Educating & Empowering Our Communities

This year Out Boulder leads the 3nd Annual Trans* Awareness week in Boulder County. From 11/12-11/20 community events will occur across the county. If you would like to participate, email jspolnik@outboulder.org.

The following is a current schedule:

Mon 11/12:
4-5:30 pm: Trans* 101 with the GLBTQ Resource Center's Peer Education team, CU Hale Room 230. OPEN TO ALL

6:30 pm: CU GLBTQ Resource Center & MESA present Film Screening of Tales of the Waria, about a transgender Muslim community in Indonesia, CU Hale Room 230. Refreshments from Bent Lens Cinema served at 6pm. OPEN TO ALL

Tues 11/13:
10:30 am-12:00 pm: Safety & Inclusivity for Transgender Communities: A
Panel Discussion for Organizations and Service Providers @ SPAN, 835 North Street. OPEN TO ALL

2-6 pm: Free, Walk-in HIV Testing for the Trans* community and Allies @ BCAP, 2118 14th Street. OPEN TO ALL

6:30 pm: Trans* Sex Health Presentation @ the Pridehouse. Details TBA. OPEN TO ALL

Weds 11/14:
6 pm: Open House: Informational session about the Trans* & Genderqueer Support group to be held prior to the group meeting. TRANS* ONLY

7-9 pm: Trans* & Genderqueer Support Group @ the Pridehouse. TRANS* ONLY

Fri 11/16:
5:30-7 pm: Trans* & Ally Potluck @ the Pridehouse. Bring a dish to share! All are welcome. Stay for th SOFFA Support Group following the potluck. OPEN TO ALL

7 - 9 pm: Trans* SOFFA (Significant Others, Family, Friends, and Allies) Support Group OPEN HOUSE @ the Pridehouse. OPEN TO ALL

Sat 11/17:
6 pm: TAW Youth Film Night @ the Pridehouse. OPEN TO AGES 13-20

Mon 11/19:
7pm: Gender Violence: Know Your Rights @ First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St. OPEN TO ALL

Tues 11/20:
7 pm: Gender Identity Center's Candlelight Vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance, Jefferson Unitarian Church (14350 W. 32nd Avenue, Golden) with refreshments following the vigil. OPEN TO ALL

An Art Exhibit will also be featured at the Pridehouse all week by Owen Karcher entitled Transition. Read more about Owen.

Events are collaborations between Out Boulder, Boulder Trans* & Genderqueer Support Group (BTGS), CU GLBTQ Resource Center, CU Office of Victim Assistance, CU Community Health, Peers Building Justice, BCAP, Bent Lens Cinema, Gender Identity Center, Moving to End Sexual Assault, Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, and community members.

The mission of Trans* Awareness Week is to unite and educate
the trans* community and its allies through workshops, social gatherings, and other
events to create a truly inclusive community to inspire and embrace the multigender experience.

*Trans*— An umbrella term encompassing a wide range of identities,
appearances, and/or behaviors that fall outside stereotypical gender
norms of either male or female. The transgender umbrella includes, but
is not limited to, individuals who behave and/or dress differently
from their gender assigned at birth (i.e.- a female who wears men's
clothing); individuals who do not identify as either male or female;
and individuals who identify as a gender different from their gender
assigned at birth (for example, a person born male, and now identifies
as female [MtF] or vice versa [FtM]).