Transgender Legal Director Addresses Utahns
JoSelle Vanderhooft | Nov 24, 2010
http://qsaltlake.com/2010/11/24/transgender-legal-director-addresses-utahns/Utah's many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations have long had a close relationship with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, in part because Executive Director Kate Kendall is a native Utahn who returns to the state regularly to update members of the community at large on NCLR's work.
Another of the law center's frequent visitors is Legal Director Shannon Minter. As a guest of Transgender Education Advocates, Minter, a transgender man, returned to the Beehive State this month to give a lecture as part of Transgender Awareness Month.
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U of U Panel Addresses Trans, Intersex Health and Identity
JoSelle Vanderhooft | Nov 24, 2010
http://qsaltlake.com/2010/11/24/u-of-u-panel-addresses-trans-intersex-health-and-identity/A seven-member panel held a dialogue at the University of Utah about gender identity, intersex status and several other aspects about the T in the LGBT acronym, as part of Transgender Awareness Month, a series of several events celebrating and providing education about transgender, genderqueer and gender-variant people.
Titled "A Dialogue with Transgender Community Leaders and Allies," the Nov. 15 panel included representatives from a number of transgender and transgender-friendly organizations...
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One of Samineni's first questions to the diverse group was to speak to the difference between gender identity and gender presentation. They defined these terms respectively as the gender with which one identifies and the gender that one presents as, which can both be different. Often, said Henninger, it is not possible to tell either just by looking at an individual, as individuals have different ideas about what presenting as "masculine" or "feminine" mean. For example, Henninger said that he "can be really butch when I'm working on a car or femme when I'm watching a chick flick."
