Christine Beatty (activist)

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Christine Beatty
Born1958
San Mateo, California, US
Occupationsenior software engineer
Years active1989-present
Known for transgender author, musician, activist
Website www.glamazon.net

Christine Beatty (born in 1958 in San Mateo, California) [1] is an American writer, musician and transgender activist. She is one of the first trans women to perform and record as a heavy metal musician. [2] [3] [4]

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Writer

Beatty's writing may be found in Spectator Magazine , Transgender Tapestry magazine published by International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), the Bay Area Reporter , TransSisters and other LGBT publications. [5] [6] [7] [8] She contributed stories to anthologies Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco [9] and Herotica. [10] In 1993 she published a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories and poetry, Misery Loves Company, an insight into the lives of transgender people and other disenfranchised members of San Francisco's underground community. [1] [11] [12]

Musician

In 1994 she co-founded and performed in Glamazon, one of the first transsexual-fronted heavy metal rock bands. [1] [6] [13] The band performed for the first time in San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill in February 1995, [14] recorded its only released CD in 1995–1996, [15] and moved to Los Angeles in 1999. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Activist

Beatty uses journalism and public speaking [21] [22] to advocate for the transgender and LGBT communities. Her articles and letters advocating for the transgender community were regularly published in Bay Area Reporter, the San Francisco Bay Times and other LGBT publications. [5] She testified before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors regarding transgender concerns and served on the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution. [23] In December 1991 she established San Francisco Gender Information, a database of resources for transgender people. [24] In 2004 she performed in an all-transgender presentation [25] of Eve Ensler's play the Vagina Monologues which was featured in the 2006 documentary Beautiful Daughters. [26]

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  2. ↑ Kate Bornstein, "Transgendered Musicians" In the Life episode #803 aired on PBS Mar. 29, 1999 In the Life
  3. ↑ Victoria A. Brownworth, "Not straight, not narrow" Bay Area Reporter March 25, 1999 Bay Area Reporter
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  5. 1 2 Davina Anne Gabriel, "Meet the Staff" TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism, p6 Spring 1994
  6. 1 2 Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie Gender Talk Radio program # 314 aired June 11, 2001 Gender Talk Radio
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