Category: Events

The Colorado Gold Rush Celebrates its 10th Annual Transgender Conference at the Adams Mark Hotel downtown Denver February 21st thru February 24th. Over 40 workshops of information for all. Keynote Speakers are: Kelley Winters, Ryan Sallans, Jennifer Boylan and Margaret Stumpp.


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Local Transgender People and Allies Host Program
(Washington, DC) Ten transgender and allied organizations will hold a 9th annual Day of Remembrance candle light observance on November 20 to remember the victims of hate violence lost locally and around the country.

WHO: Observance is sponsored by DC Trans Coalition, DCATS, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Latin@s en Accion, MAGIC, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Transgender Education Association (TGEA), Transgender Health Empowerment, DC Black Pride, DC Coalition of Black GLBT Men and Women,
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Whitman Walker Clinic

WHAT: 9th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance to commemorate transgender people and loved ones who have died due to hate violence.

WHERE: Whitman Walker Clinic,
1407 S Street, N.W
Washington, DC

WHEN: 6-8 PM, Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Note: Candle light observance will start promptly at 6PM.

WHY: The Transgender Day of Remembrance memorializes those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester's murder ? like most anti-transgender murder cases ? has yet to be solved.

For more information about Day of Remembrance, go to http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/

Vigil and Speak-Out, preceded by Town Hall Meeting, on Sunday, Nov 18

On Sunday November 18, Boston's transgender community, with
family, friends and allies, will gather at the Arlington Street Church to remember and honor transgender victims of violence. The Remembrance observance will be preceded by an afternoon Town Hall Meeting conducted by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC).

Activists from all across the US descended on the HRC fundraising dinner in Washington DC on Saturday, October 6 2007. They were protesting the HRC decision NOT to oppose a newly introduced version of the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act" (ENDA) that was stripped of the language which would have protected transgender people.

"We are very disappointed and angry that any civil rights organization claiming to advocate for our rights can turn their backs on us when the going gets tough," said Ethan St.Pierre, board chair of NTAC. "It amounts to a betrayal, since HRC earlier promised to support only an inclusive ENDA."

IFGE's Executive Director, Denise Leclair, debated State Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts on "Wired", hosted by Jim Braude on Monday July 16th. The show's focus was on transgender prisoner Michelle Kosilek's request for SRS, but Denise accused the media of poisoning the well by repeatedly focusing on transgender offenders instead of the violence against transgender people. "We are considered to be disposable people.", she told the host. Click here to see highlights from the show

"Paedra Exposed", an exhibition/installation of New Ink Paintings by Paedra Peter Bramhall opening July 14 through August 26 at Gallery in the Field, 6875 Arnold District Road, Brandon, VT 05733.

The Tiffany Club of New England along with Laura & Joan, will be hosting the celebrated Annual Provincetown 5 Star Weekend for members and friends of the Transgender community again this year. This fabulous weekend starts on Thursday evening, September 20th, and concludes on Sunday morning September 23rd, and will be centered at the premier gender friendly Boatslip Beach Club Hotel located on Commercial Street, just a few short minutes walk to the bistros, shoppes, and world famous entertainment clubs.

Helen Boyd will be speaking on the subject of Trans Identities and Cultural Politics at two upcoming colleges:

[Waltham, MA] October 10, 2006 ? Denise Leclair, Executive Director of the International Foundation for Gender Education, has been selected to be a representative of the Transgender Community at the Nonprofit Congress National Meeting, to be held October 16 ? 17 in Washington, DC. Over 400 individuals from 48 states and the District of Columbia applied to be delegates for this unprecedented initiative to unite nonprofits and strengthen the charitable sector.

MONDAY / NOV. 13TH 2006
www.eriesisters.org/GALA1.html

One of the great things about Lake Erie Gala is you can improvise! For our early arrivals, Gala Registration will open from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Two spas are located near by along with lots of trans-friendly shopping. Gala Management Team members will be in the hotel lounge at 6:00 PM for cocktails. Dinner at a local restaurant and evening clubbing are not included in any Gala package.