Christine Beatty is a writer, musician and transgender

Transgender

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 activist. She is one of the first transsexual women to perform and record as a heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 musician
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Writer

Beatty's writing may be found in Spectator Magazine, Transgender Tapestry magazine published by International Foundation for Gender Education

International Foundation for Gender Education

International Foundation for Gender Education is an American non-profit transgender advocacy organization founded in 1987 and devoted to "overcoming the intolerance of transvestitism and transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance."...

 (IFGE), the Bay Area Reporter

Bay Area Reporter

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, TransSisters and other LGBT

LGBT

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 publications. She contributed stories to anthologies Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco and Herotica. In 1993 she published a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories and poetry, Misery Loves Company, an insight into transgendered and other disenfranchised members of San Francisco's underground community.

Musician

In 1994 she co-founded and performed in Glamazon, one of the first transsexual-fronted heavy metal rock bands. The band performed for the first time in San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill

Bottom of the Hill

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 in February 1995, recorded its only released CD in 1995-1996, and moved to Los Angeles in 1999.

Activist

Beatty uses journalism and public speaking to advocate for the transgender and LGBT communities. Her articles and letters advocating for the transgender community were regularly published in Bay Area Reporter, the San Francisco Bay Times and other LGBT publications. She testified before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

San Francisco Board of Supervisors

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 regarding transgender concerns and served on the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution. In December 1991 she established San Francisco Gender Information, a database of resources for transgender people. In 2004 she performed in an all-transgender presentation of Eve Ensler's play the Vagina Monologues which was featured in the 2006 documentary Beautiful Daughters.

External links

• Official website
• IFGE The International Foundation for Gender Education