First Netroots Nation Panel on Trans Issues
Filed By Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 08, 2012 10:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2012/06/watch_the_first_netroots_nation_panel_on_trans_iss.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2012/06/watch_the_first_netroots_nation_panel_on_trans_iss.php)
UPDATE: You can view the 75 minute video of the panel presentation below.
At Netroots Nation, the annual political convention for American progressive political activists, this year marks the first time that the organizers have chosen a transgender-themed panel to be presented among the 70-odd panels of the four-day conference.
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The panel was the brainchild of GLAD's Carisa Cunningham and Amanda Johnston, who were struck by the complete lack of transgender content in the conference. Given the role that the online community plays and has played for transgender people - both in political organizing and in forming identity - and given the number of outstanding transgender bloggers at work - they thought this was a gap that should be filled, and they filled it.
The title of the panel is "Blogging for Transgender Equality: History, Challenges & Progress."
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At The Intersections: Blogging (And Working) For Transgender Equality
By: Autumn Sandeen Sunday June 10, 2012 1:26 am
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/06/10/at-the-intersections-blogging-and-working-for-transgender-equality/ (http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/06/10/at-the-intersections-blogging-and-working-for-transgender-equality/)
Quoting Jos at Feministing from her post entitled Netroots '12: watch Blogging for Transgender Equality:
I'm on a panel at Netroots Nation this morning about blogging on transgender issues, and you can watch the panel right here – it's streaming live at 10:30am. The panelists are a badass group I'm proud to be a part of: Autumn Sandeen from Pam's House Blend, Dr. Jill Weiss from Bilerico, Monica Roberts from TransGriot, and Jennifer Levi from GLAD, the organization that made this panel happen. The live streaming is made possible by AFSCME, Five Steps Forward and Free Speech TV. You can watch the video below – more video from Netroots can be found here.