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MLIS candidate and former ISNA Intern, John Otto will present the workshop “Transgender & Intersex - Differences & Commonalities” at the Center for Sex & Culture, 398 11th St. @ Harrison, San Francisco, on Wednesday, July 19th, 7-9pm

Workshop description:

Within gender studies, both transgenderism and intersex have become the cause celebre. Despite this newfound interest, many people have little understanding or have misconstrued ideas about transgenderism and intersex, sometimes confusing one for the other. The purpose of this workshop is to help participants better understand the political needs of transpeople and intersexed people by deepening understanding of the two categories and the institutional issues of both, where the commonalities lie and where they diverge.

KS&A’s Pediatric/Adolescent XXY Conference will be held in Philadelphia PA on October 13-15, 2006. Register online by clicking here.

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2nd Annual KS&A Adult XXY Retreat is scheduled for September 29 - October 1, 2006 at The Mountain Retreat in Highland, North Carolina. This event is for individuals (over the age of 18, please) with Klinefelter Syndrome. Register online by clicking here.

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Lisette Barcellos and Rafael Dumet’s feature length narrative film, Both (Solaris Films, 86 minutes) will have its U.S. Premiere at New York’s NewFest Film Festival on June 4 at 8:15 pm.

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.

The Benjamin N. Cordozo School of Law and Bodies Like Ours are hosting a symposium on intersex at the School on February 23, 2005, in New York City. For more information, please go to www.intersexsymposium.org.

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Jeanne Nollman will participate in a Pride panel discussion at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists at 1924 Cedar St., Berkeley CA 94709 on Sunday, July 2, 2006 from 10:30 til noon.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Of interest to families affected by an uncommon number of X or Y chromosomes, the next San Francisco Bay Area 47,XXY/Klinefelter Syndrome Support Group Meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 8 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Conference Room ABC, California Pacific Medical Center, 3700 California St., San Francisco.

Dr. Carole Samango-Sprouse will talk about optimizing your child’s development through syndrome specific interventions. You can find out more about Dr. Samango-Sprouse at her website.

Dr. Samango-Sprouse will be conducting evaluations in San Francisco from Jan 9 – 13. If you are interested in making an appointment, please contact her assistant, Teresa Sadeghin, at sprousekids.com or (410)643-9505.

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The San Francisco Human Rights Commission will have a public meeting on Thursday, January 27, at 4:30 p.m. in San Francisco City Hall, Room 416. The Commissioners are expected to vote on accepting the report detailing the HRC’s investigation into the medical treatment of intersex.

This meeting is free and open to the public. It should be quite an exciting moment! ISNA Board members David Cameron and Thea Hillman and other allies have been working on this for a long time!

For more information, see the website of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.

The San Franciso Human Rights Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing on Intersex for May 27, 2004 beginning at 4:30 pm Pacific time in room 416 of City Hall in San Francisco, California. The address is: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. The coordinator of the event at the HRC is Marcus Arana, who can be reached by calling (415) 252-2519.



David Cameron (board member of ISNA) has been helping to assemble, for this event, people with lived and professional experience with intersex conditions. If you are interested in participating, please write to . The hope is to have many issues addressed at the hearing, including informed consent, consequences of treatment, mental health needs of affected individuals and their families, and more.

To be held in Rome, Italy, on November 16-18 2007 under the auspices of the ISHID. Emerging details and online abstract submission are available at the ISHID website and the 2007 conference site.

Individuals and families affected by hypospadias and other forms of intersex are encouraged to participate as delegates and presenters.

The deadline for abstract submission is July 15th.

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