Jennifer_SFBA
11/04/06, 09:35 am
Another opportunity to support progressive civil rights in Arizona while promoting peace and having fun:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2006
Contact:
Michael Woodward, Wingspan Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
520-624-1779, x26 – mwoodward@wingspan.org
Jessica Pettitt, University of Arizona
520-626-8956 – jpettitt@email.arizona.edu
Tucson Transgender Awareness Week
November 13-20, 2006 will mark Tucson’s first-ever city-wide Transgender Awareness Week. The project is a collaboration between the University of Arizona’s Center for Student Involvement & Leadership and Wingspan’s Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA), and is held in conjunction with the Eight Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The theme for the week is “Invisible Identities within the Trans Community.” The week will feature a variety of events around the city as well as on the University of Arizona campus. Highlights include appearances by NYC attorney Dean Spade, founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project; screening of a new documentary film, “Cruel and Unusual”; several informational trainings and Q&A forums; a gallery show featuring local transgender artists; a youth-led Freedom of Expression march; a community fair and keynote address by Loren Cameron, author of the highly acclaimed book, Body Alchemy; and a candlelight vigil on Monday Nov 20 to honor those lost to anti-transgender hate crimes.
For more information, contact SAGA Program Coordinator, Michael Woodward, at 520-624-1779, x26 or UA Coordinator of Social Justice Programs, Jessica Pettitt, at 520-626-8956, or go to http://sagatucson.org/transgender-awareness-week.
Calendar of Events
All month, starting Wednesday, Nov 6th:
· Transgender Artists Gallery Show
Kachina Gallery, Student Union Building (UA)
Local trans artists display their original art and photography. Observe color, medium, and gender and how artists express themselves.
Monday, Nov 13:
· “Cruel and Unusual”
7:30pm, The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd.
www.cruelandunusualfilm.com
Join us at the screening of a new documentary on transgender prisoners, with remarks and Q&A by activist Dean Spade, founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (NYC). Admission: $5.
Tuesday, Nov 14:
· “Lunch n’ Learn” Out & Equal Workplace Advocates’ Trans 101 Training
10:30am-11:30am Copper Room, Student Union Building (UA)
Presented by UA Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action office. Join us for an introductory training session and be sure to bring your lunch. We will cover the rudimentary basics of language, identity, expression, and perception and its impact of the workplace.
· Dean Spade presents “Toilet Training”
Noon, Gallagher Theater, Student Union Building (UA)
Watch this short documentary about bathroom use and gender space needs of the trans community. Dean Spade of Sylvia Rivera Law Project will lead a question and answer session following the 40-minute screening.
· “Ask a Tranny Anything” Q&A Panel
6:30-8:30pm, Wingspan, 425 E. 7th St
Repeat of the popular SAGA forum that takes a “no holds barred” approach to gender diversity education. Here is an opportunity to ask anything you would like to a panel of openminded transgender, transsexual, and gender-queer folks. This is a safe place to ask the questions that you have about gender identity, expression, and your perceptions of gender.
Wednesday, Nov 15:
· SafeZone presents “Gender Identity”
5:00-7:00pm, Rincon Room, Student Union Building (UA)
UA Residence Life’s program conducts student trainings on campus. This forum will introduce definitions, addresses gender expression and basic transgender identity theory, and strives to dispel myths and misunderstandings about the transgender community
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2006
Contact:
Michael Woodward, Wingspan Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
520-624-1779, x26 – mwoodward@wingspan.org
Jessica Pettitt, University of Arizona
520-626-8956 – jpettitt@email.arizona.edu
Tucson Transgender Awareness Week
November 13-20, 2006 will mark Tucson’s first-ever city-wide Transgender Awareness Week. The project is a collaboration between the University of Arizona’s Center for Student Involvement & Leadership and Wingspan’s Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA), and is held in conjunction with the Eight Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The theme for the week is “Invisible Identities within the Trans Community.” The week will feature a variety of events around the city as well as on the University of Arizona campus. Highlights include appearances by NYC attorney Dean Spade, founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project; screening of a new documentary film, “Cruel and Unusual”; several informational trainings and Q&A forums; a gallery show featuring local transgender artists; a youth-led Freedom of Expression march; a community fair and keynote address by Loren Cameron, author of the highly acclaimed book, Body Alchemy; and a candlelight vigil on Monday Nov 20 to honor those lost to anti-transgender hate crimes.
For more information, contact SAGA Program Coordinator, Michael Woodward, at 520-624-1779, x26 or UA Coordinator of Social Justice Programs, Jessica Pettitt, at 520-626-8956, or go to http://sagatucson.org/transgender-awareness-week.
Calendar of Events
All month, starting Wednesday, Nov 6th:
· Transgender Artists Gallery Show
Kachina Gallery, Student Union Building (UA)
Local trans artists display their original art and photography. Observe color, medium, and gender and how artists express themselves.
Monday, Nov 13:
· “Cruel and Unusual”
7:30pm, The Loft Cinema, 3233 E Speedway Blvd.
www.cruelandunusualfilm.com
Join us at the screening of a new documentary on transgender prisoners, with remarks and Q&A by activist Dean Spade, founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (NYC). Admission: $5.
Tuesday, Nov 14:
· “Lunch n’ Learn” Out & Equal Workplace Advocates’ Trans 101 Training
10:30am-11:30am Copper Room, Student Union Building (UA)
Presented by UA Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action office. Join us for an introductory training session and be sure to bring your lunch. We will cover the rudimentary basics of language, identity, expression, and perception and its impact of the workplace.
· Dean Spade presents “Toilet Training”
Noon, Gallagher Theater, Student Union Building (UA)
Watch this short documentary about bathroom use and gender space needs of the trans community. Dean Spade of Sylvia Rivera Law Project will lead a question and answer session following the 40-minute screening.
· “Ask a Tranny Anything” Q&A Panel
6:30-8:30pm, Wingspan, 425 E. 7th St
Repeat of the popular SAGA forum that takes a “no holds barred” approach to gender diversity education. Here is an opportunity to ask anything you would like to a panel of openminded transgender, transsexual, and gender-queer folks. This is a safe place to ask the questions that you have about gender identity, expression, and your perceptions of gender.
Wednesday, Nov 15:
· SafeZone presents “Gender Identity”
5:00-7:00pm, Rincon Room, Student Union Building (UA)
UA Residence Life’s program conducts student trainings on campus. This forum will introduce definitions, addresses gender expression and basic transgender identity theory, and strives to dispel myths and misunderstandings about the transgender community