Transgender Events

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My favorite Event now being moved to my Favorite City! Hope to meet many of you there; cost is very, very reasonable but be sure to reserve early! For more information, firstevent.org/category/first-event-news/

Koovagam Festival 2012: India's Largest Hindu Celebration Of The Transgender Community Huffington Post The temple is a focal point during the Tamil month of Chitrai, where transgender and transvestite devotees are ceremonially wedded to the Hindu deity, considered a patron god to the communities...

Here is a link to the meetup group I just created ... nothing special or big ... but its something where previously there was nothing. http://www.meetup.com/Greenwood-and-Southside-LGBTQ-Social-Gathering/

My name is Manon van der Sluijs and I work as a researcher for a Dutch Film production company called de Familie (the Family in Dutch) located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. De Familie produces art documentaries and feature films. We are currently working on a historical documentary in which we will produce a historical portrait of a period in which one of the first transgender surgeons, Georges Burou, who performed the first transsexual operations during the ' 50s and 60's in Casablanca. As you know, these were times when getting sex reassignment surgery was very difficult, hardly possible, and most male-to-female transsexuals sought solace with doctor Burou in Casabl…

Those who might be in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday May 19th, 2013 there will be the second annual Transgender Day of Celebration picnic at Minnehaha Falls Park. From 4 pm to 10 PM. Two years ago at the Transgender Day of Remembrance services in Minneapolis, MN, they opened the floor for announcements and discussion after the remembrance service was completed. Someone suggested a summer event as TDoR is celebrated 20 November when it usually cold and possibly snow or icy in Minneapolis, MN. (If I recall the temperature was 10F and there was ice on the sidewalks leading to the church entry. I braved the elements and wore a tweed skirt with a satin liner, nylons, two …

I'll be out , in public this afternoon in Richmond Virginia . If ya see , wave hi , I'll wave back !

Welcome to First Event 2017The Premiere Transgender Conference of the Season!First Event 2017 will be held January 25-29, 2017 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlboro, Massachusetts and welcomes all gender variant and questioning persons, their families, allies, and professionals to celebrate, meet old friends, make new friends, teach and learn from each other at one of the oldest and largest transgender conferences in the world. http://www.firstevent.org/2017/index.cfm?CFID=28060554&CFTOKEN=eb4927fa4f2dc5f7-E6B93ACF-A723-0A16-9C97F49C47C5DF9B&jsessionid=8430933bafff8defeb1d47e726d3d3ca2c23 This is a great event. My wife and I went last year when it …

Being Transgender in Church: A Panel Discussion on Radical Welcome Patch.com First Parish will host a panel discussion to explore transgender identities in relation to church communities on Wednesday evening. Red Durkin speaking at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Suhyoon Cho On Wednesday, February 15, First Parish in ...

Several weeks ago I was given permission to teach a self-defense class in a local business which is in the working stages for mid September. From the initial response I'm guessing there will be more than one date as I'm teaching this with limited assistance. I can teach people with zero skill with a class size of ten and with a secondary instructor (whom I must teach them my style) I can up class size to say 15. More likely there will be over 30 interested in this class. If you are in the area of Portland/Salem respond here if interested. I will be posting date-time shortly. This will be for anyone in normal physical health. The basics taught are easy to learn using lever…

Check out the list of events below: Thursday, March 29 - International Transgender Day of Visibility Open Mic Night 6:00PM to 9:00PM at Five 15 (515 S. Washington, Royal Oak) Bring your stories, songs, poems, or rants (no interpretive dance please) about your experience with transgender or gender non-conformist identities, issues, and communities. Friends and Allies welcome. No cover charge, but snacks and drinks are available for purchase. Friday, March 30 - International Transgender Day of Visibility Show your visibility by serving the community. Meet at 8:30 AM at Affirmations (290 West 9 Mile Road, Ferndale), then carpool to Gleaners Community Food Bank from …

Come join us 2nd Annual Transgender Cruise November 7-12, 2015 on the Brilliance of the Seas. http://transgendervacations.net/upcoming-calendars/

MINNEAPOLIS TRANS EQUITY SUMMIT September SEPTEMBER 25 1PM – 8PM. Humphrey School of Public Affairs | University of Minnesota Twin Cities Link to web site for more information: http://www.evite.com...Q4EPEESW32MPYJQ Phoebe

VIDEO: Community members to gather TONIGHT for Transgender Day of Empowerment San Diego Gay & Lesbian News SAN DIEGO – Community members will gather tonight at The San Diego LGBT Community Center for the ninth Transgender Day of Empowerment, an event organized each year to celebrate thetransgender community and its accomplishments... Video from 2011 Transgender Day of Empowerment

LGBT rights advocates to rally at Utah Capitol on Wednesday Salt Lake Tribune By Rosemary Winters With a popular anti-discrimination law tabled for the fifth year in a row and other LGBT-related bills bottled up in the Legislature, members and supporters of Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community plan to make ... The rally is from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Capitol. Scheduled speakers include Utah Democratic Party Chairman Jim Dabakis, fictional icon Sister Dottie S. Dixon, and openly gay lawmaker Rep. Brian Doughty, D-Salt Lake City.

Disclaimer: The views expressed are actually pro-GLBT. You have to read it to the end to get the point. Some idiots on facebook retorted without reading the entire thing, thinking it was meant to be some right-wing anti-GLBT propaganda. This is why certain tools should actually read the entire thing before deciding to skip that, and then post about me being some kinda chauvinist bigot of some kind. Here's what I posted on facebook (editing was required to censor explitives here on TGG): I bring this up because I noticed that some friends here [on facebook] are already mentioning attending the event though it isn't gonna happen til April of next year. The Day of S…

Tone Cluster choir brings music, water awareness to latest show Your Ottawa Region Tone Cluster, Ottawa's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and gay-friendly choir will be holding a water-themed concert on March 3 at the First Baptist Church downtown to help Ottawans get ready for spring. submitted photo A new water-themed concert ...

If you are able to come to the Virginia Commonwealth college campus , beginning February , Richmond Virginia's GLESN is able to help !

Yes, I have been notified by the Anti Violence project coordinator at 8AM eastern this morning that there is a Petition drive to Light the White House in the transgender Pride colors ! It's already a fact that the Obama administration gave LGB their due . It's been our turn since Stonewall 1969 . I'm behind this project as Lavern Cox and several celebrities have been lined up to do the same at the Empire State Building in New York at the same time the White house will light itself in Pink and Sky Blue ! Yes, Trans day of remembrance has and will continue to be a somber event as it should be . Still, we Trans people are too often swept under and ignored or worse yet , seen…

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2014 On November 20, Transgender Day of Remembrance, people will gather across the country to pay respect to those needlessly killed by hate crimes against the transgender community. Over the next week, HRC will raise up the voices of transgender community leaders and advocates to bring attention to the continued fight for a safer and better future for all members of our community. HRC members and supporters will also join with community organizers across the country to pay respect to call attention to the threat of violence our transgender friends and family regularly face. To find an event in your area visit www.hrc.org/tdor L…

Asheville transgender pride events set for March 30-31 Asheville Citizen-Times ASHEVILLE — Events celebrating transgender pride are set for March 30-31, beginning with a TransFilm Fest at 11 am March 30 at the Haywood Street Congregation, 297 Haywood St. The film event will include free showings of “Almost Myself” and the... Asheville is an awesome city! One of my favorite places to travel. ~ Lori

Free Workshop: Employment Rights for Transgender & LGBT Workers By outandequal For this reason, the California State Bar's Labor & Employment Section made possible a free workshop taking place this Wednesday, July 11, 2012, called “Employment Rights forTransgender/LGBT Workers.” The event is open to all and will...

Gigi Gorgeous Book launch at Indigo at Toronto (homecoming from L.A. to Toronto) Hello everyone, I went to the book launch event where Gigi was being interviewed by ET Canada front of live audiences. I have uploaded full recording of how she talks about transitioning, family members, coming out, her YouTube channel, writing the book & most of all the importance of soul within transgenders, I was inspired by her down to Earth approach on her fame to rise as a m to f transitioning women. Source https://youtu.be/fZ0B9tj8Yfw

STIFF, transgender, preservation fests unspool The Seattle Times Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival continues through the weekend with a variety of short and feature-length films, including "I Stand Corrected," about the transgender jazz musician John/Jennifer Leitham (7:15 pm Saturday)...

Mayor proclaims Transgender Awareness Week in Lloyd Lloydminster Source The week of March 25 to 31 will be Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Visibility will be March 31. Mulligan signed the proclamation after discussing it with council. “There was no precedent and I didn't think it was my position to bring...