Meetings

The purpose of Transcendence Meetings is twofold:

1. To conduct official Transcendence business. These meetings are primarily for officers but all are welcome. Transcendence business includes:
Planning events, electing officers, discussion of projects, debating constitutional amendments, and other tasks as determined by the officer Team

2. To host educational forums on issues important to the community and related to trans issues, such as film screenings, discussion forums, workshops and lectures by community members. Topics are determined by the Officers in consultation with the Membership.

Meetings: Summer 2008.

Sunday, June 1, 2008: Second Annual TransOhio Unity Picnic :  12pm-5pm
Goodale Park, Columbus, OH.
Open to the entire GLBTQIA community!
RSVP to transohio@wowway.com.  For more info see: www.transohio.org

TransOhio Transgender and Ally Symposium - August 22-24, 2008!
Columbus, Ohio: Stonewall Center

Meeting AND Events for Spring Semester 2008

MON JANUARY 7: FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

MON JANUARY 14: OFFICERS MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER

MONDAY JANUARY 21: NO MEETING. MLK DAY.

MONDAY JANUARY 28: GENERAL MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER. TOPIC: ASEXUALITY.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 4: OFFICERS MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER

MONDAY FEBRUARY 11: GENERAL MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER. TOPIC: TRANSGENDER PARENTING

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14: SPREAD THE LOVE BAKESALE FUNDRAISER. 10-12 & 2-5 : UNION LOBBY.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15: SPREAD THE LOVE DRAG SHOW FUNDRAISER. . BTSU FALCON'S NEST.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16-17: ROCKATHON FUNDRAISER FOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 18: OFFICERS MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER

MONDAY FEBRUARY 25: GENERAL MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER. TOPIC: LGBT HOMELESSNESS

MONDAY MARCH 3: NO MEETING. SPRING BREAK WEEK.

MONDAY MARCH 10: OFFICERS MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER

TUESDAY MARCH 11: RALLY AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE AND HATE. . FREE SPEECH ZONE, BTSU.

SATURDAY MARCH 15: DAY-LONG TRAINING ON TRANS ISSUES. . BTSU 318.

MONDAY MARCH 17: GENERAL MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER. TOPIC: MAKING HIR-STORY: TRANSGENDER PIONEERS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT: IN HONOR OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

MONDAY MARCH 24: OFFICERS MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER

THURSDAY MARCH 27: SILENCED? : SPEAKING UP FOR CHANGE AT BGSU. . OLSCAMP 221.

MONDAY MARCH 31: GENERAL MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER. TOPIC: RUPAUL: RACE, GENDER AND REPRESENTATION

MONDAY APRIL 7: OFFICERS MEETING. @ WOMEN’S CENTER

FRIDAY APRIL 11: LARGE AND IN CHARGE : PHAT XTRAVAGANZA. FAT/TRANS + DANCE. 9:30PM-11:45PM. BTSU 228.

MONDAY APRIL 14: CRIS BEAM. TRANSCENDENCE MEMBERS SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: IN BTSU 315. SAGA AWARDS PRESENTATION AT 7:30 PM IN BTSU 228. MAIN LECTURE BY CRIS BEAM IS AT IN BTSU 228. FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION AND REFRESHMENTS.

TUESDAY APRIL 15: TRANSCENDENCE ROUND TABLE: TAKING STOCK--WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. 9:00 PM. GROUNDS FOR THOUGHT.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 16: POETIC JUSTICE: POETRY, PROSE AND WRITING FOR JUSTICE. 9-11 PM. FALCON'S NEST, BTSU.

THURSDAY APRIL 17: PROTESTING ALIX OLSON - MICHIGAN WOMYN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL PERFORMER. 6:30 PM - 7:15. UNION, OUTSIDE 228. TEACH IN: INTERROGATING TRANSPHOBIA IN THE GAY, LESBIAN AND FEMINIST COMMUNITIES: BTSU 307 -- 7:30-9:00.

FRIDAY APRIL 18: TRANS WOMEN, FEMINISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE. 11:00AM-12:30PM. BTSU 314. PART OF WOMEN'S STUDIES RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM.

SUNDAY APRIL 20: TRANSAMERICAN LOVE STORY VIEWING MARATHON -FOOD AND FUN! 12-6 PM @ DANIELLE'S.

MONDAY APRIL 21: LAST MEETING OF SEMESTER AT IN HANNA 107. ELECTIONS FOR 2008-2009 AND POTLUCK PARTY!

Meetings for Fall Semester 2007. Generally First and Third Fridays of the Month.

Friday, September 7, 2007: 11AM-3PM. Campus Fest. University Hall Lawn.

Friday, September 21, 2007: 5:00 PM. The Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall.

Friday, October 5, 2007: 5:00 PM. No Meeting due to Fall Break.

Wednesday, Ocotber 10, 2007: Women's Center Brown Bag Luncheon. "Transgenderism and Feminism: Allies for Gender Justice." Noon-1:00PM. Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall.

Friday, October 19, 2007: 5:00 PM. The Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall.

Friday, November 2, 2007: 5:00 PM. The Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall.

Friday, November 16, 2007: Due to TAD, we will have a workshop from 12-2 PM, and the Gender Cabaret at 9:30 PM, both in the Union.

Friday, December 7, 2007: 5:00 PM. The Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall. Final Meeting of Fall Semester. Potluck--bring goodies!

Meetings for Summer 2007: Co-Sponsored with TG Toledo

Sat. May 19, 2007: 4-6 PM @ Frisch's/Big Boy: Thanks to all who attended!
Sat. July 21, 2007: 4-6 PM @ Bangkok Kitchen and Beaner's Coffee on Dussell Drive in Maumee. Thanks for the dinner, coffee and conversation!

These meetings are social/support sessions which are informal in nature and open to all trans people, partners, and GLB and straight allies.

Meetings for Spring Semester 2007

January 12, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ Squeaker’s Café : First Meeting of Spring Semester. Dinner, Open Discussion and Support. At these informal meetings, we will create a safe space to support one another and discuss issues of relevance to the trans and allied communities. Squeaker’s Café is a vegan restaurant and health food store located at
175 N. Main Street in downtown Bowling Green. Phone: 419-354-7000. You are encouraged to support Squeaker’s by buying dinner; there is a good selection and entrees are reasonably priced. If you need a ride, please contact Transcendence Secretary Amanda at monyaka@bgsu.edu.
January 19, 2007: No Meeting
January 26, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall.
The Rubi Girls (28 minutes) Documentary Screening
Combining live performance, interview, and archival footage from “the early days”, this 2003 documentary by Jonathan McNeal traces the history of the Rubi Girls, a drag troupe from Dayton, Ohio which has been performing to raise money for LGBT and AIDS charities since the late 1980s. Jonathan will be on-hand for the screening to field questions and provide more background.

February 2, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ Squeaker’s Café.
Dinner, Open Discussion and Support. At these informal meetings, we will create a safe space to support one another and discuss issues of relevance to the trans and allied communities. Squeaker’s Café is a vegan restaurant and health food store located at
175 N. Main Street in downtown Bowling Green. Phone: 419-354-7000. You are encouraged to support Squeaker’s by buying dinner; there is a good selection and entrees are reasonably priced. If you need a ride, please contact Transcendence Secretary Amanda at monyaka@bgsu.edu.
February 9, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall.
In Honor of V-Day 2007: TransSisters are Doing it For Themselves!
Join us for a viewing of the documentary Beautiful Daughters, about the first all-transgender cast of The Vagina Monologues. Afterwards, we will share our thoughts about the film, trans women and violence, and the invisibility of trans women in feminism and American culture.
February 16, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Genderqueer Identities
What does genderqueer mean? How do transgender and genderqueer differ, and how are they similar? Through a viewing of the LOGO Program Gender Rebel and discussion, we will discuss radical challenges to the gender binary and the need for gender-diverse people and allies to unite in common struggle against the tyranny of narrow sexual categorizations.
February 23, 2007: No Meeting
March 2, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ Squeaker’s Café
Dinner, Open Discussion and Support. At these informal meetings, we will create a safe space to support one another and discuss issues of relevance to the trans and allied communities. Squeaker’s Café is a vegan restaurant and health food store located at
175 N. Main Street in downtown Bowling Green. Phone: 419-354-7000. You are encouraged to support Squeaker’s by buying dinner; There is a good selection and entrees are reasonably priced. If you need a ride, please contact Transcendence Secretary Amanda at monyaka@bgsu.edu.
March 9, 2007: No Meeting due to Spring Break
March 16, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Bodies Out of Bounds: Intersections of Size, Gender Expression and Disability
This discussion will center on the relationships between people of size, transgender, and disability movements in the US. Discussion will cover issues of sizeism, ableism and transphobia, popular culture and media, hatred and violence, and bodily control, autonomy and liberation. We will ask: whose body is it, anyways?
March 23, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Transgender Warriors, Trailblazers and Pioneers: In Honor of Women’s History Month. This meeting will feature a Power-point presentation and discussion of some of the amazing people in the trans community who have helped to affect change. From Les Feinberg to Virginia Prince and beyond, come learn about some of the past and present trans leaders who have helped to shape US society.
March 30, 2007: No Meeting
April 6, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ Squeaker’s Café
Dinner and Discussion of Transgender Awareness Days (TAD) 2007. At this meeting, we will discuss plans for TAD 2007, which takes place in November. Squeaker’s Café is a vegan restaurant and health food store located at 175 N. Main Street in downtown Bowling Green. Phone: 419-354-7000. You are encouraged to support Squeaker’s by buying dinner; there is a good selection and entrees are reasonably priced. If you need a ride, please contact Transcendence Secretary Amanda at monyaka@bgsu.edu.
April 13, 2007: No Meeting: Take Back the Night
April 20, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Transgenderism and Gay Marriage: What’s the Connection?
In this meeting we will discuss intersections of trans identity and the swirling debates regarding gay marriage. We will see a brief clip from In the Life on the topic, and discuss ways to integrate a trans analysis into the gay marriage debates.
April 27, 2007 @ 5:30 PM @ The Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall
Last Meeting of the Semester: Potluck, Elections and Year-in-Review
At this last meeting of the semester, we will have a potluck dinner, so please bring a dish or dessert to share. We will discuss our accomplishments for the 2006-2007 Academic Year, challenges we have faced, and also elect Transcendence Officers for the 2007-2008 Academic Year.

Meetings for Fall Semester 2006

Meeting # 1: Friday, August 25, 2006 in the Women's Center

6:00-7:00: Pizza Dinner and Business Meeting: Planning TAD 2006

7:00-8:00: General Meeting: The ‘T’ in GLBT is Not Silent: Revitalizing Trans Inclusion and Visibility in the LesBiGay Movement

Meeting # 2: Friday, September 29, 2006 in the Women's Center

6:00-7:00: Pizza Dinner and Business Meeting: Planning TAD 2006

7:00-8:00 : General Meeting: Race, Class and Transgender: Intersectionality, Multiple Jeopardy and Liberation

Meeting # 3: Friday, October 27, 2006 in the Women's Center

6:00-7:00: Pizza Dinner and Business Meeting: Planning TAD 2006

7:00-8:00: General Meeting: The Politics of Passing: Privilege of Peril?

SPECIAL MEETING FOR TAD PLANNING

Friday November 10 at noon at Squeaker's. Come help with last minute details for TAD 2006.

Meeting # 4: Friday, December 1, 2006 in the Women's Center

6:00-7:00: Un-Business Meeting: De-briefing and De-compressing about TAD 2006

7:00-8:00: Holiday Party and Potluck

Meetings for Spring Semester 2006

Meeting #1: Friday, January 27, 2006 in the Women’s Center

5:30-8:00: Pizza Dinner and chatting, followed by a discussion of the status and history of the group. The bulk of the meeting is devoted to a thorough discussion of the group’s constitution and needed changes. The constitution is ratified and the meeting is adjourned. 15 members are present.

Meeting # 2: Friday, February 17, 2006 in the Women’s Center

5:30-6:30: Pizza Dinner and Business Meeting.

6:30-7:30: The second part of the meeting is screening of a film short Tomboys! and discussion of the issues the film raises.

Meeting # 3: Friday, March 24, 2006 in the Women’s Center

5:30-6:30: Pizza Dinner and Business Meeting

6:30-7:30: Women-Only Space: A Community Discussion
Discussion of transphobia in feminism and the problematics of women-only space in a pluralistic society. Discussion of the need for diverse genders to unite in common struggle.

Meeting # 4: Thursday, April 20, 2006. Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall.

6:00-7:00: Pizza Dinner and Business Meeting

7:00-8:00: The Bathroom Bugaboo. Some work has been done to create more gender neutral restrooms on the BGSU campus, but the work seems to have stalled, pun intended. This discussion will be a chance for us to plan future steps and activism to move forward with this important accessibility issue.

Special Events

Gender Quake: An Evening of Spoken Word
Features Joelle Ruby Ryan reading trans poetry from her new collection Gender Quake: Poems. April 11, 2006: Union 316 at BGSU, 7:30 PM

Screening of Call Me Malcolm, about the first transgender person ordained by the United Church of Christ

Date and Time: March 15, 2006 at 7 PM
Location: Gish Theatre, 1st Floor Hanna Hall, BGSU

Call Me Malcolm, Directed by Joseph Parlagreco. 2004. USA. 90 minutes. Video.

Call Me Malcolm is a documentary about a 25-year-old transgender seminary student, and his struggle with faith, love and gender identity. As the film begins, so does Malcolm's final summer vacation from seminary. He is unemployed, uncertain about his future as a minister, unrecognized as Malcolm by his parents and without a "love" in his life. Malcolm sits at the edge of the Grand Canyon, just as he sits at the precipice of his future. With what identity will he serve his parishioners? How will the world perceive him? Can his family learn to accept him? Who will love him? For More Info: http://www.callmemalcolm.com