Trans* History Friday!

Lile Elbe 1882-1931

Lile (born Einar Wegener) met Gerda Gottlieb at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and they married in 1904. Both worked as illustrators in their youth and travelled through Italy and France eventually settling in Paris in 1912, where Lili could live openly as a woman. Lili famously inspired Gerda’s depictions of petite femmes fatales when asked to stand in for Gerda’s absentee model, a mode of dress that she became increasingly comfortable with. By the time of Elbe’s surgeries in 1930, her case had been made into a media sensation in Denmark and Germany, and she managed to change her sex and name legally, whilst the King of Denmark invalidated her marriage to Gerda. She was one of the first people to undergo male to female sex reassignment which was at the time only in an experimental state.

CliniQ

Wanted to let you all know about a new service available in London -cliniQ

cliniQ is a new holistic sexual health and well-being service for all trans* people, partners and friends

cliniQ will be opening its doors for the first time on Weds 15th February from 5 to 7pm, and will be open every Wednesday from 5 to 7pm on a walk-in and appointment basis

cliniQ is a free and confidential sexual health service that also offers access to hormone level testing, drug and alcohol support, counselling, advocacy and much more

cliniQ
56 Dean Street
Soho
London
W1D 6AQ

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CliniQ/236031843137850

020 3315 9552

Religion and Sexuality- Bridging the gap? 7th March

Just to let you all know about an interesting event coming up hosted by Southwark LGBT network, as part of LGBT history month!

Religion & sexuality – bridging the gap?’

A panel discussion featuring:

Rabbi Ariel Friedlander of the West London Synagogue

The Reverend Paul Collier, Anglican priest in Southwark

Terry Sanderson of the National Secular Society

A gay Muslim (name tbc)

To be chaired by Michael Cleere, a former Roman Catholic priest

Come along and listen to what is bound to be a lively discussion. We’ll try to make time for you to sound off (briefly!) if you want to.

Wednesday 7^th March 2012 7-9pm at Woolfson & Tay, 12 Bermondsey Square, London, SE1 3UN www.woolfsonandtay.com. Admission free. Get there early! Free tea & coffee.

Trans* History Friday

JACK BEE GARLAND 1869-1936

Born in San Francisco and growing up as a rebellious tomboy, Garland was sent to a convent school but escaped through marrying a family friend at age 15, whom he divorced a few months later. In 1899 he took the male identity of Beebe Beam and accompanied US army forces to the Philippines to participate in the Philippine war. After becoming sick and his history discovered Beam was banished from the ship, but was disguised in a uniform by other soldiers and hidden until safe. After publishing a book about his Philippine adventure Beam abandoned newspaper writing and assumed the identity Jack Bee Garland and devoted himself to social work with the American Red Cross and other charitable organisations, and remained active in these areas until his death. Louis Sullivan has published his life story in a book entitled: From Female to Male: Life of Jack Bee Garland, 1990. 

Trans* History Friday!

History is important to all communities, societies and cultures and each Friday we will continue to pull out inspirational gender variant people from the deep and dusty books. It is easy to forget the ways in which our popular historical knowledge has been carefully remembered and other elements systematically forgotten because they don’t contribute to the dominant ideologies of the time. The inspirational person to consider this week is Alan L. Hart who made valuable contributions to present day society.

Alan Hart (1890-1962) was an American physcician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer and novelist. In 1917-18 he was one of the first FTM’s to undergo surgery and live the rest of his life as a man. He pioneered the use of x-ray photography in TB detection and implemented screening programs that saved thousands of lives, TB being, in the early 20^th century, the biggest fatal disease in America. As an experienced and accessible writer Hart wrote widely for medical journals and popular publications, as well as pursuing a second career, outside of medicine, as a novelist.

Gendered Intelligence Film Night Fundraiser

GI will be holding a film night to raise funds for the group. 50% of money raised will go towards to the youth and volunteer program, the other 50% will go towards the filmmakers.

When: February 10th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Where: Central School of Speech and Drama (Swiss Cottage)

Tickets: £4/6

You can contact Gendered Intelligence to reserve tickets here.

News and Events Tuesday

G.I. Trans* Youth Group

We are resuming our youth group sessions for all 13-25 year old trans* people including those who are questioning their gender identity.

Tuesday evening is going to be the new week night and Saturday afternoon will be the other day. The sessions are going to be fairly relaxed and will give an opportunity for you to get to know each other and discuss things that are relevant to you.

Our sessions will cover:

• How to come out to friends, family members and school and work peers
• The positives and negatives of living stealth
• Improving your mental well being
• Decision making around transitioning and negotiating different models or ways of being trans
• Considering sex and relationships
• How we can educate those around us

So if you are just looking to find out more about being trans, or are exploring your gender identity and want to find friends or others with similar experiences then GI Youth Group is the place for you.

Alternatively if you are an old timer and want to have a catch up then we hope to accommodate everyone with our new more informal opt in/ opt out approach to any facilitated discussions.

When: Tuesday 7th February 6 – 8pm
Saturday 25th February 2 – 5pm (SOFFA day)
Tuesday 6th March 6 – 8pm
Saturday 31st March 2 – 5pm
Where: Central School of Speech and Drama, Eton Avenue, by Swiss Cottage Tube Station. Map.

Travel bursaries will be offered to those on a low income for up to £6 per person and you will only be reimbursed when you give us a receipt. Light refreshments will be provided. The building is fully accessible, but please contact us if you have any access needs so that we can work together to accomodate everyone. Contact Jay Stewart at jay.stewart @ genderedintelligence.com for more information.

Cutting Edge Consortium Women’s Group Public Meeting

What is Cutting Edge Consortium? A discussion on challenging homophobic, transphobic and patriarchal orthodoxies, from faith and secular perspectives.

When: 19.00 – 21.00 on 18th January 2012
Where: The Conference Room (Floor 1), YMCA, Indian Student Hostel, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ

Contributors: Naomi Phillips (British Humanist Association), Chitra Nagarajan (Women and Faith), Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry (Beit Klal Yisrael/Liberal Judaism), Christina Beardsley (Sibyls & Changing Attitude) & Tamsila Taquir (The Safra Project).

Entry to the meeting is free and is open to everyone who identifies as a woman.

Please note that we do have some spaces left. Please email to register.

Trans Bare All Event

Trans Bare All Event

This event will be slightly different to TBA’s usual retreats as they will
not be offering a residential weekend – they are trying out a different
format. We will all meet at the centre during the day and then people
can have their own time to chill out and reflect in the evening. We
will also be around on the Saturday evening for a social for those who
want to discover the delights that Sheffield has to offer!

This time we will be concentrating on Loss within the community,
looking at how it can affect us in different ways as trans* people and
exploring ways to deal with this. The event will be our first mixed
event for anyone who identifies or has previously identified as trans,
in whatever form that may take.

There are only 16 places available and spaces are on a first come,
first served basis. So make sure you book and get the deposit back to
us fast.

Payments: We can take cheque or bank transfer, please contact us for
the bank details. If you would like to come but are struggling
finiancially, then we are able to take payments in installments to
make it easier. We are also piloting a sponsorship scheme where people
can contribute money to go towards helping others access the event.
Please talk to us if you need any assistance.

When: Feb 25th – 26th, 2012.
Where: Sheffield, England
Cost: £15-50, sliding scale. Includes lunch.

Email transbareall @ gmail.com for a booking form or more information.

Open Discussion Wednesday: Libra Ad

Most have already heard of the New Zealand company Libra and their tampon ad many are calling anti-trans*. Pink News reported on both sides of the issue, stating that many in the New Zealand and Australia trans* communities found the ad offensive and anti-trans*, while others, including, according to Pink News, 146 petition signers felt that the ad depicted “the humourous side” of being transgender.

What do you think? Have you seen the ad? Do you feel it is anti-trans*? Discuss it here or with us on Facebook or Twitter.

Thank You From G.I.!