Box 426486
San Francisco, CA 94142-64861.
Phone: 415-564-3246


The Educational TV Channel was created in 1982 and became a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization in 1994.

Based in San Francisco, it was established to provide support services for transgender people and educational materials to the transgender community and to the general public. In addition, ETVC provides safe settings for transgender people to meet, hold discussions and attend educational seminars on issues of importance to their community.

ETVC has a membership in excess of 450 members and is the largest single chapter transgender organization in the world.

ETVC has a variety of programs and activities including:

    A. Monthly socials - Regularly scheduled monthly events help to give transgender people a safe place to meet and discuss issues of importance to their community.

    B. Annual Cotillion - Our own beauty pageant, a major event held in January event in which a portion of proceeds are distributed to Project Open Hand.

    C. Libraries - ETVC maintains an extensive book, article, video and audio lending library on transgender topics.

    D. Monthly Educational Seminars - Held in a central San Francisco location, seminars are on topics of interest to transgender people, their families and the general public.

    E. Telephone Hotline - Trained members operate a telephone line for people who need further information about ETVC and its services.

    F. Public relations/ Anti-defamation Program - A designated person is responsible for dessiminating accurate information to the news media and to handle media requests for interviews and information.

    G. Newsletter - Produced bi-monthly and contains many news and informational articles about the community. Distributed to all members and to people interest in news about the Bay Area transgender community.

    H. Speakers Bureau - Trained members make presentations to professional associations, community groups, colleges and the like on topics concerning transvestism, transexualism and the transgender community.

Information on ETVC memberships and your benefits