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*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.**

Here is a list of our events: ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!

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.
Where: Social Work 305
When: 6-8pm

What:Trans Space � a meet, greet and button making extravaganza for trans identified people.
Where: Q Center, Schmitz 450
When: 6-8 pm

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
Where: TBD
When: 4-5pm

What: BENT Poetry Workshop
Where:  Johnson  102
When:Doors and FREE FOOD at 6pm, Performance at 6:30pm

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
When: 4-6pm

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!