Moonhawk River Stone_Moonhawk River Stone, M.S., LMHC is a psychotherapist, consultant, educator, writer and keynote speaker in private practice in the Albany, NY area and is himself and out, open and proud transsexual man. His consulting and educational work take him all over the country into corporations, colleges, K-12 schools, and clinical and professional conferences. Mr. Stone is an advocate and activist for transgender human and civil rights and works to develop transgender health care policy and transgender employment policy. He is active in working on issues related to eliminating Gender Identity Disorder's continuing presence in the DSM and in the areas of Aging and Disability. Stone has previously served on the boards of the International Foundation for Gender Education, Inc., the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, Inc., the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation, Inc., GLSEN-NYCR and Trans Youth Family Allies. Stone is a member of the LGBT National Aging Roundtable and of Out & Equal's Transgender Advisory Committee. Stone has been working on issues related to transgender aging for over twelve years. Formerly he served as Co-Chair of the Ending Disparities Committee at National Coalition for LGBT Health, Chaired the Transgender Health Care Committee a Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA). Recently he some initial work with authors, Joe Ippolito, PsyD. and Tarynn M. Whitten, Ph.D. on writing the chapter on Transgender & Aging for the upcoming volume, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves