Kane-Demaios, J. Ari

Sexologist and gerontologist, Ari Kane has worked in the transgendered community since the early 1970s. As an administrator and counselor (B.S. City College of New York; M. Ed., Ed. D. Institute for Advanced Study of Sexuality), Kane's primary focus was outreach: educating mental health professionals, the public, and individual members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities. In 1975 he founded the Outreach Institute of Gender Studies, an organization devoted to advancing the understanding of gender identity and role development, and to fostering education and research in all aspects related to the phenomenon of gender and human sexuality. The OIGS also sponsors Fantasia Fair, an annual event in Provincetown, Massachusetts, offering practical, social, and educational programming for transgendered individuals; contributing to the development of a "standards of care" document for professionals treating gender dysphoria; and offering newsletters and other publications about gender issues. OIGS has also developed GARP (Gender Attitude Reassessment Program), a workshop exploring gender diversity and gender identity issues.

From the description of Videotape collection of J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, 1976-2000 [videorecording]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 569030124

J. Ari Kane, also known as Ariadne Kane and published under the name J. Ari Kane-Demaios, was born Joseph DeMaios in New York on 12 January 1936. In 1958 he received a Bachelor of Science in Biophysics, Mathematics and Chemistry at City College, New York and undertook graduate work in biophysics at New York University and University of Buffalo. He holds a doctorate of Education from Institute for Advanced Study of Sexuality and is an assistant professor of sexology at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. He also runs Theseus Counseling Services which specializes in gender issues.

Interested in cross-dressing and supporting alternative gender expression, in 1975, Kane founded the Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, an organization dedicated to public education and to working with the health professionals who serve the community. In the early 1980s it was renamed the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies (OIGS) and its Board of Directors was established. The purpose of OIGS is "to advance the understanding of gender identity and role development with a special focus on alternative gender lifestyles." OIGS published the Outreach Newsletter and the Journal of Gender Studies (1991-1995), and provides educational materials to the public, to TV/TS individuals and groups, and to medical professionals.

From the description of J. Ari Kane-Demaios' male erotic films, circa 1960-1970. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 770865658

Sexologist and gerontologist, Ari Kane has worked in the transgendered community since the early 1970s. As an administrator and counselor (B.S. City College of New York; M.Ed.; Ed.D. Institute for Advanced Study of Sexuality), Kane's primary focus was outreach: educating mental health professionals, the public, and individual members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities. In 1975 he founded the Outreach Institute of Gender Studies, an organization devoted to providing programs that broaden understanding about the diversity of the gender experience, expression, and perception in daily life, and to facilitating research in all aspects of the phenomenon of human gender, particularly as it pertains to sexuality. The OIGS also sponsors Fantasia Fair, an annual events in Provincetown, Mass., offering practical, social, and educational programming for transgendered individuals; contributing to the development of a "standards of care" document for professionals treating gender dysphoria; and offering newsletters and other publications about gender issues. OIGS has also developed GARP (Gender Attitude Reassessment Program), a workshop exploring gender diversity and gender identity issues.

Ari Kane lectures widely and has appeared on many radio and television programs. He organized conferences in 1978, 1979, and 1980, focusing on the social, medical, and legal aspects of transgendered behavior, has given numerous presentations in classrooms and at professional conferences, and offers counseling to gender-conflicted people through Theseus Counseling Service. He is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, the Association for Humanist Psychology, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.

From the description of Papers of J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, 1970-2005 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 555913848