[IPSM] [montreal] TransAction- Nov.18-20, 2004

[Devin Butler]

[forward from t_galliance at hotmail.com]

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Join us for TransAction, a three day event taking place from November 18 - 
20, 2004.

This date was originally chosen to correspond with the International Trans 
Day of Remembrance, a time during which we hoped to address issues of trans 
violence and to memorialize the lives of trans people murdered in the past 
year while also raising awareness about a variety of trans issues.  As an 
organizing committee, we recognize that violence applies unevenly to 
different trans -- and non-trans -- communities due to systemic racism, 
classism, criminalization of prostitution, and misogyny. As people committed 
to social justice, we are questioning our own motivations for organizing 
around this date and asking what important coalition work needs to happen 
every other day of the year.

We hope to present a multitude of perspectives on trans lives within and 
across our communities, and to open up discussion, collaboration, and 
strategies for shared action against violence:


THURSDAY, NOV. 18:  FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION:

- 7:00-10:00 PM
- 3475 Peel Street (North of Sherbrooke - Cultural Studies Building, Mcgill 
University)
- $6-12, sliding scale - proceeds to Head and Hands for better training in 
trans-positive care
- La journee internationale de la transexualite (EST) - directed in 2003 by 
local activist Mirha Soleil Ross, a film about the activism of transsexual 
sex workers in Montréal (English subtitles)
- You Don't Know Dick (Northern Light Productions) - this 1996 film shares 
the stories of 6 transsexual men. They discuss aspects of their lives, their 
experiences of testosterone therapy and surgeries, as well as their hopes 
for the future.
- Facilitated discussion to follow

- Free childcare provided


FRIDAY, NOV. 19:  TRANSACTION SPEAKERS PANEL:

- FREE
- 6:30-9:00 PM
- 1395 Rene-Lévesque #114 (VA Building, Concordia University)
- Natalie Lloyd - Two Spirit History and Identity
- Marc Honoroski - Genocide: Honouring the Dead and the Living
- Anais Zeledon - of Project Max; on Transexuality and Sex Work
- Discussion / Q&A Panel

- Free childcare provided / closed-caption translation


SATURDAY, NOV. 20:  WORKSHOPS/DISCUSSION:

- FREE
- Dragonroot Centre for Gender Advocacy - 2110 Mackay
- 12:00-1:30 PM: Coalition Building: Social Justice & Organizing the Trans 
Day of Remembrance
- 2: 00-3:30 PM: Who is a Woman?  Intersex & Transsex lives: An account of 
mutilation and how one goes about re-claiming a life - facilitated by Joelle 
Circe-Laramee from OII.

- Free childcare provided / wheelchair accessible


We hope to see you all there.

-The TransAction Organizing Committee

In affiliation with: Head and Hands, Queer McGill, Trans/Gender Alliance, 
Dragonroot Centre for Gender Advocacy, CKUT 90.3FM, Union for Gender 
Empowerment, WSSA, QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG McGill