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Many of the 400 people who attending the Asterisk Trans* Conference 2015

Trans 100 represented at Asterisk Trans* Conference

Three members of the Trans 100 will be speaking and performing at the Asterisk Trans* Conference. Bamby Salcedo will speak on Friday night after a screening of the film about her life, Trans(visible). Miss Major Griffin-Gracy will speak Saturday, and D'Lo will close the conference with the performance. And don't miss out on Ollie Schminkey's spoken word performance Friday night, for we predict they will be recognized by The Trans 100 sometime soon.

Friday's events are free (7pm @ HUB 302).

On-Site Registration available for Saturday's conference (HUB 3rd Level)

Bamby Salcedo - Trans 100 2013

Miss Major - Trans 100 2013

D'Lo - Trans 100 2014

Ollie Schminkey - a future Trans 100?

Playing dress-up with the most gendered restroom stick people on campus

During Saturday's Asterisk Trans* Conference, the multi-stall restrooms on the 3rd Level of the Highlander Union Building will be converted to All Gender Restrooms and anyone may use them. Yet, the HUB restrooms signage includes two tremendously tall and gendered stick people.

So, you are invited Saturday to gender up the Stick People any way you wish (using blue tape only, please, to fasten artwork or clothing to the signs). Add suits or hats or dresses or beards or unicorn horns or anything else you can imagine. We'll take pictures. And provide the blue tape.

Please note that on Friday, the restrooms are open to the public and will be signed "Women" and "Men." Single-occupancy restrooms are located to the right of the elevators when you face them on both the 3rd and 2nd HUB Levels.

Update: A room will be available during Session 1 for people to craft their dress-up inspirations.

Gender independent Guardian Princess Ten Ten book for sale at conference

Princess Ten Ten & The Dark Skies, featuring the first-ever gender independent princess, will be available for purchase at the Asterisk Trans* Conference. The Guardian Princess Alliance is led by UCR Professor Setsu Shigematsu. The book series now includes four stories, with the latest featuring Princess Ten Ten.

Princess Ten Ten defies the gender norms of her culture; she refuses to wear dresses, has short messy hair, and practices a martial art that has traditionally been exclusively for boys. Because of Princess Ten Ten’s gender non-conformity, she is bullied by other children and even her own father rejects her.

This story reveals how Princess Ten Ten perseveres and becomes a superheroine. She earns the title Guardian of the Skies by tackling the problem of air pollution. While raising awareness about the global impact of fossil fuel dependent economies, this story teaches readers about East Asian cultures. This story brings together Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures since they are all part of her mixed-heritage.

Visit the Guardian Princess table at the Asterisk Trans* Conference for the the opportunity to purchase:

• posters ($1)
• paperback ($10)
• hardcover ($20)
• first 3 books ($20)

Asterisk conference T-shirts are gender awesome

Any extra conference T-shirts will be sold for $10 cash starting noon on Saturday.

Pioneering activist and transgender elder Miss Major on film and in person

Pioneering activist and transgender elder Miss Major is the keynote speaker at the Asterisk Trans* Conference on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at UC Riverside. If you haven't registered, you can do so On-Site. Check out the documentary project about her amazing life, "Major!"

Online Registration closes with 416 people registered to attend

Online Registration closed on February 13 with over 400 people registered to attend the first Asterisk Trans* Conference. They include:

• People from 50 colleges and universities
• 60% undergrads, 13% grads, 12% staff, 3% faculty, 14% community members
• 62% People of Color

On-Site Registation is $20 cash on Friday (2/27) at 6pm and Saturday (2/28) at 9am.