2012 Conference Schedule

Welcome - 9:00am
Session 1 - 9:45-10:45

• Femme Caucus - Williams Family Room
• Human Rights adn Refugees: Asylum Based on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation - Jost Foundation Room
• Transformed and Transforming: Conversations with Families - Chittenden Bank Room
• Trans* 101 - Sugar Maple Ballroom
• The new WPATH standards of care: What does it mean for me? - Frank Livak Ballroom
• From 'Principal to Princess' - Mildred Livak Ballroom

Session 2 - 11:00-12:00

• A Conversation for Cisgender Partners of Transgender/Genderqueer Folks - Williams Family Room
• Asexuality 101 - Chittenden Bank Room
• Derailing Dysphoria Blues - Spruce
• What is Butch? - Silver Maple Ballroom
• Queering Your Sex Life - Sugar Maple Ballroom
• The Criminality of Gender Non-Conformity - Frank Livak Ballroom
• Transfeminine Caucus - Mildred Livak Ballroom

Lunch - 12:00-1:15
Session 3 - 1:15-2:15

• Addressing the Alphabet Soup - Williams Family Room
• The Road to Trans-Inclusive Health Care in Vermont: From Hope to Reality - Jost Foundation Room
• Transgender Feminism: Joining Together to Fight Against Trans-Misogyny - Chittenden Bank Room
• Grief and Loss Issues: In Coming Out and Moving Forward - Spruce
• DIY - Handy Family Room
• BDSM 101: What's Your Flavor? - Sugar Maple Ballroom
• The Criminalization of Gender Non-Conformity - Frank Livak Ballroom
• Transmasculine Caucus - Mildred Livak Ballroom

Session 4 - 2:30-3:30

• Starting the Conversation: Cisgender Privilege - Williams Family Room
• Trans in the Workplace - Jost Foundation Room
• Polyamory Basics: An Introduction to Open Relationships and How to Navigate Them - Chittenden Bank Room
• Trans* People of Color (TPOC) Caucus - Spruce
• DIY - Handy Family Room
• How Do I Look?: Talking About Body Image, Media Culture, and Self-Esteem in the Queer and Trans Communities - Silver Maple Ballroom
• Activism - Sugar Maple Ballroom
• GenderQueer Caucus - Mildred Livak Ballroom

Session 5 - 2:45-3:45

• Storytelling and Language Policing in the Queer and Trans Community - Williams Family Room
• Beyond the Binary - Jost Foundation Room
• Partners of Trans* People - Spruce
• DIY - Handy Family Room
• Positively S.E.X.: Ten Tips to Titillate - Silver Maple Ballroom
• I've Got Connections: Building Community Among Us - Sugar Maple Ballroom

Keynote Speech with Pauline Park - 5:00-6:00 (Grand Maple Ballroom)