Transsexual News Telegraph
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Editor | Anne Ogborn, |
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Frequency | Quarterly |
First issue | 1991 |
Final issue | 2002 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Transsexual News Telegraph was a quarterly news and topics magazine published in United States from 1991 to 2002. TNT covers often portrayed Trans Identities or Art and the back covers were usually a piece of graphic art with a thought provoking theme.
TNT originally was published as Rites of Passage, the official publication of the , with Anne Ogborn as the editor. It began as a magazine for the then nascent . After two issues the magazine came under the editorship of , changed its name to Transsexual News Telegraph, and ceased being officially tied to the New Womens Conference.[1]
TNT continued to be published approximately quarterly until 2002. In 1999 Katharine Collins joined the paper as Art Director. She and continued publishing until 2002, when publication ceased.[2]
The magazine was published in 8½ × 11 inch format saddle stitched 48 pages over most of its life. After 1998 publication became less frequent and the publication grew thicker.
TNT always had a strong anti neo-colonization medical emphasis, and featured many articles on trans related art and cultural events, reviews of relevant movies, as well as "News On The March", a section of transsexual related news.
Never with a very large subscriber base, the magazine had more influence because of its status as a tool for discussions among trans activists during the emergence of the transgender rights movement.[citation needed]
In the mid 1990s TNT began organizing issues of the magazine around specific topics.
Notable articles[]
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- Early (1992) coverage of trans man Loren Cameron's photography
- Transgender Liberation (1993)
- Saheli! Anne Ogborn's recounting of experiences with the Hijra community
- 's "Gender Identity Disorder: What to Do?," on DSM categorization and pathologization of gender difference (1997)[3]
- On Being a Trans-Parent (Issue #9, Autumn 2000) Jamison Green
References[]
- ^ "Editorial Expanding Our Focus". Transsexual News Telegraph. 3: 1–2. January 1992.
- ^ Archives of The LGBT Historical Society.
- ^ http://www.gendertalk.com/articles/oped/gid_tnt.shtml
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