Events
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Start: 6:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
*Transgender** Awareness Week is aimed at student education and consciousness of transgender communities and experiences. Through community gatherings, educational presentations, and performative art, we seek to create critical discussion about transgressing gender. Throughout the week we will be tabling on the HUB lawn and passing out FREE T-SHIRTS! Please stop by one of our events, our tables, or the Q Center (450 Schmitz Hall) to get your free t-shirt! **Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe gender variant people with identities, expressions and/or behaviors not traditionally associated with their assigned birth sex.**
Monday: What: Partners Group- a facilitated discussion by someone from the Northwest Network (http://www.nwnetwork.org/) space for partners, family and friends of transgender people. What:Trans Space � a meet, greet and button making extravaganza for trans identified people. Tuesday: BENT: A Writing Institute will be offering two events on Tuesday! The first is a spoken word writing workshop that is aimed at writers of any level, the second is a spoken word performance by members of BENT. BENT: a Writing Institutes' mission is: To promote and encourage written and spoken word among LGBTIQ people and in our communities. (http://bentwriting.com/) FREE FOOD will be offered at the performance! What: BENT Poetry Workshop What: BENT Poetry Workshop Wednesday: What : Trans 101 with the Seattle Counseling Service-Not sure what trans means?
Come and learn more about trans identities and communities. Where : HUB 200 A When : 5-6 pm What : Verbena � a discussion about accessing health care for trans people. Where : HUB 200 A When : 6-7pm Thursday: May Day Rally � all day poster/banner making in the Q Center (450 Schmitz Hall), meet in the Q Center at 1:30 to go to the Rally in Red Square followed by busing to the immigrants rights rally at Judkins Park. Friday: What: Gender F**ked: How Trans People Get Off � a presentation by Babeland (http://www.babeland.com/) Where: SW 305 A&B If you have any questions please feel free to contact our organization QTIIG (Queer women and Transgender Individuals Interest Group) at qtiig@u.washington.edu OR the Q Center at http://depts.washington.edu/qcenter/ , or 206.897.1430. We hope to see you there...pass along the message of the week to your friends or organizations! Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Wednesday support group is a vibrant group of from twenty to thirty or more Trans, MTF, FTM, gender variant folk, partners, and allies who get together each week to support each other, build community and get the support and information they need to be whole and happy. This meeting is built on the legacy of over thirty years of continuous weekly support meetings for the trans community. This is an open, facilitated meeting. Contributions are very welcome but not required. This group is held at the offices of Seattle Counseling Services. See address below. | ||
