Award-winning author, keynote speaker, public health consultant,
cultural competency trainer, spoken word performer, and editor/publisher
Welcome to LGBTQ ACCESS:
Advancing Cultural Competency &
Equity in Services & Systems
and Hapa Papa Press
Other Publications
Willy’s contribution to the inaugural edition of Transgender Studies Quarterly, a keyword essay entitled “Cultural Competency,” provides a global perspective on the need for transgender cultural competency in health services, education, businesses, government agencies, law enforcement, faith-based institutions, and others throughout society.
Willy’s contribution to the comprehensive resource Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, is a creative non-fiction piece entitled “Reveling in Our Authenticity.” Willy's piece addresses the intersections of mixed heritage experience and trans experience: ambiguity and complexity, layers of cross-cultural experience, and societal assessments of “realness.” It invites the confidence and courage to defy exclusion and revel in our bold authenticity.
Willy’s contribution to this groundbreaking anthology, entitled “Sculptor,” uses the metaphor of his father’s work as a fine wood sculptor to explore the ways in which Willy sheds the impact of racism, the violent gaze, shame, and the legacy of Asian female subjugation to sculpt himself as a trans man and father.
Willy wrote the Foreword to this powerful book, Life Beyond My Body: A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China, the first memoir by a trans man in China.
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Winner of the Lambda Literary Award!
Willy's endorsement:
"Trans People in Higher Education combines the powerful accessibility of compelling personal stories with the complex and often harsh findings of qualitative and quantitative research to demonstrate the continued need for trans-affirming campuses, from policy to classroom engagement. Despite more than two decades of positive changes in academic institutions, trans and nonbinary students, faculty, and staff continue to struggle for acceptance and equal access. This timely book shows that, in challenging the constricts of the binary gender system, helping others develop skills for culturally competent interactions, and expanding campus-wide policies, these individuals offer academia the best gift of all: learning opportunities and the inspiration to do better. " — Willy Wilkinson, author of Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency
​Selected Publications
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Book:
Wilkinson, W. C. (2023). Gender Splendor: 50 Creative Sparks to Celebrate Yourself at All Ages and Stages, Oakland, CA: Hapa Papa Press.
Wilkinson, W. (2015). Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, Oakland, CA: Hapa Papa Press. [Lambda Literary Award winner]
Book Chapters:
Wilkinson, W. (2016). Foreword. Life Beyond My Body. Oakland, CA: Transgress Press. [Lambda Literary Award winner]
Wilkinson, W. (2014). (in chapter entitled “Race, Ethnicity, and Culture”) Reveling in our Authenticity. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. [Lambda Literary Award Finalist]
Wilkinson, W. (2014). Sculptor. Manning Up: Transsexual Men on Finding Brotherhood, Family, and Themselves. Oakland, CA: Transgress Press. [Lambda Literary Award Finalist]
Wilkinson, W. (2006). Public health gains of the transgender community in San Francisco: Grassroots organizing and community-based research. In P. Currah, R. Juang, & S. Minter (Eds.), Transgender rights (pp. 192-214). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. [Lambda Literary Award Finalist]
Clements-Nolle, K., Wilkinson, W., Kitano, K., & Marx, R. (2001). HIV prevention and health service needs of the transgender community in San Francisco. In W. Bockting and S. Kirk, (Eds.), Transgender and HIV: Risks, prevention, and care (pp. 69-89). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.
Wilkinson, W. (2000). Stealth. In P. Munson (Ed.), Stricken: Voices from the hidden epidemic of chronic fatigue syndrome (pp. 79-84). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.
Wilkinson, W. (1997). HIV/AIDS and Asian and Pacific Islander women. In N. Goldstein and J.L. Manlow (Eds.), The gender politics of HIV/AIDS in women: Perspectives on the pandemic in the United States (pp.168-187). New York, NY: New York University Press.
Wilkinson, W. (1997). Remember the place where your soul lives: Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. In J. White & M. C. Martinez (Eds.), The lesbian health book: Caring for ourselves (pp. 83-101). Seattle: Seal Press.
Articles:
Wilkinson, W. (May 2014). Keyword: Cultural Competency. Transgender Studies Quarterly. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Elizondo, P, Wilkinson, W., & Daley, C. (September 6, 2012). Working with transgender persons: Answers to frequently asked questions. Psychiatric Times.
Wilkinson, W. (March 5 & March 12, 2004). Family values: Lesbian newlywed breaks barriers just as her parents did more than 50 years ago. San Francisco Chronicle. [National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Award winner]
Wilkinson, W. (October 19, 2001). Gender hybrids and passing dykes. Asian Week.
Wilkinson, W. (September, 1996). Out, loud, and seen: The Asian and Pacific Islander lesbian and bisexual women’s movement, past and present. Curve Magazine.
Wilkinson, W. (July 1987). On pride, identity, and empowerment. Retreat ’87: A weekend to honor ourselves. Coming Up! (now San Francisco Bay Times).
Wilkinson, W. (August, 1984). Asian lesbianism as a political identity. Sojourner: The Women’s Forum.
Pamphlets:
Wilkinson, W., & Ophelian, A. (2010). Discussion guide: for use in conjunction with post-screening discussions of the film Diagnosing Difference. San Francisco: Floating Ophelia Productions, LLC.
Wilkinson, W., & Daley, C. (2005). Ten tips for working with transgender individuals: An information and resource publication for health care providers. San Francisco: Transgender Law Center.
Wilkinson, W., Vade, D., & Daley, C. (2004). Transgender health and the law: Identifying and fighting health care discrimination. San Francisco: Transgender Law Center.
Wilkinson, W., Vade, D., & Daley, C. (2004). La salud de los transgéneros y la ley: Cómo identificar y combatir la discriminación en la attención médica. San Francisco: Transgender Law Center.
Web Publications:
Wilkinson, W. (June 19, 2017). Historic gathering of API transmasculine people set for August in California. Huffington Post.
Wilkinson, W. (May 19, 2016). Groundbreaking, large-scale study to examine transgender health outcomes. Oakland, CA: Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research.
Wilkinson, W. (March 2014). Get covered now to prepare for life’s surprises. Washington, D.C: Out2Enroll.
Wilkinson, W. and Broadus, K. (March 14, 2013). Willy Wilkinson and Kylar Broadus in Conversation: Measuring ourselves by our own yardstick. The Feminist Wire.
Wilkinson, W. (2010). Culturally competent approaches for serving Asian and Pacific Islander lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations in California. San Francisco: LGBT TRISTAR.
Wilkinson, W. (2009). Best practices for serving African American LGBT populations in California. Sacramento: ONTRACK Program Resources.
Wilkinson, W. (2009). Best practices for serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in women’s treatment settings. Sacramento: ONTRACK Program Resources.
Wilkinson, W. (2009). Culturally competent approaches for serving transgender populations. San Francisco: LGBT TRISTAR.
Wilkinson, W. (2008). Behavioral risk and HIV service needs of at-risk African Americans in five California regions. Sacramento: ONTRACK Program Resources
Wilkinson, W. (2008). Strengthening linkages between substance abuse providers and LGBT community resources. San Francisco: LGBT TRISTAR.
Wilkinson, W., & Gomez, P. (2004). Assessing the needs of female-to-male transgendered people of color and their partners. San Francisco: Female-to-Male International
Clements-Nolle, K., Wilkinson, W., Kitano, K., & Marx, R. (1999). HIV prevention and health service needs of the transgender community in San Francisco. International Journal of Transgenderism, 3(1+2).
HAPA PAPA PRESS PUBLICATIONS (editor/publisher):
Wilkinson, B. (2023). Sepia-Toned Archives, Oakland, CA: Hapa Papa Press.
Crowe, M. (2023). Martha’s Adventures, Oakland, CA: Hapa Papa Press.
Wilkinson, M.-B. C. (2020). Chinese Traditions: From Festivals to Funerals, Oakland, CA: Hapa Papa Press.