BOD

CATS Board of Directors

President Cristan Williams
Secretary Stacey Langley
Treasurer JulieAnn Buddecke
Trustee Melanie Black
Trustee Cairistona Douglas
Trustee Rusti Slaughter, MD
Trustee Rev. Ashley King

CATS Advisory Board

Alice Web, MSW, DHS
Past President and Co-Founder, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Assoc.

Denise O'Doherty, LPC, MSN, LMFT, LCDC

Katrina C. Rose, Atty.
(TX & MN) Out TG Activist & Lawyer

Hon. Annise Parker
Houston City Council Member, At-Large Position 1

Dr. Collier Cole, Ph.D.
Director, Rosenberg Clinic
Director, Rosenberg Gender Treatment Program

Jo Paully Tittsworth
Director, Tri-Ess Fund Raising

Terry Petrucci-Coley, OT
Registered Speech Therapist

Dr. Lee Emory, MD
Director, Endocrinology Rosenberg Clinic

Jack Adams, CPA
President, Gulf Coast Transgender Association

Vanessa E. Foster
Media Director, NTAC
V. Presdident, NTAC

Tim Brookover
President, Houston Lesbian & Gay Community Center

Dr. Donna Sutter, MD

CATS TG Homeless Shelter

Shelter Manager Cairistona Douglas
Client Supervisor Deb Murphy

Galveston Island Group of CATS Group Officers

Cristan Williams, Chair
Cairistona Douglas, Secretary/Treasurer

STAG Group of CATS Group Officers

Troy Ham, Chair

Our 501[c][3] Status

We filed our 501[c]3 application with the IRS July 16th, 2001 and was approved as an official 501[c]3 nonprofit corporation August 28, 2001.

Our Goals

1.) To insure accessibility to health care, including, but not limited to mental health care, surgical intervention and medication.

2.) To educate the public concerning gender related issues.

3.) To provide shelter to transgenders who would otherwise be homeless.

4.) To provide peer support to those who are dealing with gender related issues.

The History of CATS

Community Awareness for Transgender Support (CATS) began to hold regularly scheduled support group meetings a little over a year and a half ago and officially incorporated as a Texas non-profit in February of 2001 and was later approved as an official 501[c]3 nonprofit corporation

CATS offers a variety of programs which assist transgenders who are in need of emergency housing, peer support, clothing, medication, medical attention, name and gender marker changes/corrections, counseling, electrolysis and education continuously since October 1999.