"Trans sexualities" will consist of a panel of five self-identified transmen (FTMs) explaining how their trans and gender identities have affected or have been affected by their varying sexual practices and identities. Does a trans person's conception of their own sexuality necessarily shift as their gender expression does? How do body modifications such as testosterone affect a trans person's desires and practices? The panel will focus on intersections of race, gender, class, sex, and political ideology while highlighting the personal experiences of the panelists themselves.

Panel moderated by Loren Krywanczyk ('06)

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The LGBT Student Cooperative, The Women's Center, and Lesbian and Gay Studies.

Monday, Feb 26th

4-5:30pm

Niebhur Hall (Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St.)

TRANS ISSUES IN THE CHURCH:

A panel discussion featuring a trans Episcopal priest and Yale Divinity School faculty

Sponsored by the LGSBTQ Coalition in conjunction with the Yale Divinity School All School Conference.

Monday, Feb 26th

6pm

LC 317 (Linsly Chittenden Hall, Room 317, 63 High St.)

E. PATRICK JOHNSON,

POURING TEA: NARRATIVES OF BLACK GAY MEN OF THE SOUTH

E. Patrick Johnson, Professor of Performance Studies/ African American Studies at Northwestern University will present this performance piece based on his oral history interviews with 75 African American gay and transgendered Southerners.

Sponsored by the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities.

Monday, Feb 26th

9pm

Asian American Cultural Center (295 Crown St.)

SCREENING OF BEAUTIFUL BOXER

Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transvestite kickboxer, Beautiful Boxer punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a man so he can become a woman. Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of Muay Thai (Thai boxing) to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal of total femininity.

This event is closed to Yale affiliates only.

Sponsored by The LGBT Student Cooperative, the Asian American Cultural Center, Lesbian and Gay Studies, and The Women's Center.

Tuesday, Feb 27th

7pm

The Women's Center (198 Elm St, Next to Durfee's)

HELEN BOYD,

IMAGES OF WOMEN: TRANS FEMININITY AND FEMINISMS

Women come in a lot of genders: uberfeminine, feminine, tomboy, butch, soft butch, and yet so often, trans women present only on the feminine end of that scale. As a feminist partner of an MTF, Helen Boyd grew frustrated by the way her feminine trans partner fit all the stereotypes of femininity she had rejected. Boyd will talk about the way these issues of presentation and femininity may have created the roadblock between MTFs and the feminist community. She'll read a few excerpts from her new book, She's Not the Man I Married, to illustrate some of these issues.

Helen Boyd is the author of My Husband Betty, a Lambda Literary Award finalist now in its 6th printing. Her blog (en)gender can be found at www.myhusbandbetty.com. Her next book, She's Not the Man I Married, will be published by Seal Press in March 2007.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The LGBT Student Cooperative, The Women's Center, Lesbian and Gay Studies, and Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies.

Wednesday, Feb 28th

4pm

WLH 309 (William L. Harkness Hall, Room 309, 100 Wall St.)

PAISLEY CURRAH,

FIXING BODIES: TRACKING TRANSGENDER IDENTITES IN THE POST 9/11 U.S.

Before 9/11, transgender people found themselves in paradoxical situations-one's legal gender could change simply by crossing a state line, or one's sex designation on a driver's license might differ from that on file with the Social Security Administration. The modern regulatory project of sex classification has been in crisis for a few decades, caused by the increasing divergence between individual gender definition and legal sex

designation: individuals are now more likely than ever before to affirm a gender identity different than the one traditionally associated with the sex assigned to them at birth, and the gender expression of more and more people fails to reflect the normative stereotypes expected of them. Post 9/11, this situation of ontological chaos has been made even more dire, and the transgender body has become a site of intervention and increased surveillance. As part of a group of individuals with vulnerable bodies including immigrants and the disabled, transgendered people are constantly forced to account for themselves. They must carry identity documents and often legitimating letters from their physicians. In preparation for the rules expected to be promulgated as a result of the passage of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and the Real ID Act of 2005, state governments have already begun reverting to standards that make it

much more difficult, or even impossible, for transgender individuals to have their gender recognized by the state. This puts transgender people in a very precarious situation. In this talk, Professor Currah examines the very different narratives at work in the process of transgender rights advocates, medical authorities, and officials negotiating legal gender definition in an era of heightened scrutiny of individuals' bodies and histories.

Paisley Currah teaches political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and is the executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. He is a co-editor of Transgender Rights (Minnesota, 2006) and writes extensively on transgender politics and policy in the U.S. He is a founder and director of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. His most recent policy work includes serving on the New York City External Advisory Committee for the Amendment of Birth Certificates for Transgender Persons.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The LGBT Student Cooperative, Lesbian and Gay Studies, The Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities, Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies, Outlaws, The Women's Center, and the Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity.

Wednesday, February 28th

8pm

WLH 309 (William L. Harkness Hall, Room 309, 100 Wall St.)

SCREENING OF BOY I AM

While female-to-male transgender visibility has recently exploded in this country, conversations about trans issues in the lesbian community often run into resistance from the many queer women who view transitioning as a "trend" or as an anti-feminist act that taps into male privilege. Boy I Am is a feature-length documentary that begins to break down that barrier and promote dialogue about trans issues through a look at the experiences of three young transitioning FTMs in New York City--Nicco, Norie and Keegan--as they go through major junctures in their transitions, as well as through the voices of lesbians, activists and theorists who raise and address the questions that many people have but few openly discuss.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The LGBT Student Cooperative, Lesbian and Gay Studies, Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies, and The Women's Center.

Thursday, Mar 1st

4pm

The Afro-American House (211 Park St.)

KENOTE EVENT:

IMANI HENRY,

MOUNTING STRATEGIES TO FIGHT RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND GENDER OPPRESION ON CAMPUS

In the span of just three years, nearly every minority group on Yale's campus has been offended and marginalized by acts of ignorance, bigotry, and injustice. A powerful, though underutilized, form of combating this oppression is for the affected groups to unite for change. However, building coalitions across difference is a great challenge -- one which is too often dismissed for its many obstacles.

At a time when exciting stirrings of coalition building are just beginning at Yale, the LGBT Co-op presents a keynote speaker for Trans Issues Week who is committed not to improving the lives of trans or gender-nonconforming people in isolation, but who has dedicated his life's work to the uniting of LGBT communities and people of color communities in order to improve the lives of all people.

Imani Henry, a New York activist, writer, performer, will speak from his experience working on LGBT issues within people of color communities about strategies for Yale students, faculty, staff, and administration to take up in overcoming the oppression that has become so familiar to us all.

Since 1993, Imani has been a Staff Organizer at the International Action Center (IAC), where his work has focused on national organizing of communities of color and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement toward broader social justice and anti-war campaigns. As a staff member of The Audre Lorde Project, Imani worked with TransJustice, the first political group of NYC created by and for Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people of color. He has worked nationally within the anti-police brutality and anti-death penalty movements as well as fighting for the freedom of all political prisoners incarcerated by the US government. Henry is the co-founder of Rainbow Flags for Mumia, a coalition of LGBTST people who demand the freedom of African- American political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu Jamal.

For links to upcoming performances and political campaigns, check out: www.geocities.com/imani_henry

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by The LGBT Student Cooperative, the Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity, the Afro-American Cultural Center, La Casa, the Asian American Cultural Center, African American Studies, Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies, Realizing Race, The Slifka Center, Lesbian and Gay Studies, The Women's Center, and PRISM.

Saturday, Mar 3rd

Doors at 10pm, Show 10:30pm

Morse College Dining Hall

DRAG BALL

3. Spring Externship –One Position LEFT!!!

Spring Externship Program – still one position open!  Looking for alternative spring break plans? Does the prospect of staying at home (or in New Haven) not sound so exciting anymore?  APPLY for an EXTERNSHIP with a Yale alum in NYC and spend 5 days learning about a potential career.  March 12-16 You could get involved with…

The Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York (KCS)

 KCS is the oldest and largest community organization in the New York Korean Community. It serves over 1,000 individuals every day throughout the metropolitan New York area. This externship is designed to give broad exposure to the direct services provided by a community based nonprofit and to the various issues faced by the Korean American community of New York. The extern will assist with KCS’ various social service programs serving the Korean American community of New York in the areas of aging, public health, and education. Each program site will provide a background and introduction for their respective programs and target populations. A working knowledge of verbal Korean would be very helpful, as most of KCS’ clients have a low-level of English proficiency. Interest in/experience in social services, aging, or teaching is helpful but not required.  Sponsored by the Yale Asian and Asian-American Alumni Association of New York and coordinated by the AACC (Asian-American Cultural Center), the externship program allows a student to briefly experience a Yale alum's line of work. The program is from MARCH 12-16, and the externship is UNPAID. NO housing will be provided and interns would need to find their own housing.   For more information, a full description of the externship and a very QUICK application form, see attachment or visit www.yale.edu/aacc or e-mail avanti.verma@yale.edu or yvonne.chung@yale.edu Interested applicants will need to submit a resume and a short application form.

Yale University '07

Ezra Stiles

4. Be a 2007 CC Aide!

Apply to be a 2007 Cultural Connections Aide!   Applicants for the Aide position can be students who did not attend Cultural Connections. Each year, our group of Aides is made up of students who participate in a variety of activities on campus and in New Haven. Some attended CC, others attended other pre-orientation programs and some did not attend any. The job description and application are attached.   Applications must be submitted by Monday, February 26, 2007. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Silvia DeCastro or the Program Director, Dean Rosalinda Garcia.

On-Campus Events and Opportunities

1. Bondage

the Yale Cabaret invites you to:

Bondage

by David Henry Hwang directed by James Chen

March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2007

A love story, with restraints.

Mark and Terri have a clearly defined relationship: Mark pays Terri, a dominatrix, to play out ethnic sexual fantasies. They believe their masks and chains free them to explore their deepest desires, but the taboos of race and sexual domination keep coming between them. Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang questions racial stereotypes with this provocative and sexy romantic comedy.

Yale Cabaret presents a one-hour show

Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30 PM

and Fridays & Saturdays at 11:00 PM

Late Nights fit your schedule.

Reservations are strongly encouraged,

as is arriving at least 30 minutes prior to the show.

Doors open at 7 & 10 PM for dinner, drinks and light fare.

Only $10 for students! $15 General Admission.

We change every week. So can you.

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY!

WWW.YALECABARET.ORG

203.432.1566

217 Park Street, New Haven, CT

Career and Scholarship Information

1. AAAYA Tina E. Yeh Memorial Fellowships

AAAYA Tina E. Yeh Memorial Community Service Fellowships

The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA) encourages current Yale students, including graduating seniors and grad students, to apply for this year's AAAYA Tina E. Yeh Memorial Community Service Fellowships.

$2,500 Fellowship Grants

Application Deadline: Thursday, March 1, 2007, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time

The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA) is accepting applications for its Tina E. Yeh Memorial Summer Community Service Fellowship Program in 2007. For over fifteen years, the program has encouraged Yale undergraduates and recent graduates to become involved in community service through summer internships. Our goal is to nurture the leadership development of students and lend support to nonprofit organizations around the country that provide critical services to poor and disenfranchised Asian American communities. We hope to encourage students to contribute to Asian American communities as volunteers, board members, staff members, and/or donors before and after graduation.

Please read the attached application for details, visit our website at www.aaaya.org (if asked for a user name, type in “asianam” and password, type in “boola”) or contact Grant Din ’79 at grant@tonaidin.net. Thank you for your interest.

2. Nominations for the Nakanishi Prize

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE NAKANISHI PRIZE

For Exemplary Leadership in Enhancing Race and/or Ethnic Relations at Yale College

Prize Description

The Nakanishi Prize will recognize two graduating seniors, who have

provided exemplary leadership in enhancing race and/or ethnic

relations at Yale College during their undergraduate career while

maintaining high standards of academic achievement. Two prizes will

be awarded annually.

Nominations from members of the Yale community are welcome and will be reviewed by the selection committee, which will include faculty members, deans, and undergraduate students. The selection committee will make recommendations to the Dean of Yale College and prize recipients will be announced during Class Day exercises.

Nomination forms are available at http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/ fellowships/nakanishi and at the Yale College Deans Office, 102 SSS, reception desk. Nominations should be submitted to the Yale College Deans Office, 102 SSS, reception desk c/o Dean Betty Trachtenberg by Friday, March 30, 2007.

This award is made possible by the generous support of Don '71,Thomas '05 and Marsha Nakanishi.

For more information please contact Dean Betty Trachtenberg at 203-432-2907.