Ep 60 Sonoma County Rural Transgender Conference: Translife
This week on The Queer Life radio show Kaiya Kramer interviews Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis about the Sonoma County Rural Transgender Conference: Translife building our community.
This episode airs live Friday October 2nd, 2015 at 6–8pm on KBBF 89.1 FM, replayed on Tuesday night on KBBF 89.1 FM, replayed on Wednesday night at 6–8pm on KWTF 88.1 FM, and live on YouTube here.
Sonoma County Rural Transgender Conference: Translife
About the TransLife Conference:
Intoducing the first-ever conference event for transgender individuals in the North Bay
TransLife: Builidng Our Community
The transgender community, their loved ones and family are welcome to join us for this inaugural community event! Get information on legal issues, advocacy, and networking opportunities geared specifically for the transgender community, with hands-on resources you can use right away. Representatives from multiple organizations will be on hand with information on social, legal, economic and health services available to you. We’ve also built in some fun social opportunities to help you get to know your community.You’ll leave with a new appreciation of the diversity and strength of the transgender community and immediate connections to resources and support.
This is an inclusive space for anyone on the transgender spectrum or questioning. This umbrella includes individuals who identify as transgender, genderqueer, gender fluid, or questioning. We welcome you at where you are at in your journey.
Includes lunch. We’ll have Spanish interpretation services onsite, too.
Please note: This event is to foster community building within the transgender community. There will be no services for professionals at this conference. Please let us know if you are interested in a professional conference. One may be planned in the near future.
About Dr. Suegee Tamar-Mattis:
Suegee Tamar-Mattis is a family physician who started and runs the Transgender Clinic at Santa Rosa Community Health Centers and is also an organizer of the TransLife Conference.
You can get tickets to this event here:
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sonoma-county-rural-transgender-community-conference-translife-tickets-17942695084
- Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
Santa Rosa, CA - Glaser Center , 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Food For Thought Food Bank
Food For Thought, in collaboration with the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, presents the 15th annual Calabash – Sonoma County’s most colorful and inspiring harvest event. Calabash, named Best Fundraiser by readers of the North Bay Bohemian for the last three years, features a silent auction of fine gourd art, along with tours of Food For Thought’s beautiful organic gardens, which will be at their peak.
Guests at Calabash enjoy a sumptuous array of fine food and wine from Sonoma County’s bountiful harvest, and live music played on hand-made gourd instruments. The event will also feature a sale of unique garden art and book art, and an exclusive selection from Food For Thought Antiques.
Calabash – A Festival of Gourds, Art, and the Garden
Sunday, October 4, 2015, 1-5 pm
6550 Railroad Ave, Forestvillehttp://fftfoodbank.org/calabash-festival-gourds-art-and-garden-0
Thanks for listening!
-Kaiya Kramer
Host of The Queer Life Radio Show
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