Academic Building of the UConn Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue
Academic Building
Farmington, CT 06030
Driving Directions
Due to construction parking will be in Lot 3 and a shuttle bus will be provided from 7:30 AM until 5:30 PM and if you require handicap transportation please email for more information at conference@transadvocacy.org.
The Tenth Annual Transgender Lives: The Intersection of Health and Law Conference being held on Saturday, April 30 at the UConn Health Center from 8:00 AM till 5 PM. This all day conference is geared towards Service Providers, Medical and Legal Professionals, Trans and Gender non-conforming community, allies and all those interested in the Health and Law issues facing the Trans and gender non-conforming communities.
General Registration price is $25 per person (including lunch), $50 for anyone seeking CEC credits from the National Association of Social Workers of CT (NASW/CT). Can't afford it? We will have scholarships available the day of the event. The first 25 walk-ins will receive a free lunch.
High Level Conference Timeline
- 08:00 - 08:30 AM : Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 08:30 - 09:15 AM : Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
- 09:15 - 12:00 AM : Morning Workshops
- 12:00 - 01:00 PM : Lunch
- 01:00 - 03:30 PM : Afternoon Workshops
- 03:30 - 04:45 PM : Keynote
- 04:45 - 05:00 PM : Closing remarks and wrap up
Walk-ins welcome Scholarships are available at the door
(The first 25 walk-ins or scholarships will include lunch)
If you require a sign interpreter please contact us at conference@transadvocacy.org by April 15th
2016 Conference Keynote Speakers
Kate Bornstein
The Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition is proud to announce Kate Bornstein as our keynote speaker for our tenth annual Transgender Health and Law Conference on April 30, 2016.
Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright and performance artist whose latest book is "Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives To Suicide For Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws."
Other published works include the books "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us"; "My Gender Workbook"; and the cyber-romance-action novel, "Nearly Roadkill," with co-author Caitlin Sullivan. Kate's plays and performance pieces include Strangers in Paradox, Hidden: A Gender, The Opposite Sex Is Neither, Virtually Yours, y2kate: gender virus 2000.
Kate's books are taught in over 120 colleges and universities around the world; and ze has performed hir work live on college campuses, and in theaters and performance spaces across the USA, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria. She is currently touring colleges, youth conferences and high schools, speaking and leading workshops on the subjects of sex, gender, and alternatives to teen suicide.
Kate Bornstein website