Day 2 of 3: The 6th Transcending Boundaries Conference

Transcending Boundaries Conferences were created for all those of us whose sex, gender and/or sexuality don't fit society's usual either/or categories. So if you never felt like you quite fit in then Transcending Boundaries is for you! For three days the 6th Transcending Boundaries Conference (#CC10), will take over the Hilton Garden Inn and the DCU Center in in Worcester MA from the evening of Friday November 20th thru the afternoon of Sunday November 22nd to foster community, educate ourselves, and overcome societal sex, gender, and sexuality boundaries! We will focuses attention on issues of importance to the bisexual, fluid, pansexual, queer-identified, transgender/genderqueer, intersexed and polyamorous community(s) and our gay, lesbian and straight friends, families and allies. The conference begins with a reception Friday evening and we're planning workshops all day Saturday and Sunday, including: Bi-Sexuality 'Fact or Fiction' by Marilyn Lloyd A two-hour talk/discussion presentation. This presentation contains the most common myths of bisexuality as well as studies done by popular figures such as Alfred Kinsey, Marjorie Gruber, Sigmund Freud and the American Psychiatric Association. Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World by Robyn Ochs Reading selected essays and passages from Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World, we will examine bisexuality in international context. How does context affect experience? Which are shared experiences of bisexuality, and which are culturally specific? Beyond Binaries: Identity and the Sexuality Spectrum by Robyn Ochs In this interactive program we explore sexual orientation identities over time. How do we assign labels to our complicated and unique experiences? What relationship exists between experience and self-identity, and between our self-identity and the way others see us? Is identity fixed, or do some individuals experience change over time? What generational changes are we experiencing around labeling? And what does all this this have to say about bisexuality in particular? Bi Perspectives on Kinsey: A Sexagennial Listening Party by Ron Suresha Celebrating the publication by Routledge UK of a special hardbound library edition of Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey, a 2008 Lammy Finalist; with readings of selected pieces. and many, many more, please see here for the List to-Date Our keynote speaker is Tristan Taormino, renowned alternative sexuality speaker and sex educator, we will also featuring Peterson Toscano in his new play, Transfigurations, On Friday night at the Open Door Coffeehouse there will be an OPEN MIC! hosted by Joni Christian and Late Saturday Night - Happy Hour Burlesque! presented by Eddie Paradise including comedy, belly dancing, drag, music, bad taste, and of course, panties. Also at the TBC will be Pioneering Voices - Portraits of Transgender People presented by Family Diversity Projects a museum-quality traveling exhibit including photographs and interviews with people of all ages who are transgender and some of their partners and children.