Edgardo Menvielle, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, works in a program for children with gender-variant behaviors and their families at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

James T. Sears is a professor of education at Pennsylvania State University in University Park and an author and scholar who has written widely about issues of sexual orientation and education. His books include, as editor, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Issues in Education: Programs, Policies and Practices.

Jerimarie Liesegang directs the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition.

Brett-Genny Janiczek Beemyn directs the Stonewall Center: A Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Educational Resource Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Holly Ryan is co-chair of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition with Gunner Scott.

Massachusetts state Rep. Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Medford, sponsored a bill to include gender identity in the state’s anti-discrimination and hate crime laws.

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Dennis Wagner is chairman of the board of the Access Research Network, a nonprofit that supports the discussion and teaching of intelligent design. In a 2008, blog entry, Wagner discussed what the ID community could do to prepare for the Darwin bicentennial.

Pew has a graphic posted on Feb. 4, 2009, showing how members of different faiths view evolutionary theory.