Queermonton: Transgender Conference The journey to acceptance

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Queermonton: Transgender Conference
The journey to acceptance

Tamara Gorzalka

http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=13065

I stand surrounded by about a hundred ridiculously hot transmen, surprised to find myself the minority in a room like this. When I signed up for a conference on transgender issues, I didn't know the event would be populated almost entirely by FtMs. I'm not complaining, of course, and not just because of the insane level of attractiveness. I've now seen more trans and gender variant males here than I have in my whole life and the beauty in this room of these masculine, unique figures is something to admire. The courage of just being, I suppose.

The event itself is actually two conventions held simultaneously in Seattle, Washington over the Labour Day weekend. One set of workshops, known as Gender Odyssey, is for transidentified people, their partners and their allies. The other, Gender Spectrum, is for families with children or teens who are trans and gender variant. There are also a number of parties and meet-and-greets that link the conferences together.