The International Foundation for Gender Education

Originally Appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.



42 Aspects of Gender June 17-23, 2001

Now Deceased.

May He/she, She/he Rest in Peace

by Paedra / Peter Bramhall

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapesty #097, Spring 2002.



Tapestry?s 2001 Poetry Contest

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapesty #097, Spring 2002.

Transgender Tapestry 097 Spring 2002 Table of Contents

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.



Because your editor had a negative reaction to a book treasured by many in the community, we?re featuring a contrasting review by our own Miqqi Alicia. Those interested in another viewpoint should see Transgender Tapestry #92?Ed.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.

by D.L. Hawley



A person?s name is important; it is a part of self image, a reflection of a social or ethnic group, or a connection to a relative or famous person. For transsexuals, a name may be a betrayal of true self or a reminder of family, employer, or friend?s denial of change.



For transsexuals, adopting a new name is important. A gender-specific name is an significant element in being recognized as a member of a gender by the public. A new name enhances self-identity and sets a person apart from their old identity.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.



Christine-Jane Wilson?s TV-themed cartoons have appeared for years in crossdressing magazines in the U.S. and U.K., and in the pages of this publication as well. Christine was good enough to send us the following and a sampling of cartoons, some of which she drew up especially for us?Ed.





I don?t know at what age I started to crossdress, but it was before my 10th birthday, years before I became sexually aware (we were slow starters then). Later, crossdressing became a big turn-on. I had a couple of slips my mother had discarded and a pair of silky French knickers with a button-waist fastening. I would play in them when I was alone in the house, and often wore them to bed.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.

DISCLOSURE





?Janet, this is Cassandra; Cassandra, This is Janet?

by Steph



In the spring of 1993, at a Chi meeting in Chicago, I met a special person; her name was Janet. All my life, I had known her masculine side. That?s because I had known her only as Dan, my older brother. Until that moment, Dan had known me only as Steve, hir younger brother.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.

by Pat Conover



The United Church of Christ created a bit of transgender and Christian history when it sponsored and paid for a consultation of transgendered members, November 15-18, 2001, to give guidance to the denomination on relating to its transgendered members and clergy and to the importance of supporting human and civil rights for all transgendered people. Eleven people were chosen for this consultation, representing the wide diversity of transgendered people: man-to-woman and woman-to-man, transsexual and other varieties of transgendered people, laity and clergy, and a diversity of race, class, urban and rural, and region of the United States. Vanessa Sheridan and Pat Conover, both of whom have previously written for Transgender Tapestry, were among the participants. Pat served as liaison to the religious community for the IFGE Board of Directors for 5 years in the 1990?s.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.

by Annie Wright, LifeWorks UK



Richard and I woke to the smell of fresh coffee. Breakfast was being served. We had slept well after our exhilarating and exhausting time in Galveston. But it wasn?t quite as idyllic as it seemed. He was in seat 22A. I had slumbered on the other side of the cabin in seat 25G. We were returning to Europe from the 2001 XVII HBIGDA symposium.