Join us for the upcoming LGBTQ Health and Longevity Conference and the Generations Celebration Gala!

Space is filling up – so act now!

The LGBTQ Health and Longevity Conference is Friday, Oct 4, 2019. Leading edge presentations including LGBTQ Immigration; WA State Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Equity in Health and Well-being; Creating LGBTQ Friendly Communities and many more. Keynote by Karen Parker, PhD, Director, Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health. Release of the groundbreaking Washington State LGBTQ Equity and Diversity Report by UW Professor Karen Fredriksen Goldsen. For more information and to register visit https://genevents.org/conference/

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The Inaugural Generations Celebration is Saturday, October 5, where we will honor elders, link lives and build bridges across LGBTQ communities and allies with a three course dinner and hosted wine overlooking Puget Sound. Emceed by Shellie Hart of 106.9, join Grethe Cammermeyer, King County Council Member Joe McDermott, Charlene Strong, and Tom Rasmussen for an outstanding line-up of lively entertainment including Arnaldo, Victor Janusz, Good Co Swing Band, and DJ Disco Vinnie. Lisa Koch: singer-songwriter-comedian just added! For more information and tickets visit https://genevents.org/gala/

Recognition of, and complementary registration for, LGBTQ elders 70 and older.

Listen to Shellie Hart of 106.9 and Karen Fredriksen Goldsen’s lively exchange about the upcoming Generations Celebration and LGBTQ Health and Longevity Conference!

Scholarships are available for both events! Parking provided. Accessible and captioning provided.

Forward this email to your colleagues and friends!

Register now for the LGBTQ Health and Longevity Conference and the Inaugural Generations Celebration!

At the LGBTQ Health and Longevity Conference, we will share the results of the Washington State LGBTQ Equity & Diversity Project, hear from Karen Parker, PhD, Director, Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, National Institutes of Health, and more!

The inaugural Generations Celebration gala represents our mission to build community support for all to live healthy and openly without fear. This gala will provide a rare opportunity for us to link lives, build bridges across LGBTQ generations and allies, and eradicate social isolation. Shellie Hart of Warm 106.9 is the emcee.

If you are unable to attend either event and would like to support an elder or someone who does not have the means to attend, please consider a tax deductible donation by contacting us at GenEvents@uw.edu or 206-543-2449.

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I thought I would send out a note about this upcoming event on July 30– Flights & Rights: Trans Access to Healthcare. It is free to attend and will feature a panel of providers and community members discussing different facets of trans healthcare. Hope to see some of y’all there!

Transgender & Gender Diverse Support & Social Group @ U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle
205 E. Meeker St. Kent, Washington 98032

• [trans] ACTION is a support/social group for sex workers that is held every first Wednesday of every month. It is an opportunity that provides sex workers a safe space to engage in topical discussions relating to their life and/or work. This gathering is open to transgender and gender diverse sex workers with current or past experience in the sex trade.

Upcoming Dates :

• Wed June 12 (6-8pm)

Discussions include topics such as:

• *Safety and self- care
• *Decriminalization and Destigmatization of sex work
• *Know your rights training
• *Legal assistance
• *Employment & housing
• [trans] ACTION promotes and values confidentiality regarding interactions within the group.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:

The undisclosed location has ample parking, all-gender and ADA-accessible restroom. Come and build community with us! For more information please email Ara-lei at ara@utopiaseattle.org.

Join the Q Crew!

The Q Center is hiring enrolled undergraduate and graduate students for two Program Coordinator positions beginning in Fall 2019.  Visit our online application to learn about the roles, desired qualifications, and compensation.  Applications are due by May 17th at 10am, and early application is strongly encouraged since candidates will be contacted for interviews on a rolling basis.  Please feel free to share the announcement with your networks!

Questions? Contact qcenter@uw.edu or 206-897-1430.

2019 LAVENDER GRADUATION ~ Hosted by Aleksa Manila

Tuesday, June 11th

6:00 – 8:30 PM

wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House

Graduates must register at https://tinyurl.com/lavgraduw2019  by June 5th.

The Who, What, When, Where, Why & How:

Who: Lavender Graduation is open to any student eligible, at any level (undergraduate or graduate/professional) for graduation in the 2018-2019 (including fall 2019)

academic year. Guests do not have to be graduating or be of a certain sexual or gender orientation/identity/expression to participate or attend this year-end celebration. Everyone is welcome!!!

What: The best party on the UW Campus, of course.

When: TUESDAY, June11th, from 6-8:30 PM.  Graduates please arrive by NO LATER than 5:15 PM.

Where: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House (4249 Whitman Court) on the University of Washington campus.

Why: The Q Center and QSC host Lavender Graduation as a time for the UW queer, two-spirit, trans, GNC, LGBTQIA+, and allied communities to come together and celebrate our multiple identities, our accomplishments, and sheer AWESOMENESS.

How: IF YOU ARE GRADUATING, please register at https://tinyurl.com/lavgraduw2019 by June 5th.

As for attire, participants and guests can wear whatever they want. If you want to dress up, or down, go for it.

If you wish to wear cultural regalia, please do.

You want to be comfy, have at it. This is your night!

For more information about the event, contact qcenter@uw.edu or call (206) 897-1430.

To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 (voice), 206-543-6452 (TTY), 206-685-7264 (fax), or dso@uw.edu preferably 10 days in advance.

QTBIPOC Artist Spotlight of the Week: Sonia Lazo

Illustrator and graphic design student Illustrator from small and tropical El Salvador. Sonia Lazo is creating attention-getting art. Her lively, intriguing work addresses not only the world we live in but also unseen worlds—the land of the past and the realms of myth and fantasy.

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The QSC Director is moving on to other opportunities. Now, it’s your turn to take a swing at change-making and advocacy! Apply today to be the new QSC Director!

Applications close April 21st, 2019 at 11:55 pm.
In addition, every position at ASUW is hiring! If you’re interested in serving in different capacities, check out all available positions here!

The mission of the Queer Student Commission (QSC) is to first support, educate, and to provide an open-minded environment for queer UW students. In addition, it aims to provide non-heteronormative, anti-racist, non-ableist and non-sexist programming, services, and atmospheres. The commission aims to create an anti-oppressive community by funding, sponsoring and endorsing events, ideas and information that share these anti-oppressive principles, promoting community, and working to increase acceptance of queer students.
The QSC also values the development of leadership skills among its members by encouraging them to be involved with commission activities and operations. Furthermore, the QSC commits to itself to inclusivity and intersectional activism by maintaining strong relationships with other ASUW Commissions, student groups, community groups, and UW faculty and the Student Activities Office (SAO) staff.

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The Queer & Trans People of Color Alliance (QTPOCA) will be meeting this Friday, location TBD!

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Machismo and Toxic Masculinity
(Monday, April 15, 2019) 6 PM – 8 PM @ ECC Unity Room
ASUW SARVA and ASUW La Raza Present:

• A roundtable dissection of machismo and toxic masculinity in the Latinx community with La Raza Student Commission.

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The QSC Director is moving on to other opportunities. Now, it’s your turn to take a swing at change-making and advocacy! Apply today to be the new QSC Director!
Applications close on April 21st, 2019 at 11:55 pm.

In addition, every position at ASUW is hiring! If you’re interested in serving in different capacities, check out all available positions here!

The mission of the Queer Student Commission (QSC) is to first support, educate, and to provide an open-minded environment for queer UW students. In addition, it aims to provide non-heteronormative, anti-racist, non-ableist and non-sexist programming, services, and atmospheres. The commission aims to create an anti-oppressive community by funding, sponsoring and endorsing events, ideas and information that share these anti-oppressive principles, promoting community, and working to increase acceptance of queer students.
The QSC also values the development of leadership skills among its members by encouraging them to be involved with commission activities and operations. Furthermore, the QSC commits to itself to inclusivity and intersectional activism by maintaining strong relationships with other ASUW Commissions, student groups, community groups, and UW faculty and the Student Activities Office (SAO) staff.

Gender Diversity advisor and author of Raising the Transgender Child, Dr. Michele Angello, is leading an educational opportunity for therapists in Washington. Please share this practice-changing opportunity with your family providers.

Therapists caring for gender-diverse kids and adults – step up your training here.

Most mental health provider programs lack comprehensive training for clinicians offering affirmative care for Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, Gender Expansive and Nonbinary people. This training provides the insight, understanding, and supervision you need to confidently care for members of the growing transgender community.

Receive a strong foundation of knowledge in the areas of identity development, advocacy and therapy approaches across the lifespan.

Our content centers on the intersections of race, ethnicity, spirituality, culture, trauma, politics, social justice as well as impacts of cisgender privilege and combating gatekeeping.

Scholarships available.

SEATTLE 2019 COHORT
In-person Meetings – May 17 & 18, 2019
In-person Meetings – January 24 & 25, 2020

*  *  * Enrollment closes April 14, 2019  *  *  *

for more information & to apply:

http://www.widener.edu/academics/schools/shsp/hss/degrees/advanced_training.aspx

Click here to view the flyer.

Sister Spit 2019 x NW Film Forum
(Thursday, February 28, 2019) 7 PM – 9 PM @ Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122
7 artists
2 hours of QTPOC brilliance

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:

• The main floor of the Forum, including the theaters and lobby, are accessible via a ramp. We have one restroom on the main floor built to ADA standards.
• An affordable pay parking lot is available 3 blocks from the Northwest Film Forum at the Greek Orthodox Church at 13th and Howell.
• Street parking is metered from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m., Monday – Saturday, and free all day on Sundays.

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Winter Quarter Social Justice Film Series
(Wednesday, February 27, 2019) 6:30 PM

• The Kelly ECC is back with another social justice film series for winter quarter!
• Each Wednesday evening at 6:30, we’ll be screening a film in the main lobby! We hope to see you there!

February’s Focus: Black History Month
March’s Focus: Women’s History Month
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FILM LINE-UP
• February 27: Dark Girls
• March 6: Ladies First
• March 13: Neerja

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: 

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A Certain Type of Brilliance
(Friday, March 1, 2019) 7 PM – 9 PM @ Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center
517 E Pike St, Seattle, Washington 98122

• Femmes possess an alchemy that can’t be quantified, but which draws us together and enables us to be bold, ingenious, and capable of a magic that fortifies our own hearts and the soul of the community around us. A Certain Type of Brilliance is a celebration of femmes’ ability to pull amazing things out of thin air, to create on a dime, to use our vulnerability and creativity as our greatest assets in resistance to oppression.
• The production features a unique cast each night; performers will create a new piece of work in the 24 hours prior to the show in response to one of a series of prompts, drawing on themes of resistance, resilience, femme identity & power.

Other Dates:

• SATURDAY March 2 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM)
• SUNDAY March 3 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM)

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: https://www.gaycity.org/accessibility/  

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How The Body Hold’s It’s Stories
(Thursday, February 28, 2019) 7 PM – 9 PM

Hugo House 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122

• How do our bodies hold onto experiences? How do generations of people of color, queer and trans people, and others who have experienced marginalization carry those stories over generations? Join writers Jordan Alam and Tessa Zeng for a reading and conversation on feeling a story in your bones and translating it to the page. Musician Lex Gavin will also perform.

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But Can I Pay My Rent Tho?!: Surviving as a TQPOC Artist @ Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center
(Thursday, February 28, 2019) 6 – 9 PM)

But Can I Pay My Rent Tho?!: Surviving as a TQPOC Artist
Feb. 28 (Part 1) & Mar. 7 (Part 2)
Free (Donations Accepted at gaycity.org/donate)

Without art, there can be no movements. Yet, artists are often unrewarded for being the drivers of change, which has created a culture of unsustainable practices. In particular, being a Black/Brown artist who is along the trans and/or queer spectrum means that we are more at risk of being underpaid and undervalued for our brilliance. This workshop will make space for trans & queer artists of color to develop long-term strategies towards a life supported by their creative work. Participants of these sessions are artists and cultural producers of all disciplines who are ready to build a career from their practice. Part 1 (Feb. 28) will focus on evaluating your financial needs and plans as an artist. Part 2 (Mar. 7) will recharge your marketing needs and put your plan into action. This workshop will intentionally engage a framework of dismantling anti-Blackness, white supremacy, transphobia, and more as we imagine the role of TQPOC artists creating their own liberation.

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The Queer & Trans People of Color Alliance (QTPOCA) will be meeting this Friday (3/1) in the ECC Asian room! 

Woo! Responses about availability got in at record speed! The next T-Time will be Thursday, February 7th from 4-6pm in B018.
If you are a student, you can join www.facebook.com/groups/uwsswqt to find the event page.

Here is some more information:

This is a space for trans and non-binary students, staff, and faculty to hang out and/or co-work together. Come with either specific questions (like looking for suggestions for trans-inclusive sources for a paper you’re working on), homework to work on, or to just hang out in a trans centered space.

If you are questioning your gender identity, you’re welcome, too! Please email vharner@uw.edu with any questions.

Yes, there will be tea!

Trans Open Office Hours will be held in B018, affectionately known as “The Pit”. This is not a private space, as it is home to some of the PhD student offices. However, luxury amenities include:

*a sofa
*a loveseat
*an armchair
*multiple (n = 2) tables!
*an electric tea kettle
*multiple (n = 2) microwaves
*a small coffee maker
*a whiteboard
*Vern’s books
*…and more!
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The Social Work building is not a scent-free space – however, the UW SSW QT Group asks that folks not wear fragrances or heavily fragranced products to events.

The SW Building has a total of five floors (sub-basement, basement, first, second, third). Two elevators go from the sub-basement to the 2nd floor. One elevator (the blue, or southernmost elevator) goes from the basement to the third floor. Both the basement (marked G in elevators) and 1st floor have access to the outdoors — the basement has a southern exit and the 1st floor has a northern exit.

There are gendered bathrooms on all floors of the SW Building, near the center of the building. On the 2nd floor by the mailroom, there is a multi-stall all-gender restroom that has urinals, stalls, and a locking main door (you are able to lock the main door to the all-gender restroom once you are inside).

The QT Group strives to make our events as accessible as possible — please email/message us if there are any additional access needs to be met.

It is time to schedule the next T-Time (trans open office hours) — this is a time for trans, nonbinary, etc students to drop in, hang out, cowork, share resources, etc. If this is something you’re interested in, please fill out this quick form so we can find a time that works best for the most people. Trans faculty and staff are encouraged to attend, too!

Also, Ingersoll Gender Center is hosting a trans resource fair on February 2nd. Please share widely with community and clients. It will be from noon-4pm at 12th Avenue Arts.

Resources that will be available:
– Our Community Financial Assistance program to provide financial assistance for amending your identity documents and accessing gender affirming clothes.
– A name change and identity document legal clinic with lawyers to help you in amending your identity documents.
– An informed consent clinic with mental health providers to write any letters you may need to access gender affirming healthcare.
– A job fair with trans affirming employers that have open positions.
– A workshop on coming out in work.
– More resources to be announced!

Cheers,
Vern

Join us for inspiring conversations on local and global themes with visiting student leaders from southern Africa! 
Roundtable Discussions on Southern Africa
Wednesday, February 23
5:30-7:30pm (arrive any time – conversations will be ongoing!)
University of Washington, Odegaard Library Room 220
Refreshments will be served

Register: https://fiutsroundtable.eventbrite.com
This event brings together participants in the Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) on Civic Engagement from Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe with individuals from the Seattle area.

Discussion topics will include human rights, gender issues, public health, youth and education, and more. Learn about these young leaders’ successes, hopes, and challenges as they create initiatives to improve their home communities, and share your own experiences and ideas for resources that might be useful or inspiring to them.
More information about the FIUTS SUSI program: www.fiuts.org/susi

FIUTS (Foundation for International Understanding Through Students)
www.fiuts.org

This event is sponsored by FIUTS, the Center for Global Studies, and UW Libraries

Email ellen@fiuts.org for more information

Ellen Frierson

Manager of Education Programs

FIUTS: Foundation for International Understanding Through Students

Hi everyone,
Next week UW is holding Q&A forums regarding the new Title IX regulations that are being put forward by the national government. These new regulations are a massive step backward in terms of gender equity and sexual harassment protections on campus. Unfortunately, I will be out of town–I am hopeful that other students from our department care about trans students and sexual assault and will attend. Here are some key points:

• The new regulations redefine gender as purely biological, erasing trans identities.
• The new regulations grant people accused of sexual assault the right to a face-to-face cross-examination of their accuser, a horribly traumatizing experience for survivors.
• Under the regulations sexual harassment and assault are only actionable if they occur on campus property.
• The definition of sexual harassment is narrowed massively.
• The standards of proof are changed from a “preponderance of evidence” to “clear and convincing evidence”, making it incredibly difficult to prove that harassment or assault occurred.

The forums will be happening next Monday and Tuesday on campus.  We need to make sure that UW doesn’t accept these new regulations passively, and we should also encourage them to agree to robust harassment protections in their contracts with WFSE and with the postdocs.

– Monday January 14th, 3-4PM in the Allen Auditorium

– Tuesday January 15th, 3-4PM in the South Campus Center, room 301.

If you want to learn more, we’ll be talking about these regulations at the union membership meeting this Thursday, 5:30-7PM in Smith 301. Information on how to become a union member, which is open to any student (you only pay dues during quarters you are receiving a paycheck from the university for being a student worker) can be found here. You do not need to be a member to attend the forums.

-Vern

RSVP: bit.ly/uwlgbtq

FB Event: here

(RSVP not required. But if you are comfortable please do to help us with planning)

Join your fellow Graduate and Professional Queers for “a night of well-mannered frivolity!” Multiple graduate and professional programs across UW have been collaborating to put this event on for YOU!

UW Grad/Professional Student Mixer

Friday, Nov 30 @ 6:30PM

Capitol Cider 

Come meet new friends you otherwise would not have the chance to meet around UW!

**FOOD IS PROVIDED!**

A huge thank you to our sponsors: Out In Business, Out In Public, Outlaws, Nursing LGBTQ, QMED, and Social Work QT Group!

21+ to enter, valid government-issued ID required.

RSVP: bit.ly/uwlgbtq

FB Event: here

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