Tuesday Youth Group - Families - Tomorrow! 14/05/13
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.
genderedintelligence:
We won’t be having a session on Saturday 30th March as it’s the bank holiday weekend. We’ll instead be having a trip to see Ajamu’s exhibition, ’FIERCE’ - Portraits of young, Black, LGBTQ people,on April 5th.
When: Friday April 5th, 2pm - 4pm
Where: Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall…
Remember to let us know if you want to come to this on Friday! We can pay your travel expenses up to £7.
Trans Media Action - Trans youth needed for interactions with media professionals
Trans Media Action is a project run by On Road - a not for profit that helps to improve media understanding and portrayal of misrepresented groups. They’ve been working closely with journalists, presenters and editors, engaging the top media movers and shakers in the UK with trans issues in creative ways.
From late April to July 2013, Trans Media Action will be holding 20 “interactions” (social meetings lasting no longer than 2 hours) between media professionals and groups of trans people. They need trans young people to carry out these interactions. Your time could help build understanding of trans experiences with media professionals in the UK.
Each one will be carefully planned out, depending on the interests of the journalist or producer. An interaction could include anything from dinner on the London Eye, a trip down the Thames to coffee around the corner. The aim is to build relationships and understanding that will lead to positive action – we’ve begun to see results from this approach in phase 1 of Trans Media Action (see www.transmediaaction.com).
If you’re interested in getting involved with the project and taking part in an interaction, please get in touch with Project Co-ordinator, Alana Avery: Alana@onroadmedia.org.uk and follow @TransMediaAct on Twitter..
Want to inspire young trans people with your career, passions or interests?
Gendered Intelligence are running our second ever ‘Imagining Our Futures’ event, for young trans people to meet trans people with established careers, passions and interests - to hear your stories, ask questions, and inspire them for the future!
We’re looking for
trans, gender variant and queer people to take part, sharing their experiences with our young people at the event on
Saturday April 27th 2013 in London. We’ll have a small budget for travel expenses.
Our event in 2012 was a huge success, with our guests sharing their experiences with over 25 young people. We’d like to make it even bigger this year!
It doesn’t matter if you’re currently out at work, stealth, transitioned, or not - we want a diverse range of experiences.
We’d love to get a
varied range of careers too - if you’re interested, please
fill in this form with your details and we’ll get in touch with you. If you have any questions, feel free to
get in touch.
“Young, Sex Changed and Lonely” - Gendered Intelligence Youth’s satirical film at the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival!
‘Young, Sex-Changed and Lonely: Our Bodies are Prisons’
When:
March 19th 20:40
March 20th 18:10
Where:
BFI Southbank (Map)
In the summer, our young people on our 3D Film Project made a film, written, directed and performed entirely by trans-identified young people, with support from Boldface productions. The film is a satirical look at the way young trans people are portrayed in the media.
The film is receiving its film festival premiere at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, as part of the ‘We Can Be Heroes’ shorts series, on 19th and 20th of March.
Booking opens for non-members of BFI on 4th March, at 11:30am. It’d be great to see some support at the screenings for GI’s film! We’d love to hear your reviews.
To find out more information about the ‘We Can Be Heroes’ shorts series and ‘Young, Sex Changed and Lonely’, click here.
Free Trans Youth Residential with Afternoon TEA (Trans Education and Action)
Young trans people aged 13-25 are welcome to come on this fun, interesting and supportive residential that Afternoon TEA trans youth group is organising. It is free to come too thanks to Comic Relief!
- At Launde Abbey in Leicestershire, on April 26th - 28th
- Single, en-suite rooms for everyone!
- Food & accommodation provided… completely free!
We will do a pick up from Manchester at 6pm on Friday 26th at the LGBT centre, 49 Sidney St, M1 7HB. Please let us know if you would like a pick up by contacting Amelia on 0781 398 1338. We will also drop people back in Manchester on Sunday evening at 5pm.
You can also make your own way to Launde Abbey if you prefer. Launde Abbey is located in Leicestershire, England, 14 miles east of the city of Leicester and six miles south west of Oakham, Rutland. http://www.laundeabbey.org.uk/ The building is a religious one, but the residential is open to people of any or no religion, and the Abbey staff will have had trans awareness training.
On the Friday we will do some get to know you games and ground rules setting.
One the Saturday and Sunday we will do some cycling, a workshop on sex and relationships, a murder mystery, a midnight walk, a nature walk, a social action workshop, games, emotional wellbeing activities. So we hope you can make it!
For more information and a consent form to attend, email transyouth@lgbtynw.org.uk
We’ve now launched our online Parents & Families group for parents and family members of young trans people between the ages of 13 - 25 in the UK.
If your parent/guardian/family members feel they need peer support from other parents / family members who’ve been through something similar, this may be a worthwhile source of support for them.
This is also a great way for parents to keep in touch between our Parents & Family ‘SOFFA’ meetings.
The group is staffed by GI parent volunteers who will do their best to share their experiences and answer questions.
Parents & family members can join the group by visiting this page on our website:
http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/families/group
Please ensure any potential members sign up to a google account for best access to the group.
Life Drawing Project for Trans & Intersex People - All travel expenses refunded!
genderedintelligence:
Are you a trans or intersex person of any age (over 16) who would like to be involved in an exciting new life drawing project?
Gendered Intelligence has been awarded a £30,000 grant from the Wellcome Trust for “GI’s Anatomy” - a series of practical life drawing workshops with transgender and intersex participants exploring the science of non-normative sexed and gendered bodies through art.
The project will include:
- A series of life drawing workshops drawing trans and intersex life models (no prior artistic experience necessary)
- Presentations from professionals on medical practice around sex and gender, including Mr Nim Christopher (phalloplasty surgeon) and Dr Polly Carmichael (specialist in gender identity development and disorders of sex development (DSD))
- Group discussions around the science of non-normative sexed and gendered bodies
- Visits to galleries / art exhibitions to inspire our work
The work produced on the project will then be showcased at a number of exhibitions and online via social media.
We’re looking for two groups of people to participate:
- 15 young trans and/or intersex people aged between 16-25
- 15 trans and/or intersex people aged 26 and over
Sessions will run on 9th February, 16th February, 2nd March and 16th March in London. Participants should be available to attend most/all sessions.
We can refund your full travel costs to London to attend the sessions. (UK only).
If you would like to participate, please fill in this application form. Places may fill up quickly - get in touch with us ASAP if you want to take part!
Don’t forget to apply if you want to get involved!
Trans Youth Screen Prints - on sale this Saturday at our Art Auction!
Final trans youth group of the year - Pre-Holiday Party celebration - December 15th
genderedintelligence:
NOTE: There is no Tuesday session in December - this is the last youth group session til 2013.
When: Saturday 15th December 1.45 - 5pm
Where: Central School of Speech and Drama, near Swiss Cottage station, London. (Map) Meet by reception.
For our last GI trans youth group of the year, we’ll be having a celebratory afternoon with a variety of games (fun ones, promise!), cake, and a chance to catch up and chat old and new members of the GI youth group before the holidays.
We’ll also set aside some time to chat about coping over the holiday period, which can be difficult for some of us, and talk about other trans-related issues or concerns that arise.
We’ll buy some cake, but bring along some cake/biscuits/other party food to share so we can have a variety of stuff to celebrate what has been a fantastic year at Gendered Intelligence youth group!
We’ll be heading over to our Holiday Party and Art Auction event together (free for youth group members) for 6pm - you’re welcome to come along with us after the youth group.
As usual, we’ll reimburse travel up to £7 with a receipt. Make sure you buy a travelcard that covers your journey to Highbury and Islington for the Art Auction if you’re coming along.
If you’re new to GI youth group, feel free to drop us an email on admin@genderedintelligence.co.uk if you have any questions.
See you there!
Don’t forget this before the Holiday Party & Art Auction on Saturday - for all trans youth 13-25!
Want to volunteer for Gendered Intelligence?
Want to support Gendered Intelligence’s work with young trans people? We’re always looking for people to join our volunteer scheme. It’s a great way to support our organisation. Our volunteers help out in a number of ways - from running our fundraising events, to representing us at other community meetings, to helping out with our youth events and arts projects.
If you’d like to find out more and apply, go to our volunteer page on our website.
Our next volunteer induction (these only happen 4 times a year!) is in mid-January, so apply before then to be in our next new intake!
Volunteers can be from any age (over 18) or background - you do not have to identify as trans to volunteer for us.
Information and application.
Final trans youth group of the year - Pre-Holiday Party celebration - December 15th
NOTE: There is no Tuesday session in December - this is the last youth group session til 2013.
When: Saturday 15th December 1.45 - 5pm
Where: Central School of Speech and Drama, near Swiss Cottage station, London. (Map) Meet by reception.
For our last GI trans youth group of the year, we’ll be having a celebratory afternoon with a variety of games (fun ones, promise!), cake, and a chance to catch up and chat old and new members of the GI youth group before the holidays.
We’ll also set aside some time to chat about coping over the holiday period, which can be difficult for some of us, and talk about other trans-related issues or concerns that arise.
We’ll buy some cake, but bring along some cake/biscuits/other party food to share so we can have a variety of stuff to celebrate what has been a fantastic year at Gendered Intelligence youth group!
We’ll be heading over to our Holiday Party and Art Auction event together (free for youth group members) for 6pm - you’re welcome to come along with us after the youth group.
As usual, we’ll reimburse travel up to £7 with a receipt. Make sure you buy a travelcard that covers your journey to Highbury and Islington for the Art Auction if you’re coming along.
If you’re new to GI youth group, feel free to drop us an email on admin@genderedintelligence.co.uk if you have any questions.
See you there!
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Gendered Intelligence Art Auction Fundraiser & Holiday Party
We’ve now announced the details of our 2012 Gendered Intelligence Art Auction Fundraiser and Holiday Party!
When: December 15th, 6-10pm.
Where: Unity Islington, N1 2TZ (Map) Approximately 5 - 10 minutes walk from Highbury and Islington station.
Cost: £5 / £3 concessions. GI youth group members go free. All money raised goes to our youth group. Click here for tickets.
This year’s event will be held at Unity Islington , where we’ll be auctioning off works from local and international artists to raise money for our work improving the lives of young trans people.
Our holiday party will be an opportunity to get together as a community to celebrate our achievements in 2012. The event will feature special musical guests the New Unity Choir and will be a programme fit for all the family.
A bar will be open with alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
To buy tickets, click here.
Check out the Facebook event page.
All money raised goes towards funding our trans youth group.
