Gender Madlibs will be returning this year!

We’ll do three rounds of ten readers in between the following speakers:

Q Patrol
Amy Ruiz – LGBTQ Liaison from the Office of the Mayor
Stacy Brewster – Office of Commissioner Dan Saltzman, City of Portland
Representative from the Office of Jeff Cogen, Multnomah County Chair
Police Liason Representative from Portland Police Bureau, City of Portland
Katie Carter and Amber Rowlins – In Other Words
Jenn Burleton – Transactive
Carla Remey (Outloud) & Rebecca Nay (Gender Blenders) – KBOO Radio
Ben Brown – Portland Leather Pride

Followed by Entertainment From

Poeina Suddarth
Belinda Carroll
Cat Dynes

Plus More!

Gender (Free) for All Rally
4:00 -7:00 pm
Unthank Park – N Shaver St & N Kerby

Pre-Rally Schedule for Volunteers & Performers

2:15pm: Load-in Volunteers, Sound Operators, Videographer Call Time
2:30-3:15pm: LOAD-IN
3:15-3:50pm: Performer Call Time & Sound Check
3:45pm: Speakers Call Time
4:00-7:00pm: Rally!

Peninsula Park Pool

700 N. Rosa Parks Way

All trans, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming folks are invited to this affirming dunk. Allies, friends, partners, families – please join us! A special dunk to benefit Gender (Free) For All!

Swimming for everyBODY! Bring your friends and family! All ages welcome! (Children must be supervised.)

Cannonball competitions! Skimpy swimwear! More tattooed fatties than you can shake a stick at! There might even be a Speedo or two! Ex…clamation points!!! Basically, the most fun you can have on a Sunday afternoon without breakin’ the law!

$10-5 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.

HOT SUN. COOL WATER. NO SHAME.

Check out the event flier – Feel free to download it, print it up, and post or distribute widely. (Click image on left for full size flier.)

We are still at Unthank Park on August 7th, starting at 4pm.  The rally will go from 4 until 7pm. There will be a repeat of the proclamation from the city of Portland of Trans Week of Celebration.  We will have speakers, entertainment, and provide water.  Celebrators are highly encouraged to bring snacks for themselves, and something to share!

Want to add your voice to the Transgender/Genderqueer/Gender Non-conforming story?

Gender Free For All! is looking for stories or experiences that answer one of the following prompts, to be read at this year’s Rally at Unthank Park on August 7th from 4 to 7pm. Ten submissions will be chosen.

1. Tell the story of one of the first times anyone used your preferred pronoun.

2. Share a moment when you celebrated/were proud of your gender identity.

Please submit your story in 250 words or less, by July 31st. By submitting, you agree to be available and prepared to read your narrative on August 7th.

Send your submission to jessamyndrae@gmail.com.

Click here to take the survey

The survey is anonymous. Use this opportunity to let us know how you feel. We strive to integrate feedback as fully and transparently as possible.

You can also join our open email list to receive meeting minutes and take part in discussions. To participate, join the GFFA Google Group.

$5 at the door will get you TWO great parties, back-to-back (or side by side):
ONE NIGHT STAND at Boxxes, with DJ Beyonda, DJ Chelsea Starr, DJ Party Martyr, and DJ Freddie Fagula, and ROBO PONY VS. B.O.G.O. at the Red Cap Garage, featuring DJ Automaton, DJ Equestrian, DJ Girlfriends, and DJ Goddessfinger.

This all-star line up of Portland’s finest queer DJs will be throwing down beats to benefit GFfA as well as TransActive – a Portland-based organization that provides education, advocacy and support services to gender non-conforming and transgender children, youth and their families.

Come by after the T*Party at Overlook Park and get your Pride weekend started off with a bang, while your bucks go to support important work.

Date: Friday June 18th
Time: 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Place: Boxxes/Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark St.
Cost: $5

GFfApdx is planning for a full week of events running from August 1st through August 7th!

Check out the Call For Submissions page to find out more information and how you can help plan the events for the entire week!

anti-Valentine’s day dance party with Gender (Free) For All PDX

LET’S MAKE IT HAWT AND RAISE MONEY FOR THE 2010 TRANS MARCH!
trans, genderqueer, intersex, queer, allied folks, we want you.
dancing from 7-9PM
sliding scale $5 – $10*
DJ(s) TO BE ANNOUNCED!
After 9:00, DJ No-No will be hosting the E Room’s Saturday night,
But we’ll be selling raffle tickets for a prize drawing at 11.
RAFFLE PRIZE FROM IT’S MY PLEASURE!
21+
E Room
3701 Southeast Division Street
bus: off of the 4 and blocks away from the 75
wheelchair accessible
*no one turned away for lack of funds

Radio producer and transgender rights activist Shelcy Sanchez may make history by becoming the first transsexual to win a seat in the Colombian Congress.

Sanchez, who is vocal in her support of gay and transgender rights in Colombia, registered her candidacy for the House of Representatives in her home department of Valle del Cauca.

“My aspiration is born from a conviction and a necessity: to show that we can achieve a destiny away from living in the closet and seeing ourselves forced into prostitution. However, those that are obliged to work in the sex industry should enjoy dignified working conditions … with access to social security and the healthcare system” explained the political candidate.

Sanchez is already a recognized spokesperson in Colombia’s LGBT community, producing the country’s only gay radio station and until recently acting as vice president to the Fundacion Transmujer, which supports the rights of transgender Colombians.

Her political candidacy is thought to have the support of over 25,000 members of the gay community.

“We may not be manly,” the candidate joked, “but we are many.”