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2006 TRANS-FORMING FEMINISM CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The 3rd Annual Trans-Forming Feminism Conference is currently
in its planning stages. This one-day conference is to be held
at the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New
Paltz) on April 22, 2006.

We are looking to create a conference that will explore the
issues connecting and dividing the transgender and feminist
communities. We want to address the fears, myths, and
misunderstandings that often keep these movements from
building coalitions together as well as the bridges that
stand firm in connecting these movements. We want to hear
lots of different voices, for no one voice speaks for
everybody.

We are looking for new, innovative, dynamic, refreshing, and
honest proposals for workshops, papers, panels, and
performance pieces. We are especially interested in receiving
proposals that further explore the gender-queer community,
multi and pansexual communities, the exploitation of race,
class, ableism and the queer and feminist communities, third
wave feminism and its interactions with other feminist roots,
the "not trans enough" phenomenon, trans-phobia within the
feminist-lesbian communities, and any and all relevant
issues.

The deadline for submitting proposals is February 18, 2006.

PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE:

FOR EACH WORKSHOP:

-A one page description of presentation, including how it
relates to the conference theme, and the topics and
activities the presentation will include as well as any
relevant experience of presenter(s).

-Specific format of workshop/presentation (i.e., lecture with
question and answer, discussion group, brief presentation
with discussion/activity, etc.).

-A 100 word or less abstract of presentation for use in the
conference program.

FOR EACH PRESENTER:

-Preferred name

-Mailing address

-Phone

-E-mail address

-A 50 word or less biography for use in the conference
program.

-Funds requested for travel reimbursement

-Funds requested for lodging reimbursement

-Funds requested for material reimbursement

-Funds requested for honorarium

-Any special needs/considerations

-Social security number and legal name (only for presenters
requesting funds-it is required by the State University of
New York that all individuals applying to receive funding
must provide SS#; non-US residents must include comparative
identification code. To give SS# over phone, please contact
Kris at 603-566-3489)

Proposals can be e-mailed to: transformfeminism_at_gmail.com

Or snail mailed to:

Trans-Forming Feminism Conference
C/O Kristopher Corey
PO Box 443
New Paltz, NY 12561

For more information, please visit www.transformfeminism.com

Amy Washburn
Department of Women's Studies
University of Maryland
2101 Woods Hall
College Park, MD 20742
240-293-2886

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