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Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies

Transgender Law and Policy Institute

 

 

Paisley Currah
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Brooklyn College, City University of New York


Press queries

Professor Currah is available to speak to the press on:

transgender rights cases and laws in the U.S and related issues; the connections between sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination;

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies as a interdisciplinary field of inquiry; LGBT campus issues;

the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies ' International Resource Network, a project that links researchers working in areas related to diverse sexualities and genders.

He can put reporters in touch with leading transgender studies researchers and experts as well as transgender rights attorneys and advocates.

He has appeared as a guest commentator on Court TV and been quoted in The Financial Times, AP Wire, Time Out New York, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, The Tampa Tribune, Gay City News, The New York Blade, The Washington Blade, and on GenderTalk Web Radio, “The Other Side” on XM RADIO 169, National Public Radio, WBAI FM, and other media outlets.

Contact information:

Email:
Telephone:  917-686-7663

Affiliations:

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Board member, Transgender Law and Policy Institute.

Style Guide for Covering Transgender People

The Associated Press Stylebook recommendations for covering transgender people, under "sex changes" in the 2000 edition:

"Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics (by hormone therapy, body modification, or surgery) of the opposite sex and present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth.

If that preference is not expressed, use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly."

Other Resources

Covering Hate Crimes, GLAAD.

Transgender Glossary of Terms, from GLAAD 2002 Media Reference Guide

Suggestions for Fair, Accurate & Inclusive Coverage of Transgender People and Issues, from GLAAD

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Stylebook Supplment on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Terminology

September 5, 2003--Stupid trans media tricks: From birth names to pronouns, from invisible FTMs to the constant barrage of MTF sex workers, fair and balanced it’s not. By Gwendolyn Smith here.


 

 

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