FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
07 May 2008
Contact: Nancy Nangeroni,
na...@gendervision.org
New Releases from Gender Education & Media at
http://gendervision.org/
Gender Education & Media, Inc. (GEM) has released its second
GenderVision program, "Being Transgender … Myths & Youth Issues". This
second entry in the ongoing production focuses on the meaning and
experience of being Transgender.
GEM has also released a DVD of its first GenderVision program, "Sex &
Gender", including a performance by Esther Morris Leidolf of her
"Missing Vagina Monologue". The DVD can be purchased at
http://www.gendervision.org/
, as well as
http://amazon.com/ .
In this second GenderVision program, Gordene O. MacKenzie, PhD,
carefully explains the difference between sex and gender, as well as
some of the basics of gender identity and expression. Then Nancy and
Gordene interview Grace Sterling Stowell, director of BAGLY, the
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth. They
discuss the services provided by BAGLY, as well as some of the issues
that Trans youth face. Then Nancy, Grace and Gordene expose some of
the most popular myths about Transgender people.
Gordene O. MacKenzie, PhD. is a long-time gender activist and author
of "Transgender Nation", who serves as an associate professor and
director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Merrimack
College. Nancy Nangeroni is a long-time Transgender activist, founder
of GenderTalk Radio, and current co-chair of the Massachusetts
Transgender Political Coalition (
http://masstpc.org/ ). They are also
life partners who have been working together on gender education and
advocacy since 1998; they co-hosted the renowned GenderTalk radio
program (
http://gendertalk.com/ ) for over 9 years. They produce and
co-host GenderVision, which is taped at BevCam cable access studio in
Beverly, MA.
Gender Education & Media (GEM) is a Beverly, Massachusetts-based non-
profit organisation formed to support educational media work promoting
inclusive understanding of gender issues.
For more information, please visit
http://www.gendervision.org/ .