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June 3-7, 2009 at the
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Pl.,
Los Angeles, CA 90038
TRANS-UNITY PRIDE is an annual multi-cultural, substance free celebration of the Southern California regional transgender community:transsexual, transgender, gender-queer, and cross-dressing individuals, and those who love and care for them. This Sunday, TLC will present several workshops on a range of topics including, Employment Law, Transgender Health Law, and the State of Transgender California. Join speakers Masen, Alexis, and Matt, as they give you up to date information and helpful tips that any transgender activist can use.
Sunday, June 7
"Where is the Trans Movement Heading?" 11:15 am, "Health Care Activism" 2:10-3:40
"Know Your Rights" from 2:10 - 3:10, and "Transgender Healthcare Law" from 3:50 - 5:20
For the full schedule visit the Trans Unity web site.
TLC at Trans March - San Francisco
3:00 - 9:00pm on Friday June 26th
at Dolores Park, Dolores and 19th Streets
Want to march with TLC in the Trans March? This year, joining TLC as we tell the world that we are proud to be who we are. If you are interested in helping with our pride preparations and sign making party, sign up as a volunteer for the event! This year is looking to be the best Trans March yet. We want to see you there!
Want to show your support for transfolk? Attending S.F. Pride? See beer as a fundraising tool? Help staff TLC's beer booth during Pride! The Transgender Law Center will staff a beer booth on Sunday, June 28, during the 39th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade & Celebration. All proceeds will benefit TLC's work on behalf of the transgender community.
To volunteer to help staff the TLC Pride Beer Booth, please e-mail TLC Board Member (and BALIF Board Alumnus) Shay Aaron Gilmore at sgilmore@cbmlaw.com with the following information:
* Your name
* Your cell phone number (or e-mail address if you do not have a cell phone)
* Whether you have been certified by Alcoholic Beverage Control in the last three years (don't worry if you have not yet been certified)
Please e-mail Shay with the above information by Friday, June 12 at 5 p.m.! Shay will then contact you directly with more information on how you can help TLC at Pride this year! Thank you, BALIF members!TLC is a proud Community Partner of the 8th annual Fresh Meat Festival of transgender & queer performance, June 18-21, 2009 presented by Fresh Meat Productions
Venue: Project Artaud Theater – 450 Florida Street (b/w 17th Street & Mariposa), SF
Time: Thursday June 18: 8pm
Friday June 19: 8pm
Saturday June 20: 8pm
Sunday June 21: 7pm
Tickets: $15 (advance tickets recommended – these shows will sell out!)
415-863-9834 / www.brownpapertickets.com
Opening night reception: Thursday June 18
ASL interpretation: Sunday June 21
Info: www.freshmeatproductions.org
The outrageously popular Fresh Meat Festival returns with the nation’s hottest, freshest, boldest transgender and queer artists performing hip hop, taiko, ballroom, theater, modern dance, live music and much more!
This year’s Festival features a powerhouse lineup: Zoe Balfour and Citabria Phillips, the Barbary Coast Cloggers, Ryka Aoki de la Cruz, Deadlee, D’Lo, Mind Over Matter, StormMiguel Florez, Sean Dorsey Dance, Taiko Ren and Shawna Virago.
The Fresh Meat Festival is the only festival of its kind in North America, celebrated for its powerful, joyful, deeply moving performances. Due to audience demand, Fresh Meat returns again this year to big, beautiful Project Artaud Theater. Don't miss this Best of San Francisco award-winning performance! These shows sell out – advance tickets are strongly recommended.
“fierce and fine tuned … history in the making”
(Bay Area Reporter)
“outstanding, joyful, irreverent”
(Critical Dance)
“raising the bar for LGBT performance” (Bay Area Reporter)
TLC once again will be showing its support of Frameline33. The 33rd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival takes place June 18 - 28, 2009. For more information, visit our website at www.frameline.org. The film festival will include many great films that touch on Transgender issues. Check out this piece by filmaker Jules Rosskam:
"against a trans narrative"
Synopsis: Trans Filmmaker Jules Rosskam’s "against a trans narrative" is a provocative and personal experimental documentary investigating dominant constructions of trans-masculine identity, gender, and the nature of community. By sensitively framing the film through his own personal journey within the trans-masculine community, Rosskam creates an electric and original investigation into gender politics and social self-identity.
Blending fiction, nonfiction, and experimental film genres, against a trans narrative employs a genre-busting combination of intimate diary footage, stylized dramatic scenes, spoken word performance, faux audition tapes, and roundtable interview footage to explore and initiate a dialogue between feminists, queers, and transfolk about the way we construct personal and historical narratives. Careful attention is paid to the ways generation, race, class, and culture impact our understandings of gender.
"against a trans narrative" asks a series of provocative questions: What does it mean to be ‘trans’?
Is there an idealized perception of trans-masculine identity?
What is the diversity of trans-masculine experience?
Is there an ‘idealized’ community narrative?
Certain to spark lively community dialogue, this powerfully emotional film appeals to anyone who has ever struggled to reconcile their identity with the communities they belong to.
San Francisco Transgender Empowerment Advocacy and Mentorship (SFTEAM), a program of the SF LGBT Community Center, is proud to announce The 4 th Biennial San Francisco Bay Area Transgender Pride Awards, to be held along with our annual fundraiser at the Bar on Church, located at 198 Church Street, San Francisco, CA - (415) 355-9211 . They are located right across the street from Safeway. The fun begins on Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM. Information about SFTEAM can be found at http://www.sfteam.org/ . SF TEAM is currently seeking nominations for Transgender Pride Award Recipients for three different categories, Transgender Individual, Non-Transgender Ally, and Transgender Serving. Nominations must be submitted using the nomination form provided and using the criteria listed below, and their contributions had to have benefited members of the San Francisco Bay Area Transgender Communities . Please send nominations to jenna.rapues@gmail.com by Thursday, June 10th , 2009.