http://www.liebertpub.com/overview/transgender-health/634/ Transgender Health is one of the newer Journals publishing original research on transgender health issues.  Robert Garofalo is its Editor-in-Chief and has been involved in transgender health research as well as providing health care to transgender people for many years.  We talk about the journal and about trans health research in general.  The journal is looking for data driven manuscripts, short reports, and perspectives.The post Interview with Robert Garofalo MD, MPH Editor-in-Chief of Transgender Health first appeared on The Oldest Cat in the Shelter.

Bio (from her website):  Cat Fitzpatrick teaches literature and politics at Rutgers University – Newark.  Facilitates the Trans Poets Workshop NYC. Editor at Topside Press. Writes poems, makes zines, organizes events. Her book, Glamourpuss, is due out October 2016. http://topsidepress.com/ http://catfitzpatrick.net/ http://transpoets.com/ Inaugural Trans Women’s Writing Workshop Hosted by the LGBTQ Resource Center and the English Department at Brooklyn College August 15-19, 2016 Twenty-six writers were carefully chosen by a panel of trans women in and around the publishing industry. These writers will get to study in two sections taught by Sarah Schulman and Casey Plett, and will be showcased in readings around the city. http://topsidepress.com/workshop/ 2016 Trans Women Writing Workshop – Donate to the Access Fund http://topsidepress.com/shop/the-workshop-summer-2016/The post Interview with Cat Fitzpatrick, Poetry Editor of Topside Press first appeared on The Oldest Cat in the Shelter.

This is an interview I did Alana Jochum, Executive Director of Equality Ohio last month. We talked about a legislative actions that have been and will be occurring this summer, notably Equality Ohio’s Summer of Action.   Since the interview Cleveland City Council approved and the Mayor signed the legislation that changes the city’s anti-discrimination policy to protect people on the basis of their gender identity and expression in public accommodations. More information on what Equality Ohio has been doing can be found on their website. Information on their summer of action can be found here, and on FacebookThe post Interview with Alana Jochum, Executive Director of Equality Ohio first appeared on The Oldest Cat in the Shelter.

Soon there  will be the first nationwide population based study on the health of transgender populations in the US.  The study is a collaboration between the Williams Institute at UCLA, Fenway Institute, and Columbia University, and will examine the healthcare needs of trans people.  The study will also provide a better estimate of the size of transgender populations within the US. I interviewed two of the study’s investigators a year ago.  We talked about the the study’s purpose and goals. Jody Herman, PhD., Scholar of Public Policy, Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles Sari L. Reisner, Sc.D., Affiliated Research Scientist at The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Harvard University and The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health For more information about Trans-Pop can go to their website. http://www.transpop.org/  The post The T in the CLE: TransPop: U.S. Transgender Population Health Survey first appeared on The Oldest Cat in the Shelter.

This is the first episode of my new podcast call The T in the CLE re-posting an interview I did with Julia Serano in 2008. I had done a podcast called Radio-Free Transburgh when I was living in Pittsburgh.  It was a podcast where I interviewed people about trans related topics, mostly around trans related academic, activist, and research issues.  It ended due to various issues, but I’ve been wanted to restart it here in Cleveland.  To start I’ll be re-posting interviews I did in 2008.  To start out I’m posting an Interview I did with Julia Serano who at the time published her book Whipping Girl in 2007.    Below is the show blurb I originally used. Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based writer, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist. Julia is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (to be published by Seal Press in June, 2007), a collection of personal essays that examines the ways in which misogyny frames many popular stereotypes and assumptions about transsexual women. Her other writings have appeared in queer, feminist, and pop culture magazines such as Bitch, Clamor, Kitchen Sink, LiP, make/shift, and Transgender Tapestry, and excerpts of her work have appeared in The Believer, The San Francisco Chronicle, and on NPR. In recent years, Julia has gained notoriety in transgender, queer, and feminist circles for her unique insights into gender. She has been invited to speak about transgender and trans women’s issues at numerous universities, at queer, women’s studies, psychology and philosophy-themed conferences, and her writings have been used as teaching materials in college-level gender studies courses across the United States.  The post The T in the CLE: 2008 interview with Julia Serano first appeared on The Oldest Cat in the Shelter.