Jamison Green

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Jamison "James" Green is an internationally respected leader within the transgender movement. Green has appeared in ten documentary films, and received every major award given by the largest national transgender organizations.

Green is known as an activist for the legal protection, medical access, safety, civil rights and dignity of trans people. He has published several essays and articles, and writes a column for PlanetOut.com. His book Becoming a Visible Man, published June 4, 2004 by Vanderbilt University Press, is being adopted as a text in numerous universities and colleges. Becoming a Visible Man received the 2004 Sylvia Rivera Award for Best Book in Transgender Studies from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) in New York City. It was also a finalist for a 2004 Lambda Literary Award.

Green currently serves as chair of the board of Gender Education and Advocacy, a non-profit educational organization, and on the boards of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute and the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association. He is also a member of the Human Rights Campaign Business Council, a board member of the Equality Project, and an advisory board member of the National Center for Transgender Equality. He was the leader of FTM International from March 1991 to August 1999.