About Transcending Boundaries
Breaking News
We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker this year will be lecturer/trainer, film maker and activist Ignacio Rivera.
The 2012 Transcending Boundaries Conference will be held at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. This year's conference will be Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28th. We are extremely pleased to be returning to the MMC, where the 2011 conference was located. Hotel rooms can be reserved at the Springfield Sheraton for $119 per night, and a special parking rate of $5 per day will be available to guests of the hotel.
Transcending Boundaries, Inc. hosts an annual community conference to celebrate the diversity of gender, sex, sexuality and relationships. The 2012 Transcending Boundaries Conference is an open forum for people of all genders, sexual orientations and relationship statuses to teach, learn, debate and discuss the civics, issues, concerns and joys of these elements of our identities. An immersive weekend of networking, education, entertainment and social time understanding these factors within ourselves, our individual communities, and the public world in which we work and live.
We seek to serve our ever-evolving communities, including bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, asexual, intersex, polyamorous, and kinky persons, as well as allies those who prefer not to use labels, and those who are questioning their identities. Anyone is welcome to attend, regardless of how they identify.
Bringing Us All Together
The theme of the 2012 Conference is "Bringing Us All Together". Raven Kaldera reiterated during the Closing Panel of 2011 that Transcending Boundaries is made up of many communities; this year we will focus on how to celebrate the different communities while finding our common ground. Beyond the social level, this years theme will also explore our individual gender, sexuality, and relationships and discover how these elements of our identity fit together, even though they may appear as contridictions. Come join us as we as individuals and communities, "Bringing Us All Together".
Transcending Boundaries News
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April Update
April has been a busy month for the Transcending Boundaries organizers! At the tail end of March we were at the Five College Queer Gender &&Sexuality Conference at Hampshire College. We had a lot of great conversations with folks and several of us even presented workshops on bisexuality, polyamory and more! Thanks to everyone who spent time with us. Our For Presentersnow open, and we've already received some great programming proposals! Remember, workshops this year w…
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3rd Annual Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference
Come join many previous Transcending Boundaries Conference presenters, as well as staff at the Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference this weekend! It's one of our favorite events, and we hope to see you there!
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Happy Birthday to Bayard Rustin!
By Sara H. Brosnan, Transcending Boundaries Membership Director 2012 Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bayard Rustin. You may be saying to yourself, “Who is Bayard Rustin and why is the TBC blog devoting a post to him?” That’s a fair question. I hadn’t heard of him either until 5 years ago. I walked into a library and saw The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin sitting oe shelves as part of a display devoted to African-American History month.…
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Call for Presenters
We are thrilled to announce that the 2012 Transcending Boundaries Conference is now accepting proposals for presentations! The theme this year is
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A Crash Course in Gender Neutral Pronouns
Some background on pronouns In case it's been a while since you last studied grammar, a pronoun is a word used to replace a noun in a sentence. We use them every day, often without much thought. Some pronouns are not gendered, such as they, it, we, or you. English does use gendered pronouns however, with he/him implying a masculine identity and she/her implying a feminine one. Take a look at the following sentences: Joe is a great singer,
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Maryland passes Same Sex Marriage: Or a Letter to Sam
by Sara H. Brosnan, Transcending Boundaries 2012 Membership Director This is a historic time in my home state of Maryland. On March 1st, our governor, Martin O’Malley, will sign into law a bill that makes us the 8th state (9th jurisdiction including the District of Columbia) to legalize same-sex marriage. Massachusetts, where I went to college and home of the 2012 Transcending Boundaries conference, was the first. The work for LGBT civil rights isn't over. Our country is sti…
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February Content Meeting
The Content Committee had their first meeting this past weekend, and the conference is continuing to come together! We're developing a great plan for the weekend, including a new track, new ways to participate, and, of course, a Costume Party! If you're interested in presenting a workshop at this year's convention, stay tuned, as our call for presenters will be coming out in the next few weeks.…
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Upcoming Events
International Day Against Homophobia
Thursday, May 17, 2012
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
Friday, May 18, 2012
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Harvey Milk Day
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
150 days away!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012