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==Education and career== ==Education and career==
James grew up in Indiana and attended ], where she majored in English, Latin and Greek. After graduating in 1989, she obtained a master's degree in English language and literature from the ].<ref name=Wabash>Wabash College. , Wabash College, October 21, 2008. James grew up in Indiana and attended ], where she majored in English, Latin and Greek. After graduating in 1989, she obtained a master's degree in English language and literature from the ].<ref name=Wabash>Wabash College. , Wabash College, October 21, 2008.{{pb}}
*James, Gary. , Wabash College, October 28, 2008.</ref> After her MA, James wrote ads for Chicago advertising agencies, working in the business for ten years.<ref name=Wabash/> The experience encouraged her to become involved in consumer activism, with a particular interest in medical and academic fraud.<ref>Jardin, Xeni. , ], December 28, 2009.</ref> James, Gary. , Wabash College, October 28, 2008.</ref> After her MA, James wrote ads for Chicago advertising agencies, working in the business for ten years.<ref name=Wabash/> The experience encouraged her to become involved in consumer activism, with a particular interest in medical and academic fraud.<ref>Jardin, Xeni. , ], December 28, 2009.</ref>


In 2003, together with author and entertainer ], she co-founded ] to create content by and for ] people.<ref>Addams, Calpernia and Andrea James. , ''The Advocate'', July 22, 2003.</ref> She is the host of the instructional program, ''Finding Your Female Voice''.<ref>Hopper, Douglas. , '']'', National Public Radio, March 5, 2006.</ref> She produced and performed in the first all-transgender cast of '']'' in 2004, debuting a new piece created by ] for the occasion. She was also a consultant on and appeared in ''Beautiful Daughters'', a documentary film about the event.<ref>Tennyson, Joyce. ''Vagina Warriors''. Bulfinch Press, 2005, p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8212-6183-5 In 2003, together with author and entertainer ], she co-founded ] to create content by and for ] people.<ref>Addams, Calpernia and Andrea James. , ''The Advocate'', July 22, 2003.</ref> She is the host of the instructional program ''Finding Your Female Voice''.<ref>Hopper, Douglas. , '']'', National Public Radio, March 5, 2006.</ref> She produced and performed in the first all-transgender cast of '']'' in 2004, debuting a new piece created by ] for the occasion. She was also a consultant on and appeared in ''Beautiful Daughters'', a documentary film about the event.<ref>Tennyson, Joyce. ''Vagina Warriors''. Bulfinch Press, 2005, p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8212-6183-5{{pb}}
*, LesbianAlliance.com. , LesbianAlliance.com.{{pb}}
*, ''Feminist Teacher'' Vol. 18 #2 (2008) p. 179-180</ref> , ''Feminist Teacher'', 18(2), 2008) pp. 179–180. {{jstor|40546067}}</ref>


James was a script consultant for '']'', a 2005 film, helping actress ] prepare for her role as a transsexual woman.<ref>Nangeroni, Nancy and MacKenzie, Gordene O. , gendertalk.com, April 15, 2006. James was a script consultant for '']'', a 2005 film, helping actress ] prepare for her role as a transsexual woman.<ref>Nangeroni, Nancy and MacKenzie, Gordene O. , gendertalk.com, April 15, 2006.{{pb}}
⚫ Tucker, Duncan. ''Transamerica: The Shooting Script''. Newmarket Press, 2006, pp. 93, 133. ISBN 978-1-55704-732-8</ref><ref>Keck, William. , ''USA Today'', November 21, 2005.</ref> She appeared in the 2005 ] documentary '']'', and in 2007 directed a short film, "Casting Pearls".<ref>Adelman, Kim. , '']'', July 18, 2007.</ref> She was a consulting producer for, and appeared in, the reality-dating television series '']'', on the ] digital channel in 2008.<ref>Pozner, Jennifer L. ''Reality bites back: the troubling truth about guilty pleasure TV''. Seal Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-58005-265-8{{pb}}
*Keck, William. , ''USA Today'', November 21, 2005.
⚫ Kearns, Michael. , ''Frontiers'', 2008, 26(20).</ref> In 2009, she directed another short film, "Transproofed".<ref>Everleth, Mike. , ''Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film'', January 10, 2011.</ref>
⚫ *Tucker, Duncan. ''Transamerica: The Shooting Script''. Newmarket Press, 2006, pp. 93, 133. ISBN 978-1-55704-732-8</ref> She appeared in the 2005 ] documentary '']'', and in 2007 directed a short film, "Casting Pearls".<ref>Adelman, Kim. , '']'', July 18, 2007.</ref> She was a consulting producer for, and appeared in, the reality-dating television series, '']'', on the ] digital channel in 2008.<ref>Pozner, Jennifer L. ''Reality bites back: the troubling truth about guilty pleasure TV''. Seal Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-58005-265-8
⚫ *Kearns, Michael. , ''Frontiers'', 2008, Vol. 26, No. 20.</ref> In 2009, she directed another short film, "Transproofed".<ref>Everleth, Mike. , ''Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film'', January 10, 2011.</ref>


==Writing== ==Writing and activism==
] at the Out and Equal Workplace Summit]] ] at the Out and Equal Workplace Summit]]
James writes about consumer rights, technology, pop culture, and LGBT rights. She is a contributor to ], ], ], and '']''.<ref>Jardin, Xeni. , ], December 28, 2009. James writes about consumer rights, technology, pop culture, and LGBT rights. She is a contributor to ], ], ], and '']''.<ref>Jardin, Xeni. , ], December 28, 2009.{{pb}}
*Bashour, Mounir and James, Andrea. , ], July 2, 2009. Bashour, Mounir and James, Andrea. , ], July 2, 2009.{{pb}}
*James, Andrea. , ''The Advocate'', December 18, 2007.</ref> She created Transsexual Road Map in 1996, a consumer website for transgender people.<ref>Garvin, Glenn. , ''The Miami Herald'', March 15, 2003.</ref> James, Andrea. , ''The Advocate'', December 18, 2007.</ref> She created Transsexual Road Map in 1996, a consumer website for transgender people.<ref>Garvin, Glenn. , ''The Miami Herald'', March 15, 2003.</ref>


In addition to Transsexual Road Map, James later set up HairFacts, a website on ], and HairTell, a companion discussion forum.<ref>Painter, K. , ''USA Today'', March 26, 2006. In addition to Transsexual Road Map, James later set up HairFacts, a website on ], and HairTell, a companion discussion forum.<ref>Painter, K. , ''USA Today'', March 26, 2006.{{pb}}
*Grossman, A.J. , ''The New York Times'', June 5, 2008.</ref> In 2004, she founded the nonprofit GenderMedia Foundation.<ref>Ensler, Eve ''et al''. , Gender Media Foundation, 2004.</ref> She was appointed in 2007 to the Board of Directors of TransYouth Family Allies, a nonprofit that supports ] and their families, and in 2008 to the Board of Directors of ], where she was involved in the restoration of the documentary, ''Queens at Heart.''<ref>James, Andrea. , ''The Advocate'', February 2008. Grossman, A.J. , ''The New York Times'', June 5, 2008.</ref> In 2004, she founded the nonprofit GenderMedia Foundation.<ref>Ensler, Eve ''et al''. , Gender Media Foundation, 2004.</ref> She was appointed in 2007 to the Board of Directors of TransYouth Family Allies, a nonprofit that supports ] and their families, and in 2008 to the Board of Directors of ], where she was involved in the restoration of the documentary, ''Queens at Heart.''<ref>James, Andrea. , ''The Advocate'', February 2008.{{pb}}
*Kelly, Shannon. , ], March 6, 2011.</ref> Kelly, Shannon. , ], March 6, 2011.</ref>


==Criticism of ''The Man Who Would Be Queen'' and backlash== ===Criticism of ''The Man Who Would Be Queen''===
{{main|The Man Who Would Be Queen}} {{see also|The Man Who Would Be Queen}}
Together with professors ] and ], James was a driving figure in the controversy surrounding professor ] and the 2003 publication of his book, ''The Man Who Would Be Queen.'' Bailey argues in his book that there are ]: one a variant of male homosexuality, and the other a male sexual interest in having a female body, a taxonomy some critics see as inaccurate and damaging.<ref name=NYT2007>Carey, Benedict. , ''The New York Times'', August 21, 2007. Together with ] and ], James was a driving figure in the controversy surrounding ]'s book '']'' (2003). Gender studies professor Kim Surkan said the protests by James and others against Bailey "represented one of the most organized and unified examples of transgender activism seen to date."<ref name=Surkan>Surkan, Kim. "Transsexuals protest academic exploitation," in ] (ed). ''Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848-2006''. Salem Press, 2007, pp. 700–702.{{pb}}
⚫ James, Andrea. , tsroadmap.com, September 2004.</ref>
⚫ *James, Andrea. , tsroadmap.com, June 5, 2003.</ref> Bailey's position was strongly criticized by several transgender activists, including electrical engineer ] and James, who wrote that the book was an example of academic exploitation of transgender people, and a "]" framed by one case report about a six-year-old child,<ref>James, Andrea. , National Women's Studies Association conference, June 21, 2008, pp. 3–4; also see , National Women's Association Conference, courtesy of ''YouTube'', June 21, 2008, accessed March 30, 2012.</ref> with James describing it as "one of the most insidiously vicious pieces of transphobia ever to come out of academia."<ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|title = Invective: J. Michael Bailey's "The Man Who Would Be Queen"|url = http://web.archive.org/web/20030605112712/www.tsroadmap.com/info/j-michael--bailey.html|date = 2003-06-05|accessdate = 2016-01-01}}</ref> Gender studies professor Kim Surkan said the protests by James and others against Bailey "represented one of the most organized and unified examples of transgender activism seen to date."<ref name="Surkan">Surkan, Kim. "Transsexuals protest academic exploitation," in ] (ed). ''Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848-2006''. Salem Press, 2007, pp. 700–702.
⚫ *James, Andrea. , tsroadmap.com, September 2004.</ref>


Bailey argues in his book that there are ]: one a variant of male homosexuality, and the other a male sexual interest in having a female body, a taxonomy critics see as inaccurate and damaging.<ref name=NYT2007>Carey, Benedict. , ''The New York Times'', August 21, 2007.{{pb}}
Historian and bioethicist ], a colleague of Bailey's at Northwestern, wrote a paper accusing James of harassment and of stifling academic freedom, and tried to stop her from speaking at the campus about the controversy.<ref>Bailey, Michael J. , ''Northwestern Chronicle'', October 9, 2005.
⚫ James, Andrea. , tsroadmap.com, June 5, 2003.</ref> James wrote that the book was an example of academic exploitation of transgender people and a "]" framed by one case report about a six-year-old child.<ref>James, Andrea. , National Women's Studies Association conference, June 21, 2008, pp. 3–4; also see , National Women's Association Conference, courtesy of ''YouTube'', June 21, 2008, accessed March 30, 2012.</ref><ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|title = Invective: J. Michael Bailey's "The Man Who Would Be Queen"|url = http://web.archive.org/web/20030605112712/www.tsroadmap.com/info/j-michael--bailey.html|date = 2003-06-05|accessdate = 2016-01-01}}</ref>
⚫ *Dreger, A. D. , ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 2008, Volume 37, Number 3, pp. 366–421.
⚫ *Nichols, Margaret. , ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 2008, Volume 37, Number 3, pp. 476-480.
*Also see Bailey J. Michael and Triea, K. , ''Perspectives in Biology and Medicine''. Autumn 2007;50(4), pp. 521-534.</ref> In her later book ''Galileo's Middle Finger'' cataloging the politicization of science from both the right and left, Dreger concludes that the allegations levied against Bailey were "a sham. Bailey’s sworn enemies had used every clever trick in the book — juxtaposing events in misleading ways, ignoring contrary evidence, working the rhetoric, and using anonymity whenever convenient, to make it look as though virtually every trans woman represented in bailey’s book had felt abused by him and had filed a charge."<ref name="nymag.com">{{Cite web|title = Why Some of the Worst Attacks on Social Science Have Come From Liberals|url = http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/12/when-liberals-attack-social-science.html|website = Science of Us|accessdate = 2016-01-01}}</ref>


The dispute became heated when James posted an attack page on her website containing photographs of Bailey's children juxtaposed with sexually explicit captions taken from Bailey's work, including in one case placing the caption "cock-starved exhibitionist" alongside a picture of his daughter.<ref name="nymag.com"/><ref name="ReferenceA">http://web.archive.org/web/20030605112712/www.tsroadmap.com/info/j-michael--bailey.html</ref> When Bailey accused her of harassment, James said that juxtaposing images of children with Bailey's material was intended to echo what she saw as his disrespect toward gender-variant children, but she eventually removed the pictures and added an editorial note explaining her decision in May 2003. In response to criticism, she noted that "those of you who feel uncomfortable with my use of Bailey's children need to know how he uses our children."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> On the page, which James described as not intended to be a "reasoned critique," she noted her goal was to be "as personally offensive to Professor Bailey as I find his book....instead it is a very coarse and mean-spirited screed, designed to reflect what I consider his own motivations to be."<ref name="web.archive.org"/> The dispute became heated when James posted a satirical page on her website containing photographs of Bailey's children alongside sexually explicit captions that quoted or parodied material in Bailey's book. Bailey accused her of harassment. James replied that the page was intended to echo what she saw as his disrespect toward gender-variant children.<ref name=NYT2007/><ref name="nymag.com">{{Cite web|title = Why Some of the Worst Attacks on Social Science Have Come From Liberals|url = http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/12/when-liberals-attack-social-science.html|website = Science of Us|accessdate = 2016-01-01}}</ref> Historian Alice Dreger, a colleague of Bailey's at Northwestern, accused James of harassment and of stifling academic freedom, and tried to stop her from speaking at the campus about the controversy.<ref>Bailey, Michael J. , ''Northwestern Chronicle'', October 9, 2005.{{pb}}
⚫ Dreger, A. D. , ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 2008, 37(3), pp. 366–421.
⚫ Nichols, Margaret. , ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'', 2008, 37(3), pp. 476–480.</ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 05:13, 13 March 2016

Andrea James
James in 2007
Born (1967-01-16) January 16, 1967 (age 57)
Occupation(s)Producer, writer, activist
Websiteandreajames.com

Andrea Jean James (born January 16, 1967) is an American writer, film producer, director, and trans woman who is an LGBT rights activist.

Education and career

James grew up in Indiana and attended Wabash College, where she majored in English, Latin and Greek. After graduating in 1989, she obtained a master's degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago. After her MA, James wrote ads for Chicago advertising agencies, working in the business for ten years. The experience encouraged her to become involved in consumer activism, with a particular interest in medical and academic fraud.

In 2003, together with author and entertainer Calpernia Addams, she co-founded Deep Stealth Productions to create content by and for transgender people. She is the host of the instructional program Finding Your Female Voice. She produced and performed in the first all-transgender cast of The Vagina Monologues in 2004, debuting a new piece created by Eve Ensler for the occasion. She was also a consultant on and appeared in Beautiful Daughters, a documentary film about the event.

James was a script consultant for Transamerica, a 2005 film, helping actress Felicity Huffman prepare for her role as a transsexual woman. She appeared in the 2005 HBO documentary Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, and in 2007 directed a short film, "Casting Pearls". She was a consulting producer for, and appeared in, the reality-dating television series Transamerican Love Story, on the Logo digital channel in 2008. In 2009, she directed another short film, "Transproofed".

Writing and activism

James and Calpernia Adams at the Out and Equal Workplace Summit

James writes about consumer rights, technology, pop culture, and LGBT rights. She is a contributor to Boing Boing, QuackWatch, eMedicine, and The Advocate. She created Transsexual Road Map in 1996, a consumer website for transgender people.

In addition to Transsexual Road Map, James later set up HairFacts, a website on hair removal, and HairTell, a companion discussion forum. In 2004, she founded the nonprofit GenderMedia Foundation. She was appointed in 2007 to the Board of Directors of TransYouth Family Allies, a nonprofit that supports transgender youth and their families, and in 2008 to the Board of Directors of Outfest, where she was involved in the restoration of the documentary, Queens at Heart.

Criticism of The Man Who Would Be Queen

See also: The Man Who Would Be Queen

Together with Lynn Conway and Deirdre McCloskey, James was a driving figure in the controversy surrounding J. Michael Bailey's book The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003). Gender studies professor Kim Surkan said the protests by James and others against Bailey "represented one of the most organized and unified examples of transgender activism seen to date."

Bailey argues in his book that there are two forms of transsexualism: one a variant of male homosexuality, and the other a male sexual interest in having a female body, a taxonomy critics see as inaccurate and damaging. James wrote that the book was an example of academic exploitation of transgender people and a "cure narrative" framed by one case report about a six-year-old child.

The dispute became heated when James posted a satirical page on her website containing photographs of Bailey's children alongside sexually explicit captions that quoted or parodied material in Bailey's book. Bailey accused her of harassment. James replied that the page was intended to echo what she saw as his disrespect toward gender-variant children. Historian Alice Dreger, a colleague of Bailey's at Northwestern, accused James of harassment and of stifling academic freedom, and tried to stop her from speaking at the campus about the controversy.

References

  1. Lam, Steven. "What's 'gay' now: we are everywhere indeed", The Advocate, June 20, 2006.
  2. Faderman, Lillian (2007). Great events from history: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848–2006. Salem Press. p. 700. ISBN 1-58765-265-X. Andrea James, transsexual activist and writer.
  3. ^ Wabash College. "Andrea James to Give Talk at Wabash", Wabash College, October 21, 2008.

    James, Gary. "Alum Shares Earned Wisdom With the Wabash Community", Wabash College, October 28, 2008.

  4. Jardin, Xeni. "Welcome to the Boing Boing guestblog, Andrea James!", Boing Boing, December 28, 2009.
  5. Addams, Calpernia and Andrea James. "Transformations", The Advocate, July 22, 2003.
  6. Hopper, Douglas. "Helping Transgender Women Find a New Voice", All Things Considered, National Public Radio, March 5, 2006.
  7. Tennyson, Joyce. Vagina Warriors. Bulfinch Press, 2005, p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8212-6183-5 "LesbianAlliance.com interviews DeepStealth's Andrea James", LesbianAlliance.com.

    "Teaching resources: Beautiful Daughters", Feminist Teacher, 18(2), 2008) pp. 179–180. JSTOR 40546067

  8. Nangeroni, Nancy and MacKenzie, Gordene O. Episode #555, gendertalk.com, April 15, 2006.

    Tucker, Duncan. Transamerica: The Shooting Script. Newmarket Press, 2006, pp. 93, 133. ISBN 978-1-55704-732-8

  9. Keck, William. "Felicity Huffman is sitting pretty", USA Today, November 21, 2005.
  10. Adelman, Kim. "'Pariah' Leads The Pack of Outstanding Shorts at Outfest '07", Indiewire, July 18, 2007.
  11. Pozner, Jennifer L. Reality bites back: the troubling truth about guilty pleasure TV. Seal Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-58005-265-8

    Kearns, Michael. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", Frontiers, 2008, 26(20).

  12. Everleth, Mike. "Echo Park Film Center: Transgender Short Films", Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film, January 10, 2011.
  13. Jardin, Xeni. "Welcome to the Boing Boing guestblog, Andrea James!", Boing Boing, December 28, 2009. Bashour, Mounir and James, Andrea. "Laser Hair Removal", eMedicine, July 2, 2009.

    James, Andrea. "Don't Tick Off Trans", The Advocate, December 18, 2007.

  14. Garvin, Glenn. "Breaking Boundaries", The Miami Herald, March 15, 2003.
  15. Painter, K. "Who qualifies to zap hairs?", USA Today, March 26, 2006.

    Grossman, A.J. "Zapping teenage torment", The New York Times, June 5, 2008.

  16. Ensler, Eve et al. "V-Day LA: Until the violence stops", Gender Media Foundation, 2004.
  17. James, Andrea. "Life Without Puberty: Hormone blockers for minors, the trans movement's new frontier", The Advocate, February 2008.

    Kelly, Shannon. "Highlighting the Outfest Legacy Project: Three Films", UCLA Film and Television Archive, March 6, 2011.

  18. Surkan, Kim. "Transsexuals protest academic exploitation," in Faderman, Lillian (ed). Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events, 1848-2006. Salem Press, 2007, pp. 700–702.

    James, Andrea. "A defining moment in our history: Examining disease models of gender identity", tsroadmap.com, September 2004.

  19. ^ Carey, Benedict. "Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege", The New York Times, August 21, 2007.

    James, Andrea. "Invective against J. Michael Bailey's "The Man Who Would be Queen", tsroadmap.com, June 5, 2003.

  20. James, Andrea. "Fair comment, foul play", National Women's Studies Association conference, June 21, 2008, pp. 3–4; also see "The Bailey Brouhaha", National Women's Association Conference, courtesy of YouTube, June 21, 2008, accessed March 30, 2012.
  21. "Invective: J. Michael Bailey's "The Man Who Would Be Queen"". 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  22. "Why Some of the Worst Attacks on Social Science Have Come From Liberals". Science of Us. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  23. Bailey, Michael J. "Academic McCarthyism", Northwestern Chronicle, October 9, 2005.

    Dreger, A. D. "The Controversy Surrounding the Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2008, 37(3), pp. 366–421. Nichols, Margaret. "Dreger on the Bailey Controversy: Lost in the Drama, Missing the Big Picture", Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2008, 37(3), pp. 476–480.

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