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Posted March 2, 2001
Opening of Rikki Swin Institute:
Education, Research, Library & Archives
For further information: Marco Fernandez, Magnifico Communications, 312-645-0448, Magnificocom@cs.com
Institute web site: http://www.rsinstitute.org/
The Rikki Swin Institute, Gender Education, Research, Library and Archives, will proudly open its doors, Thursday, March 22, 2001. A special press party will be held Sunday, March 25 at the Institute for all media, panel participants and Board of Directors. The opening coincides with the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Annual Gender Conference being held in Arlington Heights the preceding week. The Institute will cosponsor the conference, along with many of the foremost caregiver professionals at the conference. Attending the press party as panel advisors and board members that Sunday will include such notables as:
- Dr. Preecha Tiewtranon, MD
, President of the Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Thailand, who has personally performed over 1,500 Gender Correction Surgeries (GCSs)
- Asst. Professor Sompongse Suwanwalaikorn, MD,
Endocrinologist, Bangkok, Thailand
- Toby Metzler, MD
, (GCS) Plastic Surgeon, Portland, Oregon
- Eugene Shrang, MD GSC,
Plastic Surgeon, Neenah, Wisconsin
- Frederic Ettner, MD,
trans person family care physician
- Randi Ettner, MD PhD,
Author of books, articles and papers on trans person topics
- George R. Brown, Chief of Psychiatry
and Director of Psychiatric Research, VA Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee
- Jos Megans,
Gender Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Stephen Whittle, PhD
Professor of Law, Manchester University, Manchester, UK
- Armand Hotimsky
, Sexoligist, Paris, France
- Alyson D. Meiselman
, Attorney, New York, NY. Human Rights, Gender & Sexuality Issues Specialists
Sunday's press party will open up with a champagne catered brunch reception, a short presentation, followed by a question and answer session for the trans professional panel. Interviews, stories and speaking engagements with founder Rikki Swin or any panel members are available before hand. RSVPs are strongly recommended for Sunday's event. Photos and filming are also encouraged.
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RSI was recently formed by trans person Rikki Swin to act primarily as an educational and research organization. It is unlike any other trans oriented organization in the world in that RSI works along traditional channels as an advocate (not activist) foundation to disseminate information on trans topics in the workplace, schools, among professionals, and in the home. Its mission is to stimulate changes in culture to improve trans person understanding and acceptance. RSI is a fully funded not for profit foundation. The Institute, with immediate plans to begin its in-house production of a digital video educational series, owns and utilizes the entire building as a showplace for the trans community. The Institute presently stores, collects and archives materials pertaining to gender issues. The facilities are open to the public for research and education. Medical files and histories are available with prior approval.
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