TransAction- Nov. 18-20
Dear Montreal
Come to this. Please and Thanks.
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Join us for TransAction, a three day event taking place from November 18 - 20, 2004.
This date was originally chosen to correspond with the International Trans Day of Remembrance, a time during which we hoped to address issues of trans violence and to memorialize the lives of trans people murdered in the past year while also raising awareness about a variety of trans issues. As an organizing committee, we recognize that violence applies unevenly to different trans -- and non-trans -- communities due to systemic racism, classism, criminalization of prostitution, and misogyny. As people committed to social justice, we are questioning our own motivations for organizing around this date and asking what important coalition work needs to happen every other day of the year.
We hope to present a multitude of perspectives on trans lives within and across our communities, and to open up discussion, collaboration, and strategies for shared action against violence:
THURSDAY, NOV. 18: FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION:
- 7:00-10:00 PM
- 3475 Peel Street (North of Sherbrooke - Cultural Studies Building, Mcgill University)
- $6-12, sliding scale - proceeds to Head and Hands for better training in trans-positive care
- La journee internationale de la transexualite (EST) - directed in 2003 by local activist Mirha Soleil Ross, a film about the activism of transsexual sex workers in Montréal (English subtitles)
- You Don't Know Dick (Northern Light Productions) - this 1996 film shares the stories of 6 transsexual men. They discuss aspects of their lives, their experiences of testosterone therapy and surgeries, as well as their hopes for the future.
- Facilitated discussion to follow
- Free childcare provided
FRIDAY, NOV. 19: TRANSACTION SPEAKERS PANEL:
- FREE
- 6:30-9:00 PM
- 1395 Rene-Lévesque #114 (VA Building, Concordia University)
- Natalie Lloyd - Two Spirit History and Identity
- Marc Honoroski - Genocide: Honouring the Dead and the Living
- Anais Zeledon - of Project Max; on Transexuality and Sex Work
- Discussion / Q&A Panel
- Free childcare provided / closed-caption translation
SATURDAY, NOV. 20: WORKSHOPS/DISCUSSION:
- FREE
- Dragonroot Centre for Gender Advocacy - 2110 Mackay
- 12:00-1:30 PM: Coalition Building: Social Justice & Organizing the Trans Day of Remembrance
- 2: 00-3:30 PM: Who is a Woman? Intersex & Transsex lives: An account of mutilation and how one goes about re-claiming a life - facilitated by Joelle Circe-Laramee from OII.
- Free childcare provided / wheelchair accessible
We hope to see you all there.
-The TransAction Organizing Committee
In affiliation with: Head and Hands, Queer McGill, Trans/Gender Alliance, Dragonroot Centre for Gender Advocacy, CKUT 90.3FM, Union for Gender Empowerment, WSSA, QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG McGill
Come to this. Please and Thanks.
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Join us for TransAction, a three day event taking place from November 18 - 20, 2004.
This date was originally chosen to correspond with the International Trans Day of Remembrance, a time during which we hoped to address issues of trans violence and to memorialize the lives of trans people murdered in the past year while also raising awareness about a variety of trans issues. As an organizing committee, we recognize that violence applies unevenly to different trans -- and non-trans -- communities due to systemic racism, classism, criminalization of prostitution, and misogyny. As people committed to social justice, we are questioning our own motivations for organizing around this date and asking what important coalition work needs to happen every other day of the year.
We hope to present a multitude of perspectives on trans lives within and across our communities, and to open up discussion, collaboration, and strategies for shared action against violence:
THURSDAY, NOV. 18: FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION:
- 7:00-10:00 PM
- 3475 Peel Street (North of Sherbrooke - Cultural Studies Building, Mcgill University)
- $6-12, sliding scale - proceeds to Head and Hands for better training in trans-positive care
- La journee internationale de la transexualite (EST) - directed in 2003 by local activist Mirha Soleil Ross, a film about the activism of transsexual sex workers in Montréal (English subtitles)
- You Don't Know Dick (Northern Light Productions) - this 1996 film shares the stories of 6 transsexual men. They discuss aspects of their lives, their experiences of testosterone therapy and surgeries, as well as their hopes for the future.
- Facilitated discussion to follow
- Free childcare provided
FRIDAY, NOV. 19: TRANSACTION SPEAKERS PANEL:
- FREE
- 6:30-9:00 PM
- 1395 Rene-Lévesque #114 (VA Building, Concordia University)
- Natalie Lloyd - Two Spirit History and Identity
- Marc Honoroski - Genocide: Honouring the Dead and the Living
- Anais Zeledon - of Project Max; on Transexuality and Sex Work
- Discussion / Q&A Panel
- Free childcare provided / closed-caption translation
SATURDAY, NOV. 20: WORKSHOPS/DISCUSSION:
- FREE
- Dragonroot Centre for Gender Advocacy - 2110 Mackay
- 12:00-1:30 PM: Coalition Building: Social Justice & Organizing the Trans Day of Remembrance
- 2: 00-3:30 PM: Who is a Woman? Intersex & Transsex lives: An account of mutilation and how one goes about re-claiming a life - facilitated by Joelle Circe-Laramee from OII.
- Free childcare provided / wheelchair accessible
We hope to see you all there.
-The TransAction Organizing Committee
In affiliation with: Head and Hands, Queer McGill, Trans/Gender Alliance, Dragonroot Centre for Gender Advocacy, CKUT 90.3FM, Union for Gender Empowerment, WSSA, QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG McGill