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Distributed Gender Education
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Gender Education & Advocacy provides a large selection of freely downloadable materials that you can use in your local area to educate others on gender issues. Here you can get ahold of Adobe Acrobat (PDF) versions of every current GEA document.
2001 Annual Report Gender Education & Advocacy’s 2001 Annual Report details what our board has been working on.
Hot Seat Questions About Transgendered People Short, snappy answers to all those irritating yet inevitable questions reporters like to ask us.
Ethical Guidelines for Gender Education Important rules for providing an ethical gender education session.
Gender Variance: A Primer A thumbnail on the transgender community, explaining what it is and who it covers.
The Washington Transgender Needs Assessment Survey The executive summary of a vital report on transgender needs in Washington D.C., focusing largely on HIV/AIDS issues.
Basic Tips for Healthcare and Social Service Providers Working With Transgendered People Recommendations for the proper treatment of transgendered patients and clients.
Media Coverage of Transgendered and Transsexual People GEA’s recommendations for the proper coverage of transgender/transsexual news stories.
Our Mission and Values Gender Education & Advocacy’s Mission and Values statements
Our Programs GEA’s current series of programs.
Ideal Characteristics of Gender Education Some suggestions about what makes an effetive gender education presentation.
Dangerous Curves Handouts and information related to the dangers of silicone injections.
Anti-Trans Murder: Over One A Month A handout designed for use in conjunction with the Remembering Our Dead and Day of Remembrance projects.
Trans Murder Statistics, 1970 to 2003 Another handout designed for use in conjunction with the Remembering Our Dead and Day of Remembrance projects. This can also be run as a back page to the handout above.
Breast Cancer in Transgendered & Transsexual Persons Gender Education & Advocacy Medical Advisory Bulletin recommending appropriate breast examinations for both MTF and FTM individuals.
HIV/AIDS in Transgendered & Transsexual Persons Gender Education & Advocacy Medical Advisory Bulletin recommending that all transsexual and transgendered persons who engage in or have a history of
unprotected sexual relations with any other person examine their risk behaviors and consider ways of reducing their risk of HIV/AIDS and other STDs.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in FTM Transsexual Persons Gender Education & Advocacy Medical Advisory Bulletin on the issue of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which can affect as many as 25% of Female-to-Male (FTM) transsexual persons.
Gender Variance Model While transgendered people are most familiar with gender variant expressions and cross-gender identities, there are many other forms of gender variance exhibited by all kinds of people — regardless of their social or gender identities. Revealing these other forms of gender variance will show an audience how common it really is — and thus provide the all-important context for them to understand transgendered people.
Guide to Using the Gender Variance Model A three-page guide to using the Gender Variance Model, above. we recommend that you download both files.
Each of these documents is provided free of charge for your use. We only ask that you do retain appropriate copyright information.
We Also Recommend…
Healthy People 2010 Companion Document on LGBT Health, a free 488 page document about the health needs of multicultural LGBT communities and recommendations to address these needs. It’s available from the National Coalition for LGBT Health and on CD-ROM from the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.
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