{"id":542,"date":"2015-11-26T12:31:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yoursite.com\/demo\/?page_id=542"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:02:47","slug":"homepage-designer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lltransarchive.org\/etvc\/","title":{"rendered":"ETVC Digital Archive at the LLTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row bg_color=”#ff9ebe” p_top=”20″ p_bottom=”20″ p_left=”10″ p_right=”10″][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2261″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1714423157901{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;}”]This site documents Transgender San Francisco (TGSF), and its predecessor, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), San Francisco\u2019s 40-year-old trans social and support group. The site is a work-in-progress. The Louise <\/a><\/strong>Lawrence Transgender Archive<\/strong><\/a> will be posting additional material until at least the end of 2025.<\/p>\r\n

If you are a current member, former member, or non-member, please share your ETVC\/TGSF memories, flyers, event programs, newsletters, ephemera, and especially photographs with us.<\/p>\r\n

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ENTER HERE<\/h2>\r\n

Online Archive of the Channel Newsletter (1984-2005)<\/a><\/h2>\r\n

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Welcome to the ETVC Digital Archives, an ongoing project of the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive<\/a>, under the direction of Ms. Bobbie Davis.<\/h3>\r\n

”Educational Transvestite Channel (ETVC) was founded in 1982, making it one of the country\u2019s oldest continuously active, independent transgender social and support groups. Unlike groups with restrictive membership policies, ETVC has always been inclusive; open, and welcoming to anyone transgender, trans-curious, or trans-allied. They established a support group for couples, published educational materials, and partied with other San Francisco LGBTQ organizations such as The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Imperial Court of San Francisco, and the trans-masculine support group FTM International.<\/p>\r\n

In 1998 ETVC changed its name to TransGender San Francisco (TGSF), which still holds regular meetings both virtual and in person. TGSF can be contacted via info@tgsf.org. More information is available on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

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A Brief History of ETVC (by ETVC)<\/h3><\/div>[vc_column_text]\u201cIn the spring of 1982 a small group of crossdressers and transgenderists in the San Francisco Bay Area, wanting a safe space to meet, began getting together on a regular basis at various individual\u2019s homes. We chose a name for our group, ETVC, which stood for Educational TV Channel\u2026a rather obscure and elusive way to handle addressing and contacts\u2026As word got around, we grew and established regular monthly socials at a San Francisco restaurant. In less than a year our \u201ctheme\u201d parties were averaging 40-50 people, and ETVC has become established as one of the best places in the Bay Area for the crossed and the crossexed to go for a night out.<\/p>\r\n

We established a set of by-laws and a formal structure in 1983. A year later we added committees, a Couples Group, information pamphlets, and card parties. Our membership grew to over 100. Later we added a library.<\/p>\r\n

By 1989 ETVC had over 400 members and promoted itself as the largest autonomous gender group in the world.* In early 1994 the Internal Revenue Service granted ETVC nonprofit, tax exempt status. The ETVC membership voted to change the name to TransGender San Francisco (TGSF) in September 1998.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Statement of Purpose<\/h3>\r\n

“The purpose of TGSF is to serve the educational, support, and social needs of all members of the transgender community, and to assist the general public in understanding crossdressing and transsexualism. TGSF is a non-sexual organization which welcomes all members of the transgender community regardless of sexual orientation or gender preference, as well as their significant others, friends, or anyone else interested in the subject of transgender.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\nText adapted from ETVC or TGSF publications.<\/p>\r\n


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