The 2012 Philadelphia Trans Health Conference will include a variety of programming about international issues and/or led by activists from around the world.  Conference registration is free and open to the public. All workshops will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

• Understanding the Hijra Identity through Bollywood Films; Gurvinder Singh Kalra (Thursday, May 31, 10:15am)
• Time for reform: trans* depathologization in the context of the International Classification of Diseases. ; Mauro Cabral; Justus Eisfeld (Thursday, May 31, 12:45pm)
• Development of Transgender (Hijra/ Aravani) Rights in Tamil Nadu, India; Shabeena Francis Saveri (Thursday, May 31, 2:15pm)
• Intersex Activism in Surgical Times ; Mauro Cabral (Thursday, May 31, 2:15pm)
• Global Spotlight: South Asia; Shabeena Francis Saveri; Gurvinder S. Kalara; Manisha Dhakal (Thursday, May 31, 4:00pm)
• Seeking Safety: Transgender Asylees and Refugees ; Tatenda Ngwaru; Aren Timsar (Thursday, May 31, 5:30pm)

Friday, June 1, 2012

• LGBTI (Especially "T") Refugees and Asylees, and How US Community Groups Can Save Their Lives; Max Niedzwiecki, Ph.D.; Chris Paige (Friday, June 1, 10:15am)
• Transgender Activism in Europe with focus on the Balkans; Krisitan Randelovic  (Friday, June 1, 12:45pm)
• The New WPATH Standards of Care and Forthcoming ICD-11: What do they mean for us?; Jamison Green, Ph.D.; Randall Ehrbar, Psy.D. (Friday, June 1, 2:15pm)
• Global Spotlight: Latin America; Mauro Cabral; Jose Felix Pluas Sosa (Friday, June 1, 5:30pm)

Friday Night, June 1, 2012

• Tara's Crossing (Friday, June 1, 8:00pm at Arch St United Methodist Church)

Saturday, June 2, 2012

• Using cinema to train health-care professionals in phase-of-life issues of transgender individuals; Gurvinder Singh Kalra (Saturday, June 2, 8:45am)
• Immigration and Transgender Communities; Caitlin Barry  (Saturday, June 2, 10:15am)
• Global Spotlight: Southern and Eastern Africa; Chan Grey Mubanga; Chengo Chintu; Liesl Theron; Tebogo Nkoana; Tatenda Ngwara  (Saturday, June 2, 12:45pm)
• Patriarchy from a Transman`s perspective; Chan Grey Mubanga; Chengo Chintu   (Saturday, June 2, 2:15pm)
• Religion as an obstacle to global transgender health... or a resource?; Chris Paige; Bishop Tonyia Rawls   (Saturday, June 2, 4:00pm)

Special Thanks to the Arcus Foundation and the Open Society Foundation for funding that made this programming possible, as well as the Human Rights Camapaign Foundation and United Church of Christ Office for Health and Wholeness Advocacy for supporting the special performance of Tara's Crossing on Friday night.