BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Columba Systems Ltd//NONSGML CPNG/SpringViewer/ICal Output/3.3- M3//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220526T135506Z DTSTART:20220607T170000Z DTEND:20220607T190000Z SUMMARY:Trans Healthcare: Possible Futures UID:{http://www.columbasystems.com/customers/uom/gpp/eventid/}q1q0-l3n0vs q7-cvckul DESCRIPTION:A roundtable discussion exploring the possible futures of tra ns healthcare provision in the UK\n\nAbout this event\n\nPart of a broad er project on trans healthcare and creativity\, this event will explore the possible futures of trans healthcare provision in the UK. Join us fo r a roundtable discussion with guest contributors from a range of organi sations\, networks\, and creative practices\, including Shash Appan (Tra ns Aid Cymru\, Trans Safety Network)\, Nico Dhillon (Community Organisin g Coordinator\, LGBT Foundation)\, Yvy DeLuca (writer\, performer and ac tivist\, and author of Tainted Beauty)\, Jack Tielemans (trans programme r at The Proud Trust)\, and Jordan Osserman (University of Essex/'Waitin g Times' project).\n\n*Please note that this is an in-person event at th e International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester. We ask that at tendees consider wearing a mask if possible\, and\, if feasible\, take a lateral flow test in the twenty-four hours ahead of the event.\n\nRead about our speakers:\n\nI’m Shash Appan! I’m an Indian trans woman who ha ppens to be good at talking to people about trans and race and especiall y on how that intersects! I also talk about my experiences in navigating society as a disabled\, trans and brown and how that informs my politic s and work I do. I’m a co-founder of and volunteer a lot of my time to r unning Trans Aid Cymru\, a mutual aid organisation for the trans people in Wales. We provide grants\, a meal share and other services in order t o help our community. I am also a part of the Trans Safety Network where we publish articles on transphobia and transphobic groups to better equ ip our community and inform the public.\n\nNico Dhillon (they/them) is a smiley non-binary who has been a part of the LGBTQ+ community in Greate r" Manchester for nearly 10 years. With experience as an attendee\, volu nteer and professional in both the public and charity sector they are cu rrently the Community Organising Coordinator at LGBT Foundation. As Comm unity Organising Coordinator they support community organisers and fledg ling activists in accessing the tools\, knowledge and resources they nee d to make changes in their community. This practice is all about helping people to develop their collective power to act together for the common good of the whole community. If you want to find out more about the pro gramme\, have a chat with Nico on the day or email nico.dhillon@lgbt.fou ndation.\n\nYvy DeLuca is a South Asian trans writer\, performer and act ivist. She is the author of Tainted Beauty – The Memoir of an Authentic Creation\, which tells her story of being a trans woman of colour\, and her experiences with transitioning in the late 90s and early 00s. Tainte d Beauty is an honest and raw account of what her life was like and how she navigated through relationships\, family\, acceptance and living her truth. Yvy is also known as The BollyWitch\, as drag artist that combin es Bollywood culture and being a practicing witch to create a horror sty le of drag that incorporates her cultural background. Her work as an aut hor and writer has been featured around the world\, with her book being sold at Waterstones\, Barnes & Noble and met with positive reviews. As a n artist\, Yvy has performed live and digitally around the world\, and h as created her own POC led cabaret\, called A-POC-ALYPSE CABARET\, that platforms queer artists of colour. Yvy has featured in a number of media outlets\, including the BBC Documentary ‘Womanhood’ and recently on New snight\, and spoke on a range of topics that highlights trans issues and advocating for queer rights.\n\nJack Tielemans is the trans programme m anager at The Proud Trust\, an organisation that supports LGBT+ young pe ople\, where he has worked on projects such as the animated film Incomin g Transmissions and the trans and non-binary young people's writing comp etition TranScriptions. He is passionate about giving young trans and no n-binary people spaces to express their whole selves.\n\nJordan Osserman is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Stud ies at the University of Essex\, UK\, and a psychoanalyst in formation. He is a member of the Wellcome trust funded Waiting Times project\, whic h is exploring the relationship between time and healthcare. His own res earch on this project involves an ethnographic study of the role that ti me plays in the UK's only publicly funded clinic for children facing que stions related to their gender identity. This research informed a recent special issue he co-edited with the journal Psychoanalytic Study of the Child on trans kids. Jordan’s book Circumcision on the Couch: On the Cu ltural\, Psychological and Gendered Dimensions of the World’s Oldest Sur gery was published with Bloomsbury this year.\n\nThis event is accompani ed by a writing workshop for trans\, non-binary\, and gender non-conform ing writers and those interested in writing\, which will take place on F riday 10 June at 6pm. Further details TBC. STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:International Anthony Burgess Foundation\, 3 Cambridge Street\, Manchester \, M1 5BY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR