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I grew up in Franklin, Indiana and attended Wabash College, where I majored in English, Latin, and Greek.Paige, Richard. [http://wabashcollege.libsyn.com/andrea-james-89 Wabash on My Mind: Andrea James ‘89]. October 26, 2015. After graduating in 1989, I obtained an M.A. in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1990.Wabash College. [http://www.wabash.edu/news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=6330 Andrea James to Give Talk at Wabash.] October 21, 2008.

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I worked for ten years in advertising in Chicago.Bartner, Amy. [http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2016/06/09/transgender-community-unites-pride-event/85632172/ Transgender community unites at Pride event.] Indianapolis Star, June 9, 2016. During my gender transition, I became involved in consumer activism, particularly exposing medical and academic fraud.Gardner, Chris. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tinder-launches-transgender-inclusive-update-946275 Tinder Launches Transgender-Inclusive Update, Allowing Users to Select Personalized Gender Identity.] The Hollywood Reporter, November 15, 2016. In 1996 I created the consumer website now called Transgender Map, as well as hair removal consumer websites HairFacts and HairTell.Garvin, Glenn. [http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/columnists/glenn_garvin//story/212020.html Breaking Boundaries.] The Miami Herald, March 15, 2003.Painter, K. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/yourhealth/2006-03-26-hair-removal_x.htm Who qualifies to zap hairs?] USA Today, March 26, 2006.Grossman, A. J. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/fashion/05SKIN.html Zapping teenage torment.] The New York Times, June 5, 2008.

In 2003 I moved to Los Angeles and co-founded Deep Stealth Productions with entertainer Calpernia Addams. We created content for transgender people on makeup, facial feminization surgery, and coming out, starting with a vocal feminization instructional video, Finding Your Female Voice.Hopper, Douglas. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5246222 Helping Transgender Women Find a New Voice.] All Things Considered, NPR, March 5, 2006.

I criticized psychologist J. Michael Bailey’s 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen after published reports that Bailey was using images of young gender diverse children without their knowledge or consent, provoking laughter from students and faculty.Roughgarden, Joan. [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20110709042957/http://www.stanforddaily.com/2003/04/25/psychology-lecture-lacks-sensitivity-to-sexual-orientation Psychology lecture lacks sensitivity to sexual orientation.] The Stanford Daily, April 25, 2003.James, Andrea. [https://www.transgendermap.com/politics/psychology/j-michael-bailey/children/ J. Michael Bailey’s vulgar misuse of gender diverse children.] transgendermap.com, June 5, 2003. Sexologist Kenneth Zucker devoted an issue of his journal Archives of Sexual Behavior to the controversy, centered on a target article by historian Alice Dreger, a colleague of Bailey's at Northwestern University.Zucker, Kenneth. Introduction to Dreger (2008) and Peer Commentaries. Archives of Sexual Behavior {{doi|10.1007/s10508-007-9300-2}}. Dreger accused me of stifling academic freedom, then tried to stop me from speaking in academic settings about the controversy.Nichols, Margaret. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/j35537x011v1tm85/ Dreger on the Bailey Controversy: Lost in the Drama, Missing the Big Picture], Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2008, Volume 37, Number 3, pp. 476-480. I wrote that the book was an example of academic exploitation of transgender people, and a “cure narrative” framed by one unconfirmed case report about a six-year-old child.James, Andrea. [https://www.transgendermap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/10/fair-comment-foul-play.pdf Fair comment, foul play], National Women's Studies Association conference, June 21, 2008, pp. 3–4{{pb}}[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ABs1WNwBg “The Bailey Brouhaha”], National Women’s Association Conference, YouTube, June 21, 2008. Gender studies professor K. Surkan said our protests against Bailey “represented one of the most organized and unified examples of transgender activism seen to date.”Surkan, K. Transsexuals protest academic exploitation. In Faderman, Lillian (ed). Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Events, 1848-2006. Salem Press, 2007, pp. 700–702.{{isbn|9781587652653}}

I expanded my criticism to include Zucker and Ray Blanchard of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for their pathologization of transgender children and adults via Zucker's gender identity disorder in children diagnosis and Blanchard's transsexualism typology.James, Andrea. [https://www.transgendermap.com/community/andrea-james/defining-moment-in-our-history/ “A defining moment in our history: Examining disease models of gender identity”], ”Gender Medicine”, 2006(3;1) p. S56{{doi|10.1016/S1550-8579(06)80121-X}{{pb}}James, Andrea. [http://boingboing.net/2015/06/11/sexologys-war-on-transgender.html Sexology’s war on transgender children.] Boing Boing, June 11, 2015. After Zucker and Blanchard were appointed to lead the committee revising transgender sections of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 2009, I helped organize protests at the American Psychiatric Association conference.Batza, Katie. [https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-health.pdf LGBTQ and Health.] In LGBTQ America, Springate, Megan E., Ed. National Park Foundation, 2016. In 2015 the gender clinic where Zucker and Blanchard worked was closed following an investigation.Ubelacker, Sheryl. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/camh-to-wind-down-controversial-gender-identity-clinic-services/article27766580/ CAMH to ‘wind down’ controversial gender identity clinic services.] The Globe and Mail, December 15, 2015,{{pb}}Pyne, Jake. [https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/12/17/discredited-treatment-of-trans-kids-at-camh-shouldnt-shock-us.html Discredited treatment of trans kids at CAMH shouldn’t shock us.] Toronto Star, December 17, 2015.

In 2004, I founded the nonprofit GenderMedia Foundation.Ensler, Eve et al. [http://books.google.com/books?id=EFL1GgAACAAJ V-Day LA: Until the violence stops], GenderMedia Foundation, 2004. That year, I produced and performed in the first all-transgender cast of ”The Vagina Monologues”, debuting a new piece created by Eve Ensler for the occasion.Ensler, Eve. [http://time.com/3672912/eve-ensler-vagina-monologues-mount-holyoke-college/ I Never Defined a Woman as a Person With a Vagina.] Time, January 18, 2015. I also appeared in Beautiful Daughters, a documentary about the event.”Teaching resources: Beautiful Daughters”, Feminist Teacher, 18(2), 2008, pp. 179–180. {{jstor|40546067}} In 2005 I coached Felicity Huffman for her role in Transamerica and had a cameo in the film.Tucker, Duncan. Transamerica: The Shooting Script. Newmarket Press, 2006, pp. 93, 133. {{ISBN|978-1-55704-732-8}}{{pb}}Keck, William. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-11-21-huffman_x.htm Felicity Huffman is sitting pretty.] USA Today, November 21, 2005. I appeared in the 2005 HBO documentary Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, and I directed transgender-themed short films, including “Casting Pearls” in 2007 and “Transproofed” in 2009.Anderson, Tre’vell. [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-outfest-lgbtq-35-years-20170706-story.html On the hunt for another ‘Moonlight,’ Outfest celebrates 35 years.] Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2017.{{pb}}Adelman, Kim. [http://web.archive.org/web/20071013164528/http://indiewire.com/movies/2007/07/shorts_column_p.html ‘Pariah’ Leads The Pack of Outstanding Shorts at Outfest ’07.], Indiewire, July 18, 2007.{{pb}}Everleth, Mike [http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/echo-park-film-center-transgender-short-films/ Echo Park Film Center: Transgender Short Films.] Underground Film Journal, January 10, 2011.

I served on the Board of Directors of TransYouth Family Allies, a nonprofit that supports transgender youth and their families, from 2007 to 2014.James, Andrea, [https://www.advocate.com/news/2008/01/25/life-without-puberty “Life Without Puberty”], The Advocate, January 25, 2008. From 2008 to 2013, I served on the Board of Directors of Outfest, where I was involved in the restoration of the documentary Queens at Heart.Limbachia, Dixie. [http://variety.com/2017/scene/news/outfest-achievement-award-bryan-fuller-1202489415/ Kristin Chenoweth, ‘American Gods’ Stars Turn Out for Bryan Fuller at Outfest Opening Night.] Variety, July 7, 2017.{{pb}}Kelly, Shannon. [http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-03-06/highlighting-outfest-legacy-project-three-films-0 Highlighting the Outfest Legacy Project: Three Films.] UCLA Film and Television Archive, March 6, 2011.

I was a consulting producer for, and appeared in, the reality-dating television series Transamerican Love Story on Logo in 2008.Pozner, Jennifer L. Reality bites back: the troubling truth about guilty pleasure TV. Seal Press, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-58005-265-8}}Kearns, Michael. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080209122436/http://www.frontierspublishing.com/2620/features/feat4.html Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.] ”Frontiers”, 2008, 26(20). I began guest blogging at Boing Boing in 2009 and portrayed lawyer Joni Thome in the 2010 documentary Bullied.Apelqvist, Eva (2013) LGBTQ Families: The Ultimate Teen Guide. Scarecrow Press, {{ISBN|9780810885363}} I directed two seasons of a web series for Disney fan club D23, one season of the web series Beatdown for drag performer Willam Belli, coached Kate del Castillo for her role in K-11, and co-produced Living Things, a 2014 dramatic feature on veganism.Breen, Matthew, [http://www.out.com/theater-dance/2015/4/17/willam-belli-wants-get-thrown-out-her-own-show Willam Belli Wants To Get Thrown Out of Her Own Show.] Out, April 17, 2015.{{pb}}Brydum, Sunnivie. [http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/04/23/captivating-kate Captivating Kate.] The Advocate, April 23, 2013{{pb}}Asea, Adam. [http://worldofwonder.net/today-andrea-james-living-things-vegan-meat-debate/ Out Today: Andrea James’ Living Things – A Vegan and Meat Debate.] ”The WOW Report,” April 15, 2014. In 2012 I co-founded Thought Moment Media, where I directed the 2013 children’s film “Family Restaurant” and the 2015 Showtime concert film Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy, both about LGBT adoption. Lopresti, Michael (2013). [https://ticketing.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=2971&FID=50 Family Restaurant.] Frameline Film Festival{{pb}}Wong, Curtis M. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/12/alec-mapa-baby-daddy-_n_7561594.html Alec Mapa Hopes His Showtime Special, 'Baby Daddy,' Inspires Gay Parents To Adopt Older Kids.] Huffington Post, June 12, 2015.{{pb}}Reynolds, Daniel, [https://www.advocate.com/year-review/2014/12/24/10-best-lgbt-documentaries-2014?pg=6 The 10 Best LGBT Documentaries of 2014.] The Advocate, December 24, 2014.

I edited and advised on several books, including the 2002 autobiography Mark 947 by Calpernia Addams, the 2007 autobiography Pholomolo by Veronique Renard, the 2014 self-help book Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, and self-help parody Suck Less by Willam Belli.Addams, Calpernia. Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will. Writers Club Press, 2002. {{ISBN|0-595-26376-3}}Renard, Veronique. Pholomolo: No Man No Woman. iUniverse, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0595446698}}Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford University Press, 2014. {{ISBN|9780199325351}}Belli, Willam. Suck Less: Where There’s a Willam, There’s a Way. Grand Central Publishing, 2016 {{ISBN|978-1455566198}} I co-edited the 2014 anthology Letters for My Sisters with Deanne Thornton.Kellaway, Mitch, [https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/16/trans-women-share-wisdom-us-us Trans Women Share Wisdom 'By Us, For Us'.] The Advocate, July 16, 2014.[http://www.shewired.com/identities/2015/10/22/10-must-read-books-when-youre-having-gender-trouble 10 Must-Read Books When You’re Having Gender Questions.] SheWired, October 22, 2015.Kellaway, Mitch, [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/05/years-10-best-transgender-non-fiction-books The Year’s 10 Best Transgender Non-Fiction Books.] The Advocate, November 5, 2014. I am featured or quoted in photography books Vagina Warriors by Eve Ensler and Joyce Tenneson and The World According to Wonder by World of Wonder, in consumer guide Facial Feminization Surgery by Douglas Ousterhout, and in 51%: Women and the Future of Politics by Terri Spahr Nelson. Bailey, Fenton; Barbato, Randy. The World According to Wonder. World of Wonder Books, 2013. {{isbn|978-0985583408}}Ensler, Eve; Tenneson, Joyce. Vagina Warriors. New York: Bulfinch Press, 2005, p. 11. {{ISBN|978-0-8212-6183-5}}Ousterhout, Douglas. Facial Feminization Surgery: A Guide for the Transgendered Woman. Addicus Books, 2010. {{ISBN|1938803221}}Nelson, Terri Spahr. 51%: Women and the Future of Politics: Women speak out on US politics and politicians. Sugati Publications, 2016. {{ISBN|978-0982580677}} I also contributed to the anthology To My Trans Sisters edited by Charlie Craggs. Craggs, Charlie. To My Trans Sisters. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.{{ISBN|9781784506681}} I have also been a notable contributor to, and critic of, Wikipedia.Hockenberry, John (January 14, 2011). Who Edits Wikipedia? The Takeaway, WNYCJames, Andrea (February 14, 2017). [https://boingboing.net/2017/02/14/watching-wikipedias-extincti.html Watching Wikipedia's extinction event from a distance.] Boing BoingJemielniak, Dariusz (March 6, 2017). [https://slate.com/technology/2017/03/wikipedias-battle-over-very-short-articles.html The Wikipedia Battle Over Really Short Articles.] Slate

In 2014, I discussed complexities of the slurs "tranny" and "shemale" in the wake of objections to their use on RuPaul’s Drag Race.Wilson, Erin, [9 Celebs Who Learned the Hard Way the T-Word Is Over.] The Advocate, April 9, 2015. I criticized writer Parker Molloy as emblematic of clickbait journalism and Twitter's outrage culture.James, Andrea. [http://boingboing.net/2014/04/04/rupaul.html I Fucking Hate @RuPaul.] Boing Boing, April 4, 2014. A group of transgender Twitter users signed an open letter denouncing me for my stance.Dreger, Alice (2015). Galileo's Middle Finger, p. 682. Molloy resigned later that year after directing abuse and slurs at trans women.Editors. [https://www.queerty.com/parker-molloy-resigns-from-advocate-lashes-out-at-former-colleagues-20141031 Parker Molloy Resigns From Advocate, Lashes Out At Former Colleagues.] Queerty, October 31, 2014. I have also discussed controversies around casting transgender roles in films.James, Andrea, [https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/is-elle-fanning-taking-a-role-from-a-transgender-actor/382635/ Is Elle Fanning Taking a Role From a Transgender Actor?] The Atlantic, November 15, 2014. In 2015 I was a script consultant on an episode of Royal Pains about a transgender teen played by Nicole Maines.Bartner, Amy, [http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2016/06/03/transgender-activist-amid-hollywoods-transition/85255448/ Transgender activist amid Hollywood’s transition.] USA Today, June 3, 2016. I was also a consulting producer on the 2015 reality TV series Transcendent.{{Cite web|title = New Series Highlights Transgender Stories, Introduces 'Ladies of AsiaSF'|url = http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/transcendent-highlights-stories-five-transgender-women-n435086|website = NBC News|accessdate = 2015-11-03}}{{pb}}Johnson, RJ. [http://www.anchoragepress.com/arts_and_entertainment/a-decade-of-discovery/article_f2666ff0-5cf6-11e7-8875-37cef590ccc7.html A Decade of Discovery.] Alaska Dispatch News, June 29, 2017. In 2016, I participated in the Intelligence Squared debate on gender identity filmed in Sydney, Australia for BBC World News.Treharne, Trevor. [https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/30929254/transgender-rights-move-into-their-recognition-era/ Transgender rights move into their recognition era.] Seven News, February 26, 2016.{{pb}}[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3ct0q91 Society and Gender Identities.] BBC World News, April 10, 2016.

I have worked with social media platforms like Facebook on content moderation and community standards.Eldon, Eric. [http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-begins-testing-advanced-crowd-sourced-content-moderation/ Facebook Begins Testing Advanced Crowd-Sourced Content Moderation.] Adweek, January 4, 2010. In 2016, I worked with Tinder on rolling out gender-inclusive profile options.Steinmetz, Katy. [http://time.com/4568225/tinder-gender-feature-transgender/ The Inside Story Behind Tinder’s New Gender Options.] Time, November 14, 2016.Snyder, Benjamin. [http://fortune.com/2016/06/03/tinder-transgender-update/ How Tinder Is Making Dating Easier for Transgender Users.] Fortune, June 3, 2016.Titlow, John Paul. [https://www.fastcompany.com/3065677/most-innovative-companies/tinder-reengineers-its-gender-field-with-help-from-the-trans-commu Tinder Reengineers Its Gender Field, With Help From The Trans Community.] Fast Company, November 15, 2016. I have discussed trans politics during the Presidency of Donald Trump.Rose, Donna; Fronterhouse, Diana. [http://www.thedeeperend.com/?p=78 Ep 012 – Andrea James.] The Deeper End, October 20, 2016{{pb}}St. James, James, [http://worldofwonder.net/wow-exclusive-jsj-talks-trans-activist-andrea-james-trump-future-trans-rights-can-help/ WOW Exclusive: JSJ Talks to Trans Activist Andrea James About Trump, the Future of Trans Rights, and How YOU Can Help,] WOW Presents, March 15, 2017. My media projects in 2017 included a pilot of Conversations with Coco starring Coco Peru and Lily Tomlin and the documentary Gender Revolution with Katie Couric.Babayan, Siran (August 13, 2016). [http://www.laweekly.com/event/conversations-with-coco-lily-tomlin-7218650 Conversations with Coco: Lily Tomlin.] LA Weekly{{pb}}Ennis, Dawn. [https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/02/review-gender-revolution-us-not-made-us/ ‘Gender Revolution’ is all about trans people, but it’s made for a cis audience.] LGBTQ Nation, February 8, 2017.{{pb}}Ikenberg, Tamara. [https://www.adn.com/arts/2017/06/29/becoming-a-man-in-just-127-easy-steps-transgender-activist-and-actor-returns-to-perform-one-man-show/ Becoming a man in just ‘127 Easy Steps’: Transgender activist and actor returns to perform one-man show.] Alaska Dispatch News, June 29, 2017. In 2019, I announced a new interactive project to analyze transphobia in the media.Fried, Ina (June 17, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/transphobia-project-andrea-james-data-analytics-a070770c-706f-4630-8284-9761768267b8.html Exclusive: Using data to track transphobia in media]. Axios Our film Whirlybird about Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard was one of 16 films in the US Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and my interactive media adaptation of Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps starring Scott Turner Schofield premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and Outfest. In 2021, I helped produce The Ts Madison Experience starring Ts Madison and hosted the interview show WOW Now for WOW Presents Plus.

In 2021, my life's work was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress.

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