Unity Picnic, Sat. June 4, Columbus, Ohio

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!

Ignacio Rivera to provide keynote at 4th annual TransOhio Transgender & Ally Conference, August 5-7, 2011!

 Posted at http://keystothecloset.blogspot.com/

 

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 a lecturer, activist, new filmmaker and self-proclaimed sex educator.

 

Ignacio is the founder of Poly Patao Productions. P3 is dedicated to producing sex-positive workshops, 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 members of Queers for Economic Justice, a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation.

 

 

The 4th Annual TransOhio Transgender & Ally Conference will be held in Columbus, Ohio the weekend of August 5-7, 2011 at The Ohio State University Multicultural Center at the Ohio Union.

 

Friday, August 5th: 2nd Annual Provider’s Day

Explicitly for medical, legal, and social work professionals (CEUs/CLEs)

 

Saturday, August 6th: General Conference

Covering a broad range of interests throughout the community

 

Sunday, August 7th: General Conference

Continuation of programs with a diversity of topics

 

Join over 300 Trans-Identifed individuals and Allies from across the country for seminars, presentations, panels, workshops, discussion groups and fellowship! 

TransOhio Support Group—Youth Ages 5-11 Forming!

Support Group for Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming/Queer, and Questioning youth ages 5-11  Posted at http://keystothecloset.blogspot.com/

Join us for conversation, artwork, and community 1st Sunday of each month 1:30p-3:00p Stonewall Center on High 1160 North High Street (Corner of 4th Ave. and High Street)
No cost to attend!

Facilitated by Erin Upchurch, MSSA, LSW erin@transohio.org

Parent/Guardian Consent is Required
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 trans-gender individual and community.
To participate in either of these groups, please send an email to Erin Upchurch, MSSA, LSW at erin@transohio.org

TransOhio Newsletter

The new edition of the TransOhio Newsletter is out! Check out their website for this great resource. http://www.transohio.org/news/April2011TransOhio.pdf

CampOUT 2011 Long Fork Retreat, Walton, WV July 13th-17th

CampOUT 2011 Long Fork Retreat, Walton, WV July 13th-17th
http://www.transcampout.org Main Contact: campout.staff@gmail.com There is still time to send in your presenter application for CampOUT 2011. Presenters can submit as many presentations as they want. After the presenter deadline of February 15th we will select up to three presentations per presenter. Presenters will be notified by February 28th of our selections.

Presenter registration is required by March 30th. Workshops encompassing trans, sex, and/or kink positive themes, or (as this year’s theme is the phoenix) encompassing transformation or beginning anew will get preference. Presenters selected to do three workshops will get a free all-inclusive registration for themselves and one partner/assistant/demo bottom for $25.00 each all inclusive. Presenters selected to do one workshop will receive a $50 registration price for themselves plus one. In all cases, the plus one will be expected to participate in 2 hours of volunteering or pay the volunteer opt out price of an additional $25.00. To submit your presentations, please download the presenter form, fill it out and email it to Cameron @ kaz_215 at yahoo dot com with CampOUT Presenter as the subject line. Link to the downloadable presenter form: http://www.transcampout.org/main/presapp.html

CampOUT 2011 is a trans positive, sex positive, kink positive event that takes place annually in the hills of beautiful West Virginia, USA. Please visit the website for more information.

Call for Presenters & Workshops

We are currently accepting program proposals to be presented at the 4th Annual TransOhio Transgender & Ally Conference to be held August 5-7, 2011!

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: Friday, April 15th, 2011!
This year our conference will include: Friday, August 5th: 2nd Annual Provider’s Day Explicitly for medical, legal, and social work professionals (CEUs/CLEs)

Saturday, August 6th: General Conference Covering a broad range of interests throughout the community

Sunday, August 7th: General Conference Continuation of programs with a diversity of topics
The proposal can be for a seminar, presentation, panel, workshop, discussion group, activity/performance space, fellowship activity, arts and crafts, etc. We will seriously consider all submissions, and will give preference to fresh ideas. So don’t be shy, and think outside the box!

Please fill out this form as it will appear for publication.

The information that you submit will be used on the conference website, in advance publicity, and in the program book. Keep in mind that Friday’s program is geared toward the continued education of service providers.

Please indicate in the space provided whether you have presented the topic before, and if CEUs/CLEs were offered with attendance.

Depending on scheduling, we may request that you present both Friday and Saturday if the topic will also benefit the larger community, and we will consider this as space allows.

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: Friday, April 15th, 2011!
Need ideas? Have any questions, comments, or concerns? Please direct them to us at: workshops@transohio.org!

Reposted at Keystothecloset

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/

4th Annual TransOhio Transgender & Ally Conference

4th Annual TransOhio Transgender & Ally Conference will be held the weekend of

August 5-7, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio!

Call for Presenters

Interested in submitting a proposal for a workshop, presentation, discussion or performance? For information, visit the Submission Page.

This year we are expanding our Conference this year to include:

Friday, August 5th: Provider’s Day

Explicitly for medical, legal, and social work professionals

Continuing Education Units (CEU)

More information coming soon.

Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

More information coming soon.

Interested in submitting a proposal for a class, seminar or workshop? For information, visit Submission Page.

Submit your proposal online! Submissions are due Friday March 18, 2011

Saturday, August 6: General Conference

Covering a broad range of interests throughout the community

Sunday, August 7: General Conference

Continuation of programs with a diversity of topics

Volunteers

As with any event, it takes people-power to make events such as the Conference happen. Volunteers will be

needed for Friday at the Provider’s Day and throughout the General Conference:

* Registration/Check-In

* Setup/Break-down

* Session proctors

* Information table

* Meet & Greet

* Saturday evening socials

* And more!

Interested in volunteering? Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Sarah (sarah@transohio.org).

Sponsorship Opportunities

Do you work for a company or are you involved in an organization that you think might like to be a sponsor of this event? If so, visit our Sponsorship Opportunities page!

For more conference info, visit http://www.transohio.org/