Rebecca Allison

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Rebecca Allison
Born (1946-12-21) December 21, 1946 (age 77)
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

transgender activism

Rebecca Anne "Becky" Allison (born December 21, 1946) is an American

Bisexual, and Transgender Issues.[2]

Life

Allison was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, to Errol Ward Atkinson and Mabel Blackwell Atkinson. She transitioned in 1993 while living in Jackson, Mississippi.

Career

Allison graduated

CIGNA and served as their chief of cardiology from 1998 to 2012, when she entered private practice. Phoenix Magazine named Allison one of the "Top Doctors" in Phoenix for 2006, 2007, and 2008.[3]

Activism

In 1998, Allison created drbecky.com, a resource site focusing on the medical, legal, and spiritual needs of transgender people. The website includes a compilation of statutes for amending sex on a birth certificate,[4] a brochure on facial feminization surgery by Douglas Ousterhout,[5] criticism of the controversial 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey,[6] and a section on spirituality. Allison's website is frequently cited in guidelines for LGBT health care.[7][8][9][10] In addition to the GLMA, she is Chair of the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues[11] and assisted in the passage of AMA Resolution 22, "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients."[12] Allison is also active in Soulforce and organized the Phoenix Transgender Day of Remembrance annually with her partner Margaux Schaffer.

Selected publications

  • Allison RA (2007). Transsexualism. In Fink G (ed.) Encyclopedia of Stress (2nd Edition). Elsevier,
    ISBN 978-0-12-088503-9
  • Allison RA (2007). Transsexualism. In Pfaff D, Arnold A, Etgen A, Fahrbach S, Rubin R (eds.) Hormones, Brain, and Behavior (2nd Edition). Elsevier,
    ISBN 978-0-12-532104-4

References

  1. The Advocate
  2. ^ Proulx, Marie-Jo (July 19, 2006). AMA Growing Receptive to LGBT Needs. Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Staff report (April 2008). Top Doctors: Cardiovascular Disease. Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Phoenix Magazine
  4. Wired News
  5. ISBN 978-0-9585097-5-6
  6. ^ Staff report (June 25, 2003). Trans Group Attacks New Book on 'Queens.' Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Windy City Times
  7. ISBN 978-0-7890-2117-5
  8. ISBN 978-1-930513-95-2
  9. ISBN 978-0-8093-2518-4
  10. ISBN 978-1-57248-550-1
  11. ^ Nielsen, Nancy H., ed. (June 19, 2008). Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender physician issues.[permanent dead link] AMA eVoice
  12. ^ American Medical Association (2008). AMA Resolution 122: Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients.

External links

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