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Save the Date for FORGE events in 2011
- 2/26/11 - Working While Trans
- 3/26/11 - Street violence and dealing with the police
- 4/23/11 - "As the Spirit Moves you..."
- 5/28/11 - Choosing Love
- 6/25/11 - Trans History
(more info:
www.forge-forward.org/calendar.php)
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FORGE-sponsored Milwaukee Events in February | | |
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WORKING WHILE TRANS!! | |
February 26, 2011
7:30 - 9:00pm
@ Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
The National Center on Transgender Equality (NCTE) in conjunction with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), just release "Injustice at every turn: A report of the national transgender discrimination survey." In this detailed and compelling report, they cover employment discrimination, as well as many other forms of discrimination transgender individuals and loved ones experience. At February's meeting, we will use the survey results as a jumping off point to compare national statistics with our local reality. Ample time will be available for discussion of issues such as on-the-job harassment, loss of chosen career, under-employment, non-consensual outing, forced bathroom choice, the role of transition (helping or hindering in maintaining or pursuing jobs), resilience, and strategies for success. FORGE staff will also reveal a new opportunity for transgender people and loved ones seeking employment in Wisconsin.
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February 26, 2011
6:00 - 7:10pm
Do you crave connection with fellow Trans+ and SOFFA individuals? This gently facilitated time is especially devoted to exploring the issues you bring in - sharing your experiences and stories, asking questions, seeking referrals, gathering resources. We'll assure this hour+ will stay focused on your needs, and the discussion you generate.
@ Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
252 E. Highland Ave, Milwaukee, WI
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FORGE's new monthly meeting date is the 4th Saturday of the month. As in years past, we will continue meeting for open discussion (6:00 - 7:10pm) before the topic portion of the meeting (7:30 - 9:00pm). Here are the next three months' topics: March 26, 2011
Street violence and dealing with the police
Guest speaker: Attorney Laura Sette April 23, 2011
"As the Spirit Moves you..."
Guest speaker: Shai Wise May 28, 2011
Choosing Love
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| Remember: New LOCATION!!! | |
 FORGE's meeting space home - the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center - has moved to 252 E. Highland Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All FORGE-sponsored events will meet at this location, unless otherwise specified. Most meetings will be in the second floor "Community Room." An elevator is available in the rear of the building.
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Milwaukee Events in February | | |
Out of Respect: a story of five | |
Lubar Auditorium at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Suggested ticket price = $5 donation
This feature-length documentary focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender homeless young adults in the Milwaukee area.
Read more about the film (and the filmmaker) in the Wisconsin Gazette.
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GrayPrideParade.com, a blog about LGBT aging, launched on February 1, 2011. This forum was designed to help envision and create an aging society informed by the best lessons and thinking of the LGBT community.
- Help readers know about and weigh in on policies that affect LGBT elders;
- Disseminate ideas, programs, and resources that can improve the lives of LGBT older adults;
- Provide a forum for envisioning and creating an aging future informed by the best lessons and thinking of the LGBT community; and
- Showcase LGBT older adults.
GrayPrideParade.com is also the home of "Have You Thanked?", a viral campaign that sponsors daily questions designed to help people recognize our interconnections and interdependence, and begin to envision old age as a time of intellectual and creative productivity and connection.
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Trans discrimination survey results released | | |
The 3-years-in-the-making, much-anticipated survey of transgender people's experiences with discrimination and abuse has been released! The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force today issued its 200+ page, "Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey." It's available for download at http://endtransdiscrimination.org/PDFs/NTDS_Report.pdf.
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Transgender surgery is now deductible! | | |
 Although surgery is certainly not the goal for many trans people (or may not be a choice that is affordable), having the ability to claim trans-related surgery as a medical deduction on taxes is both validating of transgender peoples' lives/realities AND helps defray the usually-out-of-pocket costs of surgery. Read more, from Joanne Herman's Huffington Post article at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/transgender-surgery-is-of_b_447472.html
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"Each year, transgender people, our families, friends and allies join us in Washington, DC, as we go to our members of Congress to share vital information with them about transgender people and our families. We will also have great opportunities to talk with policy makers in the Administration whose work directly impacts our lives. Please join us as we make strides to bring transgender equality to our nation's capital.
Make your plans now to join us on March 13-15, 2011 for an exciting conference and the opportunity to educate your member of Congress about vital issues for transgender people. Our goal is to make this our largest and most diverse Lobby Day to date. Will you help us?"
Learn more @ http://transequality.org/lobby_day/lobbyday11.html
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"Proto-Transgenderal & Homoerotic Traditions in Pre-Modern Asian & Pacific Island Societies" | | |
Trans-activist Pauline Park has shared the text and images of her Creating Change 2011 presentation at the Asian American & Pacific Islander pre-conference institute.
http://www.paulinepark.com/index.php/2011/01/proto-transgenderal-homoerotic-traditions-in-asia-the-pacific/
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Have you attended a FORGE event that you'd like to share with others? FORGE is looking for contributors to briefly share highlights or reflections on FORGE events so others who were unable to attend can get a flavor for the experience.
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About FORGE
FORGE is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies). FORGE is dedicated to helping move fragmented communities beyond identity politics and forge a movement that embraces and empowers our diverse complexities. FORGE PO Box 1272 Milwaukee, WI 53201 www.forge-forward.org414-559-2123
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