Christine Beatty (born in 1958 in San Mateo, California)Michael J. Miller, "Rock on with Glamazon" p9 Marin Independent Journal June 25, 1998 Marin Independent Journal 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.Kate Bornstein, "Transgendered Musicians" In the Life episode #803 aired on PBS Mar. 29, 1999 In the LifeVictoria A. Brownworth, "Not straight, not narrow" Bay Area Reporter March 25, 1999 Bay Area ReporterCity Beat, "Trans-Unity Award Winners" West Hollywood Independent June 14, 2001 West Hollywood Independent
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.Davina Anne Gabriel, "Meet the Staff" TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism, p6 Spring 1994Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie Gender Talk Radio program # 314 aired June 11, 2001 Gender Talk RadioDarren Rosenblum, "Trapped in Sing Sing: Sing: Transgendered Prisoners Caught in the Gender Binarism" P509 (Pace Law Faculty Publications, 2000)Alice Dreger "The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen" Archives of Sexual Behavior (2008) 37:366-42 P21, 53 She contributed stories to anthologies Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco Roberto Friedman, review: "Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco" Bay Area Reporter, August 4, 1994 and Herotica.Herotica 4 Down There Press, 1996 amazon.com 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."Baying at the Poon" Screw magazine, p 18 March 28, 1994Susan Stryker, "Renaissance and apocalypse: Notes on the Bay Area's transsexual arts scene" Transsexual News Telegraph, Summer 1994
Musician In 1994 she co-founded and performed in Glamazon, one of the first transsexual-fronted heavy metal rock bands.Greg Heller, "We Are Young!" Night Fever - BAM Magazine May 2, 1997 The band performed for the first time in San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill in February 1995,"Stuttering" Danny Shipman "Transgender Episode" Reality Check TV episode 101, Dec. 1996 Reality Check TV recorded its only released CD in 1995–1996,Pam DeGroff, "Perpetual Change" TGForum September 2001 TG Forum and moved to Los Angeles in 1999.Mark Athitakis, "Clubbed" S.F. Weekly Sep. 29, 1999 S.F. Weekly Johnny Best, "Glamazon at Coconut Teaszer" Rock City News Feb. 10, 2000 Rock City NewsMaria Elena, "Glamazon at The Opium Den" Rock City News Feb. 10, 2000 Rock City NewsTom Kidd, "Show Biz" Music Connection December 3, 2000 Music ConnectionRuben Mac Blue, "Glamazon, FemMuse.Com at The Garage" Rock City News August 23, 2001 Rock City News
Activist Beatty uses journalism and public speaking Patrick ("Pat") Califia, Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism p265 (Cleis Press, 2003) Lori Olszewski, "Transsexuals Protest at Psychiatry Meeting" San Francisco Chronicle May 24, 1993 San Francisco Chronicle 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. She testified before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors regarding transgender concerns and served on the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution.The San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution "Final Report" p43 aplehawaii.org In December 1991 she established San Francisco Gender Information, a database of resources for transgender people.Kate Bornstein "Gender Information Hotline" Bay Area Reporter, December 25, 1991 Bay Area Reporter In 2004 she performed in an all-transgender presentation V-Day LA 2004: cast deepstealth.com of Eve Ensler's play the Vagina Monologues which was featured in the 2006 documentary Beautiful Daughters.Beautiful Daughters imdb.com
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