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- LGBT Consortium - Annual Meeting and Conference
(31 January 2009) - International Foundation for Gender Education conference
(4–7th February 2009) - Schools out annual conference (7th February 2009)
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Symposium (17–20 June, 2009)
- TG09—UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, NORWICH, NORFOLK, UK(4–6 September, 2009)
LGBT Consortium - Annual Meeting and Conference
In response to feedback from members the LBGT Consortium is holding this year's AGM & Annual Conference on a Saturday making it more accessible for volunteers. Also the event has been moved to Birmingham as a central location and to celebrate the opening of the regional office in the West Midlands
The day will begin at 10am and finish at 5pm with an informal drinks reception from 5pm to 7pm providing the opportunity for further networking with other delegates and organisations both nationally and locally.
This year the Consortium is 10 years young so it will be looking to celebrate the work of the LGBT Third Sector that makes up its membership.
The agenda is currently being finalised, therefore there is still time for you to contribute to how the day might look and the workshops that will be provided.
It will be worthwhile for representatives of the trans organisations to attend to ensure that a proper proportion of the Consortium's £700,000 per annum expenditure is allocated to their needs.
If you are interested in presenting, showcasing, running a workshop or facilitating please
IFGE Annual Conference
The event will be held February 4–7, 2009 at the Alexandria Hilton at Mark Center in Alexandria, VA. It is being hosted by the Transgender Education Association (TGE) of Washington DC, in coalition with other groups in the mid Atlantic region. The theme for this year's gathering is: “Working Together for Change.”
This year we are giving priority to the following themes:
• Issues impacting Transgender Youth, and Children of Trans Parents
• Issues impacting Transgender Elders
• Issues and concerns of FTMs (We are reserving a full track for FTMs)
• Issues and concerns of Crossdressers
• Reforming or removing "Gender Identity Disorder" from the DSM
• Transgender Health, Medicine and Legal Concerns
• TGs in Relationships - for Significant Others, Couples & Individuals with or without partners
• Changing the perception of Transgender People through Education.
• Creating unity in the Transgender Community
New ideas, new topics and new faces are also of strong interest. We will be holding special panel discussions for the benefit of students, researchers and educators to learn more about the trans community. (Student registration rates will be available.)
More details available here
Schools OUT annual conference
The Schools OUT Conference, held on Saturday 7th at The Drill Hall, just off Tottenham Court Road in London.
Schools OUT Conferences are something else. Previous ones have featured Q Boy, Mz Fontaine and Dean Atta. They're vibrant, dynamic and fun, and there's no death by PowerPoint for us. That's because they are on a Saturday and you don't want to give up your Saturday for something that feels like work.
Some of the highlights this year will be:
• Teachers from the No Outsiders Project showing us how they have been using all sorts of books in primary schools that explore LGBT lives including a dvd of the opera written by John Harold and his pupils ‘And Tango Makes 3’,.
• Young people from the LGBT project in Calderdale GALYIC.
• Anti-Bullying and Homophobia Worker (ABC Project) Kate Sicolo from the South West doing both a workshop and sharing with us material she is pioneering in secondary schools.
• Journey Man will be entertaining us - telling us stories.
Schools Out Website
17th-20th June 2009
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Symposium
The next WPATH Biennial Symposium will be held in Oslo, Norway, from 17 to 20 June 2007.
Information about the Symposium may be viewed here.
TG09 - THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, NORWICH, NORFOLK, UK
Friday 4th (Evening), Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th SEPTEMBER 2009
KEY SPEAKER: Dr. Douglas Ousterhout
Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of California, USA
FULL CONFERENCE £165 PER DELEGATE, includes:
Friday evening buffet; Saturday & Sunday midday meals and refreshments;
Saturday Evening 3-Course Gala Dinner (with Pre-Dinner Drink and BackgroundMusic for Dancing) at the prestigious Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
(Extra Gala Dinner Guests will be welcome, Tickets £33.50.)
DAY DELEGATES welcome: £70 PER DELEGATE PER DAY
(includes midday meals and refreshments)
B & B ACCOMMODATION is available on Campus AT EXTRA COST
(All rooms have en-suite showers, etc.)
TG CONFERENCES,
C/O TANTALLON,
CHANDLER ROAD,
UPPER STOKE HOLY CROSS,
NORWICH,
NR14 8RG
TEL/FAX: 01508 492551
More details available here
TransForum Manchester
TransForum Manchester meets on the fourth Saturday of each month at 3.30pm in its usual venue - the Church Social Room of St John Chrysostoms Church (accessed from the side entrance by the bell tower on Anson Road - room open from approx 3:00pm). Ansom Road M14 5BG. All are most welcome to these events; those who want to explore their TG status or need help in being themselves, and especially anyone interested in a better understanding of trans-gendered people and their community. Although the group is sponsored and supported by MCC Manchester, it is not a Church group and is open to all. For directions, go to www.mccmanchester.co.uk/mccmmap.ht.
The Group operates an email group to promote further discussion and circulate information from and about the group. To join the e-group go to uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/TG-DiscussionGroup and click on 'Join this Group'.
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