The evaluation for TIC 2011 is up! Please fill it out if you attended any part of the conference!

We'll be in the processes of cleaning up the website post-conference for a while, so please excuse the mess, but feel free to poke around for information about TIC.

NEW STUFF! This year, the University of Vermont and the Burlington area both have some extra events around TIC!

There's a queer dance party at Red Square in Burlington on Friday night. There is an open mic following TIC, and TIC and Free2Be, UVM's LGBTQA Student Government Association-recognized student group, are holding an event called Club 590 on Saturday night.

For more information on the Red Square event, click here to view the Facebook page. For Open Mic information, click here for the Facebook event page. For Club 590 information, check out TIC's Facebook page by clicking here.

This year's Keynote Speaker for the 2011 Translating Identity Conference:

Julia Serano!

Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based writer, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist. Julia is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (Seal Press, 2007), a collection of personal essays that reveal how misogyny frames popular assumptions about femininity and shapes many of the myths and misconceptions people have about transsexual women. Her other writings have appeared in anthologies (including Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape, BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine and Word Warriors: 30 Leaders in the Women’s Spoken Word Movement) and in magazines and websites such as Bitch, AlterNet.org, Out, Feministing.com, Clamor, Kitchen Sink, make/shift, other, LiP and Transgender Tapestry. In recent years, Julia has gained noteriety in transgender, queer, and feminist circles for her unique insights into gender. She has been invited to speak about transgender and trans women’s issues at numerous univerisites, at queer, women’s studies, psychology and philosophy-themed conferences, and her writings have been used as teaching materials in college- and graduate-level gender studies, queer theory, human sexuality and psychology courses across the North America. (bio and picture from Julia's website.)

Translating what?...

Opening its doors to the public for the tenth time in nine years for the 2011 conference, the Translating Identity Conference (TIC) explores a wide array of topics in discourses regarding gender and transgender identities, expressions, communities, and intersections. TIC is a free, student organized, non-profit conference that seeks to reach not only the University of Vermont & the Burlington community, but the nation as a whole. A one-day event, TIC has numerous sessions to choose from at any time that are directed towards people at all levels of inclusion in the trans and allied communities. This conference is a safe space for everyone to come, learn, and enjoy themselves!

Get to know us: Check out the 2010 committee. Information about the 2011 committee will be updated soon. We've been working hard to continue this awesome event and support the community.

Keep yourself in the loop with TIC's Video Blog!!

:: check out archived video blogs HERE! ::

Read this stuff. [updates]

• Get involved with TIC 2011!
• Check out the new black & pink shirts!
• TIC Archive coming soon!

This conference is open to the national public, but space is limited!
There are 600 spaces open to the public and 300 available to UVM affiliates.
Please register as soon as possible to guarantee your spot.
Registration and attendance are free.

Help keep TIC free by: - Offering a donation - Buying a stylin' TIC T-shirt! - Letting our UVM President know how important TIC is!

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