The ''Transsexual News Telegraph'' was a quarterly news and topics

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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 New Womens Conference, with

Anne Ogborn Anne Ogborn (born 1959) is a transgender rights activist from Salina, Kansas. According to Patrick Califia she "should be credited as a forerunner of transgender direct action groups." She is a software engineer known for her contributions to SWI- ...

as the editor. It began as a magazine for the then nascent post op movement. After two issues the magazine came under the editorship of

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, changed its name to ''Transsexual News Telegraph'', and ceased being officially tied to the New Womens Conference. ''TNT'' continued to be published approximately quarterly until 2002. In 1999

Katherine Collins Katherine Shannon Collins is a Canadian-born cartoonist, writer, media personality, stage performer, and composer. She created the newspaper comic strip ''Neil the Horse'' from 1975 to 1991, and her work in comics has been celebrated and well ...

joined the paper as Art Director. She and

continued publishing until 2002, when publication ceased. 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. In the mid 1990s ''TNT'' began organizing issues of the magazine around specific topics.

Notable articles

* Early (1992) coverage of trans man

Loren Cameron Loren Rex Cameron (born August 28, 1959) is an American photographer, author and transgender activist. His work includes portraits and self-portraits consisting of transsexual bodies in both clothed and nude form. Biography Loren Rex Cameron was ...

's photography * Transgender Liberation (1993) * Saheli! Anne Ogborn's recounting of experiences with the Hijra community *

Nancy Nangeroni Nancy Nangeroni is a diversity educator and transgender community activist. She is a founder of GenderTalk Radio, the award-winning talk show about gender and transgender issues that was broadcast from 1995 to 2006 on WMBR in Cambridge, Massachus ...

's "Gender Identity Disorder: What to Do?," on DSM categorization and pathologization of gender difference (1997) * On Being a Trans-Parent (Issue #9, Autumn 2000) Jamison Green

References

External links

Text of Nancy Nangeroni's article
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