US, MA: Boston City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of Trans Equal Rights Bill

[ftmichael]

http://www.masstpc.org/?p=1300

Boston City Council Unanimously Passes a Resolution in Support of An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights

[Boston, MA 03-09-11]—The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is pleased to report that on Wednesday March 9, 2011, the Boston City Council unanimously passed a Resolution in Support of An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights.

The resolution was originally offered by Boston City Councilor At-Large Felix Arroyo and quickly supported by Councilor At-Large Ayanna Pressley and Councilor At-Large John Connolly, as both asked to join Arroyo in offering the resolution. As the councilors discussed the resolution, in a strong show of support, the remaining nine city councilors (President At-Large Stephen Murphy, Councilor Maureen Feeney, Councilor Charles Yancey, Councilor Salvatore LaMattina, Councilor Bill Linehan, Councilor Robert Consalvo, Councilor Matt O’Malley, Councilor Michael Ross, and Councilor Mark Ciommo) asked to be included in offering the resolution, and then unanimously passed it.

The resolution, in part, states, “The City of Boston currently protects transgender youth and adults on the basis of gender identity and gender expression in the city’s non-discrimination ordinance and has done so through ordinance since 2002; and Massachusetts transgender youth, adults, and their families continue to face pervasive discrimination and violence because of widespread prejudice.” The resolution concludes with, “The Boston City Council goes on record in support of “An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights” HB 502/SB 764 and urges the Boston delegation of the Massachusetts Legislature and the leadership of the legislature to support a timely passage of this bill.”
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Quicky Intro & Therapist in Toronto Area

[toy-gun-killing.livejournal.com]

Hey all. My first time posting here.

A little introduction of myself; my name's Dante, and I'm an FtM (also pansexual). I started coming out about six months ago to my family and friends, slowly, but now pretty much everyone knows that I'm male, and want to be refered to as such. I want to eventually have top surgery done, and to go on T. However, at this point I'm only 16, which is still underage by a few years in Canada.

Recently, though, I put in an application to a gender identity clinic in Toronto, and I got a phone call for an appointment with a therapist there. I wanted to do a little research into him, and found out that he has a bit of controversy to his name. Ken Zucker.

Does anyone have any experience with him or know much about him...?
I'm a bit nervous about this, even more-so now that I've done a bit of research in him, and I would appreciate anyone's experiences with him.

Many thanks,
D

Doctor's in West Michigan

[liber-ovate.livejournal.com]

Ok, I've been seriously thinking about asking my therapist to write the letter to start HRT and I was wondering if anyone knows of any doctors in West Michigan (Grand Rapids area) that work with transgender patients.

Any help would be appreciated

(x-posted to MTF)

Tennessee - Name Change, Driver License, Social Security, and State Dept Letter Template

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Just wanted to post my experience with name change, social security, and driver license for anyone who might find it helpful.

I am located in East TN, and have had only top surgery (as far as SRS goes). That being said, I WAS NOT BORN in Tennessee, so experiences may vary with this, though nothing I did today involved my birth certificate.

( My experience with Court, the DMV, and the SS Office. )

Hope that helps any TN folk who are not sure where to go or what to do for name/gender changes. There is no information on the TN Driver License website about gender change, so I just showed up and told them what I wanted and went from there. I hope any other TN folks who have dealt with or deal with these departments in the future have as positive an experience as I did, because to be honest I was surprised at how easy this was and how few (meaning none) negative issues I had.