Tobi Hill-Meyer
At a Glance:
Tobi Hill-Meyer has been a Project Contributor since September 2008, has written 74 entries and currently lives in Seattle, WA.
Bio
In 2010 Tobi Hill-Meyer made her film making debut, winning an Award for Emerging Filmmaker of the year and being named #3 in Velvet Park Media's list of the 25 Most Significant Queer Women of 2010.
She is a multiracial trans woman with over a decade experience working with feminist and LGBTQ organizations on a local, state, and federal level, having served on several boards and offering support as a strategic consultant.
Since receiving her degree in Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, Tobi has turned her focus to media analysis and productions. As a writer, producer, and filmmaker, she is a founding member and major contributor to the media collective, Handbasket Productions.
Tobi Hill-Meyer: Recently Filed
San Diego Trans Women Resume Hunger Strike
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | October 21, 2012 1:00 PM |Amazon and Caterina LePre had been hunger striking because of anti-trans discrimination that was preventing them from being able to share a cell. The warden assured them that they would be taken off single-cell status, but no action has been taken.Read More
Trans Women in San Diego Prison Stage Hunger Strike
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | September 30, 2012 1:30 PM |Two trans women incarcerated in the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County have been on hunger strike for over a week in an attempt to be allowed to share a cell together.Read More
Does Ignoring Trans People Make Your Point Look Bigger?
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | August 30, 2012 5:00 PM |The focus and action on women's rights in this political season has been heartening. However, it's given rise to many over-simplified discussions of bodies and rights that pose a problem for a movement that intends to include trans women. Read More
Disclosing Anti-Trans Dating 'Preference'
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | August 02, 2012 11:00 AM |A while ago I floated the idea of writing an advice column. I have so many projects going on that I ended up letting this one slide. But I recently got one letter that I simply had answer. Read More
It Is Not Transphobic to Treat Trans Men as Men
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | June 19, 2012 5:30 PM |I have recently been hearing about multiple instances of trans men and occasionally others condemning certain women's spaces - spaces that include and are co-organized by trans women - as transphobic and even campaigning against them because they don't include trans men. What the f*ck, guys? Read More
