Article by Rose M. Jackson, MLIS
\nPortland State University<\/p>\n
In July 2005, Portland State University received an Express Outreach Award to develop a consumer health collection for the clients and staff of Outside In, a social service agency, located less than five blocks from the campus. After several consultations, the clinic staff at Outside In, felt that a targeted collection aimed at the Transgendered Communities would be the best usage of the award. Within the past five years, Outside In medical clinic has experienced a significant increase in the number of gender queer, Transgendered, and questioning youth and homeless people using their services. <\/p>\n
Last year, the agency established TiRC:
\n“The Transgender\/Identity Resource Center is the first such program in the state of Oregon. The program provides peer education, counseling, referrals, street and community-based outreach to youth who may otherwise be disconnected from resources due to their gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, ethnic background, or economic hardships. ”<\/p>\n
Trans and\/or gender queer youth compose almost 20% of the medical clinics patients. These patients are constantly seeking current, authoritative information on topics such as: hormone therapy, plastic surgery for sex reassignment as well as chest shaping, social support and counselors experienced in working within these communities.<\/p>\n
In April 2006, the TiRC Reference Library was launched with a collection of over 400 medical, legal, biographies, autobiographies works as well as a substantial film collection. The material includes a copy of the first major work in English; The Transsexual Phenomenon by Harry Benjamin, published in 1962. The collection is accessible to all. If you have a patron, a service provider, or an organization interested in relevant information about Transgenderism please feel free to refer them to this collection.<\/p>\n
TiRC is located at 1030 SW 13th, Portland, Oregon 97201. The TiRC staff are: Christa-Margaret Nelson and Llewyn McCobb, 503-535-3800. For a hardcopy of the collection or the survey instrument used to assess the informational needs of the Transgendered communities, please contact Rose M. Jackson, at email: rosej@pdx.edu, 503-725-3689.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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