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06/22/10
Pride Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to TransActive
05/28/10
Feature Article in Oregon DHS "The Rational Enquirer"
04/19/10
First Do Harm: Weird "Science" from Fringe Pediatric Organization
04/15/10
FOX News Mocks Transgender Child in Maine
04/13/10
TransActive Education & Advocacy Fully Endorses Statement by
"Professionals Concerned About Gender Diagnoses in the DSM"
04/02/10
Federal Court: Denial of Trans Medical Care "Unconstitutional"
01/08/10
A Proactive Process: TransActive Executive Director on the "youngest members of GLBT community".
11/10/09
TransActive Second Annual Silent Auction
TransActive Education & Advocacy will be hosting its Second Annual Silent Auction on Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 2:00-5:00 PM at the Horace Long Photography studio in Portland, Oregon.
09/01/09
TransActive Announces Monthly Family Outreach and Support Group
TransActive Education & Advocacy, the Portland, Oregon-based non-profit, has established a “TransActive Family Outreach and Support” (TFOS) group for parents and family members of gender non-conforming and transgender children and youth age 18 and under.
11/03/2008
Dr. Phil: "Gender Confused Children"
From the beginning, Phil McGraw let his own bias regarding transgender identity in children run the show. Tellingly, the show itself was titled “Gender Confused Children,” an incredibly inaccurate and misleading characterization of the children TransActive represents.
05/27/08
The APA's DSM-V & Kenneth Zucker
Exclusive commentary provided to Ex-Gay Watch.com by TransActive Executive Director Jenn Burleton regarding the appointment of Dr. Kenneth Zucker as Chair of the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-V Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders workgroup.
04/05/08
Transforming Faith: Divining Gender Plenary Speech
There is an urgent need for all of us, transgender and cisgender alike, to break down the inherently misogynistic cultural prejudices, expectations and limitations surrounding gender expression in order to save our children from many of the challenges and issues that adult transgender people face.
01/18/08
Crumbling The Cookie Cutter
We’ve seen an insidious escalation of rhetoric against trans children and youth. Not a week goes by without a conservative political or religious coalition, organization, group, club or cabal objecting to a youth expressing his or her gender identity in a non-conforming fashion.
05/29/2007
Rethinking Gender: What Makes Us Male or Female
Newsweek magazine article names transgender children support organization founded by Portland, Oregon resident, Jenn Burleton a key resource for families & educators.