Jamison Green
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Jamison "James" Green (born in 1948 in Oakland, California) is a leader in the transgender rights movement.
Green is known as an activist for the legal protection, medical access, safety, civil rights and dignity of transgender and transsexual people. He has published several essays and articles, and writes a column for PlanetOut.com. He has appeared in ten documentary films.[citation needed]
He is the author of Becoming a Visible Man,[1] which received the 2004 Sylvia Rivera Award for Best Book in Transgender Studies from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. It was also a finalist for a 2004 Lambda Literary Award.
Green chairs the board of Gender Education and Advocacy, a non-profit educational organization, and serves on the boards of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Green, Jamison (2004). Becoming a Visible Man. Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 082651457X.
[edit] External links
- Jamisongreen.com
- Gender Education and Advocacy
- The Transgender Law and Policy Institute
- HRC Business Council
- The Equality Project
- FTM International
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