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STANDING UNITED

IFGE Convention ‘99
March 17-21, 1999
Louisville KY.

In October 1998, IFGE selected Louisville, Kentucky for their 1999 Annual Conference, to be held March 17 - 21, 1999, and to be hosted by BGB, Kentuckiana’s TG Support and Social Group. IFGE also selected Board members S. Kristine James and Alison Laing, both experienced convention planners, to be the convention management team for IFGE.

We’re pleased to announce that the IFGE STANDING UNITED Convention and TG Health and Wellness Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Louisville-Downtown, 120 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. This hotel is located in downtown Louisville, close to I-65 and the entertainment district, and features a free airport shuttle, ample free parking, an indoor pool, health club, and newly renovated luxury rooms. The Holiday Inn is also fully ADA-compliant, and will make special arrangements for those with special needs who make reservations by February 15. Reservations can be made now at a special IFGE room rate of $85 per night that will be good until February 15. Call 800-626-1558 to make your reservation.

Registration for the full STANDING UNITED conference is $180, and includes luncheons on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, a buffet and party on Friday Evening, and the Awards Banquet on Saturday Evening. People wishing to attend part of the conference may do so for lesser rates. A limited number of scholarships will be available for those in need. Contact IFGE "Standing United" Convention ‘99, PO Box 61, Easton PA 18044-0061, 610-759-2347 for registration information.

How do you get to STANDING UNITED? That’s the easy part. Louisville International Airport is served by most major carriers at very reasonable prices. Major interstate highways lead directly to Louisville from the north, south, northeast, east, and west. If you live in the East, Southeast, or Midwest, you can drive to Louisville in a day or less.

Programming emphasizing health and wellness will make up a large part of the STANDING UNITED seminar schedule. Health and Wellness encompasses the body, the mind, and the spirit, and seminars will be presented to deal will each of these areas. The special health and wellness needs of all TG people - F2M and M2F transsexuals, crossdressers, and supporters/significant others - will be addressed. Seminars will be presented by many well-known members of the TG community, along with some new names and local/regional professionals and authorities, but all will be authorities in their fields. Saturday will feature a Town Hall Meeting with the Board of IFGE, where members of the audience may ask questions of the IFGE board. Later in the day, all regional and local TG groups are invited and encouraged to send representatives to the first meeting of the Congress of Transgendered Organizations in several years. The emphasis is on giving you hard information for you to take home to your local community and support groups, so you can teach others.

Just for fun, STANDING UNITED is featuring many unique events. A TG Comedy Special will be held Wednesday Evening, featuring local and TG comedians; the cost is $20, with proceeds going to benefit IFGE and the Louisville Pediatric AIDS Clinic. A Thursday dinner outing will be held. Friday Night will feature the "World’s First TG Derby Party" - it starts with a buffet dinner, cash bar (yes, you can try a mint julep if you wish), dancing, and entertainment from the Royal Sovereign Imperial Court of All Kentucky. Wear your best Derby attire! Saturday Night will be an Awards Banquet, with music by Fourte’. Daytime tours of local attractions like the Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville Slugger Museum, the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, and shopping trips to local malls and boutiques are planned. BGB members regularly visit t many local clubs and restaurants, and we will be sharing our favorite places with convention goers - the nightlife here is vibrant and openly welcoming to transpeople, and can go on until 4AM.. And, for those of you who want to place a wager, Caesar’s Palace Indiana is just across the Ohio River.

We’re looking forward to meeting YOU March 17-21 of 1999 in Louisville. . In the meantime, you can practice saying the name of our city. Residents of the Derby City pronounce it "Luavull," and BGB and IFGE thinks that you’ll call it GREAT!

For Registration Information:

IFGE Convention, P.O. Box 61, Easton, PA 18044,-0061, 610-759-2347

For local information, contact:

BGB: PO Box 20173, Louisville, Ky. 40250 . Digital Pager is 502-672-8613

Email: agc@cwix.com.

Interested in presenting a seminar? Contact Marjorie Demaille, Secy., BGB:

efduhr1@pop.uky.edu - or write her c/o BGB.

 

 

 

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