Saturday, June 4, 2011
Goodale Park, Columbus
11am-7pm.
RAIN OR SHINE!
All are welcome (kids & pets too!)!
This is our annual Unity Picnic which is open to the ENTIRE GLBTQI & Allied Community!
Food. Games. Conversation. Community. Prizes. And more!
The Unity Picnic is open to everybody, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s a wonderful opportunity to hang out, relax, enjoy some great bbq and picnic-style food, friends and conversation! Please bring a picnic-style dish to share, and your own drinks (alcohol is not permitted in the park (bring a chair, sun block and your family and friends)!
TransOhio provides hotdogs/hamburgers/chicken.If you’re vegetarian or vegan (please bring your own ‘main’ entrée), we’ll make sure that grill space is available for you!
Volunteers needed for setup, end of day cleanup and general picnic stuff! Email TransOhio@transohio.org and let us know!
Trans & Gender Non-Conforming – (Columbus) June Meeting @ PBJ Connections
The Columbus Trans & Gender Non-Conforming Support group that meets the 1st Wednesday of the month will be moved to a new location for its Wednesday, June 1st meeting (only for this particular date!).
The June meeting will be held onsite at PBJ Connections.
PBJ Connections helps youths build emotional awareness and relate how they are feeling to how they are behaving. Their treatment program uses horses to help clients with emotional and behavioral growth and learning.
PBJ Connections guides their clients through connecting how they are relating to their world with how they are relating to the horses. Their focus is simple. PBJ Connections works to provide emotional healing for at-risk youth and families through equine-assisted activities.
PBJ Connections is located in Pataskala at:
9800 Jug Street Road NW
Pataskala, OH 43062
As usual, the group will being at 7pm and run through 9pm.
Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes as we’ll be able to work with the horses. This is group is open to all people wherever they are on the gender spectrum, ages 18+.
The Archetype of Power: Harnessing our Inner Power.
Horses represent the epitome of power. Learn how to create your own sense of empowerment from interacting with the horses. How do we learn to accept ourselves? How do we move through a world that often challenges our self-acceptance? Horses are powerful animals; experience how they stay in the moment to channel their power.
4th Annual TransOhio Transgender and Ally Symposium - Registration Now Open!
Registration is now open for the 4th Annual TransOhio Transgender and Ally Symposium, to be held onsite at The Ohio State University Multicultural Center Student Union.
Keynote Presenter: Ignacio Rivera
Ignacio Rivera aka Papí Coxxx is a gender queer Trans-Former born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Ignacio who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they”, is a performance artist, currently performing skits, spoken word, one-person shows and story-telling internationally. Ignacio is the founder of Poly Patao Productions. P3 is dedicated to producing performance pieces, films, play parties, panel discussions, social/political groups and educational opportunities that are specially geared toward queer women, transgender, multi-gender, gender-queer, gender non-conforming and gender variant people of color. Ignacio is also one of the founding board member of Queers for Economic Justice, a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation.
For event information, and to register, visit transohio.wordpress.com!
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Raising a kid without disclosing its sex
Cory Doctorow at 9:22 AM Saturday, May 21, 2011
Kathy Witterick and David Stocker are raising a kid in Toronto without disclosing its sex to anyone except its older siblings and grandparents. Its siblings are boys, but choose whether they wear "girl's" clothes or "boy's" clothes and get to pick their own toys. The parents attribute their childrearing notions to being reared on Free to Be... You and Me. I like the section in the article about bullying: "When faced with inevitable judgment by others, which child stands tall (and sticks up for others) -- the one facing teasing despite desperately trying to fit in, or the one with a strong sense of self and at least two 'go-to' adults who love them unconditionally? Well, I guess you know which one we choose."
"When the baby comes out, even the people who love you the most and know you so intimately, the first question they ask is, 'Is it a girl or a boy?'" says Witterick, bouncing Storm, dressed in a red-fleece jumper, on her lap at the kitchen table.
"If you really want to get to know someone, you don't ask what's between their legs," says Stocker.
The moment a child's sex is announced, so begins the parade of pink and barrage of blue. Tutus and toy trucks aren't far behind. The couple says it only intensifies with age.
"In fact, in not telling the gender of my precious baby, I am saying to the world, 'Please can you just let Storm discover for him/herself what s (he) wants to be?!." Witterick writes in an email.
Kathy Witterick and David Stocker are raising a kid in Toronto without disclosing its sex to anyone except its older siblings and grandparents. Its siblings are boys, but choose whether they wear "girl's" clothes or "boy's" clothes and get to pick their own toys. The parents attribute their childrearing notions to being reared on Free to Be... You and Me. I like the section in the article about bullying: "When faced with inevitable judgment by others, which child stands tall (and sticks up for others) -- the one facing teasing despite desperately trying to fit in, or the one with a strong sense of self and at least two 'go-to' adults who love them unconditionally? Well, I guess you know which one we choose."
"When the baby comes out, even the people who love you the most and know you so intimately, the first question they ask is, 'Is it a girl or a boy?'" says Witterick, bouncing Storm, dressed in a red-fleece jumper, on her lap at the kitchen table.
"If you really want to get to know someone, you don't ask what's between their legs," says Stocker.
The moment a child's sex is announced, so begins the parade of pink and barrage of blue. Tutus and toy trucks aren't far behind. The couple says it only intensifies with age.
"In fact, in not telling the gender of my precious baby, I am saying to the world, 'Please can you just let Storm discover for him/herself what s (he) wants to be?!." Witterick writes in an email.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
TransOhio offers Youth Support Groups
COLUMBUS, OH, March 5, 2011 -- TransOhio is pleased to announce the start of support groups for Transgender, Gender non-conforming/questioning youth ages 5-11 and 12-17. Regarding the importance of these groups, board member and facilitator Erin Upchurch, MSSA, LSW states, “It is necessary that we begin to reach out and affirm our children; they need to know that they are not alone and that their gender identity and form of expression is as valid as any other.” Upchurch continues, “This is an exciting time for our youth. We are excited to facilitate affirmation and community through conversation, education, and the arts.”
TransOhio Founder and Chair, Shane Morgan says that “The addition of these two groups is important to our community. There are resource gaps for Trans and gender non-conforming youth of these ages and we’re thrilled to be able to offer a few new opportunities to youth and their parents.”
Groups begin in April 2011 for $10/session-a sliding fee scale is available. Groups will meet in Columbus. As need for these groups grow, we’ll start other youth groups across the state of Ohio. Youth will meet within their appropriate age group and parental/guardian consent will be required. Please contact Erin Upchurch with questions at erin@transohio.org.
TransOhio serves the Ohio transgender and ally communities by providing services, education, support and advocacy which promotes and improves the health, safety and life experience of the Ohio transgender individual and community.
For more information contact: Shane Morgan, shane@transohio.org , 614-441-8167, http://www.transohio.org/
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