Topic: Conferences and Meetings

Colorado Gold Rush
3895 Upham St., Suite 40 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

When: February 23rd to the 26th, 2006
Where: Red Lion Hotel Denver Central, 4040 Quebec St., Denver, CO
Fee: varies

The 14th Annual 2006 Houston Transgender Unity Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2006 at Briarpark. The Houston Transgender Unity Banquet is the largest single night transgender event in the country and is for everyone who is part of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community including family and friends. http://houstontransgenderunity.org/

Historic gathering for African-American transgender people a success
The first annual Transsistahs and Transbrothas Conference was recently held at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, KY from September 14-18. The participants in this historic event spent four days discussing various seminar topics on issues of importance to African-American transgender people.

Los Angeles, CA -- The Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT), one of the nation's leaders in HIV/AIDS education and prevention, and The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) present the fourth annual "Quest" pageant on Saturday, September 10, 2005. Doors open at 6pm. The pageant begins at 7pm at the El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Boulevard.

"Quest" encourages the development and advancement of transgenders and celebrates the uniqueness and diversity of the transgender community. What makes this pageant truly special is that delegates represent community based organizations helping transgenders. Delegates from previous pageants have represented agencies synonymous with excellence like the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS of New York, Bienestar Human Services, The Center - Orange County, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Minority AIDS Project, and the Van Ness Prevention Division.

Speak Out for Transgender Health
Town Meeting at Fenway Community Health
March 31, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
7 Haviland Street, Boston

West Hollywood, CA: Trans/Giving, a showcase and display of art, music, performance, and literature from trans/genderqueer/intersex artists, holds a special benefit show on Saturday February 19, at 7 pm at Great Hall in Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. near Santa Monica and Martel. All proceeds will go to Aide To Sri Lankan Tsunami Victims (ATSLTV).

The Houston Transgender Unity Banquet will be held at the Westchase Hilton,Grand Ballroom, 9999 Westheimer in Houston Texas, on April 16, 2005. Cocktails and reception begin at 6:30pm, dinner will be served at 8:00pm. This years Guest Speaker will be Annise Parker, Well known out and proud lesbian and Houston City Comptroller.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #104, Winter 2004.

by Caryl King

Opening the Country?s First GLBT History Museum By 6:00 pm downtown San Francisco is starting to quiet down. The population density has dropped dramatically in the last hour as corporate cubicles closed for the night. It?s happy hour, time for cocktails, sunsets, and Satie on the piano. But when the elevator doors opened, everyone was smiling like New Year?s Eve in June. It was opening night for the International Museum of GLBT History. The inaugural exhibit, ?Saint Harvey: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Gay Martyr,? movingly filled the gallery. The crowd was dressed San Francisco elegant, sporting everything from jeans and leather to ties and gowns. And that was just the men. Actually, diversity of style describes everyone. A rainbow of genders and sexes made it a grand night for GLBT History.

The 24th Dignity Cruise, "A Transgender Convention at Sea," is November 25-December 3, 2005 sailing on the Legend out of Fort Lauderdale to Barbados, Martinique and St. Maarten. Rates are $460 to $760 per person. Contact melpeg@mindspring.com - www.pmpub.com/cruise24.htm.

IFGE staff hosted a panel presentation at Harvard University on Monday May 17, 2004. Executive Director Denise Leclair led the presentation to a packed classroom, along with staff members Joan Hoff and Sarah Thompson. "Psychology of the Gendered Self" is taught by Joanna Rohrbaugh, Ph.D. through the Harvard Extension School.

The annual presentation by IFGE is one of the capstones of the course, which explores the social construction of gender.