"Identifying Crossroads, Connecting Communities"

  

  

Provider Day is Friday, May 14, 2010

7:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.   

Download Provider Day brochure with complete details and program.

Keynote speech by Dr. Lisa O'Conner will be from 11am to noon on "The Many Faces of Transition"

 

As a result of increased event sponsorships, we are opening up Provider Day, Friday, May 14 to all Students for FREE!

 

Community Day Workshop Schedule is now available - click here!

 

Community Day Workshop Descriptions and Bios are now available - click here!

 

Cross the "T" Cabaret is Friday, May 14 - free and open to all

7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening of song, dance, hip hop, puppets, top hats, and more! 

 

EmCee EJay and performers including Miles Walser, Yoseñio Lewis, Leigh Smythe, Jam Dandee, Heidi Barton Stink, Enzi Tanner, Radford Bishop and more

 

Community Day is Saturday, May 15, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Keynote speech by Yoseñio Lewis will be from 1:15-2:15 p.m. on "Health Care Victories for Trans People and What Still Needs to be Accomplished" 

 

Surgeons Featured

We are excited to announce the following guest surgeons, who will each give a workshop and offer individual consultations on Community Day: Dr. Toby Meltzer, Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, Dr. Richard Tholen, and Dr. Loren Schechter. 

 

Individual consults will also be offered with Voice Specialist Dr. Anita Kozan , and Electrolygist Diane Christofferson, CPE . 

 

The Conference is presented by the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition with co-sponsor GLBT Student Services of Metropolitan State University.

 

The fourth annual Minnesota Trans Health and Wellness Conference will be held on Friday, May 14 (Provider Day) and Saturday, May 15 (Community Day), 2010.  Location: Metropolitan State University, St Paul Campus, 700 E 7th St, St Paul, MN 55106.

• Metropolitan State University is fully wheelchair accessible. 
• ASL interpreting: the "Cross the 'T' Cabaret" on Friday night and the Keynote Speech given by Yoseñio Lewis on Saturday will be ASL interpreted. To request ASL interpreting for other times on either Friday or Saturday, please register by April 30 and indicate when you will need interpreting.
• Scent-Free Policy of the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition: so that everyone can safely participate, including those with allergies and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, please refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, or other scented products. Click here for details about how to be frangrance-free. And click here for ideas for fragrance-free products.
• Children's Activities: on Saturday 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, we will be providing supervised children's activities for all ages again this year. Pre-registration of children is required by May 11, 2010.

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   Provider Day: Lisa O'Connor, MD    Community Day: Yoseñio Lewis

 

"The Many Faces of Transition"

FRIDAY, MAY 14 from 11:00 a.m. to Noon

 

Dr. Lisa O'Connor is a board-certified family practice physician and a certified cognitive behavioral therapist. She is one of the foremost experts in the field of gender variant counseling and medical care. When Dr. O'Connor transitioned in 2005, she found a significant lack of medical and psychological support available. She has not only worked towards giving that needed support through the opening of her own practice but also through consistent education everywhere from middle schools to medical schools. She regularly speaks with health care providers and government agencies to further efforts towards education and acceptance. While working as a Family Practice physician and acting as a consultant Dr. O'Connor learned of the great need for well educated and compassionate physicians to the GLBT community, their family, friends, and colleagues. This observation ultimately led to the creation of Healthy Transitions in March of 2006.

 

 

"Health Care Victories for Trans People and What Still Needs to be Accomplished" 

SATURDAY, MAY 15 from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

 

Yoseñio Lewis is a dark skinned Latino of African descent female to male transsexual who has been a social justice activist since he was 13 years old. A health educator, speaker, writer, performer, trainer, facilitator and spiritual hugger, Yoseñio is a member of the Board of Directors of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Yoseñio is also on the Board of Directors of Unid@s, the National Latino LGBT Human Rights Organization. He was on the Board of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force for six years. Yoseñio is a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention. He also serves on the San Francisco AIDS Office Research Division's Transgender Community Consultants Working Group, focusing on improving access to HIV vaccine trials for trans people.  Yoseñio is also a co-founder of Big Boys' Ink™ Productions, a theatrical writing and performing company. He is also a co-founder of "The TransAms," a barbershop quartet composed of transsexual men. Yoseñio has been a subject of several documentaries, most recently "Diagnosing Difference," a full-length documentary featuring interviews with 12 diverse scholars, activists and artists who identify on the trans spectrum (transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, and gender variant) about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) on their lives and communities.  Other documentaries include Christpher Lee's "Trappings of Transhood," the television channel A&E's "Transgender Revolution," "The Believers," a documentary about the Transcendence Gospel Choir and "Transforming Healthcare," a short highlighting the issues that trans people face when accessing healthcare. Yoseñio believes that there can be no art without activism and no activism without art.

 

Check back here for more details as they become available.  We can't wait to see you there!