Rebecca Allison
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Rebecca Anne "Becky" Allison (December 21, 1946 - August 11, 2024[1]) was an American cardiologist and transgender activist. She served as president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)[2] and as Chair of the American Medical Association's Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues.[3]
Life
Allison was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, to Errol Ward Atkinson and Mabel Blackwell Atkinson. She transitioned in 1993 while living in Jackson, Mississippi. She died on August 11, 2024.[4]
Career
Allison graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1971. After practicing internal medicine, she returned to school in 1985 to study cardiology, working in that field beginning in 1987. Later, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona, for a position with 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.[5] Allison retired from medical practice in 2018.
Activism
In 1998, Allison created an online resource site focusing on the medical, legal, and spiritual needs of transgender people. The website included a compilation of statutes for amending sex on a birth certificate,[6] a brochure on facial feminization surgery,[7] criticism of the controversial 2003 book The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey,[8] and a section on spirituality. Allison's website was cited by several publications on LGBT health care and LGBT rights.[9][10][11][12] She was president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, as well as Chair of the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues,[13] and assisted in the passage of AMA Resolution 22, "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients."[14] Allison was 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, Template:ISBN
- Allison RA (2007). Transsexualism. In Pfaff D, Arnold A, Etgen A, Fahrbach S, Rubin R (eds.) Hormones, Brain, and Behavior (2nd Edition). Elsevier, Template:ISBN
References
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- ↑ Rochman, Sue (November 20, 2007). What's up, doc? Would removing transgender from the list of mental disorders do more harm than good? Template:Webarchive The Advocate
- ↑ Proulx, Marie-Jo (July 19, 2006). AMA Growing Receptive to LGBT Needs. Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Staff report (April 2008). Top Doctors: Cardiovascular Disease. Template:Webarchive Phoenix Magazine
- ↑ Dotinga, Randy (November 29, 2006). Sex Change, No Surgery Required. Template:Webarchive Wired News
- ↑ Van Marle, Karin (2006). Sex, Gender, Becoming: Post-Apartheid Reflections. PULP, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Staff report (June 25, 2003). Trans Group Attacks New Book on 'Queens.' Template:Webarchive Windy City Times
- ↑ Lev, Arlene Istar (2004). Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families. Haworth Press, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Makadon HJ, Mayer KH, Potter J, Goldhammer H (2007). The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Hunter ND, Joslin CG, McGowan SM (2004). The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender People. Southern Illinois University Press, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Sember, Brette McWhorter (2006). Gay & Lesbian Rights: A Guide for GLBT Singles, Couples and Families. Sphinx Publishing, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Nielsen, Nancy H., ed. (June 19, 2008). Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender physician issues.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". AMA eVoice
- ↑ American Medical Association (2008). AMA Resolution 122: Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients.
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