Transcending Boundaries Conference
Transcending Boundaries Conference | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Gender and sexuality |
Location(s) | New England |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | October 2001 |
Founders |
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Attendance | 315 |
Organized by | Transcending Boundaries, Inc. |
Filing status | 501(c)(3) |
Website | transcendingboundaries |
The Transcending Boundaries Conference (TBC) was a
History
The Transcending Boundaries conference developed from a regional conference co-organized by
The new organizing committee comprised three founding members: Lisa Jacobs (President), Alice Leibowitz (Treasurer), and Vincent Cangiano (Secretary), all of Connecticut. They expanded scope of the conference in two ways: First, it widened the geographical reach to include the entire Northeastern United States. Second, they endeavored to appeal to the interests of
Conferences
Transcending Boundaries held five annual conferences between 2001 and 2006. In 2005 they collaborated with the Americas Conference on Bisexuality. They co-hosted the 2006 convention with the Northeastern United States division of PFLAG.
Transcending Boundaries hosted no conferences in 2007 and 2008, but resumed in 2009, which marked the first year that the conference officially added polyamorous people to its list of communities to serve. The scope of the conference later expanded to include such underrepresented groups as
Number | Year | Date | City | State | Attendance | Notes |
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1st | 2001 | October | New Haven | Connecticut | 200 | Co-sponsored by the LGBT Coop of Yale University. |
2nd | 2002 | October | New Britain | Connecticut | 125 | Co-sponsored by CCSU PRIDE of Central Connecticut State University. |
3rd | 2003 | October | Amherst | Massachusetts | 175 | Co-sponsored by the Pride Alliance of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. |
4th | 2005 | November | East Hartford | Connecticut | 150 | Held in conjunction with America's Conference on Bisexuality.
Keynote speaker: Magdalen Hsu-Li
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5th | 2006 | October | Worcester | Massachusetts | 500 | Held in conjunction with the Northeast Regional PFLAG Conference. |
6th | 2009 | November | Worcester | Massachusetts | 200 | Keynote speaker: Tristan Taormino |
7th | 2010 | November | Worcester | Massachusetts | 265 | Keynote speaker: Lee Harrington |
8th | 2011 | November | Springfield | Massachusetts | 315 | Keynote speaker: Kate Bornstein |
9th | 2012 | October | Springfield | Massachusetts | Keynote speaker: Ignacio Rivera | |
10th | 2014 | April | Hartford | Connecticut | Keynote speaker: Wintersong Tashlin | |
11th | 2015 | November | Springfield | Massachusetts | Keynote speaker: Faith Cheltenham of BiNet USA |
See also
References
- ^ Goslow, Brian Joining Together 10 October 2006 in The Pulse Magazine
- ^ "TBI Mission Statement". Transcending Boundaries, Inc. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ Curry, Wendy the 2006 Transcending Boundaries Conference - One Report Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine 30 October 2006 in Curried Spam
- ^ "History of Transcending Boundaries". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Bisexual Conferences at Curlie