Conference Schedule March 31, 2008

Workshop Start End Session Presenters Room Status
March 31, 2008 March 31, 2008
R1-1000 12:00 pm 5:00 pm Registration Living Room Afternoon
April 1, 2008 April 1, 2008
R2-900 9:00 am 5:00 pm Registration Living Room All Day
ParkP 10:00 am 12:00 pm Bus Departs for Park Place Mall Check Hospitality Desk Bus ON TIME
LaEnc 11:30 am 1:30 pm Bus Departs for La Encantada Fashion Mall Check Hospitality Desk Bus ON TIME
Horse 12:45 pm 3:45 pm Bus Departs for Horseback Riding Pre-Register w/cc 603-1146 or 298-6450 Check Hospitality Desk ON TIME
April 2, 2008 April 2, 2008
R3-900 8:30 am 5:00 pm Registration Living Room All Day
Sonora 8:30 am 12:00 pm Bus Leaves for Sonora Desert Museum Check Hospitality Desk z ON TIME
Park 10:00 am 12:00 pm Bus Departs for Park Place Mall Check Hospitality Desk Bus ON TIME
PimaAS 10:30 am 12:00 pm Bus Leaves for Pima Air & Space Museum Check Hospitality Desk Bus Subject to Change Check First
Recep 7:00 pm 8:00 pm Reception DoubleTree Hotel Lobby Bar ON TIME
Casino 7:30 pm 12:00 pm Bus Departs for Casino del Sol Check Hospitality Desk Bus ON TIME
April 3, 2008 April 3, 2008
R4-900 8:30 am 5:00 pm Registration Living Room All Day
Vendor 9:00 am 6:00 pm Vendor Room Open - Please Patronize Our Vendors Vendor Room All Day
P1-1000 10:00 am 12:00 pm Open Plenary Session: Toward Greater Diversity Jamison Green Salon E ON TIME
TLunch 12:15 pm 1:45 pm Diversity Luncheon - Presentation of WSF Awards Bree Hartledge Salon D ON TIME
T7-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Shame, Guilt, and the Damage Done Dr. Maureen Osborne Ph.D. Bonsai ON TIME
T8-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Making Diversity Real: Transgendered People of Color & the Transgender Movement Dr. Pauline Park Boojum ON TIME
T9-200 2:00 pm 5:00 pm Privilege: Who has it? Lore M. Dickey Ironwood ON TIME
T11-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Make-up 101 Brian Fox Redwood ON TIME
T2-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Christianity and GID- Reconciling Your Faith Dr. Jennifer Burnett Salon A Moved from Salon B
T1-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm The People and Groups Trans People Love to Hate Dr. W.Meredith Bacon Ph.D. Salon B Moved from Salon A
T3-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm TWO SPIRITS: Fred Martinez - 'Why are people killed for being who they are?' Tim Wilson Salon C CANCELLED
T4-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Our Shared Diversity: Meeting the Challenge to Create Success Liana Perez Salon F ON TIME
T5-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm From The CHEVALIER D'EON TO 'ALICE IN GENDERLAND' - Doing Trans Autobiography. Dr. Richard Ekins Salon G ON TIME
T6-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Safe Shelter - Creating a Safe Domestic Violence Shelter Sarah Jones Salon H ON TIME
Wingsp 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Wingspan Tour and Open House Michael Woodward Wingspan (Bus Trip) ON TIME
T7-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm To Tell Or Not To Tell: Crossdressers And Their Children Dr. Sandra Samons ASCW Bonsai ON TIME
T10-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Worldwide survey of Transgender People: European Results Stephenne Rhodes Cottonwood ON TIME
T1-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Cross- Gender Hormone Treatment for GID Dr. Jennifer Burnett Salon A ON TIME
T2-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Likeability can influence the success of your transition, at work and personally. Amanda Simpson Salon B ON TIME
T3-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm TWO SPIRITS: Fred Martinez -- Why are people killed for being who they are? Dr. Lori Girshick Salon C ON TIME
T6-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm No Crystal Stair: Issues Regarding Transgender People of Color Leondra Price Salon F Moved from Salon H
T4-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Defend Your Health: Trans Health Empowerment for FtM's Nathen Levitt Salon F CANCELLED
T8-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Growing Up: The Emergence and Solidification of the Gender Binary Dr. Michelle Dietert Salon G Moved from Bonsai
OTS 6:00 pm 10:00 pm Old Tucson Studios Dinner and Show Sponsored by Arizona Electrolysis Bus Bus Leaves 6:00 pm Sharp!
April 4, 2008 April 4, 2008
F11-830 8:30 am 12:00 pm IFGE BOD Meeting Cathy L. Andrews Board Room ON TIME
R5-900 8:30 am 5:00 pm Registration Living Room All Day
F7-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Post-op Blues: Is it Normal to Feel Depressed after Surgery? Dr. Michele Angello PhD Bonsai ON TIME
F8-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Children of Transgender Parents Monica Canfield-Lenfest Boojum ON TIME
F9-915 9:15 am 12:00 pm Our Wonderful Women in Genderland (for significant others) Dr. Sandra Cole Cottonwood ON TIME
F10-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Help Wanted: Empowering Allies Jeanne M. Kleespie Ironwood ON TIME
F1-915 9:15 am 10:30 am “Facts” about cross dressers and transsexuals Dr. Richard F. Docter Salon A ON TIME
F2-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Your Transgendered Journey – It Starts From Within Stephanie Battaglino Salon B ON TIME
F3-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Did the Bible Really Say That? Bishop Bennett D.D. Burke Salon C ON TIME
F4:915 9:15 am 10:30 am Skin Care: Latest Practices in Age-Proofing & Beautifying your Skin with Rina Rina Schroeder Salon F ON TIME
F5-915 9:15 am 10:30 am The Healthy Lifestyle, Living Well Deitrich D. Benjamin Salon G ON TIME
F6-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Beyond Sunday Morning: Transgenders in Congregational and Denominational Life Stephaie Ann Blythe Salon H ON TIME
F10-1000 10:00 am 5:30 pm Free confidential Rapid HIV Testing Native Images, Inc. Basswood ON TIME
F7-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Native American notions of gender Dr. Kenneth Dollarhide Bonsai ON TIME
F8-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Life after Life: Transsexuality and Reincarnation Joni Kay Rose M.Div, CHT Boojum ON TIME
F9-1030 10:45 am 12:00 pm Being A Guy For the FTM identified only. Moonhawk River Stone MS Ironwood ON TIME
F1-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Surgical Options and Results in Female Feminization Surgery Dr. Sherman Leis Salon A ON TIME
F2-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Activism and Equality Between GLBT Organizations Angela Brightfeather Salon B ON TIME
F3-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Native American Transgenders and HIV Trudie Jackson Salon C ON TIME
F4-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Taking the Power of Faith and Religion to Create a Spiritually Gifted Self Leondra Price Salon F ON TIME
F5-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Chest Reconstruction in Female to Male Transgendered Patients Dr. Michael L. Brownstein M.D., FACS Salon G ON TIME
F6-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Under the Microscope Yet Still Under the Radar: Issues Facing LGBTQ Relationship Katie Driscoll Salon H ON TIME
FLunch 12:15 pm 1:45 pm Luncheon Cathy L. Andrews, Chair of IFGE Salon D ON TIME
F7-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Diagnoses and self-diagnosis Dr. Richard F. Docter Bonsai ON TIME
F8-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm How To Successfully Transition In Your Employment Moonhawk River Stone MS Boojum ON TIME
F10-200 2:00 pm 5:00 pm T for Two (just for Transgals in Relationships) Dr. Sandra Cole Cottonwood ON TIME
F9-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Christianity and the End of Gender Rev. Elizabeth Stuart Ironwood CANCELLED
F11-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Which plan is right for you? -FtM Dr. Pierre Brassard MD Redwood ON TIME
F1-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Facial Feminization Surgery: Maximizing Results Dr. Jeffrey H. Spiegel F.A.C.S. Salon A ON TIME
F2-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing On A Web Site Like This: TG Internet Dating Sam Allen LPC Salon B ON TIME
F3-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm The Gender Frontier: From Mainland USA to Hawaii, Thailand, and New Zealand Mariette Pathy Allen Salon C ON TIME
F4-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Diversity Education Curriculums In Public Schools. Dr. Mekah Gordon PhD., L.E. Salon F ON TIME
F5-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Medical Issues Affecting Transgendered Seniors Dr. Bobbie Williams Salon G ON TIME
F6-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm ?Que es el Genero? Dr. Miqqi Gilbert Ph.D. Salon H Cancelled
F7-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Transgender Veterans Issues Monica Helms Bonsai ON TIME
F8-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Building & Maintaining a Support Group Dr. Marisa Richmond Boojum ON TIME
F9-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm The Prism Project - Building a dynamic support program for transgender youth Carly Thomsen Ironwood ON TIME
F1-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Face and Body Feminization Surgical Options Dr. Mark Zukowski Salon A ON TIME
F2-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm FtM Top and Bottom Surgery, Options and Results Dr. Sherman Leis Salon B ON TIME
F3-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Transgender Health and the Public Library Cathy Jacobus Salon C ON TIME
F4-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Females Not By Choice: Forced Male to Female Transitions in Russia Dr. Richard L. Schott Salon F ON TIME
F5-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm When a Parent Transitions Monica Canfield-Lenfest Salon G ON TIME
F6-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Well Being and Family Relationships of Transsexuals and Need for Education Josephine Tittsworth Salon H ON TIME
Pool 7:00 pm 9:00 pm Buffet Picnic Singer/Songwriter namoli brennet Pool Area ON TIME
Cantina 9:30 pm 1:30 am Javelina Cantina Jam Javelina Cantina ON TIME
10:00 pm 1:30 am Pub Crawl Check Hospitality Desk ON TIME
April 5, 2008 April 5, 2008
R6-900 8:30 am 5:00 pm Registration Living Room All Day
S7-915 9:15 am 12:00 pm Which Way to Nirvana? Avoid Speed Bumps on Gender Flecked Road (for couples) Dr. Sandra Cole Cottonwood ON TIME
S9-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Moving Beyond Gender Identity Disorder (GID): Creating A New Paradigm For Transgender Moonhawk River Stone MS Ironwood ON TIME
S10-915 9:15 am 12:00 pm Masculine Spectrum Identity, Alliances, and Feminism Clark A. Pomerleau Redwood ON TIME
S1-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Relationship Maintenance and Identity in M2F-Natal Female Couples Christine Aramburu Alegria Salon A ON TIME
S2-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Permanent Hair Removal Maria DeNicola Salon B ON TIME
S3-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Feminization of the Masculine Face Dr. Douglas Ousterhout Salon C ON TIME
S4-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Hay Más Que Lencería Dr. Miqqi Gilbert Ph.D. Salon F ON TIME
S5-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Surgical Options for FtM's or new ideas re. hysterectomy and vaginectomy Dr. Burt Webb MD Salon G ON TIME
S6-915 9:15 am 10:30 am Speech/Voice Modification for Transitioning Individuals Dr. Reinhardt Heuer Ph.D. Salon H ON TIME
S8-915 10:00 am 12:00 pm How did Tucson get to be such an accepting Community Amanda Simpson Bonsai-Bojum ON TIME
S8-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm We Belong: Transgender youth the challenges we face and how we stay strong. Courtney Jones Ironwood ON TIME
S1-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm How one year in Hollywood changed the life of Christine Jorgensen Dr. Richard F. Docter Salon A ON TIME
S2-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm No Skirt, No Heels, No Service?: Addressing FTM Participation &… Sam Allen LPC Salon B ON TIME
S3-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm MTF Genital Reconstruction Surgery and Ancillary Procedures Dr. Toby Meltzer Salon C ON TIME
S4-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Building a Transgender Care Network: Strategies for Creating Community Change Jennifer Vanderleest Salon F ON TIME
S5-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Say it Loud! : I'm Fat, Trans and Proud Joelle Ruby Ryan Salon G ON TIME
S6-1045 10:45 am 12:00 pm Transgender and Gender Diverse Community Needs Assessment in Southern Arizona Kendall Roark Salon H CANCELLED
SLunch 12:15 pm 1:45 pm Trinity Luncheon - Presentation of Awards to Charyl Chase, Shannon Minter, & Denise LeClair Sponsored by Dr. Douglas Ousterhout Salon D ON TIME
S7-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Late-Blooming Flowers: Coming to Womanhood after 55 Joni Kay Rose M.Div, CHT Bonsai ON TIME
S8-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Transgender Youth and Health: A Research Overview Stephen T. Russell Boojum ON TIME
S10-200 2:00 pm 5:00 pm The Dance of Love: Honoring the Bliss and the Blahs (significant others) Dr. Sandra Cole Cottonwood ON TIME
S9-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Sexual Identity Development in the FTM: A Qualitative Study Lore M. Dickey Ironwood ON TIME
xxx 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Journey of the Hero/Heroine Cheryl Costa Redwood ON TIME
S1-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm One-Stage GRS for the MtF - Current Perspective Dr. Marci L Bowers MD Salon A ON TIME
S2-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Transgender Sex Workers in the US: Oppression, Agency and Resistance Joelle Ruby Ryan Salon B ON TIME
S3-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm FTM Genital Reconstruction Surgery and Ancillary Procedures Dr. Toby Meltzer Salon C ON TIME
S4-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Transgender Political Activism at the State Level Dr. Marisa Richmond Salon F ON TIME
S5-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Queering the Lens: The History of Photography in Transgendered Art Rae Strozzo Salon G ON TIME
S6-200 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Ending Bigenderism Dr. Miqqi Gilbert Ph.D. Salon H ON TIME
S11-200 2:30 pm 5:00 pm Free Health Screening Michael Woodward Basswood ON TIME
S7-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Identity Crisis -- an open discussion about who we are. Jamison Green Bonsai ON TIME
S8-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Discover GRS Montreal: Is it time for you? - MtF Dr. Pierre Brassard MD Boojum ON TIME
S9-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Ying and Yang: Finding Balance in your T-Ness, Transphobia: The Enemy Within Donna Rose Ironwood ON TIME
S12-200 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Transgender Youth - A New Age Kim Pearson Redwood POSTPONED TO 3:30
S1-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Surgical Options for FtM's: Hysterectomy, Metoidioplasty and Beyond Dr. Marci L Bowers MD Salon A ON TIME
S2-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Environmental Hormones and Gender Christine Johnson Salon B ON TIME
S3-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Stealth No More! An Intersex Trans Girl Speaks Out! Stephanie Baldwin Salon C ON TIME
S4-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Moving Beyond the Gender Binary Lori B Girshick Salon F ON TIME
S5-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Ways that Work to Build Your Group: Harness the Power of Community Rabbi Levi Alter Salon G ON TIME
S6-330 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Invisible Darkness: Transmen of color in the Transgender Community Theodore Michael Trimm Salon H ON TIME
Gala 7:00 pm 0:00 am Saturday Evening Dinner Gala Stevie Gold, Dragstar Cabaret, Martie Van der Vort, TMI Salon D ON TIME
April 6, 2008 April 6, 2008
Brunch 10:00 am 2:00 pm Sunday Brunch Colors Restaurant Signup Required
March 31, 2008 March 31, 2008