The (other) T-Party: Trans-Body Politics

Thursday, May 19, 2011, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM  |  view details and directions

The (other) T-Party: Trans-Body Politics
Join Alexandra Billings, Jamison Green, Lara Brooks, Feast of Fun and LifeLube.org for this live podcast event! There is a transgender emergence happening in Chicago. After generations of struggle, transgender men and women are becoming more visible, integrated and finding new admirers gay, straight and everywhere in between. And yet the struggle continues. What are the positive and negative repercussions of increased trans visibility and integration? How and why do different bodies and identities provoke the fear, violence and injustice this community continues to face in the midst of progress? What can the LGBT and allied communities do to change the story? Featured panelists include Alexandra Billings, performer and community leader, Jamison Green, PhD, University of California, San Francisco Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, and Lara Brooks, manager of the Broadway Youth Center. Moderated by Fausto Fernos and Marc Felion of FeastofFun.com This event is being sponsored by the University of Illinois – Chicago Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement. Please join LifeLube, Project CRYSP, and the FeastofFun.com for an invigorating, LIVE, podcast forum. Doors open at 6 p.m. for light nibbles and schmoozing. Taping begins at 7 p.m. MUST RSVP AT LifeLube.org

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