Bullet Point January 21

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Bullet Point*
January 21, 2009

Dear Regents, Trustees and Staff:

This is indeed an exciting time for our country. With President Obama officially sworn in, we look forward to the future with hope and promise. And with that optimism comes the acknowledgement of hard work ahead.

Point has exciting news for the New Year and we look forward to continuing our mission of giving our LGBT community the best gift we can: a future.

Jorge Valencia
Executive Director & CEO

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

NEW YORK POINT HONORS KICK-OFF JANUARY 27

On Monday, April 27, Point Foundation will invite the New York community to meet the next generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) leaders and to join us in honoring our current champions at New York Point Honors, being held at the Roosevelt Hotel Ballroom located at 45 East 45^th Street in New York City.

As part of this benefit, the Point Inspiration Award will be presented to a corporation that champions respect and inclusion of the LGBT community and the Point Courage Award will be presented to an individual who has advocated for the future of the LGBT community. We will also recognize several Point Scholars.

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PROGRAM DEPARTMENT

SCHOLAR RELATIONS

Scholar Participates in International Foundation
for Gender Education

As you may have read in the most recent issue of Mentoring Messenger, 2007 Point Scholar Joelle Ruby Ryan, PhD candidate at Bowling Green State University, chaired a National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) panel discussion on resisting transphobia in academia. Her mentor, Lynn Conway, attended the panel session and reported about it on her personal website (Lynnconway.com). On the heels of her success, Joelle will be participating in another panel at the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) in Washington D.C. next month. The Conference will address issues related to how transgender identities have been pathologized in academia.

“I am very excited to be participating in a panel at the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) in February 2009 in Washington, D.C. The panel is entitled " 'Disordered' No More: Challenging Transphobia in Psychology, Academia and Society" and it examines the ways in which transgender identities have been pathologized and demonized in some streams of scientific and academic research and policy. I have had the pleasure of working on this panel, as well as a previous (2008) panel held at the National Women's Studies Association, with my Point Foundation Mentor Lynn Conway. Lynn has served as a Session Advisor and has been generous with her time, enthusiastic and supportive of this work. It is our hope that this panel will be one more humble contribution to aid in the struggle for civil rights and human dignity for all transgender people. The Mentorship and Community Service Projects are wonderful components of the Point Foundation that are spurring both positive community relationships and important academic and activist work. We are at an exciting tipping point in the quest for LGBT Liberation, and Point should be commended for the formidable role it is playing in engendering positive social transformation.”

For information about the conference, please visit:

http://www.ifge.org/register/db_wrkshp_one.php?the_id=77

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MEETINGS SCHEDULED:

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IMPORTANT DATES

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