tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011924153022953572024-03-13T15:09:39.032-07:00Gendercast: Our Transmasculine GenderqueeryGendercast is a podcast exploration of gender and what is means to live in, challenge and exist beyond the binary. It is a conversation between all those who identify along the transmasculine spectrum and our allies and supporters. It is a commentary on our culture and a reflection on where we have come from and where we are headed.Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-25565840036284027662014-06-08T17:28:00.002-07:002014-06-08T17:28:56.298-07:00>> King County Trans* Resource & Referral Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 110%;">Seattle is an epicenter for
trans* art, culture, and politics. Yet navigating basic services, such as
healthcare, education, employment, and housing can present significant barriers
for trans* people, their families, and communities. While state and municipal
laws prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and expression, trans*
people continue to experience vulnerabilities based on ongoing discrimination,
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 110%;">The 2014 King County Trans*
Resource & Referral Guide aims to educate and raise awareness of community
needs and gaps in services, while strengthening partnerships between existing
services and improving the system of referrals between organizations and groups
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focuses on free or low-cost community-based resources and includes health and
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 110%;">The guide was produced over six
months in a collaborative process coordinated by the LGBTQ Access Project. A
number of local stakeholders groups were involved, such as: Ingersoll Gender
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Gendercast, Gender Diversity, Gender Odyssey, the Washington Gender Alliance,
NW Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian, and Gay Survivors of Abuse, Asian Pacific
Islander Chaya, Seattle HIV Vaccine Trial Unit, Teen Feed, and many others. The
project is receiving support from King County’s Equity and Social Justice
Initiative and the City of Seattle’s LGBT Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 110%;">The King County 2014 Trans*
Resource & Referral Guide is available online at: </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 110%;">demonstrateaccess.org/2014-trans-guide.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 110%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #222222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" style="color: #222222;">Jacks McNamara is a genderqueer writer, artist, activist, educator, performer, and somatic healing practitioner living in Santa Fe, NM. Jacks is the co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;"><a data-mce-href="http://theicarusproject.net/" href="http://theicarusproject.net/" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;">The Icarus Project</span></a></span><span data-mce-style="color: #222222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" style="color: #222222;">, a radical mental health support network and media project by and for people living with the dangerous gifts that our society commonly labels as "mental illness," and the subject of the poetic documentary film<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.crookedbeauty.com/" href="http://www.crookedbeauty.com/" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;">Crooked Beauty</span></a></span><span data-mce-style="color: #222222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" style="color: #222222;">. In 2012 Jacks was selected as a Lambda literary fellow, and their first book of poetry,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></em><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #222222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" style="color: #222222;"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;"><a data-mce-href="http://ashley-mcnamara.net/content/inbetweenland" href="http://ashley-mcnamara.net/content/inbetweenland" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;">Inbetweenland</span></a></span></span></span><em><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-mce-style="color: #222222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" style="color: #222222;">, was released by Deviant Type Press in March 2013. You can find out more about Jacks at </span><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;"><a data-mce-href="http://redwingedjacksbird.net/" href="http://redwingedjacksbird.net/" target="_blank"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;">http://redwingedjacksbird.net</span></a></span><span data-mce-style="color: #222222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-size: medium;" style="font-size: small;">Jacks new poetry book <span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;"><a data-mce-href="http://ashley-mcnamara.net/content/inbetweenland" href="http://ashley-mcnamara.net/content/inbetweenland"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;">Inbetweenland</span></a></span> which you can buy <span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;"><a data-mce-href="http://jacks.storenvy.com/products/1049033-inbetweenland-book" href="http://jacks.storenvy.com/products/1049033-inbetweenland-book"><span data-mce-style="color: #800080;" style="color: purple;">here</span></a></span> (Jacks reads <em>Whether or Not You Fly</em> and <em>Lungseed</em> on the podcast)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-37929366558654771842013-09-07T18:25:00.004-07:002013-09-07T18:42:17.774-07:00episode 39 navigating queerness SURVEY!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-71671966619212528972013-07-25T08:13:00.002-07:002013-07-25T08:13:55.506-07:00Put A Rainbow On It.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A group of activists and organizers in Seattle created, acted in and produced this amazing analyses of the co-modification and appropriation of the rainbow flag called <a href="http://www.putarainbowonit.com/" target="_blank">Put A Rainbow On It</a>.<br /></h2>
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Please watch this two minute video, share widely and check out the amazing <a href="http://www.putarainbowonit.com/toolkit/" target="_blank">toolkits</a> that take you through all the themes the short video touches on to raise awareness and open dialogue. This can be used in classrooms, with organizations, with friends and family, and anyone to start a conversation with!</h2>
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-18739743752293067692013-06-11T06:42:00.000-07:002013-06-13T08:21:54.633-07:00say hello in philly and join us on the mic!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">from YOU! Here's a <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/147050506/Mini-Interview-Questions-for-PTHC-2013" target="_blank">quick link</a> to the questions we'd love to have your answer on the mic </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Gendercast is looking for others to join the dialogue and <b>WORK WITH US!</b> See this <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/147048815/Come-work-with-Gendercast" target="_blank"><b>overview of areas</b></a> we are looking for gendercasters! Come chat with us and learn more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, catch <b>Jesse's workshop on Thursday</b> (4:05 pm, room 106A),</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.trans-health.org/content/multiple-trans-identity" target="_blank"><b>The Multiple ________ of Trans* (Identity)</b></a> on systemic allyship and the <i>social justice industrial complex</i> (with Axil Cricchio). </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See the workshop <b><a href="http://www.trans-health.org/sites/www.trans-health.org/files/slides/PTHC%20Agenda%20and%20Industrial%20Complex%20Definitions_final.pdf" target="_blank">agenda/handout here</a></b>.</span><br />
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-18203614351295751362013-05-14T14:24:00.000-07:002013-05-16T09:38:20.305-07:00Gendercast at Philly Trans* Health Conference 2013: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gendercast will once again be attending the </span><a href="http://www.trans-health.org/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">PhiladelphiaTrans* Health Conference</a><span style="font-size: large;"> and we are looking for a few of you fabulous listeners to participate with us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We’re going to be tabling in the main
conference area. Stop by to say hi, pick up some items, and maybe
even chat with us for a bit on the mic about your experience at the conference or another topic, to air on Gendercast! Also, Jesse will be <a href="http://www.trans-health.org/content/multiple-trans-identity" target="_blank">co-presenting a workshop</a> at the conference with Axil Cricchio.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you’re a listener and would like to hang out with us,
learn more what <a href="http://www.gendercast.com/" target="_blank">Gendercast</a> is all about, and help us spread the word, we’d love
to hear from you. You can sign up for one slot or a few at any point during the
conference. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You’ll get to meet other Gendercast listeners as well as Gilligan
and Jesse (and maybe even give one of us a chance to break away and attend a
workshop or two). <span style="font-size: large;"> Gilligan will even be
conducting some interviews on listeners’ experiences at the conference, so
you’ll have a chance to be on air with Gendercast! </span></span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Contact us at </span><a href="mailto:gendercast@gmail.com" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">gendercast@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some basic familiarity with the podcast
and a friendly face are all that is required. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even if you won’t have a chance to table with us, at least
stop by and say hi! We look forward to meeting lots of you there!</span></div>
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-22877563280349224262013-04-30T12:53:00.003-07:002013-04-30T13:00:34.170-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Hello folks!</span><br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" /><span style="line-height: 17px;">I’ve just opened up my survey around trans* healthcare experiences in the U.S. that recently got IRB approval! I hope that many of you will be able find some time to take this survey and share it with folks identifying along the trans* gender spectrum. The survey covers experiences with trans* specific and non-trans* specific health care providers, so whether you’re interested in hormones/surgery or not, your voice would be valued. With this survey I’m especially interested in capturing how people experience their trans* related health care if they identify outside male, female, FTM, and MTF boxes. <b>Please Please Please</b>, help me spread the word and make this survey accessible.</span><br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" /><span style="line-height: 17px;">* It is completely confidential, and no identifiers will be collected, including your IP address. My</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"> overarching question is listed above. Just click on the question above and it should take you to the 10-15 minute questionnaire.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-7282865546432142312013-04-01T13:30:00.000-07:002013-04-01T15:31:08.865-07:00Disability Justice Resources/Episode 35!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gendercast is BACK! After a few months break, we
are back and excited to bring you all some great episodes and are extra, super
excited about our most current,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gendercast.libsyn.com/episode-35-dis-ability-justice-queer-and-trans-community" target="_blank">Disability Justice and Queer & Trans* Community</a>.
We appreciate you visiting our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Gendercast" target="_blank">facebook page</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and staying engaged with us during the
past few months and are excited for so many upcoming episode topics. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><i>We
wanted to ensure you all had these great links and resources about Disability
Justice and are re-sharing them here, please take a look!</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hel, episode 35 guest, has a great blog: <a href="http://blackbrokenandbent.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: purple;">BLACK,
BROKEN & BENT</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.writingresistance.org/"><span style="color: purple;">Writing Resistance</span></a>, the writing
project Hel co-organizers,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/writingresistance"><span style="color: purple;">fb
page</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"In Passing...", the zine that Jude mentions,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/347411698696541/?ref=14"><span style="color: purple;">fb event Call for Submissions here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://sdc.asuw.org/dcenter/"><span style="color: purple;">D Center at the University of Washington website</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/D-Center-at-the-University-of-Washington/354253787990987?fref=ts"><span style="color: purple;">fb page</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://theicarusproject.net/"><span style="color: purple;">The Icarus Project</span></a> (info on
radical mental health)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: purple;">Leaving Evidence</span></a>, the blog by Mia
Mingus and her<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/changing-the-framework-disability-justice/"><span style="color: purple;">blog post on Changing the Framework: Disability
Justice</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://nonewyouthjail.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: purple;">Washington
Incarceration Stops Here (WISH), website</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonIncarcerationStopsHere"><span style="color: purple;">fb page</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://disabledfeminists.com/"><span style="color: purple;">Feminists with Disabilities website</span></a>, </span>a good resource for terminology <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eddie Ndopu -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://blackgirldangerous.org/new-blog/2013/1/2/musings-from-a-queercrip-femme-man-of-color" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">“Musings from a Queercrip
Femme Man of Color”</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eli Clare -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Exile
and Pride</u>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.eliclare.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">www.eliclare.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[BOOK] Joseph Shaprio -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>No
Pity: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(this book is a really powerful
history of disability organizing!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.brownstargirl.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">www.brownstargirl.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Aurora Levins Morales -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-49552768104265085292012-12-05T14:57:00.003-08:002012-12-05T14:59:08.063-08:00Gendercast's First Survey!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gendercast is conducting a survey about testosterone/supplement use,
dosage, going off it, going back on, types, etc. We’d love for you to
fill it out and pass it on to your peers. It’s completely anonymous and
only takes five minutes max to complete. We’re
trying to get a sense of the actual diversity in hrt availability and
choices out there, and better represent the community, so join in and
share your experience!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QGFY3QP" target="_blank">Click here to visit the survey</a>.</span></span><br />
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Here’s the link for the survey to send your friends/peers/co-workers/enemies… : <a href="https://webmail.smcm.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=e01b47da3e8146b1be5bd6cbb950bc70&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.surveymonkey.com%2fs%2fQGFY3QP" target="_blank">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QGFY3QP</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheers,</span></span></span><br />
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-32352597691315700362012-11-26T06:43:00.002-08:002012-11-30T11:12:59.513-08:00Vote for Gendercast!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> For centuries, gender non-conforming individuals have been
the target of prejudice, exclusion, and violence.<span> </span>Some have had a supporter or a few, but many
have passed on outcasted, abandoned, and alone. In the last few decades, the
LGBTQ, etc. community has started to mark these tragedies in our own way.<span> </span>And over the last 15 years, the Transgender
Day of Remembrance has been established to unify our community, and beyond, to
honor the memories and brave lives of all of those who have been murdered for
their gender and their strength.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Gendercast would like to recognize this year’s Day of
Remembrance by sending our thoughts to anyone affected by these terrible
crimes, honoring those trans*folk who have been killed, and continuing to work
to raise comprehensive awareness and compassion for the distance between many
trans*people and life in a stable, safe environment. Here, we’ve provided a
list of locations, times, and descriptions for anyone who would like to
participate in the day’s events.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Seattle Events - Nov. 20th 5m-8pm</strong></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Meet at <a href="http://queeryouthspace.org/" target="_blank" title="queer youth space">Queer Youth Space</a></strong>:<br />
911 E Pike, 202<br />
Seattle, Washington 98122<br />
[QYS is a youth-led and youth-run nonprofit organization that provides
the space, tools, and resources queer young people need to be effective
leaders, organizers, and advocates.]</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Food will be! served</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creating an altar where we can remember people who we’ve lost to
institutional violence as well (lack of access to healthcare, mental
health svc, housing, mistreatment in services/ schools/ jobs, etc)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Healing Circle– Sound Healing with <a href="http://zenyuhealing.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" title="zenyu healing">Zenyu</a> Director Christine Guiao</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lighting candles to close and walking/rolling/driving over to Cal Anderson (for community visibility)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Folks are welcome to bring <a href="http://queeryouthspace.org/the-space/needs-wants-dreams/" target="_blank" title="item donations">item donations</a> or <a href="http://queeryouthspace.org/donate/" target="_blank" title="monetary donations">monetary donations</a> for QYS</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?id=3102" target="_blank" title="cal anderson park"><strong>Cal Anderson Park</strong></a><br />
1635 11th Avenue Seattle, Washington 98119<br />
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<li>The shelter house is open for folks to stay warm, warm beverages and hand warmers will be provided</li>
<li>Resource table will be available– to table, <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/uw.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDRIV1FwVDljSEp1b2t3R2hScGdLbEE6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank" title="resource table sign up">sign up</a></li>
<li>Candle light vigil</li>
<li>Reading of names– to volunteer, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/bykgckt" target="_blank" title="name reading sign up">sign up</a></li>
<li>After the reading of the names, we will let flowers go in the Cal Anderson fountain</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/186134224857094/" target="_blank" title="facebook event page">Facebook Event Page</a><br />
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<a href="http://genderedintelligence.tumblr.com/post/35916343564/trans-day-of-remembrance-events-across-the-uk"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UK Events List</span> </a></h3>
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<a href="http://www.transgenderdor.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">International Events List </span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are you a student? Remember to check your school/college/university's website for events. Or head up your own!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheers,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gilligan </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the coming months , several states will be voting on
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sound all too familiar?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We think so, too. </span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sW6IJmwtGhE/UH7kWkalYGI/AAAAAAAAAgM/3SNN3jOM4JU/s1600/Rockafeller+Plaza+Flags+2.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sW6IJmwtGhE/UH7kWkalYGI/AAAAAAAAAgM/3SNN3jOM4JU/s1600/Rockafeller+Plaza+Flags+2.5.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">We’re looking to put focus on local organizations that work
for INCLUSIVE trans* and queer rights and resources – safety, job, health,
youth, and more. And we need your
help. Do you work with a group or
project we haven’t talked about on the podcast, or feature on our resource
page? Have you heard of something in
your area that you think you might like to get involved with, but you haven’t
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<span style="font-size: large;">Send us your organizations, stories of involvement, and help
us build a <a href="http://gendercast-resourcelist.blogspot.com/p/local-orgs.html">comprehensive list of trans* and queer support and rights initiatives in the US and beyond</a>.
Hopefully, we can spread the word about these fantastic projects (and
the people working with them!) and encourage people to contribute, volunteer,
and educate one another, together.
Because every step taken for someone’s right to be safe, healthy, and
supported being and doing who and what they want, is a step in the right
direction. (And NOT one towards an exclusive, hetero and cisnormative society. Who wants
that?) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">E-mail us at <a href="mailto:gendercast@gmail.com">gendercast@gmail.com</a>, and be part of the
movement that’s working for ALL of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cheers,</span><br />
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-37558133102362566352012-10-01T07:54:00.003-07:002012-10-01T07:55:12.295-07:00Queer Youth (Space)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jx_NfFDGiBc/UGmuRCcIptI/AAAAAAAAAf4/eeD_bPuWAHA/s1600/20120826_211625-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jx_NfFDGiBc/UGmuRCcIptI/AAAAAAAAAf4/eeD_bPuWAHA/s320/20120826_211625-1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>- by Gilligan </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This summer I worked at a summer camp. Apart from my many
mixed feelings about the intersections of my queer identity (queerity, perhaps?),
I had a goal – to start discussions around queer youth experiences at school,
at home, with friends, and at camp. When
I was initially assigned to a younger group of kids, I decided to aim for at
least ensuring that the hall was a safer space. Luckily, I was added on for
another session, and transferred to the West Coast to work with upper middle
and high school students. With a
co-worker, I started a discussion group that met three times during the run of
the camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was truly
surprised and encouraged by the discussions that were held in those three
50-minute sessions. I expected that the
discussions there might go a little farther than a “typical gsa”-type
conversation (if there is such a thing), and I was optimistic that the
combination of location and reputation of the camp for social support and
openness would foster generally positive and constructive conversations. And I was realistically predicting that <i>if</i> we got enough participants to
continue that far and <i>if </i>they came
with respectful and open attitudes, <i>then</i>
we might get into one or two really open and helpful conversations, by the last
meeting. By the end of the first
meeting, we were talking about fluidity of identity, the variation of queer
identities and terms from person to person, and a few students even opened up
and shared some coming out stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Not
only were these students able to hold a mature and respectful discussion,
without things devolving into a policing war or an entirely unrelated line of
conversation (and without much moderation) but they were honest. They very quickly became able to trust each
other, the other leader and myself, and themselves. They believed in the importance of having
such a group, and of making it as safe a space as possible, and they maintained
that environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Certainly not ever group is like
this and even a majority of high school students today might not be equipped to
carry on a civil, relatively safe discourse about LGBT, etc. issues. But there seems to be a trend towards
education, acceptance, and reframing discussions and creating space in a
progressive way, at a surprisingly quick rate.
Which is fantastic, as well as critical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If we
are to work towards a society of compassionate, open, listening adults, then we
have to give youth examples to look up to, and environments in which to learn
how to do that in a world far from acceptable, let alone ideal. We have to give them space to feel safe. We have to guide them into building their own
community, so they can own it and continue to foster and recreate it for themselves,
as they lead the next generation into their own stage of the revolution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In my
rather small (about 13 per session) group, in the span of just three weeks, I
had a student approach me about a situation in which he felt unsafe and unsure
of what to do. Keep in mind, this was in a setting with a strict honor code and
very specific policy relating to LGBT, etc. bias and harassment. This student felt safe to approach me because
of the space that had been made and the experiences in that space I, the other
leader and, most importantly, the other students, had shared. I know that this need is much greater
throughout the country (and in others); in public and private schools, outside
of school, in social groups and academic groups and activist groups and
artistic groups and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’d like to thank the thousands of
adults who dedicate themselves to leading and making these spaces
available. Your work is truly
invaluable. You are a gift to our youth
and to us, and an inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> As
always, I’d love to hear your experiences and opinions, whether you’re someone
who partakes in that space or would like to have one; as a youth, friend,
family, leader, or anyone else. What
trends have you seen in youth discussions of LGBT, etc. topics around you? What
kinds of queer youth space exist near you?
What are some helpful and not-so-helpful parameters of that space? Most importantly, why is queer youth space
important to you and those you care about?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cheers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gilligan</span></div>
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-67928882903354319522012-09-06T12:57:00.001-07:002012-09-08T10:14:53.600-07:00Writing About Trans* Loved Ones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan Grier (right, with her partner, Trish, left) is a writer specializing in creative nonfiction, and has been published in Dear John, I Love Jane, <i>Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones</i>, <i>Thanksgiving to Christmas: A Patchwork of Stories</i>, <i>Women Writers Read</i>, and more. She lives not far from me (Southern Maryland), and has done some great work to advocate for lbgt, etc. rights in the state. Combined with the fact that she's just an awesome person...this makes her fantastic candidate for the first Gendercast blog interview! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><i><b>Enjoy, and many thanks to Susan for sharing her time and reflections with us. <span style="text-align: left;">-Gilligan</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><b>Gilligan:</b> </span><i><b>Can you
introduce yourself and tell us your gender identity and anything else you’d
like us to know?</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> My name is Susan Grier and I identify as female and lesbian,
although the lesbian part was late coming. At the age of 51 and after two
marriages to men, I fell in love with a woman and we've been together for
almost seven years. My interest in gender identity stems from having raised an
FTM transgender child, and I think being a lesbian heightens that interest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gilligan:</b> <i><b>What sort
of projects/writing do you do related to gender identity and exploration?</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> I write from the point of view of being the mother of a
trans person. I've written and published essays that touch on the subject, but
the story is too large to be contained in a single essay. I'm working on a
memoir originally intended to be my story as the mother of a trans child: the
bewilderment of having a daughter who didn't act like a daughter; the anguish
of watching her suffer and not understanding why as she entered puberty; the
shock of finally learning, when she was 15, that she had discovered the word
for how she felt, and the word was "transgender"; the process of
dealing with the loss of my daughter while simultaneously striving to be a good
mother and do everything I could to help my child become the person s/he was
meant to be; watching her become him - the voice deepening, body hair
increasing, seeing him through chest surgery, and learning to use the
appropriate pronouns; and finally, witnessing his courage and strength, which
continues today, as he finds the full expression of his whole self as a male
and as a human being. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I've written bits and pieces of this story, though, I've
realized that I cannot tell it without also telling the story of my own
transformation, from southern debutante living out the traditional roles of
wife and mother to a woman prompted, by the experience of raising a transgender
child, to examine the origins and unspoken rules of both female and male roles
and to ultimately discover my own inability to follow the prescribed path I had
followed as a heterosexual female. The story of the two transformations - mine
and my child's - are parallel and intertwined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gilligan:</b> <i><b>How did
you come to do this work?</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> What got me started was pursuing an MFA in creative writing,
which I completed in 2006. Through the work, I began to write more
authentically about my experiences as a female. Ultimately, I wrote myself out
of my second marriage and into something else entirely, which I can only
describe as a kind of opening beyond those narrow boundaries I'd been raised
with to other ways of being, including loving a woman. I began to find my voice
as a memoirist. I had been wanting to write a book about raising a transgender
child. In fact, the mother of another trans child and I were going to write a
book together, but it didn't pan out. In graduate school, I developed the
vision and confidence I needed to write the book myself, in a way that most
made sense to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gilligan:</b> <i><b>How does
that influence/been influenced by your writing?</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> The MFA was invaluable to me. I realize not everyone needs
one, and now they seem to be almost cliché, but
I learned so much about good writing, gained the confidence to call myself a
writer, and the confirmation that I have a really valuable story to tell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gilligan:</b> <i><b>How has
writing about your experiences impacted how you process and perceive gender
identity and transitions, and connect with trans* folk and their friends and
family?</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> For me, writing equals examination. Writing about my
experiences has forced me to examine so much about gender and gender identity -
mine and those of others. I once perceived gender identity as black and white -
either you are a male or a female. Now I know there is a gender spectrum, along
which are many variations of gender expression. My son found his place as a
heterosexual trans man. But others are content in a less-defined place on the
spectrum. For example, my partner is a female who identifies with many male
qualities but stopped short of being trans. There are people who don't identify
as either gender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm perfectly okay
with all of this in a way I never would have been if I wasn't a writer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In addition, writing about my experience as the mother of a
trans child allows me to feel that I have something to contribute to the larger
community of trans folk and their friends and families. After having an essay
published in the anthology <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trans Forming
Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Love Ones</i>, my son and I were
invited to sit on a panel on dealing with one's family at an FTM conference.
Afterwards, all these sweet young FTMS came up to me, so hungry for advice and
maybe also some mother-love. Having that opportunity to interact with them
meant so much to me. At that same conference, I was invited to participate in
an evening reading so I got to read my essay in an environment of mutual appreciation,
which felt powerful for all concerned. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Gilligan: <i>What are
some of the most important things learned from your experiences?</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan: </b> I used to think that there was a "normal" way
people and families should be; Some call it the "hetero-normal" way
of being, which has been defined by heterosexuality. Without thinking of it
that way - I had nowhere near the awareness I have now - I see now that I once
subconsciously prided myself in being "normal" and could not even
conceive of being any other way. I hate to admit it, but I used to look
somewhat askance at people who deviated from this normalcy. I thought I was
somehow better or superior to them. Now that both my child and I live outside
the margins of hetero-normal acceptability, I have much greater compassion for
others, regardless of who they are, how they live, or the circumstances they
find themselves in. I've learned that the most important thing in this life is
connecting with others; we are all floating on that same great sea of
humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">Gilligan: </span><i>Is there
anything you especially want readers to take away from your writings?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> For general audiences, I hope that as an honest,
non-sensationalized account of a mother and child who could be anyone's
next-door neighbors, my story helps humanize trans people and create compassion
and understanding for their experiences. I believe the story contains some
universal truths that apply to any parent or family member struggling to deal
with the disappointment of having a child who is not what they expected or
hoped s/he would be. My story brings to life the challenges of learning to see
and accept those children for who they are, the difficult process of offering them
unconditional love and support in becoming the person they were meant to be, and
the ultimate reward of being enriched beyond measure by that experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For parents of trans kids, I hope the story helps them feel
less alone or isolated. I hope those who feel unable to tolerate their child's
differences can find comfort and the strength to love and support their child
instead of rejecting their child. I hope that they will see that staying
connected to their child is more important than anything else. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Gilligan: <i>Are there
any pieces on gender identity and gender-related experiences that you’d like to
work on in the future?</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Susan:</b> I think the book is going to keep me busy for the
foreseeable future. </span><br />
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-4616120348999324912012-08-10T11:54:00.002-07:002012-08-13T22:40:31.322-07:00Symbols of Identity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> -<b>by Gilligan</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rainbows. Pink. Blue. Circles and sticks with arrows or
crossbars. Triangles. Equal signs. Sporks. Green Carnations. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For centuries,
queer/lgbt etc. people have tried to signal safe spaces, identify themselves,
and seek out others like them to find understanding, security, love, and
support.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> The specific symbols have
changed from time to time, and so have the parameters of the meetings and discussions
that have occurred. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What hasn’t really changed, however, is our desire as a
community to come together to better understand and claim our own place in a
world in which we are often invisible, or told to be so.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> These symbols thus play an important role in
the ways in which we redefine our own identities and set up the discussions and
actions we want to have and take.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not only do they enable us to identify ourselves within our
community and to outsiders, but they can establish distinctions between movements
within our community.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> However, their
ability to do so effectively has often been skewed by levels of resources and
information available to those both inside and outside of it.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> To those not able to be very well connected
to queer resources and information, some signs may be unknown, while others may
signify a safe person or space (even if others looking for the same thing might
shy away from that symbol entirely).</span><span style="font-size: large;"> The
same diversity in levels of awareness, accessibility, and community involvement
that gives those with access to them options, is that which can also lead to
identity competitions and isolation (ie. the famed “I’m queerer than you”
competition) and miscommunication.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When attending the Philadelphia Trans* Health Conference a
month and a half ago, I reached for an unused water bottle that my mother had
bought me a few months before.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> At that
point, I had heard whisperings of the more negative sides of HRC (Human Rights
Campaign). But, to me, it had been one of the few established resources I had been able
to find, and which I had seen advocating on a broad scale for some of my
interests.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I had even printed out a copy
of their “transgender guide to coming out” a couple years before, as one of the
few pieces of literature I had seen on the subject. Soon after visiting the
store on a trip to DC, I learned more about the downsides of the organization
and the actual targets of their activism, along with the gaping holes in their
policy and practice.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At that point, I was torn. I thought to myself, should I
use that bottle at college, to identify myself as a possible safer resource to
other students, in a somewhat subtle way? Or would some students get the wrong
idea and shy away from me? I faced a similar choice before PTHC.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Should I take it?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Should I just leave it, because HRC really
has done very little to help the trans* community? Should I take it and tape a
black “T” over it to signify myself as a resource and acknowledge to combine
these three into one the greater work that should be done for the trans*
community?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I chose the latter
option.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But in making that choice, I
realized that, just like using labels for our identities, the use of symbols
can be useful and make us feel proud and strong, while pointing to differences
in perspective.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> What one word or symbol
means to someone will differ from what it means to someone else.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> And the people with whom we’ll be
interacting, how we feel, and how we want to be perceived all have to fit
together in a tiny space inside that triple ven diagram.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> In a world filled with school, work, friends,
family, partners, prospective partners, and alone time, that small space
becomes a rapidly shifting target.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don’t really have an answer for the best way to
choose.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> While I personally like to use
certain symbols to identify myself as a potential resource and friend, using
those in stealth job situations, or when working with kids (as I’m doing both
currently), could out me or jeopardize my job. Do I risk it? Do I use them
anyway and prepare for a possible confrontation with my supervisors? Or do I
decline, and find ways to let people know I’m open-minded and willing to help,
without using queer-specific symbols? There can’t be a right answer – just as
with choosing labels and an identity, if one even wants to do so, each person
has to find what’s right for them, and do their best to understand, learn
about, and respect what others choose to use and why. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’d encourage you to really reflect on those choices,
though.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> What do those labels and symbols
say about you now? Five years ago? What might they say ten years from now? What
conflicts, fears, exciting moments, and struggles did those choices mark for
you?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> And, in doing so, those symbols and
words become all the more meaningful and powerful.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Which, in the end, is the point.</span></div>
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Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-90026909779800137452012-07-30T21:50:00.001-07:002012-08-01T08:45:12.682-07:00TransMission, August 3 and 4, 2012 in Seattle!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">Press Release</span></b></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Queer Social Club’s
TransMission Brings the Best of Trans and Queer Art to Seattle and Your Mouth!</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">TransMission
is a showcase of trans and gender queer artists being held at Seattle’s
Washington Hall on August 3</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> and 4</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">. Presented by Queer
Social Club, doors are at 8:30 with both shows starting at 9pm. Each evening
is totally unique, featuring the
best of queer performance art, film, poetry, burlesque, puppets and aerial artists.
Not only can you feast your eyes on nearly two dozen performers over two
nights, you can also actually feast on them! The Kitchen Sink Project will be
providing concessions packs each evening, small bites and sips designed to
allow the audience to taste the essence of each performer and Eat The
Show. Each evening will culminate with a
dance party and several special bonus performances.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/254395" target="_blank">TICKETS HERE!</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">TransMission
is inspired by an amazing and diverse group of performers and community
organizers that want to bring Seattle thoughtful and experimental work produced
and performed by the queer and transgender community. The stage show will be
hosted by Neon and Leon Beige with Queer Social Club’s Logan Bruch and the
dance party to follow will be reigned over by the fierce Lilith Von
Fraumench.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Featuring performances by Athens
Boys Choir, The Cherdonna and Lou Show, Paris Original, Amber Flame, Max
Voltage, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Zusha Rouge, Finn Cottom, Violet Deville, Amaryllis
Brindamore, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Cory Cunnilingus,
Shaktease, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Eli Steffen, and Mateo Cruz with films by Olive-or-Oliver,
Clyde Petersen, Syniva Whitney and the Seattle Premier of Malic Amalya &
Max Garnet’s experimental 16mm </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Gold Moon Sharp Arrow</i><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">and more!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">Some people have asked, why TransMission? The answer is simple; Because the gender binary hurts everyone. It’s fine to be a man or a woman, if that’s what you choose. But we all get to make that choice for ourselves. And we get to make up new categories to describe our particular perspective, identity or our general awesomeness. And we get to change our minds. We get to change our bodies, but we don’t have to. We get to change our names, if we want to. And most important (and most liberating), if we change our minds, it doesn’t mean what we chose before was wrong. We are ever evolving, ever changing. TransMission is here because revolutions start, in part, with the space art gives us to celebrate the diversity of possibility; to revel in the hard found, hard won identities and voices of the individuals and pieces on a magnificent stage in front of us. So join us for a riotous celebration, an evening of profound perspectives and ideas-both new and old. It’s a chance to see something amazing, feast, and then set aside our seats so we can kick up our heels. TransMission exists to remind us that there is no one right way to be, just that you can be yourself, whoever that is. And that’s a revolution. ((Also, a couple of really fun evenings.))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">So join us for two very special and amazing evenings of art, food, drink, dance, identity, possibility and community. Bring your friends, your co-workers, your family and anyone else that enjoys amazing art! You can get tickets online (and cheaper!!!) at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/254395. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"><i><b>Accessibility info:</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"><i>TransMission is an 18 and older show. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"><i>Washington Hall is located 153 14th Ave Seattle, WA 98122</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"><i>The closest bus lines are: #3, 4 and 27</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">The show and event will take place in the Washington Hall main stage, located on the second floor. There is no ramp or elevator to this level. QSC is committed to finding any possible solutions and offering assistance to overcome impediments this may cause for any and all individuals interested in seeing this show. If you think you will require assistance please contact the producers at queersocialclub@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Other QSC Events coming up soon:</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">Event in anticipation of TransMission! Small preview party at Studio Current on July 27th (Friday) 8-10 pm. Space is VERY limited. RSVP at queersocialclub@gmail.com to reserve your spot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">QUEER SOCIAL CLUB MEET UP </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">The 4th Thursday of every month, this is an opportunity to meet people, have conversations and actually hear them! From 5-8pm at High 5 Pie, located on the corner of 12th/Madison/Union. The next QSC Social is Thursday, August 9th. </span></span></div>
</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-91244935887612233362012-06-24T08:50:00.001-07:002012-06-24T13:46:31.251-07:00Gendercast at the Philly Trans* health Conference<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s been over three weeks since I left to attend the Philadelphia Trans* Health Conference with the Gendercast crew. I’m still processing those three days of intense networking, listening, and learning. <br /><br />We met up with some awesome folks from Art of Transliness, Original Plumbing, Self Made Men, and more, and attended workshops on everything from Ally spaces to pegging to some of the first official studies on the effects of testosterone on mental health and well-being. We made friends with people all across the country, and beyond. And, of course, Gendercast presented a fantastic workshop (if I may say so) on using the podcast as a form of accessible information distribution and a networking tool to offer us a chance to tell our own stories, outside of the mainstream media.<br /><br />There was really too much information in any of the workshops, and too many stories I heard to accurately sum them up in one blog post. But, out of the number of things I learned and experiences I had, one lesson sticks out to me above the others: the importance of the individual experience.<br /><br />It can be so easy to focus on labels and categories and opinions while each of us tries to fight for basic rights and recognition of our diverse identities. There are times when doing so is necessary to explain a concept to someone, define a need, or create a certain type of safer space. But, as Minister Louis Mitchell so insightfully pointed out in his keynote address, the driving force that brings us together in our search for improvement and community, is our individual experience. It is the stories each of us bring, and how we use those to heal, teach, and build a better environment, that are key to developing the resources and security we want to see in the world around us. By listening to those stories and thinking about them and respectfully responding, no matter how different or contrary they may seem to our own experience, we can gain enormous insight on how to be a better ally, a better advocate, and build better relationships.<br /><br />As an advocate working for an issue that can be so misunderstood and underrepresented, it can be very hard to break out of my own story and small queer community to make a difference for a larger community. Being so isolated can lead me to feel hopeless that I’m reaching people beyond my small circle or, worse, resentful of the steps taken by certain subsets of the queer community, because I don’t see my experience reflected there. However simple it might be to remember to listen to the stories other share, the results of doing so yield a wealth of insight and information that can be extremely powerful. <br /><br />Even in three and a half short days, I will carry the incredible reward I gained in meeting so many people and hearing about so many lives and concerns and desires with me for years to come, and has drastically changed my views and focused my goals. I hope that wherever you are, you have the chance to reach out to others in and outside of your community, however small or large that may be, to listen and share experiences as well, to develop lasting bonds and strong skills to make the world a different place.<br /><br />- gilligan</span></div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-30798530607443033462012-06-16T10:41:00.001-07:002012-07-07T17:06:58.524-07:00Gendercast to Receive a Grant from Lily Divine Productions!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we wrapped up a great weekend at the <a href="http://www.trans-health.org/" target="_blank">Philly Trans-HealthConference</a> in early June with our Maryland-based full of awesome intern,
Gilligan; Sean and Jesse returned to Seattle to some <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/lily-divine-productions/community-fund-grant-announcement-gendercast/372636462795876" target="_blank">really great news</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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produces <a href="http://www.lilydivine.com/debauchery.html" target="_blank"><b>Debauchery</b></a>, has selected us for a community grant!!! </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Come join us on June 21 at Debauchery to celebrate and thank Lily Divine productions and their great work! We are so very excited and honored and are looking forward to funding to pay for our podcast host site, promotion materials and get some much needed equipment!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.lilydivine.com/debauchery.html" target="_blank">GET YOUR TICKETS</a>* <span style="color: #0b5394;">TO THE JUNE 21, 2012 DEBAUCHERY </span>[<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/381587648560765/" target="_blank">facebook event here</a>] <span style="color: #0b5394;">TO CELEBRATE WITH US! </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*use the code [</span><b style="font-size: x-large;">gendercast</b><span style="font-size: large;">] to get a reduced cost ticket for $5!</span><br />
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><i>Establishing sex-positive spaces that celebrate
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<li><b><i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Supporting the work of queer artists by
providing opportunities for performance, shared resources and mentorship of
developing artists</span></i></b></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><i>Connecting our audiences with non-profits
providing health and social services within the queer community, and raising
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</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-4229226575740799052012-05-21T13:49:00.001-07:002012-05-21T13:49:18.783-07:00Dysphoria Busters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dysphoria* is something that can get
to a lot of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, talking to a
friend or family member or a therapist can be really helpful, and provide us
with specific ways to help us move through these periods successfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, if you don’t have access to a
knowledgeable therapist or the tips friends have given you just aren’t working,
it can be pretty tough to work out what to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here are some ideas that I or friends of mine have used that have helped</span></div>
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you feel better. Whether it’s music that distracts you, empowers you, or that
you can sympathize with it, just stop and listen for a while.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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will hold your focus and take you away for long enough for you to try and gain
your footing again</span></div>
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delicious. No matter how odd or sugary or anything, so long as it doesn’t pose
you immediate danger, savor it.</span></div>
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similar in both hands and attack something sturdy. It could be your bed or a
table or a tree, but yell whatever you’re feeling and beat the daylights out of
that inanimate object until you’re too tired to continue.</span></div>
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something to contribute to getting to where you want to be and/or helping the
community.</span></div>
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could relate to your dysphoria or not – just design something and focus on
creating it until it’s done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The good
thing about art is that you can never run out of ideas, and it never has to get
old.</span></div>
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literature, or trans* fanfiction is your pleasure, find something and start
reading, and don’t worry about how long you stay absorbed in it</span></div>
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Perhaps write it to your future self, or to that person or part of society that
manages to trigger you every time. Keep it, burn it, or stick it on your wall.</span></div>
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your face in eyeliner or put on full makeup, or write quotes, lyrics, symbols,
images, or phrases on your body, do so. You can take the makeup off whenever
you want, and you can write on a part of your body no one else will be seeing.
Or you can leave it on/write on your face or arms or hands for the world to
see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If possible, it might help to write
on a particular body part that is making you feel dysphoric. Then, when you
look at it, you can remember that you’re in control of your body, and see
whatever reminder you left for yourself.</span></div>
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- get a piercing, cut and/or die your hair, choose to shave
as little or as much as you’d like, get a tattoo, wear something new and
different, put on dramatic makeup. Do something to your body that you can
control, that does show who you are (or who you want to be or someone else
entirely) on the outside.</span></div>
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health professional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If possible,
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the best course of action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Not all of these will work for everyone! Some will
work wonders, some will work a little, some will do nothing, and some may
actually make it worse. As always when coping with this sort of thing, know
your triggers, and make choices based around those. Other than that, do
whatever it takes to keep you relatively safe and make you feel better.</span></div>
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ideas/suggestions, feel free to send them to me at <a href="mailto:gendercast@gmail.com">gendercast@gmail.com</a>! (I'm trying to keep a running personal list, and one on a permalink on Tumblr that people can easily access.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">* <i>Dysphoria isn’t really adequate to
describe all the different emotions and mental states related to trans*
experiences that can keep you from being your best, most energetic self. Since
it’s the most commonly recognized term I’ve seen, I use it here as a catchall
to describe a variety of things trans*people can experience.</i></span></div>
</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-4845972231915872222012-05-10T18:39:00.006-07:002012-05-15T09:51:21.800-07:00Vocal Subversion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Want a
deeper voice? But aren’t sure which tricks to follow and which to avoid? Not to worry!
I’ve got some basic info on how to gain better control over your voice
and how to lower it, pre-T or on T.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For a lot of us, our voice is a main
factor contributing to us being misgendered, seen as younger than we are,
feeling less confident in public, and general dysphoria. Those who are no-ho, but would like a lower
voice, can use the following tips, as can those who are on T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">*Disclaimer:
I have about a decade of vocal work and training under my belt. However, I am
not the definitive source on vocal health and work, nor a doctor. I cannot, nor
do I intend to provide medical advice.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Speaking in a Lower Register</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – This is the most common tip I’ve
seen, and apparently the easiest. Just try to speak in the lowest register you
can, right? This can be helpful, and may
slightly lower your voice over time, but it won’t produce dramatic
results. And, if consistently pushed low
without the proper technique, you can injure or strain your voice.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Vocal Therapy</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Though most often used by people
wanting to speak in a higher register, there are vocal therapists out there who
can help coach you to a lower speaking range. The upside is that they are
experienced and can help you stay safe and find your limits. The downside is that they typically charge a
fair amount per session, and you’ll need a number of sessions to make
substantial progress.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Vocal Exercises</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – There are several sets of vocal
exercises you can do to lower your voice on your own. These take between five
and fifteen minutes each day, and, if you stick to it, there can be noticeable
changes. You can buy a kit or “program”,
but there are several free ones out there. I’ve found the following exercise
most helpful: </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BZvy5So1vM" target="_blank">How to Deepen Your Voice</a></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When using
these, keep a few things in mind:</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Make sure
that you use a quick exercise to warm up your voice first. These exercises
strengthen vocal tissue in certain areas. Like any muscle, if you don’t warm up
properly before exercising it, it can be very easily injured. Vocal tissue is
very tender, and can take a very long time to properly recover. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You can try
a singing exercise where you sing a short melody in a variety of increasing,
than decreasing octaves. Or, if you don’t sing, say “Mee, may, my, moh, moo”.
On each word, start at your natural speaking pitch (not the lower one you may
try to speak at), hold out the vowel sound, and just slowly increase pitch as
high as you can and then decrease it until you can’t go any lower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. NEVER do
anything that hurts or makes your voice uncomfortable. If your voice does hurt
or feel very uncomfortable afterwards, take a break for a few days, and don’t
push it as hard the next time. As with exercise, quick results aren’t worth
long-term injury</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. DON’T
rush it. It may take you a few weeks to even start to see a change, but if you
keep with them, the change will continue for months. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The important part is then
implementing this in your speech. After a few weeks of any of these exercises,
start trying to speak in the range of whatever word or sound you use a level or
two lower than your natural pitch. (For example, aim for the “dong” or the
“king”pitch you use from the video exercise.) If you’re on T, a combination of
some short exercises (for example, the first part of the video exercise), and
being mindful of your target speaking range can really help you feel more
comfortable in your new natural register, and give you more vocal control.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Avoid:</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>Screaming
regularly</u>. This will make your voice horse and perhaps a little lower. But you
can cause serious vocal tissue inflammation and destruction this way.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>Smoking</u>. If
done for the sole purpose of lowering your voice, it really isn’t worth it. You
get damaged vocal tissue and less vocal control, and if you do start T, a voice
affected by smoking will make your voice more prone to strain and cracking</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>Voc</u><u>al
exercises during the first several months of T or a bad cold</u>. While some very
light warm-ups might not be a problem, your voice is already going through a
lot of physical changes, and your brain is already trying to adapt to those in
how you speak. Doing exercises during this transition period won’t help
significantly, and could cause damage to your voice where they otherwise
wouldn’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-Gilligan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Questions?
Other tips? Comments? Feel free to write to us at <a href="mailto:gendercast@gmail.com">gendercast@gmail.com</a> !</span></div>
</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-11903871032800680562012-05-04T13:20:00.003-07:002012-05-04T13:23:55.568-07:00Please Help Gendercast Out!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jesse + Sean</span></b></div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-56913031660708819252012-04-29T18:37:00.001-07:002012-04-29T21:13:31.505-07:00Identity and Advocacy, by Gilligan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I go to a small, liberal arts college in the state of
Maryland, in the US (in a very conservative part of the state). There are
only about 2,000 students (two of whom I know of are out as trans*, including
me), and virtually no resources or support programs for trans*spectrum
folks. At the start of this year, the
administration made a decision to include “gender identity and expression” in
their non-discrimination policy. So, my
friend and I have spent the past year trying to increase awareness and
resources on campus, and amongst faculty and staff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This
has left me exploring the relationship between advocacy and personal identity
more than I had anticipated.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In such
a small school that prides itself on providing an individualized and inclusive
experience, those who advocate are typically those who are experiencing
oppression. There is such a wide variety of involvement opportunities and
causes, that it is very rare to find people completely unaffected by an issue
who are willing to dedicate significant amounts of time and energy to the
cause. As you can imagine, this is often the case. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m
dealing with this conflict of identity and outreach. There are only two gender-neutral bathrooms
at the school, no gender-neutral housing, no trans* health awareness at the
medical/counseling center, and most of the faculty has little to no idea why
the “gender identity and expression” clause was added to the policy, or what it
means. I don’t feel I can let this
continue in good conscience, or allow the administration to ask for input on
LGBTQ issues without responding with suggestions for improving trans* awareness
and inclusiveness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is
very important for me to be as stealth as possible while at school. I’ve lived
in this area for most of my life, and my interactions with the community and
people I knew prior to coming out often center around pronouns, name blunders,
educating people, and/or concerned and judgmental looks and whispered comments.
Though school is generally a safe and open place, very few students have an
understanding of what “transgender” is, and coming out to them involves a slow
educational process during which my gender is consistently called into question. Even in spaces and meetings where I feel
completely safe and comfortable describing my trans* experience, there is
always a danger of my advocacy being ineffective because I am a trans* student.
No matter how much I discuss other identities, other potential problems and
improvements related to breaking the policed binarist system on capmus, and why
they apply to all (especially trans*) students, people always tend to focus on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i>
identity</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my </i>story</b>. They try to fix a specific problem without addressing
systematic change and institutional oppressions. They apply my insights and experiences
unilaterally to other trans*people. Further, without a cisgender ally to back
up our ideas, those reactions (however well-intended) can be just as
detrimental as they can be helpful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’m then
faced with the task of trying to do work to help a community without focusing
that work on my own experience, as many do; and many questions arise for me:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Where do personal identity and community
advocacy intersect?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Where do they need to be kept separate?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">How can someone explain a group made of
thousands of lives and identities and experiences to someone with little to no
background in that area while avoiding presenting the importance of change and
the definition as only the stories of a few individuals?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Is it possible to be stealth and an advocate? Do
I have to choose? </span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In many
ways, we all face these choices. When we come out, work the technicalities of
name changes and restroom facilities, work and school, family and friends, and advocate
in the professional versus the personal spheres, we are constantly choosing how
much to educate, how much to keep private, when and why to come out, and how to
use our experience and personal narrative. The great thing is that (for the
most part) we have a choice. Navigating those choices in a myriad of situations
and social and political dynamics, though, is the hard part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Filed
under the long list of tough and intriguing questions I’ve come to face
regarding gender identity, sexual identity, advocacy, and daily life, that I’m
sure I’ll be struggling with for a while. Thoughts, experiences, comments, and
reactions? We’d love to hear them at <a href="mailto:gendercast@gmail.com"><span style="color: #351c75;">gendercast@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> - Gilligan </span></div>
</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-55565956234796534932012-04-10T06:45:00.002-07:002012-04-10T06:54:49.843-07:00Welcome Gilligan: New Gendercast Social Media and East Coast Outreach Intern!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pmp2Wd_M98c/T4Q4Uve9XbI/AAAAAAAAAVM/MhLvDsSjuZs/s1600/gilligan_pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pmp2Wd_M98c/T4Q4Uve9XbI/AAAAAAAAAVM/MhLvDsSjuZs/s320/gilligan_pic.jpg" width="205" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Gendercast is so excited to welcome our newest
addition, Gilligan! Gilligan hails from Maryland, where he will be
bringing some east coast flavor to Gendercast and helping us connect beyond our
pacific northwest corner. We are looking forward to learning from
Gilligan and having all the amazing perspective and expertise he brings.</b></span></h2>
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<i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gilligan's Bio</i></h4>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gilligan is a student and queer activist. He
studies Theatre and Physics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and devotes his
spare time to more theatre, studying queer theory, working as an activist, and
music. He started becoming involved with queer rights in high school,
where he founded a GSA and worked to start a Safe Space program. Since
then, he’s worked at inclusion and awareness events related to safe sex and
LGBTQ, etc. topics on campus, and started a trans* issues zine series with a
fellow student.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gilligan works to create and give voice to queer
theatre pieces in Maryland; Washington, DC; and the surrounding middle
East-Coast area. He is creating as a thesis project an original
theatrical work that explores gender presentation as performance, in daily life
and onstage, along with the unique experience transgender performers face
looking at gender through those lenses. As the East Coast and Social Media
Intern for Gendercast, Gilligan works to connect resources, activists,
projects, and experiences between the two coasts through their social media
outlets and through hands-on activism work and reporting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gilligan self-identifies as male, lad, and gentleman,
with trans*gender experience. Though he was assigned “female” at birth,
he also identifies his sex as male. His favorites include mashed
potatoes, playing the drums, formalwear, playing basketball, singing,
photography, and finding and reading historical queer literature.</span></div>
</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-64139419929660477922011-12-24T10:24:00.000-08:002011-12-24T12:39:51.875-08:00Internships!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">As Gendercast wraps up 2011, we discuss our open intern positions on </span><a href="http://gendercast.libsyn.com/webpage/episode-18-gendercast-year-one-in-review" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Episode 18: Year One in Review</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, below are the summary documents about each position. Please let us know if you are interested at </span><a href="mailto:gendercast@gmail.com"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">gendercast@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/76430475/Gendercast-Coordinator-Resource-Guest-Liaison-Internship" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Gendercast Coordinator - Resource and Guest Liaison</span></strong></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/76430480/Gendercast-Web-and-Media-Internship" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Gendercast Web and Media Internship</span></strong></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/76430478/Gendercast-Outreach-Internship" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Gendercast Outreach Internship</span></strong></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/76430476/Gendercast-Grants-Fundrasining-Internship" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Gendercast Grants & Fundraising Internship</span></strong></a><br />
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Come get involved!<br />
Jessie Lee and Sean Leao, hosts<br />
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</div>Gendercasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287451410977006795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2701192415302295357.post-78986742311845868092011-11-29T19:27:00.000-08:002011-12-14T16:08:04.436-08:00Trans Bodies, Trans Selves SEATTLE Community Forum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/289519264413086/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Gendercast is hosting a community forum for YOU to participate in the upcoming Trans Bodies, Trans Selves book! </span></a></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is <strong><span style="color: #351c75;">YOUR</span></strong> opportunity to have your voice heard <strong>BEFORE</strong> the book is published, and contribute to the content. This forum aims to bring the transgender and gen<span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-size: large;">der non-conforming community together to talk about what areas need to be addressed/prioritized, and give <strong><span style="color: #351c75;">OUR</span></strong> community a chance to vocalize <span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>OUR</strong></span> ideas around what WE think is essential in a<span style="color: black;"> book like this.</span></span></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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The forum will consist of a few folks performing a couple of artistic pieces, followed by us breaking up into facilitated small groups to discuss for about an hour. The purpose of the forum is to provide TBTS with input and feedback from the community. Each small group will have someone taking notes, and all notes will be forwarded to the TBTS organization. These notes will then be passed on to the editors and incorporated into the editorial process. <br />
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<strong>Allies</strong> are welcome to come along with someone who is attending this event <strong>as an observer</strong> to the community dialogue. We do need volunteers to help set up, clean up, and take notes in the small groups. If this sounds like something you’re interested in please e-mail us at <span style="color: blue;">gendercast@gmail.com</span>. <br />
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We will be updating this page with facilitator and artist information as they confirm, and hope to have a good turnout. Our hope is that people will not only be able to get together to talk about the book, but also get to know some of our community leaders and organizations that are here in Seattle. <br />
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Monday December 12th<br />
6:30pm to 8:30pm <br />
Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Annex Room, 1002 E. Seneca. <br />
Fully Accessible<br />
Please e-mail <span style="color: blue;">gendercast@gmail.com</span> for additional accommodations if needed.<br />
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<strong>Facilitators confirmed</strong> </span></span></span><br />
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• Sid and Kennedy – The folks who bring you the documentary <a href="http://www.putthisonthemap.org/about-2/education-team" target="_blank">PUT THIS ON THE {MAP}</a> as well as This is Reteaching Gender & Sexuality. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span> •Debbie Carlsen – The executive director of <a href="http://www.lgbtqallyship.org/mission-statement.html" target="_blank">Allyship</a>. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> <br />
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• A. Canelli MA, LMHC NCC <br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">•Elayne Wylie-Weichers - Director of Outreach at Seattle Out & Proud, Program Development & Outreach Committee Member at Out In Front Seattle, and Director of Support Services at Ingersoll Gender Center.<br />
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• Tobi Hill-Meyer<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: black;">Here is a pdf link to the <a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/73234235?access_key=key-2cufp1n3qsnlef8j0lhv" target="_blank">TBTS book outline</a> where you can check out the content and organization of the book. Please take a look and come join with questions and ideas. </span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"> <br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><em>More info about the forum and Trans Bodies, Trans Selves project</em> </span><br />
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<strong>What is the purpose of the forums?</strong><br />
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TBTS is hosting forums all over the country, including San Francisco, Portland, Atlanta, Chicago, Austin, D.C., Philly, Pittsburgh, Burlington, and Toronto. The purpose of these is to bring community members together to talk about the content of the book – including what needs to be prioritized in the book – as we are just in the first draft stages. We are also hoping this will cast a wider net and bring people in who can continue to work with us after the forums by sharing their experiences/expertise, and also telling their friends and family who could not be at one of the forums due to distance or time. Mostly, we recognize there are barriers to being able to be involved with a project like this, and we are hoping the forums will make that more accessible. Many of our authors are individuals who are able to give up their time to write a chapter without getting paid for it. This is not possible for many people and we are hoping these forums can be an entry point to connect with the book, meet some authors/editors, and share ideas/feedback.<br />
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<strong>What is Trans Bodies, Trans Selves?</strong><br />
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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves (TBTS) is a groundbreaking resource guide in-progress, being written by and for trans people. It is based off the idea of Our Bodies, Ourselves, but will cover a much wider variety of topics than the original version of OBOS. Including chapters that range from identities to understanding legal and medical systems, to relationships and sexuality, to youth, activism, and gender theory, this book will also contain personal stories, responses from thousands of surveys completed online, and transgender historical tributes and art.<br />
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<strong>A little more about Trans Bodies Trans Selves</strong> </span><br />
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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a resource guide for the transgender population, covering health, legal issues, cultural and social questions, history, theory, and more. It is a place for transgender and gender-questioning people, their partners and families, students, professors, guidance counselors, and others to look for up-to-date information on transgender life. Each chapter will be written by a separate transgender or genderqueer author, but to provide consistency of layout, message and tone, authors will be given guidelines and will work closely with the editor. The book will be aimed at a general transgender and gender-questioning audience, and when using complicated language, will provide definitions and explanations. The tone will be friendly and fun, and will promote trans-positive, feminist and genderqueer advocacy. Included in each section will be anonymous quotes from everyday transgender people, who will be interviewed and also surveyed electronically, so that their voices are heard throughout. Short opinion pieces and testimonials (1-2 pages long) will also be included in each chapter. Finally, each chapter will contain references to resources such as books, movies, and organizations related to the chapter’s topic.<br />
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Of primary importance in this book is a worldview that supports human rights for all people. While the focus of the book is transgender and gender non-conforming people, we understand that a struggle for one group is a struggle for all. All of the book's chapters will recognize that sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, able-ism, ageism, and all other forms of prejudice exist within our communities and must be addressed. We will emphasize the fact that economics, the prison industrial complex, and strict anti-immigration laws are forms of oppression employed to divide people. We know full well that many communities are not represented or are under-represented in our author list. Thousands of folks have filled out the surveys, and those voices will be used frequently throughout the book, rather than the stories of the authors. Everyone who is involved in the book is involved on a volunteer basis. We understand it is difficult for many people to take on another project, particularly one that is unpaid, in spite of how strongly they believe in the purpose/mission of this book. We encourage all to contact us with feedback, concrete ideas and suggestions, and assistance whenever possible. Through this open door, we hope to shed light on the intent of the editor and also to hear different points of view from the community at large so we may create a strong and revolutionary book.<br />
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<strong>Web and Access Information<br />
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