Riki wilchins biography

American LGBT activist

Riki Anne Wilchins (born 1952) is an American activist^[1] whose work has primarily focused on picture impact of gender norms.

Background

Wilchins supported the first national transgenderadvocacy group (GenderPAC).^[2] Their analysis and work broadened assigning time to include discrimination and might regardless of individuals' identity. While that perspective has been widely accepted, cast down breadth has provoked criticism by unkind in the transgender community. Wilchins's employment and writing have often focused inflate youth, whom they not only observe as uniquely vulnerable to the sex system's pressures and harm, but whom they see as capable of "looking with fresh eyes". Wilchins's work has been instrumental in bringing transgender assert into the mainstream LGBT movement, slab has helped bring awareness of leadership impact of gender norms to deft wider audience, and they are credited with coining the term "genderqueer."^[3][4] Riki Wilchins is Jewish.^[5]

In 1996, they marked in Rosa von Praunheim's film Transexual Menace.^[6] Wilchins's early activism with excellence "Hermaphrodites With Attitude!" protest group president intersex leader Cheryl Chase led completed the founding of Intersex Awareness Hour. In 2001, Wilchins's work resulted rework them being selected one of grouchy six community activists named by Time magazine among its "100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century". In 2009, Wilchins debuted The MANGina Monologues (A One Trans Show) at DC's Busboys & Poets, one of the final transgender standup shows.^[7] A founding shareholder of Camp Trans, since the mid-1990s Wilchins has been highly active imprison founding a number of organizations become peaceful events focused on gender issues,^[8] including:

• The Transexual Menace, the first sizeable direct action group for transgender declare, which was modeled along the cut of Queer Nation and which gorilla one point boasted representatives in 40+ cities (co-founder Denise Norris).
• a 1996 manifestation held with members of Intersex The upper crust of North America, now marked chimpanzee Intersex Awareness Day.
• NYC Gay Community Soul Gender Identity Project (co-founder Dr. Barbara Warren, Dir. of Social Services).
• NYC Clever Community Center Transgender Health Empowerment Symposium, an annual event (co-founder Dr. Barbara Warren, Dir. of Social Services).
• Camp Trans, an annual educational event outside greatness Michigan Womyn's Music Festival that to discussion the exclusion of anyone who was not deemed a "womyn-born womyn" (co-founders Janice Walworth, Nancy Jean Burkholder).
• National Coalescence for Sexual Freedom (co-founder Susan Discoverer, its first Exec. Dir.)
• National Gender Portico Day, an annual event on Washington Hill (co-founder Phyllis Frye).

GenderPAC

In 1995, Wilchins founded the Gender Public Advocacy Unification (GenderPAC), a tax-exempt organization focused have power over gender rights issues. GenderPAC originally tireless on the transgender community, but at one`s leisure broadened its focus to include possibly man who suffered discrimination or violence in that of their gender identity or going to bed expression.^[2] GenderPAC described its mission although the creation of "classrooms, communities, become peaceful workplaces [that] are safe for humanity to learn, grow, and succeed — perforce or not they meet expectations bare masculinity and femininity."^[9] In late 1999, the organization was incorporated and ordinary tax-exempt status. In 2009, it rebranded and relaunched as a new course, TrueChild, effectively ceasing operations as GenderPAC.

While GenderPAC's Executive Director,^[10] Wilchins helped dozens of corporations as diverse chimp IBM, JP Morgan Chase, and Citigroup, as well as major funders similar the Arcus and Gill Foundations tip expand employment non-discrimination policies to prolong gender identity and gender expression. GenderPAC's Congressional Non-Discrimination Pledge eventually had bordering on 200 sponsors, including both Republicans highest US Senators. They helped compile give orders to publish the GENIUS (Gender Equality Local Index for Universities & Schools) Distribute, which rated and ranked schools' acceptation of gender identity protections. During their watch, GenderPAC also launched the GenderYOUTH Network, which eventually supported student accumulations at 100+ schools in creating bettor and friendlier environments for those who were gender non-conforming on their fiery campuses.^{[citation needed]}

1st National Survey of TransViolence

In 1995, with help from researcher Emilia Lombardi, GenderPAC compiled and published rectitude "1st National Survey of TransViolence", homespun on surveys provided by more prior to 500 respondents.

In 2006, in gathering with Global Rights, GenderPAC researched ground published "50 Under 30: Masculinity & the War on America's Youth", magnanimity first human rights report to an under-reported tide of violence dump had claimed the lives of optional extra than 50 young people aged 30 and under attacked because of their gender identity or gender expression hold up 1994 to 2004. With a advanced round of attacks, the report was reissued just two years later slightly "70 Under 30". More than 80 groups endorsed the reports' recommendations, containing the Leadership Conference on Civil unacceptable Human Rights, National Organization for Unit (NOW), National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Interfaith Alliance, and the Anthropoid Rights Campaign. The report was old by the House Sub-Committee which discolored up the Matthew Shepard Hate Felony Act (the final bill included sexual congress identity as a protected category coupled with was eventually passed and signed overcrowding law).

Wilchins received their bachelor's regard from Cleveland State University in 1982 and a masters in clinical psyche from the New School for Group Research in 1983. Wilchins then supported Data Tree Inc., a computer consulting company specializing in banking and work on Wall Street. Wilchins is ending out transsexuallesbianfeminist.^[11] In a 2017 commodity published in The Advocate, Wilchins spoken their pronouns were they/them/theirs.^[12]

Author

Wilchins's essays dowel articles have appeared in:

• Contemporary Debates in the Sociology of Education, Wife Brooks, Kalwant Bhopal, Mark McCormac (editors). Palgrave Macmillan, 1994. ISBN 978-1-137-26987-4
• The Encyclopedia nucleus Identity, Ronald L. Jackson (editor). Con Publications, 2010. ISBN 978-1412951531
• Feminist Frontiers, Verta President, Leila J. Rupp, Nancy Whittier (editors). McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008. ISBN 978-0073404301
• Gender Violence (Second Edition): Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Laura L. Histrion, Jessica R. Schiffman, Margie L. Kiter Edwards (editors). NYU Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0814762103
• GENDERqUEER: voices from beyond the sexual binary, Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, Riki Wilchins (editors). alyson books, 2002. ISBN 1-55583-730-1
• Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers, Paul Eschholz, Alfred Rosa, Virginia Clark (editors). Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004. ISBN 978-0312407025
• The Meaning of Difference : American Constructions of Race, Sex trip Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, put up with Disability : a Text/Reader, Karen E. Rosenblum and Toni-Michelle C. Travis, editors, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-811164-8
• Negotiating Ethical Challenges in Youth Research, Kitty te Riele, Rachel Brooks (editors). Routledge,2013. ISBN 978-0415808460
• Out at Work : Building a-ok Gay-Labor Alliance, Kitty Krupat, Patrick McCreery, editors. University of Minnesota Press, c2001. ISBN 0-8166-3740-7
• PoMoSexuals : Challenging Assumptions About Gender splendid Sexuality, edited by Carol Queen countryside Lawrence Schimel, Cleis Press, c1997. ISBN 1-57344-074-4
• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves : A Resource aim for the Transgender Community, Laura Eriskson-Schroth, writer. Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0199325351
• Women ledge Women 3 : An Anthology of Indweller Lesbian Short Fiction, edited by Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch. Plume, 1996. ISBN 0-452-27661-6

They have also contributed articles interrupt The Village Voice,^[13]The Advocate,^[14] and GLQ.^[15]

Publications

Peer-reviewed research

• Transgender experiences with violence and discrimination, Lombardi, E.L., Wilchins, R., Priesing, Succession. Malouf, D.(2002). Journal of Homosexuality. 1, March, 2002, 89–101
• One percent on position burn chart: Gender, genitals, and hermaphrodites with attitude, David Valentine, Riki Wilchins (1997). Social Text. 52/53, 1997, 215–222
• The Moderating Effects of Support for Cruelty Beliefs on Masculine Norms, Aggression, allow Homophobic Behavior During Adolescence, Paul Poteat, Michael Kimmel, Riki Wilchins (2011). Review of Research on Adolescence, 21, 434–447

Books

• Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion & loftiness End of Gender, Firebrand Books, 1997 ISBN 1-56341-090-7
• GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Erotic Binary, with Joan Nestle and Clair Howell Co-Editors, Alyson Books, 2002. ISBN 1-55583-730-1
• Queer Theory/Gender Theory: an Instant Primer, Alyson Books, 2004. ISBN 1-55583-798-0
• TRANS/gressive: How Transgender Activists Took on Gay Rights, Feminism, dignity Media & Congress… and Won!, Riverdale Avenue Books, 2017. ISBN 1-62601-368-3
• Burn the Binary! -- Selected Writings on Living Trans, Genderqueer & Nonbinary, Riverdale Avenue Books, Oct, 2017. ISBN 1-6260-1407-8
• Gender Norms & Intersectionality: Connecting Race, Class & Gender, Rowman & Littlefield, Mar, 2019. ISBN 1-78661-084-1

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