NW Network Relationship Skills Class Spring 2011 available for registration

NW Network Relationship Skills Class Spring 2011!
The Northwest Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse’s

*** Spring 2011 Relationship Skills Class ***

Please join us for the Spring Relationship Skills Class. This is a 7 week series exploring the skills we need to build the relationships we want!

Wednesdays, May 11th - June 22nd     6 - 8:30pm

Registration requested by Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

*Interpreters are available. If you would need an interpreter we would be happy to provide one, please register by Wednesday, April 27th, 2011.

Topics include:

Identifying cultural norms & personal values
Accountability
Naming & setting boundaries
Strengthening support networks and more!

This class is open to... 

Bisexual people & their friends & loved ones
Trans people & their friends & loved ones
LGBTQ people and is open to all regardless of relationship status or history!

Suggested donation: $90.00
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Scholarships & Trades available

For more information, accessibility questions or to register, contact yecelica at:
206.568.7777 or yecelica@nwnetwork.org

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ’s


Q:  What is a Real HouseDyke?

A:  It is my sense of humor in action and I am totally poking fun at the recent wave of reality TV shows capitalizing on drama! The name originally was coined when my beloved was teasing me when I was putting this blog together and asked me if I was still working on the blog for the 'Real HouseDykes'?  I thought it was funny and it stuck like gum to my Stiletto. Certainly our community as a whole has a vast and wonderful history of being dramatic with our own special brand of 'dykedrama'.

I also would like to find a HouseDyke…and may take applications for the position once the description is written. Who knows...maybe I will run a contest for best written description of a HouseDyke and give away a mullet haircut, flannel shirt or something equally of utmost value to a proper HouseDyke.

Q:  Why don't you specifically mention "lesbians" first in your description of who this list is for?  Isn't this just a lesbian list being called something else?

A:  First, no this isn't just a list for lesbians but rather is for members of a rich community with a variety of gender fluidity and orientations. I will answer the underlying question more directly.  Lesbians as well (as others) are very welcome if they don't mind sharing space with folks that may identify in other ways. I am happy to recommend resources in our community that tend to draw a more conservative lesbian crowd if one is looking for things to do that are for and with strictly lesbians (women loving women in women only space) if that is more your comfort zone.  We will not take offense as our goal is the comfort of our members.

I feel my calling is to create space for people that are represented in my life that I love where they could feel included and safe as a result of being accepted.  Seattle Announcements is for folks who self identify on the gender and orientation spectrum in various ways including but not limited by my language descriptors to trans, intersex, genderqueer, two spirit, masculine identified, gender f*#$ers, futches, gay, queer, homoflexible, transman, transwoman, boi and queer ally for those who like me are active in supporting and promoting trans-issues and inclusion.  As with many queer allies it is deeply personal and we can affect change due to our passion and position.  I am not anti-lesbian, in fact I have dated many over the years that could pass for lesbian (said tongue in cheek).  Please do not misunderstand...those that identify as lesbians are welcome, but this cannot be mistaken as womens' only space as that would be inaccurate.

We also have members who do not fit neatly in the X box of 'lesbian'.  They often faced the expectation that they should be happy with the 'L' label but instead were quite uncomfortable with someone else defining their sexuality or feelings for them and then telling them to be happy with it.  At Seattle Announcements you don't have to be anything but what you are.  Some of us may also have an additional identifier that place us in a subcategory within the community.

Our members may identify in a number of different ways in our queer community (butch, futch, femme, high femme, andro, transensual, bi-sexual, trannyfag, femmedyke, the list goes on.,) and have a broad range of interests (activists, leather, kink, poly, mainstream, sci fiction, crafts, etc.,) that further place them into a subculture within the community.  Certainly some of the differentiations are only known to the members of the groups but are still be deeply important.  Belonging to a subculture within a subculture can sometimes be a bit confusing or misunderstood.  Through connection with each other we gain understanding of the basic human condition and realize on a deeper level that a book cannot be read by the cover.

You are welcome here regardless of how you identify and will find kindred spirits as you attend events.  If you are not on the queer spectrum I bet you are a very cool open-minded non-judgmental kind of creature that believes that life is best lived with many types of ice cream flavors to choose from and might even enjoy trying different flavors.

In closing, it doesn't matter to me how YOU identify, just that you allow others the space to be where they need to be.  I am very open-minded and my life has been enriched by being so.  I hope that this blog provides a space for you to walk the path you need to with the only rocky road ahead being ice cream. 

I have a special place in my heart for each one of you,

Ms T