Topic: IFGE

Oct 11, 2009 – Washington, D.C., - The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) is pleased to announce that nominations are now being sought for the Trinity Awards – to be presented at the 2010 IFGE Annual Conference – The Capital Conference, to be held at the Hilton Mark Plaza Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia April 22-25, 2010. “The Trinity Awards honor our heroes: living transgender persons who have performed extraordinary acts of courage and love in service to the transgender community,” noted Yvonne Cook-Riley, Awards Committee Chair. “Participation across the entire transgender community, its allies and friends, is essential to the awards-nominating process, and we hope to see everyone at the awards ceremony at the Capital Conference next April, “ Cook-Riley continued.

Washington, D.C. - At the recently concluded 2009 annual conference, the International Foundation for Gender Education Board of Directors elections were held, resulting in the following slate of Directors:

Executive Director: Denise Leclair
Chair: Bree A. Hartlage
Vice-Chair: Andrea Von Kaenel
Secretary: Allyson Robinson
Treasurer: Ethan St. Pierre
Communication Director: Stephanie Battaglino
Director: Wendi Reiss
Director: Catherine Lynn Andrews
Director: Robyn Webb

The software used to run the ifge.org website, PostNuke CMS, was updated over the last week. We regret that this caused the site to be intermittantly unavailable during the process. IFGE.ORG gets upwards of three million visits a year, and the large numbers of visitors has put a strain on the existing server. Additional upgrades are scheduled to deal with the load. We apologize for any inconvenience while we complete this process.
Thank You,
The IFGE Web Development Team

?The next twelve months are going to be the most challenging time in the history of the International Foundation for Gender Education? declared Yvonne Cook-Riley, newly elected Chair of IFGE, as she addressed hundreds of people gathered at IFGE's 20th Conference.

?Over the last twenty years our community has evolved, and our community urgently needs IFGE to evolve to meet their needs?, said Cook-Riley. ?Effective immediately, this board has a mandate to effect an immediate change of direction and to refocus on our mission to serve the entire transgender community?? (April 7, 2006 Philadelphia, PA)

IFGE Executive Director Denise Leclair co-hosted GenderTalk radio on March 11 and March 18, along with Ethan St.Pierre, while regular hosts Nancy Nangeroni and Gordene MacKenzie took some well deserved time off. Tune in Saturdays at 8:00 pm to WMBR, 88.1 Cambridge or listen to the streaming audio feed at www.GenderTalk.com!