Gender agenda
August 27th, 2007
The first national transexual conference has been left high and dry after a major sponsor pulled out.
The event is planned for September 8 and 9 in Bath, and organisers are now facing the prospect of raising £5,000 for it to take place.
Dan Hooper, chair of Western Boys, told the PRSD: ‘We need to pay for the hire of the venue, accommodation and food for up to 120 delegates, which
is way beyond our budget.’
The conference aims to provide practical advice to delegates, many of whom are isolated and vulnerable. There are around 5,000 transsexuals in the UK, with about 30 per cent of them female to male.
The conference has the backing of Equality South West, whose chief executive Paul Dunn said: ‘Unless funding is found, holding this groundbreaking conference could blow a financial hole in this group.
‘Our role is to oppose discrimination against anyone on any grounds. FTM transsexuals face huge physical and emotional challenges in their lives - especially social isolation because there are relatively few of them - and providing support is very important.
‘We’ll be launching a regional transgender network for the South West later this year and events like this will help develop our contacts and improve our services to this marginalised group.’
(If you can help with funding the conference, contact Dan at info@westernboys.org)
Posted by Cptn
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