2006:
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, Inc. was awarded the
2006 Silvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies for the pamphlet “Providing
Transgender-Inclusive Healthcare Services.” The publication is
directed toward healthcare providers and offers information on the barriers
transgender clients face in seeking healthcare, guidance on creating a more
inclusive health center, a glossary of terminology related to gender and
sexuality, as well as historical information and a guide to more resources.
The pamphlet is an internal publication of Planned Parenthood and was
distributed electronically and free of charge to Planned Parenthood centers
around the country.
2005:
Sally Hines is
a Research
Fellow in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of
Leeds, UK. She has published a number of journal articles and book chapters
on transgender practices of identity and intimacy, and is currently revising
her thesis for the publication of a research monograph, which is entitled
‘(Trans)Forming Gender: Transgender Practices of Identity, Intimacy and
Care‘. She was awarded the Sylvia Rivera award for her article '
“I am a Feminist but…”: Transgender Men, Women and Feminism’, which was
published in Reger, J. (ed.) (2005) Different Wavelengths: Studies of the
Contemporary Women's Movement, New York and London: Routledge. It
examines the relationship between gender diversity and feminist theory and
activism, and argues for stronger links between feminism and transgender.
2004:
Jamison Green’s book Becoming A Visible Man (Vanderbilt University Press, 2004)
has been awarded the Sylvia Rivera Prize for 2004. Jamison Green,
56, is a writer and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His
pioneering work on transgender and transsexual health, safety, and civil
rights has been instrumental in developing the transgender movement and
ensuring progressive social and institutional change. He is a columnist
for PlanetOut.com and for American Sexuality Magazine (a publication of
the National Sexuality Resource Center, in affiliation with San Francisco
State University). He serves on the boards of the Transgender Law and
Policy Institute, Gender Education & Advocacy, the Equality Project, the
Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, and the Human
Rights Campaign Business Council. He led FTM International from March
1991 to August 1999. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Law at
Manchester Metropolitan University (England), and he lectures,
consults, and provides training sessions on transgender and transsexual
issues at universities, corporations, and governmental organizations
around the world. He can be contacted at
http://www.jamisongreen.com/
2003:
Stephen Whittle for Respect and Equality: Transgender and Transexual Rights.
Whittle is the Reader of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as Vice-President of Press For Change,
the UK's transgender lobby group. He also co-ordinates the FtM Network. In 2002 he received the Liberty/Justice
Human Rights Award for 30 years of campaigning work for transgender rights. He has published widely on transgender law
and theory, including his forthcoming book, A Transgender Studies Reader (Taylor Francis).
2002:
Benigno Sifuentes-Juáregui for Transvetism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature: Genders
Share Flesh. Sifuentes-Juáregui describes his recent Palgrave publication as "a detailed analysis of
the relation among transvestism, male homosexuality, and gender
figurations in contemporary Latin American cultural, social, and literary
texts."
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