPE 06810.

No dumb questions [videorecording] : Epiphany Productions, c2001. "The program follows three sisters as they struggle to understand why and how Uncle Bill is becoming Aunt Barbara." University of Oregon,  VIDEO COLL VIDEOTAPE 06684. [Strongly Recommended]

The no-nonsense guide to sexual diversity / Vanessa Baird. Eugene Public Library, 306591.562 BAIRD 2001. 

None so pretty : the sexing of Rebecca Pine : the story of a changing life / Reg McKay.
University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ77.8.P55 M45 2001. [Recommended]

Normal [videorecording] / HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures production, a film by Jane Anderson ; written & directed by Jane Anderson. University of Oregon,  VIDEO COLL VIDEO DVD 00437.   [Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

Normal : transsexual CEOs, cross-dressing cops, hermaphrodites with attitude / Amy Bloom. Eugene Public Library, 306.77 BLOOM 2002. Springfield Public Library, 306.77 B. University of Oregon, RSRV KNI HQ77.95.U6 B58 2002.

Orlando's sleep : an autobiography of gender / by Jennifer Spry. University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ77.8.S695 A3 1997.   [Recommended]

Our place on campus : lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender services and programs in higher education / edited by Ronni Sanlo, Sue Rankin, and Robert Schoenberg. University of Oregon, KNIGHT LC2574.6 .O85 2002.

Out & about campus : personal accounts by lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgendered college students / edited by Kim Howard and Annie Stevens. Eugene Public Library, Young Adult Fiction (??) YA 378.198 OUT & AB 2000. Springfield Public Library, 378.1 O.

Out of the ordinary : essays on growing up with gay, lesbian, and transgender parents / Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels, editors. Eugene Public Library, 306.874 OUT OF THE 2000. University of Oregon, KNIGHT     HQ777.8 .O87 2000.

Outlaw [videorecording] / a video by Alisa Lebow ; DocuDrag Productions; University of Oregon, KNIGHT; VIDEOTAPE 03201. [Recommended]

The phallus palace : female to male transsexuals / Dean Kotula ; consulting editor, William E. Parker. University of Oregon,   KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .K68 2002.

Paris is burning [videorecording] / Prestige, Off White Productions ; produced and directed by Jennie Livingston. Uinversity of Oregon,  RSRV KNI VIDEOTAPE 02170. [Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

Queer frontiers : millennial geographies, genders, and generations / edited by Joseph A. Boone ... [et al.]. University of Oregon KNIGHT HQ76.25 .Q37 2000.

Queer studies : a lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender anthology / edited by Brett Beemyn and Mickey Eliason. University of Oregon KNIGHT HQ76.25 .Q383

The riddle of gender : science, activism, and transgender rights / Deborah Rudacille. University of Oregon KNIGHT  HQ77.95.U6 R83 2005 

The Rocky Horror picture show [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Lou Adler-Michael White production ; original musical play, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien ; screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien ; produced by Michael White ; directed by Jim Sharman. University of Oregon  VIDEO COLL VIDEO DVD 00074. [Strongly Recommended]

Second skins : the body narratives of transsexuality / Jay Prosser. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ77.9 .P76 1998.

A secret woman / Rachel Pollack. [Fiction] Eugene Public Library, POLLACK RACHEL SECRET W.

Serving transgender youth : the role of child welfare systems : proceedings of a colloquium, September 2000 / Teresa DeCrescenzo and Gerald P. Mallon. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .D42 2002.

Sex changes : the politics of transgenderism / Pat Califia. Eugene Public Library, 305.9066 CALIFIA RIC 2003. University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ77.9 .C35 1997. [Recommended]

Sexual identities, queer politics / edited by Mark Blasius. University of Oregon  KNIGHT HQ76.5 .S49 2001.  

She's not there : a life in two genders / Jennifer Finney Boylan ; with an afterword by Richard Russo. Eugene Public Library, 921 BOYLAN JENNIFER 2003. Lane Community College Library, PW92. University of Oregon, PS3552.O914 Z477 2003. [Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

Social injustice and public health / edited by Barry L. Levy, Victor W. Sidel. University of Oregon KNIGHT  RA418 .S6423 2006    

Soldier's girl [videorecording] / Bachrach/Gottlieb Productions ; producers, Doro Bachrach, Linda Gottlieb ; writer, Ron Nyswaner ; director, Frank Pierson. University of Oregon VIDEO COLL VIDEO DVD 01112 
[Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

Southern comfort [digital video disc] / produced, filmed and edited by Kate Davis. Eugene Public Library, MM-DVD SOUTHERN CO. Also Sheldon Branch. Lane Community College Library, MV 5241.  [Strongly Recommended]

Speaking sex to power : the politics of queer sex / Pat Califia. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  HQ76.25 .C32 2002.

Stone butch blues : a novel / Leslie Feinberg. Eugene Public Library, FEINBERG LES STONE BU.[Strongly Recommended/Under No Circumstances Fail to Read]

Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in sex and gender / selected, edited, and with introductions by Elizabeth L. Paul. University of Oregon,  LAW LIB.  HQ1075 .T39 2002.

Toms and dees : transgender identity and female same-sex relationships in Thailand / Megan J. Sinnott. University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ75.6.T5 S56 2004.

Trans liberation : beyond pink or blue / Leslie Feinberg. Eugene Public Library, 305.9066 F327t. Also, Young Adult 305.9066 F327t. University of Oregon, KNIGHT  HQ77.95.U6 F45 1998. [Strongly Recommended]

Transgender emergence : therapeutic guidelines for working with gender-variant people and their families / Arlene Istar Lev. Eugene Public Library 616.8583 LEV 2004.

Transgender jurisprudence : dysphoric bodies of law / Andrew N. Sharpe. University of Oregon,  LAW LIB. K3242.3 .S53 2002.

Transgender nation / by Gordene Olga MacKenzie. University of Oregon, HQ77 .M54 1994 (MISSING). [Recommended, but Missing]

Transgender politics : the construction and deconstruction of binary gender in the Finnish transgender community / Jan Wickman. University of Oregon,   KNIGHT  HQ77.95.F5 W5 2001.

The transgender studies reader / edited by Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle. University of Oregon:   KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .T72 2006   RECOMMENDED

Transgender rights / Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Price Minter, editors.  c2006. University of Oregon KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .T716 2006.

Transgender warriors : making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul / Leslie Feinberg. Eugene Public Library, 305.3 F327t. University of Oregon, KNIGHT HQ77.9 .F45 1996. [Strongly Recommended/Do Not Miss]

Transgenderism and intersexuality in childhood and adolescence : making choices / Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Friedemann Pfäfflin. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT HQ1075 .C654 2003.

Transmen and FTMs : identities, bodies, genders, and sexualities / Jason Cromwell. University of Oregon  KNIGHT HQ77.9 .C76 1999.

The transsexual empire : the making of the she-male / Janice G. Raymond. [Discredited; separatist's argument that transwomen are evil males masquerading as women in order to invade separatist feminist spaces!] University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  RC560.C4 R38 1979.

The transsexual phenomenon / Benjamin, Harry. University of Oregon  KNIGHT RC560.C4B4. Also available online: <http://www.symposion.com/ijt/benjamin/index.htm>

Transsexualism and sex reassignment. Richard Green and John Money, editors. Johns Hopkins Press [1969]. [Since discredited; argument that gender is entirely socially constructed. Unfortunately, Money was sincerely trying to help, and ran a clinic at Johns Hopkins until shut down by  Paul McHugh, the hospital's psych administrator, whose transphobia has done tremendous damage for decades; see <http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Bailey/McHugh/McHugh%20on%20Transsexualism.htm>] University of Oregon, KNIGHT RC560.C4 G7.

Transsexualism and sex reassignment / edited by William A.W. Walters and Michael W. Ross. University of Oregon,   KNIGHT RC560.C4T72 1986.

Transsexualism : illusion and reality / Colette Chiland ; translated by Philip Slotkin. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .C4813 2003.

Transsexualism in Europe / International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS)  University of Oregon, KNIGHT KJC5144.T73 C66 2000.

Transsexualism, medicine and law : proceedings, 23rd Colloquy on European Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands), 14-16 April 1993. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT K555 .C65 1993.

Transvestites and transsexuals : toward a theory of cross- gender behavior / Richard F. Docter.  KNIGHT HQ77 .D63 1988.

True selves : understanding transsexualism... : for families, friends, coworkers, and helping professionals / Mildred L. Brown, Chloe Ann Rounsley. University of Oregon,  KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .B76 1996. [Strongly Recommended]

Virginia Prince : pioneer of transgendering / Richard Ekins, Dave King, editors. 2005. University of Oregon, KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .P56 2005.

The woman I was not born to be : a transsexual journey / Aleshia Brevard. Springfield Public Library, 305.9 B. University of Oregon, KNIGHT  HQ77.8.B74 A3 2001. [Strongly Recommended]

Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender college students : a handbook for faculty and administrators / edited by Ronni L. Sanlo.University of Oregon,  KNIGHT LC192.6 .W67 1998.

Working with a transsexual : a guide for coworkers / Janis Walworth. University of Oregon KNIGHT  HQ77.9 .W36 1999. [Recommended]

You don't know Dick [videorecording] ; produced and directed by Candace Schermerhorn and Bestor Cram. [Provides honest and riveting portraits of six men who once were women.] University of Oregon, VIDEO COLL  VIDEOTAPE 04132. [Strongly Recommended]
   




Counseling

Emergency
  • National hotline for GLBTQ youth: toll free 1 800 850-8078.
  • For local emergencies White Bird (GLBT-friendly counselors): 687-4000, and Looking Glass Station 7 (crisis help & housing): 689-3111.
  • Alcoholics Anonymous. 342-4113.
  • Direction for Employee Assistance. 345-2800.
  • Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS). Crisis 343-SASS (343-7277) or 1-800-788-4727.
  • University of Oregon Crisis Center. 1280 University of Oregon. 346-4488.
  • Womanspace. Crisis 485-6513 or 1-800-281-2800.
  • Womanspace Lesbian Alliance. 302-2417.
Beaverton
  • Connie O'Riley, Ph.D., 12250 SW 2nd, Beaverton, OR 97005. (503) 644-4669

EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD
  • Anita Cowling, 221-9760
  • Bruce Czuchna, Psy.D., 912-0689
  • Shoshana Kerewsky, Ph.D.
  • Ron Unger, LCSW Mental Health Counseling, 513-1811. <ronunger@efn.org>
Gresham
  • John D. Adler, Ph.D., 1217 N.E. Burnside #803, Gresham, OR 97030. (503) 251-4088
Portland
  • Genny Bimslager, LCSW, P. O. Box 842, Portland, OR  97207. (503) 235-5312  
  • Jeanine Collier, M.D., One Town Center, Suite 499, 10151 SE Sunnyside Rd., Clackamas, OR 97015. (503) 353-6798; (Fax 503) 785-0995.
  • Joseph Doherty, MSW, LCSW, 2015 NE 39th Ave., Portland, Oregon  97212. (503) 281-9772; Fax (503) 281-0052
  • Lynne A. Hanson, 1020 SW Taylor, #446, Portland, Or  97205. (503) 267-8380
  • Annik Larsen, MA, MSW, 1920 N.W. Johnson, Suite 112, Portland, Oregon 97209.
  • (503) 957-0135 <annik@easystreet.com>
  • Heather M. Leffler, MSW, Neighborhood Health Clinics, 4945 NE 7th., Portland, OR.  97211. (503) 288-5995
  • Janet Lewis, MSW, ACSW, 3101 SW First Avenue #102, Portland, OR 97201. (503) 294-1075
  • Terrie A. Lyons, Ph.D., 3033 SW First Avenue, Portland, OR 97201. (503) 221-8764 <tallyons@aol.com>
  • Suzan Mayer, MSW, 319 S.W. Washington, Suite 1015, Portland, OR 97204. (503) 245-4614
  • Shelly Norton, Ph.D., 4511 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 111, Portland, OR 97215. (503) 239-4475
  • Julie O'Donnell, MSW, LCSW, 3101 SE 1St Avenue, Portland, OR  97201. (503) 241-7002
  • Jonathan K. Weedman, LPC, 2705 E. Burnside St., Portland OR  97214.  (503) 913-8603,
    (503) 230-1012. (fax). <
    www.jonathanweedman.com>
  • B. J. Seymour, ACSW, 1405 S.W. Park Ave. #34, Portland, OR  97201. (503) 228-2472
  • Reid Vanderburgh, MA, 1020 SW Taylor, Suite 630, Portland, Oregon 97205. (503) 341-7001 <www.transtherapist.com>
  • Adrienne Wolmark Ph.D., 17 SW 2nd Ave., Portland, OR 97211. 503-709-6999 <DrWolmark@aol.com>
  • Barbara D. Young,  MSW, LCSW, 3101 SW First Street #103, Portland, OR  97201. (503) 301-5885



Health, General Practitioners, Medical Specialists

AMA Adds Trans-Inclusive Policies

June 29, 2007

The National Center for Transgender Equality applauds the American Medical Association for its vote earlier this week to amend its nondiscrimination policies to include transgender people. AMA nondiscrimination policies already include sexual orientation.

The new policies address a wide range of contexts, including discrimination against patients, medical students and physicians as well as insurance policy.

Of particular note, the AMA policies call for an end to the discriminatory insurance policies that trans people often face-policies that disallow coverage for transition related care, sex specific care and even exclude all care for some trans people.

Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the NCTE, called the new AMA policies "a great step in moving the American healthcare system in a dir ection of more fairness for transgender people."

To read the full text of the recently passed amendment, click on the following link and choose "Report 11": http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/17621.html

  • "Dr. Austin  at the Fertility Center is my endo.  Unfortunately, it's in a building that says "Women's
    Care" which has given a few guys pause, but men go in there all the time for various fertility issues."
  • Annette Cholon, MD SRS, & plastic surgery  <http://www.drcholon.com>. Menlo Park, CA
  • UO students should see Paula Ciesielski in the health center. <http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu/medical/ciesielski.htm>.
  • There is one endocrinologist in Eugene. His name should be here but he doesn't do that kind of work (meaning us). The next one is 120 miles away.
  • Lane County Public Health, 682-4041, <http://www.co.lane.or.us/HHS_PubHlth/default.htm>.
  • In Cottage Grove, see Jean Langkow, PHMG/South Lane-Cottage Grove. 1515 Village Drive,
    Cottage Grove OR 97424. 942-6612.
  • Douglas K. Ousterhout, MD, DDS, 45 Castro Street, Suite 150, San Francisco, California 94114, (415) 626-2888. FFS
  • Dr. Bonnie Pollack, according to one FTM, is good.
  • Dr. Tyler C. Smith, Naturopathic Physician, in PDX: <http://www.tylercsmith.com/>
  • "I recommend ND Teresa Silliman at the Clinic of Natural Medicine downtown, though I'm not sure about whether she has the appropriate DEA certification.  She would know someone that would, and she's great with supportive care - she helped me through surgery in a big way." "Naturopathic doctors such as Dr. Silliman can prescribe hormones within Oregon, but have to jump through some DEA hoops to do so, since hormones are a federally-controlled substance." -- Reid Vanderburgh

Surgeons
  • Gary Alter, MD   <http://www.altermd.com/>  Beverly Hills, CA. MTF, FTM, FFS.
  • Marci Bowers, MD <http://www.marcibowers.com/grs/gender.html>, in Trinidad, Colorado,  is the only SRS surgeon who is herself a transperson. The reputation of her work has been steadily growing and she's now among the top choices.
  • Pierre Brassard, MD. & Yvon Menard, M.D.  SRS.  <http://www.grsmontreal.com/anglais.html>.  Metropolitan Center of Plastic Surgery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Sanguan Kunaporn, MD.  SRS & plastic surgery.  <http://phuket-plasticsurgery.com/>
  • Toby Meltzer, MD has relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona <http://www.tmeltzer.com/>. Has quality aftercare facility.
  • Tuan Nguyen, MD - Lake Oswego, OR. <http://www.mdtnguyen.com/>. MTF, FTM, FFS
  • Preecha Aesthetic Institute  <http://www.pai.co.th/>. Thailand.
  • James J. Reardon, MD <http://www.drjamesreardon.com/dysphoria> New York City. MTF, FTM, FFS
  • Harold Reed, MD. SRS & general urology.  <http://www.srsmiami.com>. Bay Harbor Islands, FL. Dr. Reed's prices are lower than others in North America of comparable skill, but this reflects "ambulatory" surgery, i.e., the work is done in his clinic unless patient health requires hospital care. Recovery takes place in a hotel with daily doctor visits. Vaginoplasty is followed several months later by labiaplasty. I (Risa) chose Dr. Reed; I have NO regrets and I believe his work is outstanding. That said, I would hesitate to send anyone to him if they cannot bring a companion (really good friend, or partner) who can provide round-the-clock support.
  • Dr. Eugene Schrang has retired.
  • Suporn Watanyusakul, MD,  SRS  <http://www.supornclinic.com>.  Aikchol Hospital, Chonburi, Thailand. Word is, excellent throughout, with skilled aftercare people.

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LGBT-Friendly Local Businesses
(Lots of places are. Always give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and thank those with whom doing business is a pleasure.)


Acme Acres Adult Foster Care
We provide foster care for the elderly and disabled in our private home.
We accept state and private pay.
We are a State License Level 2 home

95122 Marcola Rd, Marcola, Oregon 97454. 1-541-933-3875, Fax 1-541-933-3970
Art of Glass
790 Blair Blvd, Eugene, 97402 - 1-541-485-8650
Back in Balance 1200 High St, Eugene, 97401 - 1-541-431-0129
Bob James Auto Repair
160 N Jefferson St, Eugene, 97402 - 1-541-485-1575
The Copy Shop 485-6253, 539 E 13th Ave, Eugene, 97401
Christine Dambach Insurance Agent, Farmer's Insurance 1-541-743-0602
Earth Center Design  465-9222, fcollier60@msn.com
Hair Virtuoso 679 Lincoln St Eugene, OR 97401  - 1-541-868-1189
Jenn Davis
 Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant. (All IBC's are independent contractors and have no other connection to Mary Kay Inc.) www.marykay.com/jennifermdavis 
Mother Kali's Bookstore
Terry Kay Myers professional electrology
1-541-942-6124 [Cottage Grove]
Our Haven (in PDX) Trans products and services. Unique!
Vicky Vaughn          1-503-351-2767
                               vicky.vaughn@yahoo.com
 
Susan Johnson        1- 503-888-9552
                               shopitsme@yahoo.com
Paul's Bicycle Way of Life
152 W 5th Ave, Eugene, 97401 - 1-541-344-4105
2480 Alder St, Eugene, 97405 -
1-541-342-6155
Mary Ann Petersen, LAc herbalist and acupuncture
1-541-844-5520
Poppi's Anatolia 992 Willamette St, Eugene, 97401 -  1-541-343-9661
Rainy Day Florist 2750 Willamette St, Eugene, 97401 - 1-541-485-7337
Kim Heddinger/ReMax 1-541-302-4840
Ring of Fire 1099 Chambers St, Eugene -  1-541-244-6475
Sam's Place 825 Wilson St, Eugene, 97402 - 1-541-484-4455
Sandpiper Import Service
1301 Lincoln, Eugene1-541-343-9427
Shamrock Flowers and Gifts 1520 Coburg Rd, Eugene -  1-541-343-1717
Soromundi Chorus 1-541-343-9052
Sweet Life Patisserie 755 Monroe St, Eugene 97402  1-541-683-5676
Territorial Vineyards 907 W. 3rd Ave, Eugene 97402  1-541-434-VINE (8463) fax
Tom Berg Computer Technician 1-541-342-4250
WYMPROV! 1-541-345-2067

   More businesses? See at QueerEugene.


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Community blog (PFLAG)


PFLAG Help line: 302-4422

PFLAG youth group: 684-3466

National hotline for GLBTQ youth:
toll free 1-800-850-8078


For local emergencies White Bird (GLBT-friendly counselors): 687-4000, and Looking Glass Station 7 (crisis help & housing): 689-3111


Alcoholics Anonymous: 342-4113


Direction for Employee Assistance: 345-2800.

HIV Alliance:
342-5088 

1966 Garden Avenue

Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS): Crisis 343-SASS (343-7277) or 1-800-788-4727


University of Oregon Crisis Center: 1280 University of Oregon.
346-4488


Womanspace: Crisis 485-6513 or 1-800-281-2800


Womanspace Lesbian Alliance: 302-2417