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  1. Gender Worker News Release

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 21, 1988
    Topics: LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender activism, Transgender people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A Gender Worker news release discussing the dissolution of Metamorphosis due to the resignation of some of their executive board.
  2. Gender Worker Award Criteria

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1990
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: A list of criteria written by Rupert Raj to be selected for the Gender Worker Award plaque from his organization Gender Worker.
  3. Gender Review, Vol.2, No.2 (Nov 1982)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Nov. 1982
    Topics: Body image, Discrimination, Labour, Police, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexualism
    Subject: Canadian Human Rights Act, Ontario Human Rights, The Subordinate Sex, Vern L. Bullough
  4. Gender Review, Vol. 3, No. 5 (Summer 1985)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Summer 1985
    Topics: Employment discrimination, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Transphobia, Transsexualism
    Subject: Leslie Lothstein, Ulane v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
    Description: Special F-to-M issue.
  5. Gender Review, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Spring 1985)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Spring 1985
    Topics: Employment discrimination, Psychology, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transphobia
    Subject: Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Gender Identity at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, North American Transvestite-Transsexual Contact Service (Seattle), Ulane v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
  6. Gender Review, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Winter 1985)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Winter 1985
    Topics: Businesses, Transsexual people
    Subject: Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Gender Review, Gender Serve, Harry Benjamin, The Transsexual Phenomenon
    Description: Scan is missing pages 8 and 11.
  7. Gender Review, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Fall 1984)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Autumn 1984
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Medicalisation, MtFs, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: 8th International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria
  8. Gender Review, Vol. 3, No. 1 (May 1984)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 1984
    Topics: Activists, Birth certificate amendments, Change of name, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Prisoners, Transgender people, Transgender prisoners, Transsexual people
    Subject: Female-to-Male Transsexualism: Historical, Clinical, and Theoretical Issues, Leslie Lothstein
  9. Gender Review, Vol. 2, No. 5 (Jan-Feb 1984)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jan. 1984 to Feb. 1984
    Topics: Hair--Removal, Psychology, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Harry Benjamin
    Description: The scan includes the first two pages of vol. 2, no. 5 and pages 3-12 of vol. 2, no. 2. Metadata in this record describes the contents of the attached PDF.
  10. Gender Review, Vol. 2, No. 3 (June 1983)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 1983
    Topics: Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Parents of transgender people, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Chris John, Manitoba, The Gender Trap
  11. Gender Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Mar 1982)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Mar. 1982
    Topics: Labour, Transgender people
    Description: The scan includes only the first two pages of vol. 2, no. 1. See vol. 2, no. 2 for pages 3-12. Metadata in this record describes the contents of the attached PDF.
  12. Gender Review, Nos. 6 & 7 (October-December, 1979)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 1979 to Dec. 1979
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Religions, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Charles Lee Reynolds, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Joanna Clark, John Hopkins Clinic, John Meyers, Jude Patton, Mirror Image: The Odyssey Of A Male-To-Female Transsexual, Nancy Hunt, The Transsexual Empire: the Making of the She-Male, Transsexualism and the Philosophy of Healing
  13. Gender Review, No.9 (July 1980)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jul. 1980
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Hypnotism, Psychology, Therapies
    Subject: Betty Wilson Steiner, John Money, Patricia Tucker, Peter J. Mijovic, Sexual Signatures, Victoria Flora Alexandra Bellefeuille
  14. Gender Review, No.4 (Mar 1979)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Mar. 1979
    Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressers, Gender diversity, Law, Legal status, Military, Psychology, Transgender people
    Subject: American Civil War, American Revolution, Angela Lynn Douglas, Anita Bryant, Dale C. Birdsell, Deborah Sampson, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gender Clinic of the University of Texas Medical Branch, James Barry, John Money, Mario Martino, Mary Walker, R. Marvin Bala, The Janus Information Facility
    Description: Special issue: Androgyny
  15. Gender Review, No. 8 (Apr 1980)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Apr. 1980
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Money, Transgender people
    Subject: Canadian Medical Association, Cheli Bo, D. Laurence Wilson, Georgeanne Tabner, Janice Raymond, John Money, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Susan Huxford, The Transsexual Empire
  16. Gender Review, No. 3 (Dec 1978)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Dec. 1978
    Topics: Homophobia, Identity, Sexism, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Inge Stephens, Paul A. Walker, The Janus Information Facility, Zelda R. Suplee
  17. Gender Review, No. 2 (Sept 1978)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Sep. 1978
    Topics: Government, Health insurance, Oppression, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: CONFIDE, Leo Wollman, Richard Green, Wardell B. Pomeroy
  18. Gender Review, No. 11 (June 1981)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 1981
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Prisoners, Transgender people
    Subject: 7th International Gender Dysphoria Symposium, Janice Anderson
  19. Gender Review, No. 10 (Feb 1981)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Feb. 1981
    Topics: Coming out, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Passing (Gender), Transsexualism
    Subject: Charles Lee Reynolds, Joanna Clark, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Jude Patton, The Transsexual Empire: The Making of a She-Male
    Description: The first page of the scan is from issue 10. The remaining pages are probably from issue 6 or 7 (ca. 1979). Metadata in this record describes the contents of the attached PDF.
  20. Gender Review No. 1 (June 1978)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender dysphoria, Health care, Intersex, Parents of transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Charles L. Ihlenfeld, Christine Jorgensen, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Harry Benjamin, Mario Martino, Paula Grossman, Renee Richards, Steve Dain
  21. Gender Networker Vol. 1 No. 2 (August 1988)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Ghosh, Nicholas
    Date: Aug. 1988
    Topics: Femininities, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Genetics, Health care, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Bodyshock: The Truth about Changing Sex, Christine M. President, David Page, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Harry Benjamin, In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage, JoAnn Roberts, Judith V. Cousins, Leo Wollman, Lynn K., Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT), VERA, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
  22. Gender Networker Vol. 1 No. 1 (June 1988)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Ghosh, Nicholas
    Date: Jun. 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Lobbying, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, MtFs, Psychiatrists, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Bodyshock: The Truth about Changing Sex, Comprehensive Treatment Program for the Gender-Conflicted: Hormone Therapy, Androgyny, And Transition, Counseling the Transsexual, David Barlow, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage, June Martin, Kerstin Trone, La Question Transsexuelle, Lou Sullivan, Metamorphosis, Michael Ross, Presentations of Gender, Renaissance Education Association, Inc., Roberto Farina, Rupert W. Reid, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT), Terrie Ann Lyons, The Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, The Undivided Dilemma: A Question of Gender, Tomye Kelley, Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment, Venuses Penuses: Sexology, Sexosophy and Exigency Theory, William Walters
  23. Gender Networker Updates (1988-1989)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jan. 1989
    Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, MtFs
    Subject: Gender Networker, Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: A letter from Rupert Raj to subscribers letting them know that the Gender Networker ceased publication in January 1989, and a timeline of publications and events from 1988-1989.
  24. Gender Networker Newsletter Excerpt with Book Review

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Holly Devor (now Aaron Devor), Rupert Raj
    Description: First Page: Rupert Raj's review of Elizabeth Stuart's "The Uninvited Dilemma; A Question of Gender." Raj calls the book a breath of fresh air for the transgender community and strongly recommends o...
  25. Gender Networker Newsletter Excerpt

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1989
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Excerpts from the Gender Networker newsletter published by Rupert Raj, including title page and "Rupert's TS/TV Trivia."
  26. Gender Networker Miscellaneous Essays

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: Coming out, FtMs, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Trans men, Transgender parents
    Subject: Dorian Carl Munday, Eliot Mark, Gender Worker, Judy Dupuis, Mark Morris, Romeo Bliss, Rupert Raj
    Description: A collection of transition essays and stories edited by Rupert Raj by Judy Dupuis, Mark Morris, Eliot Mark, Romeo Bliss, and Dorian Carl Munday.
  27. Gender NetWorker Layout

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Gender Networker, Lou Sullivan, Robert Farina, Rupert Raj
    Description: Layout draft of Volume 1, No. 1 of the Gender NetWorker.
  28. Gender Networker Advertisement

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Gender Networker Advertisement
  29. Gender Consultants Waiver and Questionnaire

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: circa 1988
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A waiver to be signed by clients of Gender Consultants, promising to keep information about healthcare providers private, as well a questionnaire for general information about the client.
  30. FTMi Newsletter #51

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Manley, Dion, Altrows, Dale, Michiko, Bailey, Levine, Joel, Shafer, Leah, Tanis, Justin, Rachlin, Katherine, Carter, Eric, Spade, Dean, Boots, Chris, Wilder, Marty, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Spring 2002
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Bisexual people, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ films, Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender artists
    Subject: Androgel, Ben Singer, Eric Carter, FTM International, GLAAD Media Awards, Hiromasa Ando, Jamison Green, Kantaras v. Kantaras, Kit Rachlin, Leah Schaefer, Trans Unity 2000 of Los Angeles, Transgender Law Project
    Description: Issue #51 of FTM International published Spring 2002. This issue features a letter from the FTMI president; a statement from the cover artist; an article about returning to work post-medical transi...
  31. Flyer for Educational Workshop

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A flyer promoting an educational event to inform transgender/transsexual people about their rights as psychotherapy clients.
  32. Flyer for a Presentation on Mental Health in Transgender Clients

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 26, 2000
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A flyer for a presentation by Rupert Raj about the clinical issues of a transpositive therapeutic model for mental health professionals when working with transgender clients.
  33. Editor's Version: Gender Networker Vol. 1 No. 2

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Aug. 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, MtFs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Gender Networker, Rupert Raj
    Description: The Gender Networker from August 1988 containing a compilation of multiple book reviews and recommendations, all relating to transgender and queer identities. This version contains handwritten edit...
  34. Document of Rupert Raj's Professional Qualifications and a Metamorphosis Confidential Contacts Signup Sheet

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Document describing the professional qualifications of Rupert Raj, detailing his education and his experiences within the gender worker world. Additionally, there is a signup sheet for the Metamorp...
  35. Correspondence from Rupert Raj-Gauthier to Brian Witnik (July 1990)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jul. 1990
    Topics: Activists, Awards, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Retirement, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Metamorphosis
  36. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (September 6, 1982)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Sullivan, Lou
    Date: Sep. 6, 1982
    Topics: FtMs, Gay men, Gender realignment surgery, Phalloplasty
    Subject: Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual
  37. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (September 20, 1986)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Sep. 20, 1986
    Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Phalloplasty, Physical health, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Jack Garland, Metamorphosis
  38. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (September 15, 1988)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Sep. 15, 1988
    Topics: Employees, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ relationships, Phalloplasty, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Gender Networker
  39. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (October 4, 1989)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 4, 1989
    Topics: Conferences, Counseling, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Marriage, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gender Consultants
  40. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (October 18, 1982)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Sullivan, Lou
    Date: Oct. 18, 1982
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual, Metamorphosis, The Book of Lists
  41. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (October 11, 1982)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 11, 1982
    Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Phalloplasty, Transsexualism
    Subject: Metamorphosis
  42. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (October 1, 1984)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 1, 1984
    Topics: Colleges, Crossdressers, FtMs, Reviews
    Subject: TV-TS Tapestry
  43. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (November 7, 1984)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Nov. 7, 1984
    Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Journalists, Murderers, Phalloplasty, Reviews
    Subject: FREEMARTIN, Susan Lynn Wood
  44. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (May 4, 1990)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 4, 1990
    Topics: Books, FtMs, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Jack Garland
  45. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (May 11, 1985)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 11, 1985
    Topics: Cartoons, Colleges, Dildos, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Homosexuality, Organisations, Phalloplasty, Transsexual people
    Subject: Judy Van Maasdam, Metamorphosis, Stanford University Gender Dysphoria Program
  46. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (March 5, 1989)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Mar. 5, 1989
    Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Psychotherapy, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Metamorphosis
  47. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (March 13, 1984)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Mar. 13, 1984
    Topics: Film, FtMs, Partners of transgender people, Transsexual people, Unemployment insurance
    Subject: Her Life as a Man
  48. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (June 4, 1982)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 4, 1982
    Topics: Film, FtMs, Gay men, Gender realignment surgery, Transgender community
  49. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (June 26, 1989)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Crandall, Christian S.
    Date: Jun. 26, 1989
    Topics: FtMs, HIV/AIDS, Marriage, Research
    Subject: Gender Worker, Jack Garland, Metamorphosis
  50. Correspondence from Rupert Raj to Lou Sullivan (June 24, 1988)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 24, 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, MtFs, Phalloplasty, Sexual orientation, Support groups
    Subject: Gender Networker, Jack Garland, Johnny Bliss