Last revised May 26, 1997
| NEWSLETTER |
Date:May 26,1997 |
OUT REACH COODINATOR COLUMN | Vol. 1 |
No. 1 |
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Welcome to Gender Expressions Outreach #1 Newsletter, We will be publishing a Quarterly Newsletter in each of our Gender Expressions web sites. In Feature Issues we will be putting different information on the second site in order to get as much information published in each Quarter We are going to be using this column to help to provide information to Transgendered people about things that are going on in the community, Transgendered events, services and new places to go who are friendly to people who are a part of the Community.
Just recently The 1997 California Unity Convention was held at the Queen Mary in Long Beach California. This event was hosted by California Dreaming Collation made up of groups from Central and Southern California and the International Foundation for Gender Education. The Co Directors were Allison Lang from IFGE and Joan Goodnight from the California Dreaming Organizations the Meeting and Banquet spaces was excellent.
One of the highlights of the event was the Magnus Hirschfrld Exhibit that was brought in from Berlin Germany for its first viewing here in the United States, The Exhibit is a historical over view of early history about the Transgendered, Gay and Lesbian Life Stiles dating back to the early 1900s. The Exhibit was on display from Wednesday threw Sunday, on the second floor of the Exhibit Hall. It was packed up and began a tour of museums and other convention around the country.
It was a busy week with simians and vendors who were there to provide services for the attendees of the convention. News Week was there doing interviews and taking pictures for an article they were doing on the transgender Community. Wednesday evening a Welcoming Reception was held in the Captains Lounge for the convention Delegates who had arrived on Wednesday. Thursday night Was the IFGE Membership Extravaganza Show and Dance We Had FI Impersonators from the Queen Mary in studio and a Jim Bridges Fashion show that was held in the Queens Salon. There were over 200 people in attendance and IFGE had 50 new memberships during the convention. The Friday Evening Event Was a Fund raiserto help with the expenses for bring the Magnus Hirschfied Exhibit to the United States. This event was hosted by the California Dreaming Organization the Saturday night Awards Night was Held in the Bratanis Salon. Some of the people that were honored were Eve Bechard received the Virginia Prince Award, James Green, Linda Buten and Nanci Nangeroni received the trinity award and Xerox received the Diversity award.
Sunday Brunch was held in the Grand Salon where the Queen Mary holds there normal Sunday morning brunch We were provide another room to eat in but we went into the Grand Salon to get our food. It was the first time ever that I had been to a brunch that had so many different selections available. The food was really good so I will probely go back again on a Sunday morning to have brunch with friends.
Over all the Queen Mary Was an Excellent Place to hold the ConventionI think Every Body had a good time and a number of people went out to Check out the Southern California night life. There were so many Exhalant places to take photos on the Ship, which is every Crossdressers Dream. In 1998 we go back to the normal schedule, IFGE Will be Holding there Coming Together Convention in Toronto Canada in March 1998 and the 1998 California Dreaming will be held back in San Francisco again. As dates Places and times are available I will pit together a Schedule Page to keep you informed.
If you have any Questions Feel Free to contact me By E-mail and I will get Back to you with an answer.
Melissa M. Foster
Outreach Cooridinator
E-mail: melissa_foster@msn.com
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