Tickets are $15 each, and $10 for students/seniors (on sale at UUI on Feb. 3rd and 10th from 10am-12:30pm, and at the door OR emailjennilewhite@yahoo.com for reservations).

Proceeds will benefit Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA) to end violence against transwomen. Partially underwritten by The Beacon Fund of UUI.

Starring: Diana Asberry-Ferber, Robin Chestek, Lucy Fields, Aimee Hill, Cindy Jackson, Colleen Kelly, Lesley Meier, Jessica Miller, Tina Nehrling, Angel Robertsson, Stacy Robinson, Anita Saunders, Jill Whelan, Becca White, Jenni White, Estelle Wilson and Marsha Wilson.

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. Furher information can be found at www.vday.org.

He will be talking about, among other things, Kings, Queens, and Everything In Between, the upcoming INTRAA drag show, so be sure to tune in!

Listen to the show streaming online at the scheduled time, or download it later.

Speakers for the event are:
Mara Keisling, Executive Director National Center for Transgender Equality
Kim Pearson, President TransYouth Family Advocates
Vivian Benge, President Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance

INTRAA invites you to come enjoy…

Kings, Queens, and Everything in Between!

You’ll know you’ve hit the jackpot when our royals make your cheeks flush red!
It’s sure to be a Full House, so buy your tickets now!

Tickets are $10.00 each

Anyone who joins INTRAA between now and July 19 will get a free ticket to the show!

1. Use the talking points to do 3-4 sentence letters—one to Senator Lugar and one to Senator Bayh.
2. Make sure the letter includes the bill name “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Enhancement Act” and the bill number “S.B. 1105″
3. The addresses for the letters should be written on the letters. These addresses are:
   1. Senator Evan Bayh
      1650 Market Tower
      10 West Market Street
      Indianapolis, IN 46204
   2. Senator Richard Lugar
      1180 Market Tower
      10 West Market Street
      Indianapolis, IN 46204
4. Make sure to both sign and print your name.
5. Underneath your printed and signed name, please print your address. This way, the Senator’s office can both read your name and address and confirm that you are, in fact, a constituent.
6. Please mail the letters THIS WEEK!

The Day of Remembrance raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people. It publicly honors and mourns the lives of transgender people who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect in the face of national indifference and bigotry.

As part of the ceremony, we ask that attendees bring flowers for use in the names reading.

We will be electing new officers at this meeting. As such, all INTRAA members are encouraged to attend.

Drawing from a wealth of Americana traditions, from blues to bluegrass, Coyote Grace builds on the legacy of singer/songwriters born to boldly transform the face of American folk music, such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Indigo Girls, Gillian Welch, Bob Dylan, and Ani Difranco. Coyote Grace uses acoustic folk instrumentation and subconscious wordcraft to twist and mold traditional folk forms into a new breed of complex, soulful songsmithing.

With Courtney Robbins.

Visit Coyote Grace’s website.

May/June 2007

• The month of May came to a close on a very high note for the organization!  With the exceptional work of members of the INTRAA team, INTRAA is now officially a 501(c4) organization!  A task-force is currently focused on getting the 501(c3) paperwork done by the end of the year.

• INTRAA has welcomed its very first interns for the summer of 2007!  Aastik Pokhrel, a soon to be Junior in Gender Studies at Hanover College, is working as the Legislative Intern, and Carrie Wooten, a soon to be Senior in Women’s Studies at Purdue University, is working as the Development Associate Intern.  Both students are thrilled to be working with INTRAA and getting to know the trans community.  If you are planning on attending the many Pride events this summer in Indiana, you’ll be sure to see them working the crowds!

• One of INTRAA’s goals this summer is to visit and have meetings in the various regions.  We have already visited in Bloomington and Lafayette, and are planning more trips including ones to Fort Wayne and South Bend in the coming weeks!

• INTRAA was present at the Spencer/Owen County PFLAG Pride picnic held on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007.  Ed Fox, Nick Clarkson, Carrie Wooten, and Aastik Pokhrel all drove down to Spencer to attend.  Ed manned an information table with INTRAA literature and spoke with visitors and fellow organizers, and the other three spent much of the afternoon speaking with members of the HRC and Log-Cabin Republicans, as well as the wonderful PFLAG parents.  The picnic (the first PFLAG event in Spencer County) was a huge success, with between thirty and forty people in attendence and numerous activities for all to enjoy.

• INTRAA have been actively involved in assisting an incarcerated transwoman here in Indiana.  A national team of lawyers and trans activists have been working on her case and attempting to better ensure her safety while in prison.  A group of INTRAA board members and regular members have been visiting with and writing to her regularly.

• INTRAA’s Lafayette Area Coordinator is planning a gender identity and expression forum to be held in Lafayette in September.  Groups like Lafayette’s HRC and Citizens for Civil Rights are joining the cause to help pass a more inclusive city ordinance.  More information on this event will be available in the near future!

• An INTRAA drag show is being planned for July 19th at Talbott Street!  Make sure you get this on your calendar!  More details coming soon!

• Thanks to the fundraising efforts of our members and allies, INTRAA has taken in around $5,800 since January! With the continued help of our supporters, we are positive that this is just the beginning of what is sure to be an enormously successful year!