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 Author Kate Bornstein will speak at Forward Motion: Celebrating Cultures, Advocacy, and FTM |
Los Angeles—On October 8 to 10, over 500 individuals are
expected here to attend Forward Motion: Celebrating Cultures, Advocacy, and FTM
Lives, a fall conference for female-to-male transgender people.
This conference will be held at Los Angeles' Hilton Burbank Airport and Convention Center.
The international conference is for people who were assigned female at birth
or in childhood and who have masculine self-identification some or all of the time.
Significant others, spouses, family members, health care providers, friends and
supporters, as well as those questioning their gender identity are welcome
to attend.
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Forward Motion will offer three days of programs covering a variety of
topics including relationships, family issues, spirituality, health and
medical matters, sexualities, FTM history, political activism, the arts,
FTM / MTF tensions and alliances, legal issues, body-building and fitness,
as well as issues of youth, aging, race and ethnicity. This conference
will also include an art exhibit, vendors, book signings and social
events.
The list of confirmed guests includes the following:
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Kate Bornstein, performance artist, actress, and author of Gender Outlaw
and My Gender Workbook, will host "The Dating Game" at the Friday night
party.
Jamison Green, FTM International President, will present the award-winning
photographs of Loren Cameron, author of Body Alchemy.
Susan Stryker, Ph.D. and Percy Wise will present a session on the life of
Louis G. Sullivan, founder of FTM International.
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Jordy Jones, artist, filmmaker, and writer, is curating TransArt 99, a
visual art show which will be open throughout the conference.
Marci Bowers, M.D. discussing OB/GYN issues
Mary Boenke, editor of TransForming Families: Real Stories about
Transgendered Love Ones.
Jed Bell, editor of the FTM Newsletter.
Registration forms are available by writing to:
FTMCLA, P.O. Box 922342
Sylmar, California 92392-2342,
E-mail Forward Motion:
CONF99FTM@aol.com.
The registration form can be downloaded at
www.hometown.aol.com/conf99ftm.
The registration fee is $125. People with lower incomes may apply for
scholarships on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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