Transgender
Films To Follow Drag Ball
To
the Editors:
Around
this time of year many Obies are thinking about what to wear to
Drag Ball. While many of us are contemplating a heady, fun night
of gender transgression, however, being a gender outlaw isnt
a once-a-year thing for some of us. We are struggling daily to live
in a world which expects us to be other than what we are, and to
reshape what gender means in ways that will free everyone to be
more truly themselves. As it has been for the past four years, this
years Drag Ball will be followed by a series of talks and
film screenings to celebrate the experiences of transgender, transsexual,
intersex and other gender-variant people and increase understanding
of the issues we face in life. No matter how little or how much
you know about trans issues, I urge you to come to Trans 101 next
Monday night at 8pm in King 239 for a basic discussion of who trans
people are and what we deal with. On Tuesday at 4:30 pm in Wilder
101, we are honored to have a guest lecture by attorney Alyson Meiselman,
who has fought in court for the right of trans people to marry and
will discuss this and other trans rights issues. There will also
be seven (count em, SEVEN!) screenings and discussions of
recent films by and about trans and intersex people, ranging from
documentary to drama to experimental. (Look for flyers for screening
times.) These events are a really exciting oppurtunity for gender-variant
people of all stripes and anyone who fancies themselves an ally
of us to enrich our understanding of yadda yadda yadda just come
already! Its gonna be great!
Harper
Jean Tobin
College junior
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