Andrea James

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The Advocate: Words to the Wise

BY ANDREA JAMES DECEMBER 03 2007 A glossary of basic sex and gender terms you should know. Note: Terminology is hotly debated and ever-evolving. Read the rest http://www.advocate.com/news/2007/12/03/words-wise

Intelligence Squared transgender debate transcript

Intelligence Squared transgender debate transcript

Presented in Sydney, Australia on 3 March 2016 as part of the Intelligence Squared series airing on BBC. The topic was Society Must Recognise Trans People’s Gender Identities. I’m nervous!  Transgender people so rarely get an opportunity like this to…

Who Writes Wikipedia?

Who Writes Wikipedia?

| The Takeaway | WNYC Studios January 14, 2011 The collaborative online encyclopedia site, Wikipedia, celebrates its 10-year anniversary on Saturday. It’s the largest encyclopedia ever made, with three and a half million articles in English alone and seventeen million…

Trans women pen essays that explore transition

Trans women pen essays that explore transition

  Elliot Owen Published 09/25/2014 In celebration of this year’s release of Letters for My Sisters: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect, a book featuring the writing of 35 trans women from across the globe, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center will…

To My Trans Sisters

To My Trans Sisters

Author Charlie Craggs invited me to write a piece for her book To My Trans Sisters. Dedicated to trans women everywhere, this inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women shares the lessons they learnt on their journeys to…

51%: Women and the Future of Politics

51%: Women and the Future of Politics

I’m honored to be quoted in 51%: Women and the Future of Politics. I’m quoted at the start of Chapter 11: To understand how women are systematically denied power, we must start by examining who is creating and policing the…

Willam Belli Will Teach You How to ‘Suck Less’

Willam Belli Will Teach You How to ‘Suck Less’

By Michael Malice • 11/04/16 10:40am I was kind of surprised by how X-rated the book was. Was this a problem with the publisher? No. They’ve met me. They knew what they were in for. I’ve fisted people on stage;…

Willam on His New Book and Making Neil Patrick Harris 'Suck Less' in Drag

Willam on His New Book and Making Neil Patrick Harris 'Suck Less' in Drag

BY DUSTIN DIEHL @DRJEDI OCTOBER 20 2016 2:43 PM EDT Willam Belli is no stranger to the media, but this month, he ventured into uncharted territory — publishing. The infamous drag queen’s new book,Suck Less: Where There’s a Willam, There’s…

Learn How to 'Suck Less' from One of the Most Notorious Queens on 'Drag Race'

Learn How to 'Suck Less' from One of the Most Notorious Queens on 'Drag Race'

By Jonathan Parks-Ramage October 18, 2016 Ladies and gentlemen, the library is open. If you’ve ever wanted a chance to read notorious drag queen Willam Belli, your opportunity has arrived—literally—in the form of Belli’s new book, Suck Less: Where There’s a…