Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance - Identity

NCTE Wins Grant for New "Privacy and Documentation Project"

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:12:50 -0500

NCTE has been awarded a significant two-year grant to start a much needed Privacy and Documentation Project. While NCTE will raise additional funds to fully resource the program, this grant will allow us to jump start the Project.

Kinsey Institute to Offer Limited Therapy Services

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:24:56 -0500

The Kinsey Institute has recently started providing sex therapy services at the Indiana University Health Center in Bloomington. These services are available to community members and IU students.

Visible: a Femmethology

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:06:52 -0400

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Submissions Deadline: March 15, 2007

Femmes are still invisible. Society can’t see past our heels to hear our stories, so we must continue to build platforms for our voices. Visible: A Femmethology, a forthcoming anthology about the power and complications in presenting femme as a gender and breaking the traditional meaning of feminine, aims to showcase blunt, personal essays exploring what "femme" means to those who claim it as an identity.

FORGE Forward Conference 2007 - 3/29-4/1

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:54:11 -0400

Start: 29 Mar 2007 - 8:00am

End: 1 Apr 2007 - 5:00pm

Description:

FOrge conference

Bloomington "Queerying" Gender - 9/29

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:06:31 -0400

Start: 29 Sep 2006 - 3:30pm

End: 29 Sep 2006 - 4:45pm

Description:

Gender is a spectrum ----- it is a journey, and for some a destination.

Come learn more in a supportive and safe environment at the Queerying Gender support group....

"Queerying" Gender: A Therapist-facilitated Support Group for Transgender, Gender Queer, Intersex, and Two-Spirit Individuals

Do you often wonder about the relation of gender to biological sex? Is your experience of gender and sex at odds with the concepts of women and men in American society? Do you feel that the world around you restricts your ability to express your femininity and masculinity?

Queerying Gender is an informal discussion group that will offer an opportunity to meet others, share information and explore in a confidential and secure atmosphere.

PBS Program "In The Life" Looking for FTMs for Show

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:50:17 -0400

"In The Life", an LGBT newsmagazine on public television is looking for potential subjects for a segment about the FTM transitioning process. This documentary-style segment would be produced with sensitivity, and would explore how the transitioning process is affecting an individual's partner, family, friends and perhaps, their children.

Speech: Trans Identities and Cultural Politics by Helen Boyd

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:38:19 -0400

Start: 27 Oct 2006 - 1:00pm

End: 27 Oct 2006 - 3:00pm

Description:

Helen Boyd, author of the upcoming She's Not the Man I Married, will speak about how the struggles of trans people focus a new and useful lens on both the issues of gender equality and marriage equality.

The transgender rights movement combines aspects of the feminist and gay movements and sits at the crosshairs of the "one man, one woman" kind of logic that has been encouraging people to vote out of fear.

Boyd's marriage to her trans husband serves as a platform for her to explore the nature of identity, gender, and marriage and the way those very private aspects of a life intersect with very public policy.

Indy Girlz Monthly Meeting - 8/26

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:06:13 -0400

Start: 26 Aug 2006 - 3:00pm

End: 26 Aug 2006 - 5:00pm

Description:

Join us for the first Indy Girlz meeting! Indy Girlz is a peer-led support group for male-to-female transgender persons and their friends, family, significant others, and allies.

Muncie Trans Network Monthly Meeting - 9/3

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:48:28 -0400

Start: 3 Sep 2006 - 2:00pm

End: 3 Sep 2006 - 4:00pm

Description:

Join us for the next regular meeting of the Muncie Trans Network support group. For now, meetings are limited to transgender individuals (FTM, MTF, genderqueer, other-gendered, etc.) and those who are questioning their gender. The group plans to expand in the future to offer support for significant others, friends, family, and allies (SOFFAs) of transgender people.

Topic: Passing Tips (clothing, binding, packing, etc.)

The Muncie Trans Network group meets on the first Sunday of each month.

For more information, contact MuncieFTM@yahoo.com.

FORGE Collects Survey of T Involvement in the LGBT Community

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:17:01 -0400

Throughout the U.S., most multigender “gay” organizations describe themselves as serving the “LGBT” (lesbian, gay male, bisexual and transgender) community. Despite that descriptor, many transgender individuals don’t feel welcome or included at “LGBT” events, and some lesbians and gay men aren’t sure they should be there, either. In many cases, organizations believe they are inclusive of trans people and issues, but trans people who have attended have spread the word that that isn’t really the case in practice.

Pennyjane hanson

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:40:35 -0400

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FTM 2006: A Gender Odyssey, 9/1-9/4

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:33:07 -0400

Start: 1 Sep 2006 - 7:00am

End: 4 Sep 2006 - 12:00pm

Description:

(SEATTLE, WA) FTM 2006: A Gender Odyssey is a national conference for masculine-identified people who were assigned female gender at birth. It is a place for us to gather together, share our lives, learn from one another, and celebrate our communities. This conference offers a variety of workshops and discussions addressing the practical aspects of trans lives. Accompanying events include a vendor fair, art exhibit, BBQ, cabaret, all-ages dance, and more.

This conference is also open to anyone interested in the topics to be covered. Whether you are new to thinking about your gender, well-established in your identity, FTM, trans, genderqueer, MTF, part of any of these communities because of the people you love, or simply questioning the role of gender in your life, FTM 2006: A Gender Odyssey is open to you.

NY Court Denies Transgender Man's Name Change

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:15:46 -0400

A New York court has ruled that a transgender man must provide proof of transition to legally change his name. The judge in the case has suggested that the plantiff continue to use his chosen name without legally changing it.