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.!

Call for Submissions for Laced Banana

Call for Submissions for Trans* Playwrights

Laced Banana are accepting submissions for a new regular night dedicated to your NUTS* Would you like to see your script performed on stage? Looking for a chance to show the Manchester theatre crowd your acting ability? Looking for new pieces of writing to develop for your own productions? On the look-out for new acting talent? Or maybe you just want to connect with your peers.

May Contain NUTS* is slightly different from other networking events in that it creates an opportunity for writers and actors to actually showcase their work before you get talking to them.

Whether you have a finished short script, a scene from a longer play you wish to develop, a monologue, or just the bare bones of an idea – we want to see them.

This is a great opportunity for writers to see a new idea or piece of writing up on its feet, or for new writers to get an idea of the process.

Visit their website for more details.

Call for Papers: Gender, Sexuality, and Law

Call for Papers: Socio-Legal Studies Annual Conference

De Montfort Law School, Leicester, April 3-5 2012

Gender, Sexuality and the Law

The stream seeks to draw together socio-legal scholarship from across the globe, featuring scholars from a range of disciplines relating to the broad theme of gender, sexuality and law.

Past papers have considered sexuality and education law, queer theory, same-sex marriage, gender and parenthood, trans identities, sex work, domestic violence, public sex, sexuality and the media, religion and sexuality, international comparisons, and theories of gender but papers pertaining to any area of gender, sexuality and law will be considered.

Previous years have also featured screenings from new film-makers (Susan Potter’s An Ordinary Person in 2009 and Ileana Pietbruno’s Girlfriend Experience in 2010). The stream is keen to maintain a space for film in 2012.

In recent years the Gender, Sexuality and Law Stream has filled up very quickly and a number of would-be presenters were sadly unable to be accommodated within the stream. Early submission is therefore suggested and aids with conference planning.

Informal queries should be directed to stream organiser, Chris Ashford: chris.ashford @ sunderland.ac.uk

Submission of abstracts must be made by Word document e-mail attachment to: slsa2012 @ dmu.ac.uk

Abstracts must be no longer than 300 words and must include your title, name and institutional affiliation and your email address for correspondence. Please state clearly in the subject section of your e-mail that you are submitting an abstract for the SLSA Conference 2012.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 16th January 2012. Abstracts submitted by this deadline will receive a decision to enable early registration by 31st January 2012.

The conference website can be viewed here.

More information on the SLSA can be viewed here.

Intersectionality Conference and Arts Residential

Including Intersectional Identities Conference

Want to learn more about including people with intersectional identities in your service? Interested in the experiences of LGBT people who are disabled and/or from minority ethnic backgrounds?

This is a unique opportunity to engage in discussions on a variety of topics around the inclusion of LGBT people with complex identities. Including Intersectional Identities is a showcase of pioneering intersectional work in Glasgow, Scotland, England and Europe.

The programme includes workshops and panel discussions on:

- Intersectional LGBT work in different contexts across the UK and Europe
- Transgender intersections
- Including disabled LGBT people
- Including minority ethnic LGBT people

For more information and to book your free place, click here.

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Creative Intersections Residential Art Retreat

Join us for an exciting arts based residential in a fully-accessible lodge in the Scottish Highlands!

This is your chance to creatively share your experiences of accessing services and explore how to make services better in a fun and relaxed way.

The residential will have a programme of workshops on visual arts, music, creative writing, photography and film to help participants tell their stories in ways that are most enjoyable for them. These stories will then be put together in a document published online, and parts of the process will be filmed and distributed to organisations as a DVD. Appearing in the DVD is completely optional so you can take part in the residential without being filmed.

Places are limited, so click here to apply for a place.