Andrea James

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What's "Gay" Now: We Are Everywhere Indeed

What's "Gay" Now: We Are Everywhere Indeed

Steven Lam and Neal Broverman June 20, 2006 ANDREA JAMES AGE: 39 IDENTIFIES AS: Bisexual transgender woman OCCUPATION: Producer and activist HOMETOWN: Los Angeles RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single How do you see yourself fitting into the gay community? Where [transgender people]…

Who qualifies to zap hairs?

Who qualifies to zap hairs?

by Kim Painter 3/26/2006 Consumers may be tempted to choose by price alone. But that can be tricky, says Andrea James, a consumer advocate (also well known as a spokeswoman transsexual issues) whose hairfacts.com website offers extensive hair-removal advice. Some…

Eyes in Indiana

Eyes in Indiana

By Madhusmita Bora January 19, 2006 At four locations in Indianapolis, Roma Thadani plucks away on her American dream, seven days a week, one eyebrow at a time. Thadani’s chain Eyes by India offers threading, a tradition of hair removal…

Vagina Warriors

Vagina Warriors

by Eve Ensler Photography by Joyce Tenneson VAGINA WARRIORS is a unique collaboration between playwright/activist/V-Day founder Eve Ensler, creator of the international hit The Vagina Monologues, and world-renowned photographer Joyce Tenneson, whose Wise Women changed the way people look at women…

Campaign 2004: Now What?

Campaign 2004: Now What?

Calpernia Addams & Andrea James December 7, 2004 We can change hearts and minds through the media In our work to improve roles available to transgender actors in Hollywood, we’ve learned not to take occasional rejection personally. Overcoming occasional rejection…

GenderTalk #477, September 13, 2004

GenderTalk #477, September 13, 2004

hosted by  Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie A theory of transgender desire and motivation created by Ray Blanchard at the Clark Institute in Toronto has been the focus of a controversy that’s been tearing at the heart of the…

GenderTalk #448, February 16, 2004

GenderTalk #448, February 16, 2004

hosted by  Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” will soon be performed worldwide to benefit the international anti-violence movement, and for the Los Angeles performance, she’s she’s adding something a little different to her…

LesbianAlliance.com interviews DeepStealth's Andrea James

LesbianAlliance.com interviews DeepStealth's Andrea James

by Lesley Roberts February 6, 2004 This particular V-Day event will showcase some notable transwomen, including Calpernia Addams and Andrea James (pictured together below) who have worked very hard to make this happen. Not only will this event help to…

Advocate Op-Ed: Transformations

Advocate Op-Ed: Transformations

by Calpernia Addams and Andrea James July 22, 2003 We two have come together to create change from very different backgrounds. Many people became aware of Calpernia’s story when her boyfriend, Barry Winchell, was murdered by fellow soldiers in Kentucky…

Listen: GenderTalk #413, June 9, 2003

Listen: GenderTalk #413, June 9, 2003

hosted by  Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie A former advertising writer and consumer activist turned online transgender activist, Andrea James is a tireless crusader for the transgender community, creating free websites with hundreds of pages of content. We talk…