The Grand Marshall Nomination
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In 1986 Lou Sullivan was a pioneer in the transgender community. He founded the first peer-support group in San Francisco for Female-to-Male individuals, disseminated grassroots information, and successfully campaigned to make sex-reassignment surgery available to transgendered individuals regardless of their sexual orientation. The Lou Sullivan Society strives to keep Lou's spirit alive in the hearts and minds of trans men through providing information, support, community building, education, and advocacy for Female-to-Male persons and their loved ones.
The Life of Lou Sullivan
Lou Sullivan on the Vanguard
by Martin Rawlings-Fein
Bri Smith opened my eyes to Midwestern history with zirs Lou Sullivan biographical event. Bri was an unassuming person tall, from my perspective, quiet and personable. It was quite a surprise to see Bri as such an engaging speaker at the June 23rd "Remembering Lou Sullivan: Celebrating 20 Years of FTM Voices" event and from what I learned it should have been called 20 years of Bay Area FTM Voices. The dynamic presentation was eye opening in the least. More...
FTMSF Newsletter Lou Sullivan Special Issue
Lou Sullivan Society FAQ
The Programing
The Lou Sullivan Society's programing has brought the many aspects of the trans community together:
- Transitions New Male Support
- Taking Care of Business: A DIY Guide to Self Injecting Testosterone by Vlad Wolanyk
- Hormones 101 Workshop with Dr. Nick Gorton
- Navigating the world of gay cruising, dating, and sex with Jacob Hero
- Clocked: An Oral History, A documentary by Martin Rawlings-Fein
- Metoidioplasty for the FTM with Jamison Green
- FTM Authors: Jamison Green, Dhillon Khosla & Max Valerio
- Remembering Lou Sullivan: Celebrating 20 Years of FTM Voices
- Male Privilege and the FTM with Lore M. Dickey
- Dressing from the inside out: Fashion Tips for the Transitional Male with Dhillon Khosla
2007
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From the Gallery
Our News
Our Mission
The Lou Sullivan Society exists to provide information, education, support, community building and advocacy for transgender, transsexual and genderqueer people assigned female at birth and their loved ones.
Our Committee
- Martin Rawlings-Fein
- Zander Keig
- Logan De Ley
- Andrew Crawford
- Zion Johnson
Our Books
Our Links
- FTM Resources
- FTM SF Yahoo Group
- FTMI
- FTMI (Archived Site)
- TGSF
- TLC
- SFTEAM
- LYRIC
- North gate News Article About FTM Event
Our Files