Andrea James

Activism

Angels of Change benefit for trans youth

Last night was a great fundraiser for the trans youth program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (details below). You can see my full set of shots here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreajames/sets/72157607614042781/ More info on Angels of Change: http://sites.google.com/site/angelsofchange/press-release This event organized by the…

Trans for Obama initiative: over 100 donors in one day!

http://www.actblue.com/page/trans Click now to support Obama! Thanks to all who spread the word about Monday’s Trans for Obama Day! Over 100 new donations came in yesterday, nearly doubling the total (WOW!), but it’s not too late to add your voice.…

Trans for Obama day blog update!

Wow, so far so good! As Trans for Obama blog day gets underway we already have some great entries: – Caprice Bellefleur – Kate Bornstein – Helen Boyd – Lena Dahlstrom – Annie Rushden – Dr. Jillian T. Weiss Be…

Trans for Obama day!

<a href="http://www.actblue.com/page/trans" title=” Click now to support Obama! The transgender community has a voice and has political influence, so today is Trans for Obama blog day! This is a great chance for Obama supporters in our community to help in…

Outfest Legacy Awards

Candis Cayne, Calpernia Addams, Andrea James. Outfest Legacy Awards photo courtesy Putnam Photo. We had a lovely and inspiring Outfest Legacy Awards last night! As I’ve mentioned, Legacy Awards is restoring a film called Queens at Heart, and I’m starting…

Crisis book launch

Crisis book launch

Above: Contributors to the Crisis book at the Los Angeles launch. On Tuesday, I went to a lovely event for the Crisis Los Angeles book launch. From the book’s website: Mitchell Gold has made a name for himself as part…

Facebook’s new design

I have minced no words on how much I dislike the atrocious MySpace interface, so I was even more delighted to see the recently-unveiled Facebook update, which is very clean and elegant in its design. MySpace=Microsoft, Facebook=Apple. Boycott bad design!…

More NWSA materials

Katrina at ENDAblog put up the audio of our presented papers at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in June: http://endablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/bailey-brouhaha-nwsa-panel-post-post-mortem/ Lynn Conway also put up a nice shot of “Juanita” and me. I first met her in 2003 when…

Outfest board soiree

Outfest board soiree

Last night I hosted my first official Outfest event, and it was delightful. Great turnout, and some people I have not met before, including my board advisor Beth. Another board member whom I have not met yet couldn’t come because…

Off to Ohio

I’m heading out to Cincinnati to present a paper. Yeah, I know – fun times! I have some nostalgia for Cincy – the first gay bar I ever went to was there. Skyline Chili has more vegetarian options (which they…