Rebecca Allison | |
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Born | Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. | December 21, 1946
Alma mater | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Occupation | Cardiologist |
Employer | Private Practice |
Known for | Gay and Lesbian Medical Association transgender activism |
Rebecca Anne "Becky" Allison (born December 21, 1946) is an American cardiologist and transgender activist. She served as President of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) [1] and as Chair of the American Medical Association's Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues. [2]
Allison was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, to Errol Ward Atkinson and Mabel Blackwell Atkinson. She transitioned in 1993 while living in Jackson, Mississippi.
Allison graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1971. After practicing primary care/internal medicine in 1985, she returned to school to study cardiology, working in that field beginning in 1987. Later, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona, for a position with CIGNA and served as their chief of cardiology from 1998 to 2012, when she entered private practice. Phoenix Magazine named Allison one of the "Top Doctors" in Phoenix for 2006, 2007, and 2008. [3]
In 1998, Allison created drbecky.com, a resource site focusing on the medical, legal, and spiritual needs of transgender people. The website includes a compilation of statutes for amending sex on a birth certificate, [4] a brochure on facial feminization surgery by Douglas Ousterhout, [5] criticism of the controversial 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey, [6] and a section on spirituality. Allison's website is frequently cited in guidelines for LGBT health care. [7] [8] [9] [10] In addition to the GLMA, she is Chair of the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues [11] and assisted in the passage of AMA Resolution 22, "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients." [12] Allison is also active in Soulforce and organized the Phoenix Transgender Day of Remembrance annually with her partner Margaux Schaffer.
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