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We have been invited by the Royal College of
Psychiatrists to give feedback on some new
Standards of Care for people living with gender
dysphoria. If you would like to participate in the
consultation process you can click the link below
and download the relevant documents.
Pink Therapy will be submitting our thoughts on the
proposed Standards, and you are welcome to send your
thoughts to us for inclusion in our feedback, or of
course, submit them directly to the RCP.
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The Black connection is a monthly group where Black
gay and bisexual men come together to meet, talk,
socialise and share experiences about their lives in
a supportive and attitude free environment.
There will be opportunities for participants to
network and connect with other Black men, exploring
the challenges they face and celebrating their lives.
All Black African, Black British and Black Caribbean
men are welcome to attend this popular group.
The group meets on the third Sunday of the month
from 6-9pm (doors open at 5.30pm) at PACE and is
facilitated by experienced Black groupworkers
Anthony Johnson and Dennis L Carney.
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We've been asked to let you know about this monthly
group which aims to provide peer emotional support,
information and guidance to gay men affected by
cancer, whether they are a patient, carer, loved one
or friend.
Every second Wednesday of the month from 7-9pm at
Dragon Hall, Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LT
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The Lesbian and Gay Spirituality Group was formed in
London in June 2006. It ran an open group for six
sessions, between June and September 2006, inviting
lesbians, gay men and bisexual men and women, to
attend and explore issues about spirituality in the
context of our sexuality. The group is non
denominational and is open to people from all
perspectives-from questioning agnostics to people
who may identify themselves according to a spiritual
or religious tradition-and seeks to promote
encouragement support and shared ideas within the
group, on the development of spirituality in its
broadest sense.
Since the initial group sessions earlier this year,
we have formed a small steering group, established a
website, and are hosting a spirituality awayday in
southwest London on the 16 December 2006.
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The recent publication of The Transgender Studies
Reader (ed. Susan
Stryker and Stephen Whittle, New York: Routledge,
2006) marks a
watershed in the development of trans studies.
Arising in the early nineties in close relation to
queer theory, trans studies is
characterized by the coming-to-voice of trans
people, long the theorized and researched objects of
sexology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and even
feminist theory.
Hypatia (a journal of Feminst Philosophy) invites
submissions to a special issue on transgender studies
and feminism, which recognizes the emergence of
trans studies.
We welcome articles that investigate the relations
between feminism and
transgender studies. Articles exploring the
intersections of multiple
oppressions are especially welcome, as are
submissions that come from
subject-positions outside the United States (and
North America more
generally). We seek a collection of papers that is
international in
scope.
Papers should be no more than 8000 words, prepared
for anonymous review,
and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 75
words. Please provide
a cover letter identifying your paper as a
submission for the special
issue "Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory,
Politics, and Gendered
Realities."
The deadline for submissions is 15 April, 2008.
Papers should be
submitted by electronic attachment in Word to Talia
Bettcher at
tbettch@calstatela.edu. Submissions should follow
Hypatia guidelines
(see below). Please address all correspondence,
questions and suggestions to Talia Bettcher or Ann
Garry at
agarry@calstatela.edu.
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The Pink Practice is currently taking bookings for
2007. They are offering a range of workshops and
services from a social constructionist and systemic
perspective.
They have also redesigned their bookshop links with
Amazon.
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The London HIV Commissioners are proposing radical
changes to the way HIV prevention services are
provided. Announced on Monday 28 November and with
a closing date of 14 December, it is vital that gay
men in London (and those working with them) get to
express their views about these changes.
It would appear that London will lose virtually all
the Sexual Health Counselling at THT, PACE and
Health Gay Living Centre that isn't directly related
to sexual behaviour change, the proposed service will
not offer general mental health, emotional
well-being or non-sex specific counselling. Nor will
the counselling services deal any more with sexual
dysfunction, identity or coping with a history of
sexual abuse unless these directly influence the
individual’s risk taking behaviour. The Group Work
programme at PACE & the Naz Project, and almost all
the specific and targeted print media will be
radically changed/replaced.
These will be replaced by gay men (sic) being
offered an assessment with a 'Sexual Health
Trainer' (most probably in gay venues or the GUM
clinics)
who will advise them on how to change
their behaviour and give them some condoms. 45% of
the budget for the next three years will go on this
radical proposal!
Data will be collected and stored
centrally on everyone using the service and can be
accessed by a wide range of people. One leading
HIV/AIDS writer has said "what is totally
off-the-wall is the intrusive and coercive nature of
the proposals - which go totally against recent DH
appeals for people to take more responsibility for
themselves, not to mention driving the proverbial
coach and horses through medical confidentiality."
The only website we can find at present which has
produced any information is the GMFA one. They've
got the commissioners report (51 pages) which I've
not yet had time to read. They also have a
Summary
(seems unbiased and is only 14 pages long). Also a
Response Form for anonymous feedback on the
proposals (it will take about 10 mins to complete).
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Can we wish you all the compliments of the season and hope that however you'll be spending the festive period, that you have a restoring break and all good wishes for 2007.
Dominic Davies
Pink Therapy
email:
info@pinktherapy.com
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