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ISNA board member, "Esther Morris Leidolf":/about/leidolf, wraps up a month long module with UMASS-Boston sociology students to discuss the psychosocial issues related to living with intersex. Monday May 4th at 10:30am EST. Contact mrkh1@juno.com for more info. Standard disclaimer: Items posted at the ISNA events site are provided as a public service, and are not necessarily sponsored or endorsed by ISNA. To suggest an event for posting, go to the "contact ISNA":/about/contact box at the upper right side of this screen.

ISNA first responder and board member, "Jane Goto":/about/goto, will participate in a panel discussion on gender at the University of Washington Kane Hall (Room 130) Psychology/Human Sexuality 1:30PM to 2:20PM Friday, May 6, 2005 This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Limited seating available for guests. Standard disclaimer: Items posted at the ISNA events site are provided as a public service, and are not necessarily sponsored or endorsed by ISNA. To suggest an event for posting, go to the "contact ISNA":/about/contact box at the upper right side of this screen.

University College London will hold a symposium, "Critical Sexology: Dilemmas in Intersex Care," on May 11, 2005. It will start promptly at 2:00 p.m. in Foyer Seminar Room 3 of University College London's Cruciform Building, and will run until 5 p.m. The program includes: "Surgery for Intersex" - SARAH CREIGHTON, Consultant Gynaecologist, UCL Hospitals Trust "Support Groups for Intersex" - JANE ROLIN, Androgen Insensitivity Support Group (AISSG) "Telling Children about Their Intersex Diagnosis" - POLLY CARMICHAEL, Consultant Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital There will then be a roundtable discussion with the speakers. The seminar will be guest- chaired by Katrina Roen (Lancaster University Institute for Health Research).

There is apparently no website for this, so below is a transcript of the brochure. Intersex presentations are on the last day. 4th Forum on Perinatal/Neonatal Ethical issues Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday May 11, 12, and 13, 2005 Sponsored by Memorial Hospital Colorado Springs, Colorado For More Information Call (719) 365-6850 Antlers Hilton Colorado Springs Hotel Colorado Springs, CO COURSE OBJECTIVES At the completion of this conference, the participant should be able to: * Describe the components of an effective newborn screening system. * Discuss some of the controversies surrounding implementation of expanded newborn screening.

ISNA's Director of Medical Education "Alice Dreger":/about/dreger will speak on "Intersex, Conjoined Twinning, and Other Feats of Normality" at Cal State East Bay on Thursday, May 19, at noon local time. The lecture will be in Meiklejohn Hall (abbreviated MI on "the campus map":http://www.csuhayward.edu/about_csuh/campuses_and_locations/hayward_map/index.html?a=2&h=13), Room 2106 For more information, please contact Prof. Maria Nieto at (510) 885-4757. This event is free and open to the public. Standard disclaimer: Items posted at the ISNA events site are provided as a public service, and are not necessarily sponsored or endorsed by ISNA.

The next San Francisco Bay Area 47,XXY/Klinefelter Syndrome Support Group Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, May 22 at 5:00 p.m. in Bothin Auditorium at California Pacific Medical Center, 3700 California Street, San Francisco. Dr. Carole Samango-Sprouse will talk about "Sensory Dysfunction in KS and How it Relates to the Family." Standard disclaimer: Items posted at the ISNA events site are provided as a public service, and are not necessarily sponsored or endorsed by ISNA. To suggest an event for posting, go to the "contact ISNA":/about/contact box at the upper right side of this screen.

Lisette Barcellos and Rafael Dumet's feature length narrative film, Both (Solaris Films, 86 minutes) will have its World Premiere at Toronto's Inside Out Film Festival. Beautiful bisexual Rebeca Duarte (Jackie Parker) works as a stunt double for indie action films in San Francisco. From rolling out of cars to setting herself on fire she puts her life at risk daily. Work, lovers and friends take up most of her time but inside something is missing. Rebeca feels strangely disconnected to her own body and can't figure out why.