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She also operates the free ''TS Roadmap'' website, a source of information for transsexuals, concerning physical, social, and legal aspects of transition.<ref name="garvin2003">{{cite news | last = Glenn | first = G | date = 2003-03-15 | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/columnists/glenn_garvin//story/212020.html | title = Breaking Boundaries | work = [[The Miami Herald]] }} </ref> The section of ''TS Roadmap'' on [[depilation|hair removal]] proved so popular that James spun it off into its own site, ''Hair Facts'',<ref name="painter2006">{{cite web | last = Painter | first = K | date = 2006-03-26 | url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/yourhealth/2006-03-26-hair-removal_x.htm | title = Who qualifies to zap hairs? | work = [[USA Today]] }}</ref> with a companion discussion forum called ''Hair Tell''.<ref name="grossman">{{cite news | last = Grossman | first = AJ | date = 2008-06-05 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/fashion/05SKIN.html | title = Zapping teenage torment | work = [[The New York Times]] }}</ref>
She also operates the free ''TS Roadmap'' website, a source of information for transsexuals, concerning physical, social, and legal aspects of transition.<ref name="garvin2003">{{cite news | last = Glenn | first = G | date = 2003-03-15 | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/columnists/glenn_garvin//story/212020.html | title = Breaking Boundaries | work = [[The Miami Herald]] }} </ref> The section of ''TS Roadmap'' on [[depilation|hair removal]] proved so popular that James spun it off into its own site, ''Hair Facts'',<ref name="painter2006">{{cite web | last = Painter | first = K | date = 2006-03-26 | url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/yourhealth/2006-03-26-hair-removal_x.htm | title = Who qualifies to zap hairs? | work = [[USA Today]] }}</ref> with a companion discussion forum called ''Hair Tell''.<ref name="grossman">{{cite news | last = Grossman | first = AJ | date = 2008-06-05 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/fashion/05SKIN.html | title = Zapping teenage torment | work = [[The New York Times]] }}</ref>


One section of ''TS Roadmap'' criticizes the [[Blanchard's transsexualism typology|transsexualism typology]] of psychology professor [[J. Michael Bailey]] and of [[Ray Blanchard]] and others, describing their theory dealing with [[biology and sexual orientation]] as scientifically unsound, outdated, and defaming of transsexual people.<ref name="bbl">{{cite web | last = James | first = A| title = Categorically wrong? - A Bailey-Blanchard-Lawrence clearinghouse | url=http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/bailey-blanchard-lawrence.html | accessdate = 2007-03-07}}</ref><ref name="surkan2007">{{cite book|author=Faderman L |title=Great events from history: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848-2006|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=z0EOAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher= [[Salem Press]] |isbn=978-1-58765-265-3 | chapter = Transsexuals Protest Academic Exploitation | pages = 111-114 }}</ref> Bailey denies this characterization of his work and has provided his own account of the controversy<ref name="McCarthyism">{{cite web | author = Bailey, J. Michael | date = October 9, 2005 | title = Academic McCarthyism | url=http://www.chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=1248 | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> and in 2008 an article appeared in the ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'' discussing the controversy in detail. The article says James "used the Web to publicly harass Bailey’s children, his ex-wife, his girlfriend, and his friends."<ref>{{cite doi | 10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1}} </ref>
One section of ''TS Roadmap'' criticizes the [[Blanchard's transsexualism typology|transsexualism typology]] of psychology professor [[J. Michael Bailey]] and of [[Ray Blanchard]] and others, describing their theory dealing with [[biology and sexual orientation]] as scientifically unsound, outdated, and defaming of transsexual people.<ref name="bbl">{{cite web | last = James | first = A| title = Categorically wrong? - A Bailey-Blanchard-Lawrence clearinghouse | url=http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/bailey-blanchard-lawrence.html | accessdate = 2007-03-07}}</ref><ref name="surkan2007">{{cite book|author=Faderman L |title=Great events from history: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848-2006|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=z0EOAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher= [[Salem Press]] |isbn=978-1-58765-265-3 | chapter = Transsexuals Protest Academic Exploitation | pages = 111-114 }}</ref> Bailey denies this characterization of his work and has provided his own account of the controversy<ref name="McCarthyism">{{cite web | author = Bailey, J. Michael | date = October 9, 2005 | title = Academic McCarthyism | url=http://www.chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=1248 | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref>. In 2008 Alice D. Dreger, a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Feinberg School of Medicine]] published a paper in the ''[[Archives of Sexual Behavior]]'' discussing the controversy over Bailey's book in detail. Dr. Dreger writes that James "used the Web to publicly harass Bailey’s children, his ex-wife, his girlfriend, and his friends." Dreger writes that she was contacted by a "surprisingly large number of transgendered women" who, in the main, disagreed with Bailey's conclusions but who "wrote to tell me that they had been harassed and threatened by James for daring to speak anything other than the standard “I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body” story."<ref>{{cite doi | 10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1}} </ref>


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Andrea James
Born (1967-01-16) January 16, 1967 (age 57)
Occupation(s)Actress, producer, activist
Years active2002–present
Websiteandreajames.com

Andrea Jean James (born January 16, 1967) is an American film consultant, actress, LGBT rights activist, and transsexual woman.

Career

In 2003, James co-founded Deep Stealth Productions with her business partner Calpernia Addams, to create educational materials for transsexual women, to raise awareness about the epidemic of violence perpetrated against transpeople and to combat the poor image of transpeople in the media.[1] James is the host of the Deep Stealth Productions instructional film Finding Your Female Voice.[2]

On February 21, 2004, James was a member of the first all-transgender cast, as well as a producer, of The Vagina Monologues, performed on V-Day in Los Angeles. She gave the welcome alongside Calpernia Addams, and performed the monologues "The Woman Who Liked to Make Vaginas Happy" and "They Beat the Girl Out of My Boy - Or So They Tried 04", and took part in the introduction of the Vagina Warriors, along with Addams and Monologues writer Eve Ensler.[3] She has also consulted for the production of a documentary film project about the 2004 V-Day performance entitled Beautiful Daughters and appeared in this film.[4]

James was a script consultant for the 2005 film Transamerica[5] and also consulted with actress Felicity Huffman for her role in the film.[6] She also made a brief appearance, in an excerpt from her voice video, shown at the opening of the movie.[7] James appeared in the HBO production Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, which aired on 6 December 2005.[8] In 2007, James directed the 7-minute film "Casting Pearls."[9] James appeared in the reality dating television series Transamerican Love Story, which aired on Logo, an LGBT channel;[10] she was confidante to Calpernia Addams as she selected from among eight suitors.[11]

Transsexual activism

She also operates the free TS Roadmap website, a source of information for transsexuals, concerning physical, social, and legal aspects of transition.[12] The section of TS Roadmap on hair removal proved so popular that James spun it off into its own site, Hair Facts,[13] with a companion discussion forum called Hair Tell.[14]

One section of TS Roadmap criticizes the transsexualism typology of psychology professor J. Michael Bailey and of Ray Blanchard and others, describing their theory dealing with biology and sexual orientation as scientifically unsound, outdated, and defaming of transsexual people.[15][16] Bailey denies this characterization of his work and has provided his own account of the controversy[17]. In 2008 Alice D. Dreger, a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine published a paper in the Archives of Sexual Behavior discussing the controversy over Bailey's book in detail. Dr. Dreger writes that James "used the Web to publicly harass Bailey’s children, his ex-wife, his girlfriend, and his friends." Dreger writes that she was contacted by a "surprisingly large number of transgendered women" who, in the main, disagreed with Bailey's conclusions but who "wrote to tell me that they had been harassed and threatened by James for daring to speak anything other than the standard “I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body” story."[18]

References

  1. ^ Addams, Calpernia and Andrea James (July 22, 2003). Transformations. The Advocate
  2. ^ Hopper, Douglas (March 5, 2006). Helping Transgender Women Find a New Voice. All Things Considered National Public Radio
  3. ^ "LesbianAlliance.com interviews DeepStealth's Andrea James". Retrieved 2007-03-07.
  4. ^ Teaching resources: Beautiful Daughters. Feminist Teacher Vol. 18 #2 (2008) p. 179-180
  5. ^ Nangeroni, Nancy and Gordene MacKenzie (2006). GenderTalk Episode #555
  6. ^ Keck, William (November 21, 2005). Felicity Huffman is sitting pretty. USA Today
  7. ^ Von Metzke, Ross (December 30, 2005). Interview: Calpernia Addams and Andrea James. gaywired.com
  8. ^ Addams, Calpernia (2006). Lesbians We Love! Frontiers
  9. ^ Adelman, Kim (July 18, 2007). "Pariah" Leads The Pack of Outstanding Shorts at Outfest '07. Indiewire
  10. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (November 29, 2007). What If The Bachelor Were Transgender? TV Guide
  11. ^ Kearns, Michael (2008). Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Frontiers Vol. 26 # 20
  12. ^ Glenn, G (2003-03-15). "Breaking Boundaries". The Miami Herald.
  13. ^ Painter, K (2006-03-26). "Who qualifies to zap hairs?". USA Today.
  14. ^ Grossman, AJ (2008-06-05). "Zapping teenage torment". The New York Times.
  15. ^ James, A. "Categorically wrong? - A Bailey-Blanchard-Lawrence clearinghouse". Retrieved 2007-03-07.
  16. ^ Faderman L (2007). "Transsexuals Protest Academic Exploitation". Great events from history: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848-2006. Salem Press. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-1-58765-265-3.
  17. ^ Bailey, J. Michael (October 9, 2005). "Academic McCarthyism". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  18. ^ Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi: 10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi= 10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1 instead.

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