HAPPY TRANS-AWARENESS WEEK!

It's Trans-Awareness Week, the week in which we celebrate and try to make people more aware of the diversity and beauty of the world of gender, and of people who are transgender, transsexual, drag kings and queens, cross-dressers, etc, etc, etc! Eon, by the way, is the local LGBT youth center/lounge associated with Wingspan and a few other great organizations around Tucson. So now that you know that, here are the events that Eon is holding this week, starting tonight. I'm hoping to get up the motivation to go to the one tonight, but I'll definitely be attending a few of them this week. It's so cool that they're doing this! Woo, and that rainbow text I did looks quite spiffy, if I do say so myself.

Trans-Awareness Week is coming to Eon and we want YOU to come play with us! All of these events are open to EVERY EON PARTICIPANT (ages 13-23)! You don’t have to be trans-identified; you just need to be TRANS-ALLIED! If you have questions, please call 620-6245 for more info.Here’s the lineup:

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 3-7pm: Art in the Lounge

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 5:30-6:30: “Ask a Dr. Anything” – Are you thinking of transitioning? Is your partner, your friend, or your family member thinking of transitioning? If so, then this hour is for you. We’ll have a local Trans-friendly doctor here to answer your questions and concerns around hormones, what you can expect from other healthcare providers, standards of care, and surgical options. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 6:30-8pm: “Ask a Tranny Anything” – We’ll havea panel of local trans folks here to answer ANY question you may have about living as a trans person. Join us for a fun and exciting conversation – you just might learn something!

Thursday, Sept. 21, 6-8pm: “Queer Eye for the Trans Guy” – you have absolutely got to see this…

Friday, Sept. 22, 6-9pm: Open Mic Night – bring your poems, your music, your words, your art – share with us what you got! We wanna hear it! This event is open to all – your art need not be trans-focused, but we do encourage the trannies to make your voices heard!!!

Saturday, Sept. 23, 5-10pm: A screening of “Transgenerations” the documentary! Come eat some popcorn, drink some coffee, and hang out with us as we watch the entire series of Transgenerations – it’s a year in the life of 4 young trans folks and the trials and triumphs of transition. BE THERE!

In other news, apparently the annual Wingspan Benefit Dinner was a big success this year. Over 1,000 attendees, over $150,000 raised to go toward Wingspan and it's programs... points for Tucson and its community of LGBTQQ and allies! Go us. It was awesome to get to volunteer there and hear parts of a couple of the speeches made and hang with some tremendously cool people.