Topic: Conferences and Meetings

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #102, Summer 2003.

LARGEST MULTI-VENUE TRANSGENDER EVENT EVER

The 4th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, held November 20th, 2002, was an event on a scale never before seen in the transgender community. In over 90 different locations across the world, transgendered people and their supporters took a stand against anti-transgender violence.

Events were held in eight different countries?Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Israel, Italy, Spain, and the United States. In the U.S. alone, events could be found in 31 states and the District of Columbia, stretching across the country from Massachusetts to California.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.
by Annie Wright, LifeWorks UK

Richard and I woke to the smell of fresh coffee. Breakfast was being served. We had slept well after our exhilarating and exhausting time in Galveston. But it wasn?t quite as idyllic as it seemed. He was in seat 22A. I had slumbered on the other side of the cabin in seat 25G. We were returning to Europe from the 2001 XVII HBIGDA symposium.

Originally appeared in Transgender Tapestry #097, Spring 2002.

by Janis Walworth

In past years the annual Out and Equal Workplace Summit has included workshops on transgender issues, but never as many as at the most recent conference, which was held the first weekend of October 2001. The Summit, which addresses lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues in the workplace, brings together LGBT employees, Human Resource (HR) and Diversity professionals, union advocates, and others who want to create safe and equitable work environments for LGBT people.

The conference, held just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati in Erlanger, Kentucky, was smaller than expected due to slashed budgets and fear of flying in the wake of September?s terrorist attack. Nonetheless, a full schedule of workshops was presented to an enthusiastic audience from all over the country. Six of the 45 workshops offered during the three-day conference were about transgender issues.