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About MTPC |
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MTPC is run by a director, who manages (and conducts much of) the daily work of MTPC. The director supervises interns and volunteers.
The Director, and MTPC's overall work, is managed and supervised by a Steering Committee.
Gunner Scott, a founding member of MTPC, has been involved with the transgender rights movement for the last ten years. He is a nationally recognized activist, educator, and community organizer on LGBT health issues, LGBT partner abuse, and addressing access issues for the transgender community.
Gunner has written articles for What's Up magazine, Sojourner Women's Forum, and "Agitate and Activate", the introduction to Pinned Down by Pronouns, a 2003 Lambda Literary nominee anthology published by Conviction Books. He was a contributing editor to "Responding to Hate Crimes: A Community Resource Manual" a National Center for Transgender Equality publication and the "Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation" chapter of the 2005 Our Bodies, Ourselves book. He is on the National Board of Advisors for the National Center for Transgender Equality, a former Commissioner on the Massachusetts Commission for GLBT Youth, and the creator of Gender Crash Open Mic, the first on going open mic to feature transgender performers in Boston. He holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Goddard College where he completed an Oral History project entitled Boston Area Transgender Community Leaders and the "ENDA Crisis."
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