BEING OURSELVES - a free day of interactive workshops, talks and discussion for trans and intersex young people - is being run by Albert Kennedy Trust on Saturday 1st June.
Email: studentlondon@akt.org.uk for a free place and to find out more.
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[Flyer Reads: Trans* Clothing Swap
Bring clothes you don’t need and take the ones you do need for free. Donations go toward Gendered Intelligence’s trans* youth group and New Unity.
When: June 9th, 2013 12:00 - 4:00 PM
Where: 277A Upper Street, Islington N1 2TZ
For more information, check out our Tumblr at transclothingswap.tumblr.com or follow @TransClothSwap on Twitter for updates.
Our current location is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us on Tumblr for questions.]
RSVP on Facebook or EventBrite. Receive email updates or sign up for volunteering here. Got a question? Ask here. If you can’t use Tumblr’s ask, email us at transclothswaplondon@gmail.com.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/36744e2c53c8527de5ef7d1b5cc1f2ed/tumblr_mmp3u6tQAE1s33q76o1_500.png)
[Flyer Reads: Trans* Clothing Swap
Bring clothes you don’t need and take the ones you do need for free. Donations go toward Gendered Intelligence’s trans* youth group and New Unity.
When: June 9th, 2013 12:00 - 4:00 PM
Where: 277A Upper Street, Islington N1 2TZ
For more information, check out our Tumblr at transclothingswap.tumblr.com or follow @TransClothSwap on Twitter for updates.
Our current location is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us on Tumblr for questions.]
RSVP on Facebook or EventBrite. Receive email updates or sign up for volunteering here. Got a question? Ask here. If you can’t use Tumblr’s ask, email us at transclothswaplondon@gmail.com.
When: Saturday 25th May, 1.45 - 5PM
Where: Central School of Speech and Drama, London, NW3 3HY (Map) Nearest tube: Swiss Cottage (Exit 2)
Let’s look closely at our friendships and relationships - or the ones we might want to have. How can I find the right friends and relationships for me? What’s OK and not OK? How can I deal with all my feelings of jealousy, insecurity or simply fancying someone? How can I be safe and how or when do I come out as trans?
This session is for all of you - whatever your age, whether you’re having relationships or not – this session will help you think about yourself and feel better about being you and doing the right thing for yourself and others.
The session will be very interactive, with lots of games and activities. It will be a safe and supportive space – it won’t be embarrassing and you won’t be asked to say anything you don’t want to.
The session is being run by Catherine Bewley from Galop. Galop is a London-based LGBT anti-violence charity that has worked a lot with GI over the years. Catherine does lots of outreach and development work with trans* people, works with lots of individual trans* people who’ve experienced sexual abuse, and helps run cliniQ, the new sexual health service for trans* people at Dean Street.
They’ll be a chance to ask questions, meet other young trans people and socialise. Light refreshments will be provided. Travel bursaries of up to £7 will be provided with a receipt. Our spaces are wheelchair accessible, but please contact us if you have any access needs we may need to take in to consideration.
Pride sports are holding a FREE basketball taster session for trans guys in Manchester on the 6th of June.
At this session, we’ll be introducing the sport of basketball to people who identify on the trans-masculine spectrum. The taster will be a good opportunity to try a new sport with no pressure. Skills optional! The session will be suitable for guys with no prior experience as well old pros. Why not come along and give it a try? The session is free. Just register here and come along on the night!
To check it out and reserve your free place, click here.
‘TRANS GUYS ARE….’
A film by Tom O’Tottenham & Serge NicholsonMade in partnership with Galop
When: 9pm on Friday 17th May 2013
Where: Unskinny Bop, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Pollard Row, London E2 6NB (Map)
Cost: £1 (and free entry to club afterwards at 10pm)
Tom and Serge, two London trans guys enlist their extended queer family of friends and community allies to share a playful, joyous, affirmative message. Trans guys are… hot.
The film shows a message held close to the hearts of London queers and trans people. Set to a steaming soundtrack, Happiness Train by the Jessica Lauren Four (www.jessicalauren.com), the film is an extended family album shot on location on the streets of London and in queer nightspots. Tom and Serge’s aim is to celebrate that trans guys are very much part of the wider community, as friends, allies, activists and… hot lovers
For more information see http://transguysare.com/
We’ve been sent over this call-out for trans women to contribute to this article for G3 - get in touch if you’re interested in being interviewed!
I’m writing an article for g3 magazine on the inclusion of trans women within the lesbian community, and am currently looking for 2-3 trans women in the London area to interview about their experiences. The article itself will be in an interview-style format, with my parts being neutral. My aim is not to speak for trans women, but rather to give them a voice in order to highlight a problem. I will be writing it with the utmost care, and you can read it before it gets published.
Interviewees can remain anonymous in the published article if they wish.
Please contact me on sophie.cooper@mac.com if you wish to get involved, or share with anyone you think will be interested. I’m hoping to conduct interviews next week.
Also, don’t hesitate to contact me if you wish to give me advice.
When: Tuesday 14th May, 5.45 - 8PM
Where: The Tavistock Centre, London, NW3 5BA (Map) Nearest tube: Swiss Cottage / Finchley Road
For our next Tuesday youth session, we’ll be having a discussion on families. This will be a chance to reflect on our SOFFA session on the 27th April, as well as an opportunity to share strategies on negotiating relationships with our families as young trans people.
They’ll be a chance to ask questions, meet other young trans people and socialise. Light refreshments will be provided. Travel bursaries of up to £7 will be provided with a receipt.
This book reading event features a book published by one of our long-time youth group members. 50% of the proceeds from this event will go towards GI trans youth support work!
When: Thursday 30th May, 7pm - 9pm
Where: Gay’s the Word Bookshop, Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AB. (Map)
Cost: £4 (50% of proceeds go to Gendered Intelligence)
The groundbreaking autobiography of the boy who was born a girl.
In 2009 Luisa and Jon appeared in the BAFTA nominated Channel 4 documentary. It was the first time a family with a transgender child had agreed to be on camera and the programme hit record figures of over a million viewers.
Brought up as Natasha for 15 years, Jon can remember feeling male since the age of five. Having grown up always feeling differently to the girls in school, it was impossible to identify as female.
Jon eventually confided in his mother Luisa, who supported him in seeking help from his GP and subsequently a gender specialist. Diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a condition that affects over 100 British children every year, he embarked on an extraordinary journey of transition at the age of 16.
For Jon, the changes that followed were things he’d always wanted - but for Luisa, this meant coming to terms with the enormous loss of her daughter.
When: Friday 17th May, 7pm
Where: The Commonwealth Club, Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5AP (Map) Nearest tube: Embankment
Anna Grodzka, who we featured in our Trans History for LGBT History Month series in February, is giving a free lecture with the Kaleidoscope Trust in London on 17th May. You must book your place to attend.
Click the link for more information and how to book.
When: Saturday 27th April 2013, 1.45 - 5PM
Where: Central School of Speech and Drama, London, NW3 3HY (Map) Meet in main foyer outside the Embassy Theatre at 1.45.
For our next session, we’ll be having another Imagining Our Futures session, after our hugely successful event in April…
Tomorrow!
On Saturday 27th April after our youth group & SOFFA session, we’ll be celebrating Gendered Intelligence turning 5!
Come along at 6.00pm for a free event with cake and drinks! We’ll be having some of our young trans people performing for us. A bar will be open with alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.All ages - friends, family members and allies all welcome! Click the link for more details.
See you there!
When: Saturday 27th April 2013, 1.45 - 5PM
Where: Central School of Speech and Drama, London, NW3 3HY (Map) Meet in main foyer outside the Embassy Theatre at 1.45.
For our next session, we’ll be having another Imagining Our Futures session, after our hugely successful event in April last year. In this session, we’ll be having trans professionals from a range of backgrounds coming to talk about their career, what inspires them, and how being trans may have had an effect on things for them.
This session will also be a SOFFA session, where significant others, friends, and family members are welcome to attend. This is a good opportunity for family and friends of young trans people to meet eachother and gain mutual support.
Some of the careers of our confirmed guests so far are:
- Primary school teacher
- Lecturer
- Published poet & bookshop worker
- Chemist
- Policeman
- Conservation Scientist
- Creative
- A former Navy medic
- Senior Policy Officer in local government
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
We’ve tried our best to get a diverse range of participants, but we would still like more guest speakers who identify as non-binary.
This session will give young trans people an opportunity to hear from older trans people and ask questions - whether it’s about the career path itself or information on being trans or transitioning in a particular field.
The venue is fully accessible. Travel bursaries will be available, for up to £7 per person, with a receipt. Light refreshments will be provided.
See you there!
Tell us about your experiences in school (as a teenager or in college): When were the moments that you felt most aware of your gendered and sexual identity? Did teachers or administrators protect you from harassment or bullying? What could your school have done to improve your experience? What should schools do today? Please be specific.
