Jamison Green
Encyclopedia
Jamison "James" Green is a leader in the transgender rights movement.
. He has appeared in eight documentary film
s.
He 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 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 and a member of the Human Rights Campaign
Business Council until late 2007, when he resigned over the organisation's stance on transgender inclusion in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
.
Award for Best Book in Transgender Studies from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
. The book combines two strands: autobiographical writing about Green's transition
from living as a lesbian
woman to living as a heterosexual man, as well as broader commentary about the status of transsexual men in society. It was also a finalist for a 2004 Lambda Literary Award
.
Activism
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.comPlanetOut Inc.
PlanetOut Inc. was a public media and entertainment company exclusively targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender demographic...
. He has appeared in eight documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
s.
He chairs the board of Gender Education and Advocacy, a non-profit
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
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 board member of the Equality Project and an advisory board member of the National Center for Transgender Equality
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a nonprofit social justice organization, founded in 2003 by transgender activist Mara Keisling...
. He was the leader of FTM International from March 1991 to August 1999 and a member of the Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest LGBT advocacy group and lobbying organization; according to the HRC, it has more than one million members and supporters...
Business Council until late 2007, when he resigned over the organisation's stance on transgender inclusion in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Employment Non-Discrimination Act
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is a proposed bill in the United States Congress that would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by civilian, nonreligious employers with at least 15 employees.ENDA has been introduced in every...
.
Writings
He is the author of Becoming a Visible Man, which received the 2004 Sylvia RiveraSylvia Rivera
Sylvia Rae Rivera was an American transgender activist. Rivera was a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance and helped found STAR , a group dedicated to helping homeless young street trans women, with her friend Marsha P...
Award for Best Book in Transgender Studies from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies was founded in 1991 by professor Martin Duberman as the first university-based research center in the United States dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities...
. The book combines two strands: autobiographical writing about Green's transition
Transitioning (transgender)
Transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation to accord with one's internal sense of one's gender - the idea of what it means to be a man or woman...
from living as a lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
woman to living as a heterosexual man, as well as broader commentary about the status of transsexual men in society. It was also a finalist for a 2004 Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
.
External links
- Gender Education and Advocacy gender.org
- The Transgender Law and Policy Institute transgenderlaw.org
- The Equality Project equalityproject.org
- FTM International ftmi.org