Let your voice be heard on LBGT aging concerns

There is a wave of awareness on aging LBGT issues and as part of this our own Aging and Disability Services (ADS) organization has started outlining a plan to meet our needs in King County.  The plan covers 2012-2015 with the intent to create an 'elder friendly' community.  There is a survey you can take so your voice and concerns can be heard.  I am simplifying the details as I would encourage you to read Shaun Knittel, SGN Associate Editor's article as it will be worth your time.  Ms T. 

Thanks to an in-depth online questionnaire, ADS hopes to address basic needs, improve health and well-being, promote civic and social engagement, and increase independence for frail older persons and adults with disabilities.

To take part in the survey visit www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BXX4UU7DX. The survey will be available through April 29 and should take 10 minutes to complete.  If you have any questions, please email karen.winston@seattle.gov.

Thanks to the Seattle Gay News for this information!

Radical Queer Collaborative: Film Art Gender

If this interests you, give them a shout.  We can learn so much about ourselves by our dialogue with others.  Ms T.

Radical Queer Collaborative: Film Art Gender:
We are interested in hearing from people of all genders, sexes, orientations, ages, ethnicities, dis/abilities, geographies, and spiritual paths. If you or someone you know is interested in speaking on or off camera about gender, please contact us:
filmartgender@gmail.com
http://filmartgender.com

Thanks to http://www.sfqueer.com/

Survey to improve treatment & awareness of urinary and sexual health

Help us improve the treatment and awareness of urinary and sexual health of women who have sex with women (WSW) and men who have sex with men (MSM)!
Researchers in the Department of Urology at the University of California in San Francisco are conducting a study on the urinary and sexual heath of WSW and MSM. We hope to promote understanding, attention and awareness of this topic in the medical community.

If you are 18 or older, WSW or MSM, We need your help completing a TOTALLY ANONYMOUS internet based survey. The survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.

For WSW: http://urology.ucsf.edu/wswhealth.html
For MSM: http://urology.ucsf.edu/msmhealth.html

Questions? Please contact the study investigators: Benjamin Breyer, MD (bbreyer@urology.ucsf.edu ) and Alan Shindel MD (shindela@urology.ucsf.edu)

Thanks to http://www.sfqueer.com/ for this survey!

Speech Survey intended to help inform medical & academic communities re: trans men & FTM's

Any research that is done that will help understanding of trans issues may eventually benefit those we love.  Please pass this onto anyone that you think may be eligible or interested in filling it out.  Ms T.

Survey: FTM Voice

My name is Vica Papp and I am a speech scientist at Rice University, Houston, TX in the USA. My PhD research concerns the voice experiences, vocal health, and vocal satisfaction of all trans men, transmen and FTMs. In order to better inform the transgender, medical and academic communities about the speech-related experiences,  concerns and needs of trans men, transmen and FTMs I created an online questionnaire.

The time required to complete the questionnaire is about 20 minutes and all FTMs, transmen and trans men over 18 years old are eligible to fill out the questionnaire _regardless of testosterone use_. Your answers are completely confidential and encrypted.

Please fill out the survey online at: https://www.survs.com/survey/XKDPGW7WQT
Vica Papp, MSc., MA., MA.

This study has been reviewed and approved by Rice University’s Institutional Review Board on March 17, 2010. The IRB Approval Number is 10-127E.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this study or your participation in this study, you may contact the researcher conducting this study, Vica Papp, by email at vica@rice.edu or by phone (832-788-2698).

Please ask any questions you have prior to your entering into the study. If you have questions later, you may contact either Vica Papp by email or by regular mail at 6100 Main St MS-23, Houston TX 77005. The faculty supervisor of this project is Dr. Katherine Crosswhite. You may also contact her for further information about the study at crosswhi@rice.edu. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, please contact Sarah White, Director, Rice University’s Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) at 6100 Main Street, MS-16 Houston, TX 77005, by phone (713-348-6200), or by email (sarah.j.white@rice.edu) or by fax (713-348-5425).


Thanks to http://www.transohio.org/wordpress/ for this post.

Need 14 to 25 yo input of LGBT families - please read

This is an opportunity for 14 to 25 year olds that have been raised within LGBT families for their voices to be heard and their experiences to be counted.  If you know of anyone, please pass this on.  In the past these types of surveys have been used to authenticate that children raised in LGBT homes are as balanced as those in their hetero counterparts to mention just one such study that was useful that I remember hearing of.

I know that I worried before I had a child about how the world was going to treat her/him because of the family she would be born to.  Over the years she did experience painful situations that I wanted to rescue her from many times as kids can be so cruel and she did not seem to initially handle it well.  In time though she found her own way and has become an amazing advocate for her 'Gays' at her high school.  She participates in the 'Day of Silence' and has rallied her friends for a number of gay activist events.  She is in a Gay/Straight Chorus (yes, that makes a queer mom proud).


She has become an amazingly compassionate, kind, level headed young woman who does not understand why people judge each other for such stupid things as sexual orientation, gender or race.  Her experiences have made her much stronger within herself and she loves the richness of her life and experiences.  At her school events her family takes up more room than most of any of her classmates guests.  She calls us the lesbian Brady bunch (god, I hope I'm not Alice?) with a smile and a roll of the eyes.  Ms T





Perspectives on Marriage Equality: Listening to the (Missing) Voices
of Youth/Young Adults with Lesbian and Gay Parents

We are looking for participants for a project exploring the
perspectives of adolescents and young adults with lesbian and gay
parents. This study will recruit individuals between the age of 14 and
25 who have lesbian and gay parents, in an effort to gain their
perspectives on marriage equality.

We are interested in recruiting participants from various backgrounds/ family situations,
such as those whose parents have obtained civil unions, civil marriage, and domestic
partnerships, as well as those whose parents have been unable or
unwilling to obtain these types of partnership recognition. We are
interested in learning about how youth and young adults have been
impacted by marriage equality and marriage inequality, as well as
their general opinions on this topic.

If interested, please contact Abbie Goldberg, Ph.D., Professor of
Psychology at Clark University agoldberg@clarku.edu, or 508-793-7289.
Participants will complete confidential telephone
interviews (approximately 30 minutes to one hour) with Dr. Goldberg or
a trained graduate resident.