Jenny's Introduction

Hello and Welcome to T talk.
I'm Jennifer
I want to open the discussion with a little bit about me so everyone can get to know me a little better.

I'm a Transsexual woman. I came out in Nov 08, pretty much to everyone I new immediately. I began hormone therapy the following April and have been self injecting Estrogen since September. I feel like I could be described as: a late blooming, avoided anything to do with and denied it to myself till I nearly exploded, have always felt like a girl/woman and that my stuff was wrong, and couldn't be happier now that I have finally accepted myself, type of trans person.

The spark behind starting T talk was with Project H.E.A.L.T.H the health is an acronym for Harnessing Education Advocacy and Leadership for Trans Health.
Lyon-Martin Health Services, Transgender Law Center, and Equality California working together to improve access to transgender health care. The focus is All transgender people have the right to quality and culturally-sensitive health care close to home. I believe they have started three chapters one here of course, one in SF and LA. We are working with the local clinics, planned parenthood, and other participating local health care providers to establish a competent and compassionate health care environment for trans people. The Health council is working on several different projects and I hope to get some of the other members to share there parts.

My personal motivation comes from several places. First my own struggles with coming out experiences. The encounters I've had with local health care providers. Being publicly harassed and refused service. And a real need for trans education. Most of the people I encounter want a better understanding. I also have a personal observation that current coming out trends are shifting to a younger age group. I think this may be due to a growing acceptance from peer groups, the internet, parents being more educated about trans kids, media etc. Today's gender queer & or gender different folks may not ever identify as Transsexual or anything this, that, or the other. They may not want to ever engage a Transsexual support group, but could greatly benefit from a public meeting place that is regularly publicly advertised as a place for resources, for people to gather, network, educate, and help build a stronger community. It is my hope that what this could mean is that it's possibly getting socially more accepted to be gender different and slightly easier for gender non-conforming people to exist. I want to advocate this trend by raising community awareness.

I'm not a psychiatrist, therapist, counselor nor do I know it all about gender issues. Though I have had my share of all. I'm just offering my opinion and friendship.

I will open the discussion to everyone and see where we go.

T talk opening announcement

T talk

A bi-monthly open meeting & discussion group for anyone trans or gender variant. Open to all ages, T talk will have a general topic of discussion and different guest speakers.

Starting on Thursday April 8th from 430 to 530 at the World Cup cafe(1621 F St) Humboldt's gender different community will now have a dedicated meeting place for us to network, chat, organize our community, and educate one another.

With the goal of making this experience we call our lives, that much easier for those that follow. It's my hope that all of you will attend in support and help increase our visibility in this small community we share.

Everyone is welcome!

The meetings will be a safe haven for gender discussion. These topics can be very personal and a high level of respect will be maintained.

This is not a place for those looking for a date.

I want to strongly encourage everyone to come out and show your support for our new meeting and help me thank Josh the owner of the World Cup Cafe for opening the doors for us and helping us bring change, awareness, and visibility to Humboldt's trans and gender different community!

First meeting Thursday April 8th from 430 to 530. (cafe closes at 430)
And every other Thursday to follow.

See you there!!!!!!!!!!!