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Translating Identity ll
Back by popular demand, Free To

Be, the University of Vermont's
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Alliance is proud to
announce the second annual
Translating Identity Conference at
the University of Vermont,
February 28, 2004!
Translating Identity is a

FREE conference focusing on gen-
der and gender identities. Open to
the public, this event hopes to
reach out to’ the University of
Vermont, the Burlington communi-

ty, and the nation as a whole to
educate us all further about trans-7
gender issues. With multiple pan-
els to choose from at any time,
some panels will be directed

‘towards trans people and others

will be for those who are fairly
unfamiliar with the transgender
movement and the topic of gender
identity. This conference seeks to
translate gender identity to both
the queer community and its allies.
This year our keynote
speaker is Dean Spade, a trans-
gender activist and attorney who

compass

received his J.D. from UCLA
School of Law in May 2001. His
own experiences of poverty, strug-
gle with public benefits systems,
and with gender identity discrimi-
nation inspired him to start The
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
(www.srlp.orgfindex.html), a project
committed to sexual and gender.
self-determination for all people.
This conference is FREE

and includes breakfast and lunch.
To reserve your spot, register
today at www.uvm.edu/~tic.

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New P.R.|.D.E!

New People! New Energy! New
P.Fl.l.D.E.! Times are changing and
so is P.R.l.D.E. — starting with a
different date! P,Fi.l.D.E. festivities
are scheduled for July 10th this
year. We have high hopes to make
the upcoming celebration bigger
and better than ever before, and
encourage all to come out and see
P.Fl.l.D.E grow from its beginning!

Meetings are open to

everyone, and held the second
and fourth Tuesday every month at
UVM's Waterman building in room

427A. if you can't make the semi-
monthly P.Fl.|.D.E. meetings,
check out one of our sub-commit-
tees: parade, waterfront, fundrais-
ing, or media/advertisement. You
can help out when you have time
and be on your merry way!
P.R.|.D.E. also needs

help with upcoming mailings: This
is a call for any willing stuffers,
lickers, and sealers to come to the
table! Good times are to be had by
all! You can now get the lat- ’
est P.Fl.l.D.E. updates by
going to our website and

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