Transgender Lives

February 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Register NOW for the 2012 Transgender Lives Conference. Don’t miss our keynote speaker Jennifer L. Levi, Esq.,Transgender Rights Project Director. Jennifer L. Levi is one of our nation’s leading experts on transgender legal issues. She has been with GLAD since 1998, and has served as lead counsel in a number of precedent setting cases establishing basic rights for transgender people. Full details below

AND this year we are offering CEU accreditation’s from NASW/CT and CHES!

However, to take advantage of this unique and wonderful opportunity to listen to Jennifer Levi, Esq., as well as attend the many exciting and challenging workshops you must be registered for the conference. If you have not done so yet, you do need to register ~ so don’t delay and do it today!!

Registration is now open for the 2012 Transgender Lives Conference to be held on April 28th, 2012 at the UConn Health Center, Farmington Connecticut.

To register via our new and improved online registration just click on the link above. Additionally, conference details and updates are located on our website TransgenderLives.org. Contact us at conference@transgenderlives.org if you have any questions.

2012 Transgender Lives Conference

Saturday April 28, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT

Academic Building of the UConn Health Center

263 Farmington Avenue

Academic Building

Farmington, CT 06030

Jennifer Levi, Esq.
Transgender Rights Project Director

Jennifer Levi, Esq

Jennifer L. Levi is one of our nation’s leading experts on transgender legal issues. She has been with GLAD since 1998, and has served as lead counsel in a number of precedent setting cases establishing basic rights for transgender people. These cases include: Doe v. Yunits, in which Jennifer represented a transgender student denied the right to attend school because of the clothing she wore; Rosa v. Park West Bank, which established key protections for transgender people under federal law; Beger v. DMA, which resulted in a reversal of Division of Medical Assistance’s refusal to cover breast surgery for a transgender woman, among many others. Jennifer was also co-counsel in the case of Goodridge v. Dep’t Public Healthwhich established the right of same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts.Jennifer is a Professor of Law at Western New England University. She serves on the Legal Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and is a founding member of both the Transgender Law & Policy Institute and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.Jennifer is a graduate of Wellesley College (1985) and the University of Chicago Law School (1992). She has also taught law at the Chicago-Kent Law School and is a former law clerk for Judge Michael Boudin at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.Video: Jennifer Levi talks about GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project
Video: Jennifer Levi testifies in Massachusetts in support of transgender nondiscrimination protections
Jennifer Levi interviewed in Tapestry Magazine in 2005

The sixth annual Transgender Lives: The Intersection of Health and Law Conference being held on Saturday, April 28 at the UConn Health Center from 8:00 AM till 5 PM. This all day conference is geared towards Service Providers, Medical and Legal Professionals, Trans and Gender non-conforming community, allies and all those interested in the Health and Law issues facing the Trans and gender non-conforming communities .

Following is a listing of Last Years Workshops:

The Role of the Connecticut State Department of Education in Supporting Transgender Rights – Dr. William Howe
Anti-Transgender Hate Crimes and Sexual Assaults: Compounding Variables and Best Practices for
Community/Professional Response – Michael Munson
Learn how to file a discrimination complaint at the CHRO/EEOC and HUD – Alix Simonetti, Esq.
Facial Feminization Surgery: Maximizing Results – Jeffrey Spiegel, M.D, Chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Boston Medical Center
Transition-Related Health Care: Is It Medically Necessary? – M. Dru Levasseur, Esq
TransLaw: Today and Tomorrow – Brynn Cullen and Yam Menon
Medical Management and Treatment of the Transgender Patient – Ilja Hulinsky, MD PhD, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Internal Medicine
Peer Support in the Trans Community: Tips and Strategies for Group Leaders – Alex Roan and Alison Ouellette
Employer views, trends and issues regarding the trans community – CABO Panel
Self-care while making a difference – Teo Drake
The Jim Collins Foundation: Why Do We Need It? – Tony Ferraiolo and M. Dru Levasseur
Sex, love, and the body – Jacqueline Larriva
No Stupid Questions! – Michelle Hansen
Activism 101: Get Involved in the Community – Tyler Goff
Working with Transgender Clients – Peter Papallo and Diana Lombardi
Coming Out Kinky – Natasha Rose Lombardi
Intersex 101 Similarities And Differences Between Intersex & Trans People – Elder A. Vickie Boisseau
Artist Talk: Transcendence – Jess Dugan
Eliminating Trans Health Insurance Exclusions: Tools for Effective Advocacy – Noah Lewis
Safely & Empowered: Getting the Sex You Want – Carole MacKenzie & Teo Drake
Safer Sexual Practices and Pleasures – Jennifer Barge
Living with a Transgender: Life through a Teenager’s Eyes
SOFFA Lounge – Sage Shelton & Asa Paradis
Holistic view on hair removal – Deb Parlato
Results and Lessons learned from Trans research study to enumerate population and HIV/AIDS
risk/prevention – TRANS Research Team
Consent is Sexy: Navigating Consent in the Transgender Community – Elizabeth Halla
Connecticut State efforts around Transgender Legislation – Ct Equality
It get’s better – Kelly Woodard

Sincerely,

Transgender Lives Organizing Committee

Ct TransAdvocacy Coalition

conference@transadvocacy.org

or text us at 860 983-8139

Registration NOW for the 2011 Transgender Lives Conference. Don’t miss our keynote speaker Hawk River Stone, M.S., LMHC,a psychotherapist, consultant, educator, keynote speaker and writer in private practice in the Albany, NY area and is himself an out, open and proud transsexual man. Full details below.

AND this year we are offering CEU accreditation’s from NASW/CT and CHES! See the full 2011 workshop lineup below.

However, to take advantage of this unique and wonderful opportunity to listen to Hawk River Stone, as well as attend the many exciting and challenging workshops you must be registered for the conference. If you have not done so yet, you do need to register ~ so don’t delay and do it today!!

Registration is now open for the 2011 Transgender Lives Conference to be held on April 30th, 2011 at the UConn Health Center, Farmington Connecticut.

2011 Transgender Lives Conference

Saturday April 30, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT

Academic Building of the UConn Health Center

263 Farmington Avenue

Academic Building

Farmington, CT 06030

Registration NOW for the 2011 Transgender Lives Conference. Don’t miss our keynote speaker Hawk River Stone, M.S., LMHC, a psychotherapist, consultant, educator, keynote speaker and writer in private practice in the Albany, NY area and is himself an out, open and proud transsexual man. Full details below.

AND this year we are offering CEU accreditation’s from NASW/CT and CHES! See the full 2011 workshop lineup below.

Registration is now open for the 2011 Transgender Lives Conference to be held on April 30th, 2011 at the UConn Health Center, Farmington Connecticut.
To register via our new and improved online registration just click on the link above. Additionally, conference details and updates are located on our website TransgenderLives.org. Contact us at conference@transgenderlives.org if you have any questions.

2011 Transgender Lives Conference

Saturday April 30, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT

Academic Building of the UConn Health Center

263 Farmington Avenue

Academic Building

Farmington, CT 06030

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Directions
Conference is in the Academic building of the UConn Health Center. Building A on the campus map (click to view) and closest parking are Lots C, B, D and K.

UCHC Directions Contact Information
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030
860-679-2000

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