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4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: TRANSGEN’95                14-18 JUNE 1995, HOUSTON, TEXAS USA              SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS AND OTHER SPEAKERS WEDNESDAY, 14TH OF JUNE 1995

2:00 PM MONTERREY ROOM Review of prior three conferences for first timers, designed to familiarize      them with current thinking by non-clinical transgenders, by Phyllis Frye

ORDER AUDIO TAPE WED1.

4:00 PM MONTERREY ROOM Coordination of Thursday and Friday workshops with respect to standard non-clinical tg phrasing for any documents originating from these workshops by Phyllis Frye

ORDER AUDIO TAPE WED2. *****************************************************************

THURSDAY, 15TH OF JUNE 1995  9:00 AM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR INSURANCE AND HEALTH” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE INS1     –“Insurance Reimbursement: TG Health Care” by Lisa Middleton     –“TG Facial Plastic Surgery” by Douglas Oousterhout, MD  9:00 AM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR RIGHTS” WORKSHOPS   ORDER AUDIO TAPE RTS1     –“Revisit Int’l Bill of Gender Rights” by Sharon Stuart, Esq.     –“European Reception of Bill” by Dee McKellar, ICTLEP Dir. 11:00 AM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR INSURANCE AND HEALTH” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE INS2     –“Results of a Questionaire on the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association’s “Standards of Care” by Dallas Denny, PhD     –“Transgender Definitions:  DSM IV – V” by Collier Cole, PhD     –“The Therapist” Care-Giver or Gate-Keeper?  Is There a Conflict?  If So, How to Resolve         It.”  by Erin Swenson, PhD; Collier Cole, PhD; and Linda Phillips  11:00 AM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR RIGHTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE RTS2     –“The Right to Gender Spaces” by Sharon Stuart, Esq.     –“Military Law Survey and Update” by Sharon Stuart, Esq.     –“Transgender Veterans Organization” by Tere Frederickson   1:00 PM SALON E: “KEYNOTE LUNCHEON” Laura Skaer, Esq., Moderator

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DIN1     –Book Review: TV, TS and the Law, by Steven Whittle, Esq.     –Slide Presentation: Apartheid of Sex, by Martine Rothblatt, Esq.  3:30 PM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR JOBS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE JOB1     –“Review and Update of Employment Law” by Laura Skaer, Esq., and JoAnna McNamara  3:30 PM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR DOCUMENTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DOC1     –“Review and Update on Documents” by Melinda Whiteway, Esq.  5:00 PM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR JOBS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE JOB2     –“Status of Employment Non-Discrimination Act” by Karen Kerin     –“Project: Document TG Job Loss”  by Laura Skaer, Esq., and Jessica Xavier  5:00 PM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR DOCUMENTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DOC2     –“Oregon and Washington Documents” by JoAnn McNamara     –“New York Documents” by Louis Swartz, Law Professor     –“European Documents” by Steven Whittle, Law Professor*****************************************************************

FRIDAY, 16TH OF JUNE 1995  9:00 AM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR INSURANCE AND HEALTH” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE INS3    –“Respecting Your Choice: Respecting Choice: Cross-Dresser, Operative and Non-Operative”           by Jane Fairfax, MD; Phyllis Frye, Esq.; and Kim Stuart, Esq.    –“Transgender HIV Issues: High Risk Project of Vancouver, BC” by Sandra LaFramboic and            Deborah Brady  9:00 AM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR RIGHTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE RTS3     –“New TG Trends in Family Law” by Connie Moore, Esq.     –“Imprisonment Law and UN Standards” by Ray Hill 11:00 AM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR INSURANCE AND HEALTH” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE INS4     –“The ICTLEP Standards of Care:  How Did We Get Here?  Where Do We Go From Here?”          by Martine Rothblatt, Esq.     –“The Recommended Guidelines: an AEGIS Publication” by Dallas Denny, PhD     –“Protocols and Outcomes: Is There Common Ground?” by Lisa Middleton     –“Open Discussion: The Question of Standards?” open forum moderated by Lisa Middleton  11:00 AM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR RIGHTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE RTS4     –“Oct 2 & 3: Transgender Lobby Days in D.C.” by Riki Wilchins     –“Transgender Rights in France and Europe” by Armand Hotimsky  1:00 PM SALON E: “IT’S TIME AMERICA LUNCHEON” Lisa Middleton, Mod.

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DIN2     — Panel Presentation by Gordene MacKenzie, author of Transgender Nation, and ITA                      Directors, Karen Kerin, Jessica     –Xavier and Jane Fee and introduction of State and Regional Facilitators   3:30 PM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR JOBS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE JOB3     –“Utilizing Social Workers and Medical Pro’s to Educate Business on TG Needs” by Diane              Cicotello, Diversity      Educator, and Peggy Rudd, Ed.D., Author of Crossdressing With               Dignity.    3:30 PM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR DOCUMENTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DOC3     –“Texas Documents” by Phyllis Frye, Esq.     –“Legislative Push for New Texas Law” by Sarah DePalma  5:00 PM MONTERREY ROOM: “YOUR JOBS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE JOB4     –“Project: Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual Friendly Companies Also Becoming TG Friendly” by                   Laura Skaer, Esq.     –“Strategies for Keeping Your Job or Getting a New Job After You Have Come OUT of                  Your   Closet” by Laura Skaer, Esq. 5:00 PM RIO GRANDE ROOM: “YOUR DOCUMENTS” WORKSHOPS

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DOC4     –“Documents in Other Jurisdictions” by Melinda Whiteway, Esq.     –“Project: Develop Research Resources and Continue Documentation Project Into 1996”           by Melinda Marie Whiteway, Esq.  7:30 PM SALON D&E: “TRANSGENDER PIONEER AND ADVOCATE AWARDSDINNER”  Melinda Whiteway,  Moderator

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DIN3     –Various Award Presentations and Recognition     –“Transgender Champion Award” to Raymond Wayne Hill     –“Transgender Pioneer Award” to Jane Fee     –“Transgender Pioneer Award” to James Green     –“Transgender Activist Award” to Shelley Salieri, Esq.     –“The San Francisco Ordinance” by James Green and Shelley Salieri, Esq. *****************************************************************

SATURDAY, 17TH OF JUNE 1995  9:00 AM SALON E: Report from “YOUR JOBS” Workshops

ORDER AUDIO TAPE JOB5    —   by Laura Elizabeth Skaer, Esq. 10:45 AM SALON E: Report from “YOUR RIGHTS” Workshops

ORDER AUDIO TAPE RTS5    — by Sharon Ann Stuart, Esq. 12:15 PM SALON E: “LEGAL ETHICS LUNCHEON”, Sharon Stuart, Moderator   ORDER AUDIO TAPE DIN4     –Phyllis Randolph Frye, Esq., Founder ICTLEP     –Hon. Carl Walker, former Judge, 185th District Court, Texas  2:30 PM SALON E: Report from “YOUR INSURANCE AND HEALTH” Workshops  ORDER AUDIO TAPE INS5  4:15 PM SALON E: Report from “YOUR DOCUMENTS” Workshops

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DOC5   –by Melinda Marie Whiteway, Esq. 6:45 PM ATRIUM: “ENTERTAINMENT AND “GENDER RIGHTS DINNER          Dee Skane McKellar, Moderator

ORDER AUDIO TAPE DIN5     –Entertainment provided by SPECTRUM     –Adopt revised International Bill of Gender Rights     –Closing Songs by Jessica M. Xavier  *****************************************************************