Founded in 2007, MTPC's Interfaith Coalition for Trans Equality (ICTE) connects trans people in Massachusetts with supportive faith community, empowers them to further the welcoming and inclusion process, and organizes the MA faith community in support of trans equality.
Monday, April 29, 2013
MTPC's Executive Director search - full "ad" now available!
Dear ICTE:
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), the go-to transgender advocacy and education organization in Massachusetts, offers an extraordinary opportunity for a new executive leader to partner with its talented Steering Committee, staff and volunteers. By attracting and mobilizing the under-utilized talents and skills of the transgender community, MTPC has increased the visibility of transgender people and built a vibrant and supportive transgender and allied community across the state. MTPC is small, powerful, nimble and ready for its next stage of evolution.
The ED will report to the Steering Committee and is responsible for programming and fundraising, as well as financial and administrative management of the organization. MTPC’s new leader will be expected to play a strong, visible and strategic role in developing and implementing plans to promote growth, impact and long-term sustainability.
MTPC is spreading the word about this opportunity as widely as possible. Please share this information to those in your network who should be aware of this opportunity. For the complete position profile and application guidelines, please visit http://www.tsne.org/jobs/ed_ma_transgndr_poli_coalition/
We thank you so much for your assistance in getting the word out. If you know of someone whom I should contact directly, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Your involvement in outreach can have a big impact on MTPC’s future!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Trans Faith Action Week & other April trans plans
Trans Faith Action Week & other April trans plans
The 2nd Massachusetts Trans Faith Action Week starts Monday April 8th!
Here is the current schedule, as well as other trans faith events in April (all coming soon to MTPC's calendar). If your community is here, THANK YOU! If not, it’s not too late!
Organized by MTPC’s Interfaith Committee, TFAW invites MA faith communities to choose one or more actions*, decide if they can be publicly recognized (optional), and email InterfaithCoalition@gmail.com.
*SCROLL DOWN past the sched to see the list of TFAW actions.
CLICK HERE to visit the TFAW Facebook Event (includes actions and link to this post).
Twitter hashtag is #TransFAW.
Wednesday April 3rd
Welcoming Faith (Merrimack Valley coalition of LGBTQ welcoming congregations)
“Coming Out and Keeping the Faith”
(An Evening of Dialogue with LGBTQ youth and leaders of diverse congregations)
Northern Essex Community College, Haverill MA
Co-sponsored by NECC and Greater Boston PFLAG
Friday April 12th
Congregation Eitz Chayim
“Rainbow Shabbat”
Erev Shabbat service with dvar by Ari Lev Fornari, potluck tisch
CEC, Cambridge MA (Central Square)
Co-sponsored by Keshet
Other TFAW 2013 Communities:
(Postcard parties, legislator letters and/or other actions)
Tuesday April 16th through June 14th
Yishay Garbasz’s
COMING HOME: Portraits of Jewish Women
Brandeis University ~ Waltham MA
Yishay is also seeking new photography subjects in Boston and New York!
Tuesday April 16th -- 2:30 p.m.
Artist’s Slide Talk
Thursday April 25th -- 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Trauma and Ritual: A Workshop
Please RSVP by Friday April 19th to mlheur@brandeis.edu.
Tuesday April 30th -- 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Opening Reception -- artist's remarks around 6:00 p.m.
Show runs through June 14th
Academy of Music Theatre ~ Northampton MA
The first Israeli film about transgender people and their families
Guest speakers JM Sorrell, SAGE Western Massachusetts and Jayne Guberman, Keshet Parent & Family Connection
Co-sponsored by Noho Pride, SAGE Western Massachusetts, Consulate General of Israel to New England
Thursday April 18th ~ 7:00 p.m
Keshet et al's
A Jewish Response to Homosexuality & Gender Diversity
Temple Ahavat Achim ~ Gloucester MA
A lively, interactive exploration of the intersection of Judaism and LGBTQ issues, led by Keshet facilitators;
part of a special series, “A Jewish Response to….”, co-sponsored by Temple Ahavat Achim (Gloucester), Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly), Temple Shalom (Salem), and the Jewish Federation of the North Shore; suggested donation $10.
Tuesday April 23rd ~ 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
MTPC's Interfaith Committee's monthly Gathering
14 Beacon Street #614 ~ Boston MA
MTPC's Interfaith Committee organizes the Interfaith Coalition for Trans Equality. Please RSVP at our Facebook Group or to Mycroft@MassTPC.org if you can, but please know that it’s more than okay to just show up. Share information, inspiration and support with other trans and allied people interested in working at the intersection of trans and faith communities.
Also Tuesday April 23rd ~ 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
MTPC's & Fenway Health's Life Skills'
Creating Change Through Lived Experiences
Fenway Health's 9th floor -- Boston MA
Join us for a night of open conversation where we discuss the history of the Trans Equal Access Bill, share our own stories of discrimination in public space, and learn about legal rights and what we can do as community members when facing discrimination. The night will end with a conversation around self-care for ourselves, and our larger community.
A space will be provided for those who want to write their story down to be used in advocating for the bill
Wednesday April 24th ~ 7:00 p.m.
First Parish of Milton, Unitarian Universalist's
Hope and Caution: Navigating the Transgender Clergy Experience
Presentation by Rev. Jamez Terry -- further details coming soon.
Also Wednesday April 24th ~ 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Sacred Eros'
After Marriage Equality, What's Next?
Arlington Street Church (UU) ~ Boston MA
With Prop 8 and DOMA before the Supreme Court, and right-wingers beginning to concede defeat, where will the arc of the moral universe take us now? In what areas can we work for greater social justice and personal autonomy, and how can spiritual progressives take part in future movements for change? Join us as we look both forward and back, and bring munchies and drinks to share.
Friday April 26th ~ 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Futures in LGBTIQ Spiritual Care's
Beyond the Theory: A Living Library and Ministerial Laboratory
Harvard Divinity School ~ Cambridge MA
tinyurl.com/beyondthetheory
Sharon Fennema - sfennema@hds.harvard.edu
Saturday April 27th ~ 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Black and Pink's & Hispanic Black Gay Coalition's
The Summit: A gathering of formerly incarcerated, convicted, policed, and court-involved LGBTQ people in New England
Union United Methodist Church ~ Boston MA
http://www.blackandpink.org/summit/
Tuesday April 30th ~ 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Faith & Sexuality Initiative's (sponsored by Harvard University's Memorial Church)
Spring Mixer
Come celebrate the intersection of religion and LGBTQ identity with students, faculty, staff and religious leaders in the Cambridge and Boston areas!
On April 30, the Faith and Sexuality Initiative will be holding a spring mixer. With this event, we hope to foster a sense of community among people who identify as LGBTQ across various faith traditions. We envision this as an opportunity for all of us to reaffirm the sacredness of these identities through hospitality, love, and celebration. Please spread the word, especially to those who are less familiar with what’s going on in Boston for the LGBTQ and religious! There will be food and refreshment, prizes and loving conversation.
The mixer is scheduled for April 30, from 5:30-7:30 pm, and will take place in Boylston Hall’s Ticknor Lounge in Harvard Yard. http://www.map.harvard.edu/.
We hope to see you on the 30th!
*******
TFAW actions -- the focus is supporting the Trans Equal Access Bill filed in January:
1) Choose one or more actions.
2) Decide whether your community can be publicly listed as a participant (optional – if not, you are still welcome).
3) Email InterfaithCoalition@gmail.com to sign your community up for the Week.
a) Postcard party (we send you pre-printed postcards and/or the digital file, you sign and return, we deliver to your legislators)
b) Phone bank (call your legislators; letters and emails are also helpful) -- one way to do this is through MassEquality: AndiWheeler@MassEquality.org or 617.878.2307.
c) Trans-themed event (service, coffee hour, oneg, speaker, training, “I AM : Trans People Speak” video showing, etc.)
d) Commit to attend the bill’s Lobby Day and/or hearing (still being scheduled)
e) Submit public accommodations discrimination stories to MTPC and all kinds of stories to our “I AM” project.
f) Sign the Declaration of Interfaith Support for the bill (new version coming soon).
g) Create a faith-based version of MTPC’s “I ♥ Trans People” graphic (“I/We {cross} Trans People”, “I/We {pentacle} Trans People”, etc.)
g) Another idea? Let us know!
The 2nd Massachusetts Trans Faith Action Week starts Monday April 8th!
Here is the current schedule, as well as other trans faith events in April (all coming soon to MTPC's calendar). If your community is here, THANK YOU! If not, it’s not too late!
Organized by MTPC’s Interfaith Committee, TFAW invites MA faith communities to choose one or more actions*, decide if they can be publicly recognized (optional), and email InterfaithCoalition@gmail.com.
*SCROLL DOWN past the sched to see the list of TFAW actions.
CLICK HERE to visit the TFAW Facebook Event (includes actions and link to this post).
Twitter hashtag is #TransFAW.
Wednesday April 3rd
Welcoming Faith (Merrimack Valley coalition of LGBTQ welcoming congregations)
“Coming Out and Keeping the Faith”
(An Evening of Dialogue with LGBTQ youth and leaders of diverse congregations)
Northern Essex Community College, Haverill MA
Co-sponsored by NECC and Greater Boston PFLAG
Friday April 12th
Congregation Eitz Chayim
“Rainbow Shabbat”
Erev Shabbat service with dvar by Ari Lev Fornari, potluck tisch
CEC, Cambridge MA (Central Square)
Co-sponsored by Keshet
Other TFAW 2013 Communities:
(Postcard parties, legislator letters and/or other actions)
- First Unitarian Society in Newton
- First Parish of Sudbury, Unitarian Universalist
- First Parish of Chelmsford, Unitarian Universalist
- Metropolitan Community Church of Boston
- Social Action Team of Old Cambridge Baptist Church
- First Church Somerville, United Church of Christ
- Community Church of Boston
- First Parish in Milton, Unitarian Universalist
Tuesday April 16th through June 14th
Yishay Garbasz’s
COMING HOME: Portraits of Jewish Women
Brandeis University ~ Waltham MA
Yishay is also seeking new photography subjects in Boston and New York!
Tuesday April 16th -- 2:30 p.m.
Artist’s Slide Talk
Thursday April 25th -- 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Trauma and Ritual: A Workshop
Please RSVP by Friday April 19th to mlheur@brandeis.edu.
Tuesday April 30th -- 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Opening Reception -- artist's remarks around 6:00 p.m.
Show runs through June 14th
Also Tuesday April 16th ~ 7:00 p.m.
"Melting Away" -- Film & DiscussionAcademy of Music Theatre ~ Northampton MA
The first Israeli film about transgender people and their families
Guest speakers JM Sorrell, SAGE Western Massachusetts and Jayne Guberman, Keshet Parent & Family Connection
Co-sponsored by Noho Pride, SAGE Western Massachusetts, Consulate General of Israel to New England
Thursday April 18th ~ 7:00 p.m
Keshet et al's
A Jewish Response to Homosexuality & Gender Diversity
Temple Ahavat Achim ~ Gloucester MA
A lively, interactive exploration of the intersection of Judaism and LGBTQ issues, led by Keshet facilitators;
part of a special series, “A Jewish Response to….”, co-sponsored by Temple Ahavat Achim (Gloucester), Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly), Temple Shalom (Salem), and the Jewish Federation of the North Shore; suggested donation $10.
Tuesday April 23rd ~ 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
MTPC's Interfaith Committee's monthly Gathering
14 Beacon Street #614 ~ Boston MA
MTPC's Interfaith Committee organizes the Interfaith Coalition for Trans Equality. Please RSVP at our Facebook Group or to Mycroft@MassTPC.org if you can, but please know that it’s more than okay to just show up. Share information, inspiration and support with other trans and allied people interested in working at the intersection of trans and faith communities.
Also Tuesday April 23rd ~ 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
MTPC's & Fenway Health's Life Skills'
Creating Change Through Lived Experiences
Fenway Health's 9th floor -- Boston MA
Join us for a night of open conversation where we discuss the history of the Trans Equal Access Bill, share our own stories of discrimination in public space, and learn about legal rights and what we can do as community members when facing discrimination. The night will end with a conversation around self-care for ourselves, and our larger community.
A space will be provided for those who want to write their story down to be used in advocating for the bill
Wednesday April 24th ~ 7:00 p.m.
First Parish of Milton, Unitarian Universalist's
Hope and Caution: Navigating the Transgender Clergy Experience
Presentation by Rev. Jamez Terry -- further details coming soon.
Also Wednesday April 24th ~ 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Sacred Eros'
After Marriage Equality, What's Next?
Arlington Street Church (UU) ~ Boston MA
With Prop 8 and DOMA before the Supreme Court, and right-wingers beginning to concede defeat, where will the arc of the moral universe take us now? In what areas can we work for greater social justice and personal autonomy, and how can spiritual progressives take part in future movements for change? Join us as we look both forward and back, and bring munchies and drinks to share.
Friday April 26th ~ 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Futures in LGBTIQ Spiritual Care's
Beyond the Theory: A Living Library and Ministerial Laboratory
Harvard Divinity School ~ Cambridge MA
tinyurl.com/beyondthetheory
Sharon Fennema - sfennema@hds.harvard.edu
Saturday April 27th ~ 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Black and Pink's & Hispanic Black Gay Coalition's
The Summit: A gathering of formerly incarcerated, convicted, policed, and court-involved LGBTQ people in New England
Union United Methodist Church ~ Boston MA
http://www.blackandpink.org/summit/
Tuesday April 30th ~ 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Faith & Sexuality Initiative's (sponsored by Harvard University's Memorial Church)
Spring Mixer
Come celebrate the intersection of religion and LGBTQ identity with students, faculty, staff and religious leaders in the Cambridge and Boston areas!
On April 30, the Faith and Sexuality Initiative will be holding a spring mixer. With this event, we hope to foster a sense of community among people who identify as LGBTQ across various faith traditions. We envision this as an opportunity for all of us to reaffirm the sacredness of these identities through hospitality, love, and celebration. Please spread the word, especially to those who are less familiar with what’s going on in Boston for the LGBTQ and religious! There will be food and refreshment, prizes and loving conversation.
The mixer is scheduled for April 30, from 5:30-7:30 pm, and will take place in Boylston Hall’s Ticknor Lounge in Harvard Yard. http://www.map.harvard.edu/.
We hope to see you on the 30th!
*******
TFAW actions -- the focus is supporting the Trans Equal Access Bill filed in January:
1) Choose one or more actions.
2) Decide whether your community can be publicly listed as a participant (optional – if not, you are still welcome).
3) Email InterfaithCoalition@gmail.com to sign your community up for the Week.
a) Postcard party (we send you pre-printed postcards and/or the digital file, you sign and return, we deliver to your legislators)
b) Phone bank (call your legislators; letters and emails are also helpful) -- one way to do this is through MassEquality: AndiWheeler@MassEquality.org or 617.878.2307.
c) Trans-themed event (service, coffee hour, oneg, speaker, training, “I AM : Trans People Speak” video showing, etc.)
d) Commit to attend the bill’s Lobby Day and/or hearing (still being scheduled)
e) Submit public accommodations discrimination stories to MTPC and all kinds of stories to our “I AM” project.
f) Sign the Declaration of Interfaith Support for the bill (new version coming soon).
g) Create a faith-based version of MTPC’s “I ♥ Trans People” graphic (“I/We {cross} Trans People”, “I/We {pentacle} Trans People”, etc.)
g) Another idea? Let us know!
Friday, March 15, 2013
429 Magazine seeks trans stories
"LGBT community and allies,
Hi--
My name is Jane, I am a reporter from 429Magazine (an LGBT magazine) based in San Francisco. I cover any and all transgender news and stories and am currently working on two different pieces.
I am calling for submissions of stories of transition: stories of people who identify as transgender and/or transexual and would like to tell their story--any aspect of it. I am hoping to collect enough stories, with the intention of eventually writing a book based on a series of transgender stories. I am looking for any and all transgender stories which transcend age, race, and class, in hopes of writing a book which celebrates: transition, ambiguity, change, difference, and self-awareness. Written submissions are welcome, and/or an interview can be arranged.
Additionally, I am writing a separate piece on transgender business owners, with the idea in mind of writing a series of profiles on the owners and their organizations.
If you or someone you know would like to participate in one or both of these projects please reply to this email or feel free to call me.
Thank you in advance for your help. Can't wait to hear your stories!
(Please forward this to anyone who may have a story!)
Best wishes,
Jane Eisner
Editorial Associate, 429Magazine
410-409-1840
jane@dot429.com"
Hi--
My name is Jane, I am a reporter from 429Magazine (an LGBT magazine) based in San Francisco. I cover any and all transgender news and stories and am currently working on two different pieces.
I am calling for submissions of stories of transition: stories of people who identify as transgender and/or transexual and would like to tell their story--any aspect of it. I am hoping to collect enough stories, with the intention of eventually writing a book based on a series of transgender stories. I am looking for any and all transgender stories which transcend age, race, and class, in hopes of writing a book which celebrates: transition, ambiguity, change, difference, and self-awareness. Written submissions are welcome, and/or an interview can be arranged.
Additionally, I am writing a separate piece on transgender business owners, with the idea in mind of writing a series of profiles on the owners and their organizations.
If you or someone you know would like to participate in one or both of these projects please reply to this email or feel free to call me.
Thank you in advance for your help. Can't wait to hear your stories!
(Please forward this to anyone who may have a story!)
Best wishes,
Jane Eisner
Editorial Associate, 429Magazine
410-409-1840
jane@dot429.com"
Monday, March 4, 2013
Coming Home: Portraits of Jewish Women - call for participants
“Coming Home: Portraits of Jewish Women” is a multimedia art project about Jewishness, transgender, and love. The project will present gender also beyond the standard male/female binary and will look at the intersection between Jewishness and gender in women. I am looking for participants for the project in Boston and NYC.
As an artist and a woman with a transgender history, I am looking for role models and other trans women to learn from. I am taking pictures of Jewish women who are also transgender and gender non-conforming. Two of my concerns with the project are inclusivity and visibility. In order not to “other” my subjects, I would like to include family members and/or partner(s) in the photographs. In this way, I will depict the web of connections each person has rather than isolating individuals, thereby giving visibility without creating spectacle.
When I was growing up, there were no role models for me of Jewish women with a gender that was not binary. If I had had someone to look up to or someone to ask, perhaps my journey would have been easier as an individual. However, I believe that the wider a community’s base, the more stable the community is. By showing images of Jewish women who are also transgender, I am shedding light on the fact that the Jewish community is richer than we expect. Presenting these individuals in the context of relationships that are familiar to us is the first step toward creating a larger, more diverse Jewish community.
I am looking for participants for the project who are willing to be photographed and have their photographs exhibited in an art gallery. Please contact me if you are interested, and please pass this along to other women that might be interested.
I live and work in Berlin and will be doing a residency at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University during April 2013. I will be taking pictures during the first 2-3 weeks of April in/around Boston but can also travel to New York City for a few days to take pictures. I have exhibited my work around the world, and you can learn more about my artwork at www.yishay.com.
For more info on my upcoming exhibition at Brandeis: http://www.brandeis.edu/wsrc/arts/comingsoon.html.
Yishay Garbasz
hbiproject@yishay.com
http://www.yishay.com"
Friday, March 1, 2013
Pride At Work's Trans Month Of Action
Today being March 1st, it’s the first day of Pride at Work’s Trans Month Of Action for trans-inclusive healthcare -- a national campaign focusing on 10 cities, in partnership with SEIU National Lavender Caucus, National Center for Transgender Equality, and Transgender Law Center. And one of the faith connections is that Donna Cartwright, co-chair of P@W’s Transgender Caucus, is also in leadership at TransEpiscopal.
Trans Month of Action
On behalf of the Pride at Work, in collaboration with SEIU Lavender Caucus, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Transgender Law Center, we are writing you to invite you to join in our historic campaign to educate and organize for Transgender Health Benefits within the Labor movement. During the month of March, our organizations are partnering to launch events in ten cities across the country. Local organizing committees of union and transgender community members will ask unions, labor councils and state federations to pledge to bargain for trans-inclusive health benefits and to sign a Trans Health Benefits Bargaining pledge form.
At the NGLTF Creating Change Conference in Atlanta last month, Pride at Work and SEIU Lavender Caucus leaders consulted with transgender leaders from across the country who are working on the transgender health benefits issue, and concluded that we should focus on moving trans health benefits within the labor community.
This new campaign already has strong, deep support in the transgender community and from LGBT union members. During this campaign, we will identify additional transgender activists around the country and create a network, collect stories from transgender folks and allies in targeted regions, and develop leadership capacity and member involvement in Pride at Work Chapters and Lavender Caucuses.
At the NGLTF Creating Change Conference in Atlanta last month, Pride at Work and SEIU Lavender Caucus leaders consulted with transgender leaders from across the country who are working on the transgender health benefits issue, and concluded that we should focus on moving trans health benefits within the labor community.
This new campaign already has strong, deep support in the transgender community and from LGBT union members. During this campaign, we will identify additional transgender activists around the country and create a network, collect stories from transgender folks and allies in targeted regions, and develop leadership capacity and member involvement in Pride at Work Chapters and Lavender Caucuses.
Please let us know if you would like to join in our actions by filling out this form
All the best,
Donna Cartwright and Gabriel Haaland
Co-Chairs of the Transgender Caucus, Pride at Work
All the best,
Donna Cartwright and Gabriel Haaland
Co-Chairs of the Transgender Caucus, Pride at Work
MA Trans Faith Action Week - Monday April 8th!
The 2nd Massachusetts Trans Faith Action Week starts Monday April 8th!
The focus is supporting the Trans Equal Access Bill filed in January.
1) Choose one or more actions.
2) Decide whether your community can be publicly listed as a participant (optional – if not, you are still welcome).
3) Email InterfaithCoalition@gmail.com to sign your community up for the Week.
ACTIONS:
a) Postcard party (we send you pre-printed postcards, you sign and return, we deliver to your legislators)
b) Phone bank (call your legislators; letters and emails are also helpful). One way to do this is through MassEquality -- AndiWheeler@MassEquality.org or 617.878.2307.
c) Trans-themed event (service, coffee hour, oneg, speaker, training, “I AM : Trans People Speak” video showing (http://www.transpeoplespeak.org/), etc.)
d) Commit to attend the bill’s Lobby Day and/or hearing (still being scheduled)
e) Submit public accommodations discrimination stories (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LYBY2X8) to MTPC and all kinds of stories to our “I AM” project.
f) Sign the Declaration of Interfaith Support for the bill (new version coming soon).
g) Create a faith-based version of MTPC’s “I ♥ Trans People” graphic (http://www.masstpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MTPC-I-heart-small2.gif) -- “I/We {cross} Trans People”, “I/We {pentacle} Trans People”, etc.
g) Another idea? Let us know!
FACEBOOK EVENT:
http://www.facebook.com/events/344750792297499/
The focus is supporting the Trans Equal Access Bill filed in January.
1) Choose one or more actions.
2) Decide whether your community can be publicly listed as a participant (optional – if not, you are still welcome).
3) Email InterfaithCoalition@gmail.com to sign your community up for the Week.
ACTIONS:
a) Postcard party (we send you pre-printed postcards, you sign and return, we deliver to your legislators)
b) Phone bank (call your legislators; letters and emails are also helpful). One way to do this is through MassEquality -- AndiWheeler@MassEquality.org or 617.878.2307.
c) Trans-themed event (service, coffee hour, oneg, speaker, training, “I AM : Trans People Speak” video showing (http://www.transpeoplespeak.org/), etc.)
d) Commit to attend the bill’s Lobby Day and/or hearing (still being scheduled)
e) Submit public accommodations discrimination stories (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LYBY2X8) to MTPC and all kinds of stories to our “I AM” project.
f) Sign the Declaration of Interfaith Support for the bill (new version coming soon).
g) Create a faith-based version of MTPC’s “I ♥ Trans People” graphic (http://www.masstpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MTPC-I-heart-small2.gif) -- “I/We {cross} Trans People”, “I/We {pentacle} Trans People”, etc.
g) Another idea? Let us know!
FACEBOOK EVENT:
http://www.facebook.com/events/344750792297499/
Monday, February 25, 2013
February & March events of ICTEr interest
Some upcoming February and March events of ICTEr interest!
TONIGHT Monday February 25th
Sacred Eros: Discussion on Sexuality & Spirituality
Song of Songs: Love, Violence and Hope on the Sexual Margins with Leigh Ann Hildebrand
http://www.facebook.com/events/354981967917169/
THIS WEDNESDAY February 27th
GLADHour: Happy Hour for Fans of LGBT Equal Justice
Starring GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders)’s Transgender Rights Project with Director Jennifer Levi
http://www.facebook.com/events/545328868818567/
THIS THURSDAY February 28th
QAPA Speaks Out: Religion and Queerness
7 pm
MAP for Health
Masspike Towers
324 Tremont St
Boston, MA
QAPA is the New England organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Boston and New England area. We host a monthly discussion series called QAPA Speaks Out. This month's Speak Out will have a special guest, Patrick Cheng, the noted theologist. This special QAPA Speaks Out will be open to all, including allies of all races, genders and sexual orientations.
"Homophobia is not a family value, it's not a religious value, and it's not an Asian American value. Love is." -Patrick Cheng.
Patrick Cheng is a seminary professor, theologian, attorney, and ordained minister. He is also an out gay Chinese American man, a Bostonian, and a member of QAPA. Who better to help us talk about religion(s), spirituality(s) and queerness!
This special QAPA Speaks Out will be open to all, including allies of all races, genders and sexual orientations.But as always with our Speak Out series, we'll be confronting some potentially hard topics, so we'll need you to keep an open mind! For more info about the event, please join our Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/qapa-org/events/88665092/.
For more info about QAPA, please go to http://www.qapa.org/!
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MARCH is Pride at Work's Trans Month Of Action re: trans-inclusive health benefits
http://www.prideatwork.org/trans-month-of-action/
THIS FRIDAY March 1st through Sunday March 3rd
Nehirim’s Queer Jewish Student Retreat
I’m teaching a class
http://www.facebook.com/events/337830419647764/
THIS SUNDAY March 3rd
Humanist Community at Harvard's "LGBTQ Humanism"
1:30pm
12 Eliot Street
We’re delighted to host Mykal Slack, a trans-identified minister who works to create safe spaces for LGBTQ folks in and outside the church. He works for economic justice, equal treatment in the workplace and ending spiritual violence. He is developing a ministry called 4LYFE Ministries, which is a collective of theologians, vocalists, preachers, teachers and other activists who are working to end spiritual violence inflicted upon LGBTQ folks of all faith backgrounds.
Join us for a discussion about how to make Humanist communities most inclusive for our LGBTQ friends. This event is free and open to the public.
http://harvardhumanist.org/2013/02/21/mar-3-lgbtq-humanism/
TONIGHT Monday February 25th
Sacred Eros: Discussion on Sexuality & Spirituality
Song of Songs: Love, Violence and Hope on the Sexual Margins with Leigh Ann Hildebrand
http://www.facebook.com/events/354981967917169/
THIS WEDNESDAY February 27th
GLADHour: Happy Hour for Fans of LGBT Equal Justice
Starring GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders)’s Transgender Rights Project with Director Jennifer Levi
http://www.facebook.com/events/545328868818567/
THIS THURSDAY February 28th
QAPA Speaks Out: Religion and Queerness
7 pm
MAP for Health
Masspike Towers
324 Tremont St
Boston, MA
QAPA is the New England organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Boston and New England area. We host a monthly discussion series called QAPA Speaks Out. This month's Speak Out will have a special guest, Patrick Cheng, the noted theologist. This special QAPA Speaks Out will be open to all, including allies of all races, genders and sexual orientations.
"Homophobia is not a family value, it's not a religious value, and it's not an Asian American value. Love is." -Patrick Cheng.
Patrick Cheng is a seminary professor, theologian, attorney, and ordained minister. He is also an out gay Chinese American man, a Bostonian, and a member of QAPA. Who better to help us talk about religion(s), spirituality(s) and queerness!
This special QAPA Speaks Out will be open to all, including allies of all races, genders and sexual orientations.But as always with our Speak Out series, we'll be confronting some potentially hard topics, so we'll need you to keep an open mind! For more info about the event, please join our Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/qapa-org/events/88665092/.
For more info about QAPA, please go to http://www.qapa.org/!
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MARCH is Pride at Work's Trans Month Of Action re: trans-inclusive health benefits
http://www.prideatwork.org/trans-month-of-action/
THIS FRIDAY March 1st through Sunday March 3rd
Nehirim’s Queer Jewish Student Retreat
I’m teaching a class
http://www.facebook.com/events/337830419647764/
THIS SUNDAY March 3rd
Humanist Community at Harvard's "LGBTQ Humanism"
1:30pm
12 Eliot Street
We’re delighted to host Mykal Slack, a trans-identified minister who works to create safe spaces for LGBTQ folks in and outside the church. He works for economic justice, equal treatment in the workplace and ending spiritual violence. He is developing a ministry called 4LYFE Ministries, which is a collective of theologians, vocalists, preachers, teachers and other activists who are working to end spiritual violence inflicted upon LGBTQ folks of all faith backgrounds.
Join us for a discussion about how to make Humanist communities most inclusive for our LGBTQ friends. This event is free and open to the public.
http://harvardhumanist.org/2013/02/21/mar-3-lgbtq-humanism/
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
SAVE THE DATE ~ MA Trans Faith Action Week
SAVE THE DATE!!!
The 2nd Massachusetts Trans Faith Action Week will be the week of Monday April 8th!
It looks to be much like the 1st one (April 2011; the Trans Equal Rights Law passed that November) – MA faith communities commit to one or more actions for trans equality and are publicly recognized (optional); the focus will be on supporting the Trans Equal Access Bill (public accommodations, filed in January). Actions include postcard parties (you sign MTPC’s pre-printed postcards, we deliver them to your legislators), hosting trans-themed services and other programming, phone banking (calling your legislators), committing to attend the next bill event at the Statehouse (lobby day, hearing, etc.), and signing the Declaration of Interfaith Support for the bill.
TFAW is very similar to Trans Awareness Week (every November; includes Trans Day of Remembrance).
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/344750792297499/
Participating faith communities in 2011 and more info:
http://interfaithcoalition.blogspot.com/2011/03/transgender-faith-action-week.html
Mycroft Masada Holmes
Chair, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s Interfaith Committee (ICTE)
http://www.masstpc.org/about/committees/interfaith
http://www.facebook.com/groups/7923372429/
http://www.interfaithcoalition.blogspot.com
Monday, January 28, 2013
TRANS FAITH LEADERS NEEDED FOR SLIDESHOW! SUBMISSIONS DUE WED!
From Rev. Megan Rohrer:
1) a high resolution photo that you own the rights to
2) A biography statement of that is minimally one sentence, but no more than 150 characters [sample included below].
3) the names (and email addresses f you have it) for other transgender faith leaders you think should be included or will help us represent a fuller diversity of our community
If there is any reason you would not like your name and photo to appear in a slideshow, please let me know and I'll do my best to ensure you are not included even if others nominate you.
"Hey friends-
I'm helping to coordinate a project with Ross Murray at GLAAD and some other faithful trans folk and we would like to invite you to opt-in or nominate others to appear in a slide show of transgender faith leaders for the Huffington Post. We have a quick turnaround time for this project, so we need your response by Wednesday, January 30th.
We hope to include as much diversity as possible, including people from the full gender spectrum, so feel free to self identify in your bio. We have also chosen to use the term faith leader in order to encourage submissions from a wider range of transgender faith leaders. Please note that it may take a long time to edit or there may be limited ability to change biographies in the future, but since we are being given the rare opportunity to use our own identifiers and choose our own photos, hopefully we will be happier with the result of the slide show.
If you are interested, please email to megan@welcomeministry.org:I'm helping to coordinate a project with Ross Murray at GLAAD and some other faithful trans folk and we would like to invite you to opt-in or nominate others to appear in a slide show of transgender faith leaders for the Huffington Post. We have a quick turnaround time for this project, so we need your response by Wednesday, January 30th.
We hope to include as much diversity as possible, including people from the full gender spectrum, so feel free to self identify in your bio. We have also chosen to use the term faith leader in order to encourage submissions from a wider range of transgender faith leaders. Please note that it may take a long time to edit or there may be limited ability to change biographies in the future, but since we are being given the rare opportunity to use our own identifiers and choose our own photos, hopefully we will be happier with the result of the slide show.
1) a high resolution photo that you own the rights to
If you are interested, but do not have time to find a photo or write a bio please let me know and we'll do our best to compile sometime from online information and send it to you to proof or edit.
If there is any reason you would not like your name and photo to appear in a slideshow, please let me know and I'll do my best to ensure you are not included even if others nominate you.
Please forward this request to other transgender faith leaders that you think should be included or that you would like to check in with to see if they are interested in being included.
Thank you in advance for your participation!
Megan Rohrer
Sample Bio:
The Rev. Megan Rohrer is the Executive Director of Welcome and is called by three Lutheran and one Episcopal congregation in San Francisco, CA to serve the homeless. The first openly transgender pastor ordained in the Lutheran church and one of the first seven openly LGBTQ pastors received into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 2010, Pastor Megan is a contributing blogger at the ELCA’s Living Lutheran. With a MDiv from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and an Honorary Doctorate from Palo Alto University, Pastor Megan is the author of Queerly Lutheran and co-editor of Letters for My Brothers, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.
Link 3: http://www.livinglutheran.com
Editing Note: Please do not use pronouns."
Friday, January 18, 2013
New Book - "Hung Jury: Testimonies of Genital Surgery by Transsexual Men" - editor Trystan Theosophus Cotten
The Weekleys moved here to Massachusetts from Oregon last fall for David to attend Boston University's School of Theology; David and Deborah's writings are among those in "Hung Jury", and David and editor Trystan Cotten will be presenting about genital surgery at the local First Event conference later this month.
David's autobiography "In from the Wilderness (Sherman: She-r-man)", with a foreword by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, was published in 2011 by Wipf & Stock -- click here for more information; there is also a publisher's flyer available as a PDF.
New Book Release
Hung Jury: Testimonies of Genital Surgery by Transsexual Men
Edited by Trystan Theosophus Cotten
Hung Jury is the first book of personal testimonies focusing exclusively on genital surgery of female-to-male trans bodies. Stories document the intricacies, ups and downs of genital surgery and the many transformative ways it changes transsexual men's lives. These journeys of courage, risk, trial and triumph speak to readers of all walks of life. Testimonies are a valuable companion for those considering genital surgery and will educate others who want to learn more about female-to-male gender transitions. Clinicians, therapists, and partners of trans men will also gain insight into a dimension of transitioning that is rarely discussed and learn how to support them in their quest.
http://www.amazon.com/Hung-Jury-Testimonies-Genital-Transsexual/dp/0615692354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357161074&sr=8-1&keywords=hung+jury%3A+testimonies+of+genital+surgery+by+transsexual+men
"Genital surgery for transsexual men provides an initiation to manhood that is risk filled, physically daunting and transformational. These deeply personal, often contemplative essays both reveal and inform readers of the many levels of transformation taking place on this path. Any reader can intuitively grasp the importance of these surgeries, which heal at an acute intersection of identity and technology."
-- Max Wolf Valerio, Author of The Testosterone Files
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
THURS JAN 17 - ACTION DAY @ Statehouse for TRANS BILL
Save the Date: January 17 is Action Day at the State House for Transgender Equal Access
MTPC and the Transgender Equal Rights Coalition will be holding a Community Action Day at the Massachusetts State HouseThursday, January 17th at 11 am in the suite 167 conference room. All transgender people and our allies are encouraged to attend and meet with their legislators to ask for co-sponsorship for the Equal Access to Public Accommodations (bill title and number to be assigned in early Jan.).
MTPC and the Transgender Civil Rights Coalition are committed to getting public accommodations protections for our transgender youth, adults, and families. The final version of the 2011 Act Relative to Gender Identity, originally filed as Transgender Equal Rights Bill, passed by the legislature did not include protections within public accommodations section of the nondiscrimination laws.
This will be our first Community Action to educate legislators about the necessity of protections in public accommodations, which is any establishment, public or private, that is open to the general public and provides, or endeavors to provide, some goods and/or services to the general public.
Examples of public accommodations are: health care facilities, including medical and dental offices, hospitals; public transit and bus stations; hotels, motels, campsites; restaurants, bars, nightclubs; retail establishments; theaters, concert halls, sports arenas; convention centers; museums, libraries; parks and zoos; public streets, highways, sidewalks, boardwalks, and other public ways.
Transgender youth and adults encounter unfair treatment, denial of services, mocking or hostile language, and threats of harm far too often when accessing these public services. This is our chance to step up and tell our legislators that we need these protections! If you cannot join us for the Community Action Day, please write a letter to your legislator. And if you are unable to write and mail a letter in, please take a few minutes and send an email.
Join us anytime between 11 am and 1 pm at the Massachusetts State House, suite 167 conference room. Please RSVP at http://www.masstpc.org/take-action/current-legislation so we can look up your legislators prior to the event.
#TransMA #MATransBill
Friday, November 30, 2012
Good GLBTQ Jewish news - 4 pieces
As we prepare to welcome Shabbat, there is so much good Trewish and other queer Jewish news!
Temple Sinai of Brookline’s 7th annual Rainbow Shabbat is next Friday December 7th and features Ari Lev Fornari of Hebrew College's Rabbinical School and TransTorah (and lately of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah - CBST).
http://sinaibrookline.org/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Rainbow-Committee-Flye-Ari-Lev-Dec-2012r.pdf
The Jewish Daily Forward’s article “Transgender Jews Seek Place at Table (Conference Aims To Break Communal Silence on Issue)” by Chanan Tigay featuring Nehirim: GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality.
http://forward.com/articles/165708/transgender-jews-seek-place-at-table/?p=1
A new #JLGBT Tumblr by Keshet, Human Rights Campaign, and three sponsors.
http://jlgbt.tumblr.com/
HRC has created a Jewish Organization Equality Index.
http://www.hrc.org/joei
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
THIS THURSDAY ~ faith-based post-election phone & web gathering
THIS THURSDAY at 1:00 p.m. EST the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Institute for Welcoming Resources, Auburn Seminary and many co-sponsors are presenting a national post-election conference call and/or online ritual gathering for those who have worked for LGBTQI justice during this election season. The call is limited to 50, but will be recorded and shared publicly.
MTPC's ICTE is part of NGLTF’s National Religious Leadership Roundtable.
http://www.welcomingresources.org/VirtualRitualFlyer.pdf
http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Ritual-for-lgbtqi-Justice/428346107225116
Friday, November 2, 2012
"Joy Ladin on the Torah & Transgender Jews" on the HRC's blog.
Shabbat shalom!!
Sharon Groves -- Human Rights Campaign's Religion & Faith Program Director -- writes about "Joy Ladin on the Torah and Transgender Jews" on the HRC's blog today.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Remembering Samantha "Sammi" Cornell
Mass Trans Political Coalition (MTPC) member and trans activist Samantha J Cornell, spouse of fellow member and activist Vickie Boisseau, has passed away from cancer. May her memory be a blessing. Vickie and Sammi are also part of the ICTE and larger trans faith community -- Vickie has been particularly active in the Presbyterian Church.
http://www.masstpc.org/mtpc-remembers-samantha-j-cornell/
http://www.masstpc.org/mtpc-remembers-samantha-j-cornell/
MTPC Remembers Samantha J. Cornell
October 23rd, 2012
Samantha J Cornell, photo by Glenn Koetzner
Long time transgender activist and MTPC member Samantha J Cornell passed away this week. Our thoughts are with her spouse Vickie Boisseau.
Her Memorial Service and calling hours are at Hadwen Park Congregational Church, 6 Clover St. Worcester MA Oct 28, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM please wear black and/or purple and bring a food item for the church food bank.
The First Kingdom Church of Asphodel will also be hosting the funeral of their longtime member Samantha J. Sammi Cornell immediately after their Samhain ritual also on Sunday , October 28th, at Cauldron Farm (12 Simonds Hill Rd. Hubbardston MA). If you would like to attend their Samhain ritual as well as her funeral, please arrive at 4 pm; if you would prefer only to be present for her funeral service, please arrive at around 6 pm. There will be someone at the house to tell you where to park and let you know whether the ritual is over or will be a few minutes yet, and point you in the right direction to walk in. Please bring potluck for the funeral feast afterwards and a flashlight for seeing in the dark.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Boston Trans Day of Remembrance ~ Call for Sponsors
Boston Trans Day of Remembrance 2012 ~ Call for Sponsors!
Boston Trans Day of Remembrance ~ Call for Sponsors
It's time to sign up to sponsor BTDOR!
(If you've sponsored before, you will be contacted directly.)
The event only costs a few hundred -- the rest of the sponsorship and the at-event collection will benefit the Transgender Emergency Fund; last year we gave TER over $3000. This year we will also give a smaller amount to Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program's Transgender Clinic Fund.
$100 ~ Name in program & on website
$200 ~ Name in program, logo on website
$300 ~ Logo in program, logo prominent on website
$500 ~ Mention at event, logo prominent in program & on website
To become a BTDOR 2012 Sponsor, just email Nancy Nangeroni of the BTDOR Organizing Committee at nancy@masstpc.org.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
October events!!
So many October events of transfaith interest!
This Thursday the 25th through Saturday the 27th -- 20% Theatre Company's The Naked I : Wide Open is touring MA (Cambridge, Springfield, South Hadley, Northampton; http://www.facebook.com/pages/20-Theatre-Company-Twin-Cities/187714263798).
This Friday the 26th -- Intersex Awareness Day.
Friday the 26th through Sunday the 28th -- Transcending Boundaries Conference (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Transcending-Boundaries-Inc/321593196061).
This Saturday the 27th -- GLAD's Piety, Pulpits, Parishioners and Pastors: The role religion plays in discrimination against LGBTQ community (http://www.facebook.com/events/476787679021711). We are co-sponsoring and staffing the MTPC info table! Who wants to join me?
This Sunday the 28th -- JALSA's event honoring Dr. Norman Spack at Temple Israel
(http://jewishalliance.org/2012/08/save-the-date-celebrating-norman-spack-md/).
Tuesday the 30th -- Greater Boston PFLAG's conference Pastoral Counseling for LGBT Youth and Their Families (http://gbpflag.org/conference2012).
Wednesday the 31st (HALLOWEEN!) -- Sacred Eros: The Spirituality of Queer Identity (http://www.facebook.com/events/237539613035097).
And as always, there’s even more at MTPC's calendar – http://www.masstpc.org/calendar/ -- and you are encouraged to submit to it (calendar@MassTPC.org).
This Thursday the 25th through Saturday the 27th -- 20% Theatre Company's The Naked I : Wide Open is touring MA (Cambridge, Springfield, South Hadley, Northampton; http://www.facebook.com/pages/20-Theatre-Company-Twin-Cities/187714263798).
This Friday the 26th -- Intersex Awareness Day.
Friday the 26th through Sunday the 28th -- Transcending Boundaries Conference (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Transcending-Boundaries-Inc/321593196061).
This Saturday the 27th -- GLAD's Piety, Pulpits, Parishioners and Pastors: The role religion plays in discrimination against LGBTQ community (http://www.facebook.com/events/476787679021711). We are co-sponsoring and staffing the MTPC info table! Who wants to join me?
This Sunday the 28th -- JALSA's event honoring Dr. Norman Spack at Temple Israel
(http://jewishalliance.org/2012/08/save-the-date-celebrating-norman-spack-md/).
Tuesday the 30th -- Greater Boston PFLAG's conference Pastoral Counseling for LGBT Youth and Their Families (http://gbpflag.org/conference2012).
Wednesday the 31st (HALLOWEEN!) -- Sacred Eros: The Spirituality of Queer Identity (http://www.facebook.com/events/237539613035097).
And as always, there’s even more at MTPC's calendar – http://www.masstpc.org/calendar/ -- and you are encouraged to submit to it (calendar@MassTPC.org).
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
MTPC's Interfaith Committee update ~ September 2012
Happy Fall, Interfaithfull!
The Massachusetts Trans Political Coalition is still planning to file a public accommodations bill in January, and we are increasingly excited about organizing the interfaith campaign to support it. Next year's faith campaign will probably be a lot like last year's – the biggest thing being a 2nd Trans Faith Action Week in the Spring (read about the 1st TFAW, April 2010: http://interfaithcoalition.blogspot.com/search?q=transgender+faith+action+week).
In the meantime, here’s how faith communities can get involved:
- Be part of the Fall (and Winter) conferences --
- MTPC & BAGLY’s Trans Youth & Parent Summit –- THIS SUNDAY September 16th in Cambridge MA (http://www.masstpc.org/events/trans-youth-summit/).
- The Translating Identity Conference -- Saturday October 13th in Burlington VT (http://www.uvm.edu/~tic/).
- The Transcending Boundaries Conference -- Friday October 26th through Sunday October 28th in Springfield MA (http://www.transcendingboundaries.org/).
- Greater Boston PFLAG’s Pastoral Counseling for LGBT Youth & Their Families – Tuesday October 30th in Waltham MA (http://gbpflag.org/conference2012).
- The Transgender Religious Leaders Summit -- Thursday November 1st through Saturday November 3rd in Berkeley CA (http://www.clgs.org/events/2012TransSummit).
- First Event – Wednesday January 23rd through Sunday 27th in Peabody MA (http://www.firstevent.us).
- Participate in MTPC's 4th annual Trans Awareness Week (Monday November 12th through Monday November 19th) – including Trans Day of Remembrance (the international Day is Tuesday November 20th, Boston’s observance is Sunday November 18th at 4:00 -- at the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul (Episcopal) for the 3rd year in a row). And please let us know what you’re planning so that we can add it to our publicity (http://www.masstpc.org/events/trans-awareness-week/)!
- Share, use and submit faith-based video stories to MTPC's I AM: Trans People Speak project – we would love to have more trans people and allies of faith, both clergy and laypeople (http://www.transpeoplespeak.org/).
- Think about creating a faith-based version of MTPC’s “I <3 b="b" graphic="graphic" people="people" trans="trans"> (http://www.masstpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MTPC-I-heart-small2.gif) with your faith / faith community’s symbol (“I/We {pentacle} Trans People”, “I/We {cross} Trans People”, etc.).
- Stay tuned as we create trans and allied interfaith discussion / social support groups.
- Help us improve and share our page on MTPC’s new website, coming soon.
- Stay up to date with us online --
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7923372429
http://www.masstpc.org/about/committees/interfaith
-- and at our Community Gatherings, currently the 4th Monday of every month in Boston.
Shana tova (good year),
Mycroft Masada Holmes
Chair, Interfaith Committee for Transgender Equality,
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Thursday, July 5, 2012
TransFaith In Color conference - August - Charlotte NC
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