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ALBANY, NY – Ariadne (Ari) Kane, an expert on transgender issues, will speak at the New York State Museum Theater on Friday, June 2 at 7 p.m.

The event is one of many activities being held in June in the Capital District and across the country as part of National Gay Pride Month. Kane will address issues relevant to his just published

book – Crossing Sexual Boundaries: Transgender Journeys, Uncharted Paths – co-edited with Vern Bullough. The book is a collection of autobiographies, which chronicles the often difficult journeys of women and men regarding gender issues.

Kane will provide his own insights gained from years of experience, both as a member of the transgender community, and as a person who served a critical role in empowering others as a consultant and life coach. He will chronicle and analyze the past and present and share his views for the future.

A consultant who specializes in gender diversity, aging issues and gerontology, Kane is the executive director of the Educational Institute for Sex and Gender Diversity and a gender specialist with Theseus Consulting and Coaching Service, both in Latham. He holds degrees from the City College of New York and the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and has done post-graduate work at New York University, the University of Buffalo and the University of California at Berkeley. Kale is a certified sexologist with the American Board of Sexology.

He served as a consultant to Vanessa Redgrave for the Renee Richards film and has been interviewed by several television talk show hosts including David Susskind, Phil Donahue and Geraldo Rivera, and has appeared on radio talk programs in Boston, Rhode Island and Dallas. Kane also has lectured at Harvard University, the School of Medicine at Boston University, the Kinsey Institute, the Human Sexuality program at New York University and many others.

Kane founded Fantasia Fair, a 9-day living/learning program for adult males who want to explore the feminine in their lives. He is also one of the creators of the Gender Attitude Reassessment program

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workshop, a gender program for sexologists and health care professionals.

The New York State Museum is a cultural program of the New York State Education Department. Started in 1836, the museum has the longest continuously operating state natural history research and collection survey in the United States. The state museum is located on Madison Avenue in Albany. It is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Admission is free. Further information about programs and events can be obtained by calling (518) 474-5877 or visiting the museum website at www.nysm.nysed.gov.

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