Note from the local host committee, the Southern Arizona Gender
Alliance: We are really looking for diverse topics and conference
attendees. This will be like no other IFGE conference before! Jamison
Green is the keynote speaker. Our theme is "Towards a Greater
Diversity." There will be a town hall/public forum on Saturday
morning... three full days of seminars ... three full days of sight-seeing
excursions and social activities of interest to all trans folks and
allies... a dance party with notorious trans+allies band Too Much
Information on Saturday night, a golf tournament, and much, much
more!!  There are transmen, gender-queer folks, SOFFAs, and non-trans
allies involved on the conference planning committee -- it is
definitely NOT just for women only! I hope you'll consider attending
as well as submitting a proposal to present. Tucson is THE place to be
in April 2008!-Michael Woodward, SAGA Program Coordinator

CALL FOR PRESENTERS!

The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) is seeking
proposals for presentations and workshops for Transgender 2008, which
will take place March 31-April 5, 2008 in Tucson. Our theme for 2008
is "Towards a Greater Diversity."

This year we are especially looking for papers on the following themes
(and others):

-Issues regarding transgender people of color
-Trans youth and youth/families of transgender parents
-Elders and aging issues
-Issues and concerns of cross-dressers
-Transgender relationships - for SOs, couples, & transgender people
with or without partners
-Religion, faith, and spirituality
-Sex and sexuality
-Transgender health, medicine, & legal concerns
-Issues and concerns of FTMs (There will be a full track for
transmen!!)
-Creating more unity in the transgender communities and between the
LGB and T communities

New ideas, new topics, and new faces are of particular interest. We
are especially interested in presentations by Spanish-speaking
presenters on most any of the topics above.

Submit your proposal no later than September 15, 2007 to insure space
and schedule availability. Your proposal should be submitted via the
form provided on the Conference Web site, www.transeventsusa.org/ifge.
You must include a short biography and any A/V equipment needs. The
conference Web site also includes other news and information about the
conference.

If you have questions regarding your proposal, contact Alison Laing at
a...@mindspring.com.

Also, please join our Google group which will help connect folks
seeking to share rooms, rides, and other information! Visit

http://groups.google.com/group/ifge-tucson

See you in April!

C. Michael Woodward
Program Coordinator
Wingspan Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
Advocate, Wingspan Anti-Violence Project
425 East 7th St.
Tucson, Arizona  85705
520-624-1779 ext. 17
Fax 520-624-0364
24 Hr. Crisis Line 800-553-9387
24 Hr. Crisis Line 520-624-0348
www.wingspan.org
www.sagatucson.org