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Week-long celebration recognizes experiences of transgendered people
by Tess McBride | News reporter
The University's first Trans Week of Celebration begins today and will include workshops, films and gatherings focusing on those who self-identify as transgender and genderqueer, and educating those in the non-trans community, the LGBTQA said.
"We wanted to make sure we were talking about not only trans/genderqueer issues, but also the intersection of race, class, sexuality, ability and citizenship," said Jet Eccleston, a University senior and member of the planning committee for the event.
Until this week, Transgender Day of Remembrance, held in November as a memorial for transgender people killed in hate crimes, was the only event focusing solely on transgender issues.
"The reason we have to have a Trans Day of Remembrance really points to the extreme of transphobia in our society," Eccleston said.
The week of celebration begins today at noon with a "Gender Identity/Gender Expression" workshop, focusing on how University faculty and staff can be allies to transgender people. The event will be held in 360 Oregon Hall.
Multiple daily events will take place throughout the week, including a performance from Thursday's headliner, Jaycub Perez aka Scarletto, a trans-island-hip-hop emcee playing folk rock, hip-hop and jazz, according to the LGBTQA.
"Scarletto is a firm believer in Freedom of Expression and Freedom of speech so, feast your eyes and hold your tongues for this queer revolutionary," according to the LGBTQA events program.
Scarletto will perform from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Living Learning Center Performance Hall.
Eccleston said she is especially looking forward to Tuesday's "Bathroom Action" event, which includes the film "Toilet Training," by Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. This event explores the violence gender-variant people face in sex-specific bathrooms.
"When you specify when a certain gender can or can't enter a certain place, people take it upon themselves to police that and decide it for themselves," said Quinn Robinson, a University sophomore and member of the planning committee.
"We wanted to make sure we were talking about not only trans/genderqueer issues, but also the intersection of race, class, sexuality, ability and citizenship," said Jet Eccleston, a University senior and member of the planning committee for the event.
Until this week, Transgender Day of Remembrance, held in November as a memorial for transgender people killed in hate crimes, was the only event focusing solely on transgender issues.
"The reason we have to have a Trans Day of Remembrance really points to the extreme of transphobia in our society," Eccleston said.
The week of celebration begins today at noon with a "Gender Identity/Gender Expression" workshop, focusing on how University faculty and staff can be allies to transgender people. The event will be held in 360 Oregon Hall.
Multiple daily events will take place throughout the week, including a performance from Thursday's headliner, Jaycub Perez aka Scarletto, a trans-island-hip-hop emcee playing folk rock, hip-hop and jazz, according to the LGBTQA.
"Scarletto is a firm believer in Freedom of Expression and Freedom of speech so, feast your eyes and hold your tongues for this queer revolutionary," according to the LGBTQA events program.
Scarletto will perform from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Living Learning Center Performance Hall.
Eccleston said she is especially looking forward to Tuesday's "Bathroom Action" event, which includes the film "Toilet Training," by Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. This event explores the violence gender-variant people face in sex-specific bathrooms.
"When you specify when a certain gender can or can't enter a certain place, people take it upon themselves to police that and decide it for themselves," said Quinn Robinson, a University sophomore and member of the planning committee.
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Jennie Lake
posted 4/23/07 @ 6:59 AM PST
Thank you for this wonderful story. As a Transgender woman myself and currently in transition (m2f), and currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Continued…)
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