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Tag Archive: creating change
Feb
10
Creating Change: Iraqi Update
I have an update on the two Iraqis I mentioned in the previous post. Their main problem was that the Catholic church programs have nothing for gay refugees. The normal Iraqi families get apartments with furniture, these two gay ones did not. They also aren’t advising them, which leads to bad decisions on their part …
Feb
09
Creating Change: Transexuals
During the Creating Change conference, I had the opportunity to meet a transwoman named Brenda. Brenda is 59 years old and has lived around the D/FW metroplex all her life, currently residing in Arlington. She told me many things about her past and how it came to what she is now. When she was a …
Feb
07
Creating Change Conference: Saturday
Saturday was a good day at the conference! I was able to meet up with my friend, David Taffet of the Dallas Voice, and we were able to attend sessions together! The first session we attended was called a Plenary discussion which is a discussion where everyone comes to the same discussion instead of seperate …
Feb
07
Update
Hi guys! I am just posting to let you all know that I plan to write a more detailed report of todays “Creating Change” activities I was able to attend. I am likely to post a seprate post about the fun after party stuff. I would like to invite you all to listen to Lambda …
Feb
05
Creating Change Conference: Friday
Today was the first day I was able to attend the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. This is also my first conference/convention such as this and it was fabulous! There were so many things to do and people to meet that I didn’t really know where to start. The first workshop I attended …
Feb
01
Creating Change Conference
I will be attending the Creating Change conference this week on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday which I will be blogging about here. I am really excited for this opportunity to learn and be a part of the LGBT community! I hope you all will enjoy the blogging as well!