Rupert Raj Portrait

Born in 1952, Rupert Raj is a Eurasian counsellor/psychotherapist, clinical researcher, educator, lecturer, writer, editor, activist and Gender Specialist. He is a trailblazing activist who has been paving the way to improve life chances for trans people across Canada and around the world since 1971, the year before his own transition. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mr. Raj established and operated three transsexual organizations: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Metamorphosis Medical Research Foundation (MMRF), and GenderWorker. Concurrently, he also edited and published three TS periodicals: Gender Review, Metamorphosis Newsletter/Metamorphosis Magazine and GenderNetworker. In 1999, Rupert co-founded a peer-support group for transmen and female-to-males (part of the Meal-Trans Program at the 519 Community Centre), as well as a support group for transpeople who use or have used alcohol and/or drugs. Currently Mr. Raj works at the Sherbourne Health Centre as an LGBT Mental Health Counsellor and maintains his own private practice, RR CONSULTING.

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Identifier: 79407x398
Collection: Art Works
Institution: The ArQuives
Creator(s): Suess, Maya
Publisher: Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Date Created: circa 1999
Genre: Drawings
Subject(s): Researcher
Rupert Raj
Writer
Topic(s): Drawings
Educators
FtMs
LGBTQ+ activists
South Asian bisexual people
South Asian transgender people
Trans men
Transgender people
Resource Type: Artifact
Analog Format: Color
Language: English
Related URL: http://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/125
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