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Our Latest Newsletter
Our next Social Support
Evening is
FRIDAY September 10th
Our Sixth Birthday
Trust that you are all keeping well, and that you are
now looking forward to our next Social Support
Evening, at our usual venue, From 7:30 pm till 11 pm.
It was a rather a rainy evening for our August evening, but it didn't
seem to dampen any spirits at all as all those attending seemed to enjoy
themselves, which is what it is all about.
It was nice to see a good turnout
despite it being Friday 13th!!.
It was great to welcome, Jo,
Andrew, Jenny and Anita on their first visit to us.
Also good to see Sharon and Katherine
from Boston Borough Council come a chat with us all about local services and our
needs!
If there is any urgent information
about our Social Support Meetings then it will be put up on the front page of
our website, so please always do check just before leaving home to come to us,
just to be on the safe side.
Keep smiling and we hope that we see you all again at our
next social support evenings, tucked away in our own small corner of the
Lincolnshire countryside!
Thank you to those of you that use
"EasyFundraising" on the Internet, we have just received our fourth cheque
now.
A big Thank you to "Auntie
Annie" for the gifts for the raffle.
A big "Thank You" for the
recent donation to Boston Belles from Erin.
Recently I have been in correspondence with Vicky
at Grimsby about an LGBT group being set up there, and was so very touched to
receive the following comment, extracted from her email
" i'm sorry that your health isn't so good, but pleased in
a way your bowing down a little in your work, take pride belinda in what you
have achieved, in the years you have done so much, and are a very respected
member of the trans community ! it's time to take easy
.""
Thank you Vicky, it is nice to be
appreciated..
Job
Vacancies
Please note that we are now receiving
notices of employment vacancies from a number of organisation seeking to
recruit. These are being listed at the Jobs section of the site and updated as
soon as any new information is received
HATE CRIME
REPORTING
There is now a section of our site devoted
to Hate Crime Reporting with a link to the Dedicated Transgender reporting site
" http://www.tcrime.net/ run by
Gires.
Unless we report all instances of Hate
Crime and Hate Incidents, there will never be any action to stop them happening,
many in the Trans Community are working very hard to give us the protection that
we deserve, but without the reporting of the incidents we have little evidence
to prove that we need the protections that we seek.
We have ensured that we are taken seriously
when reporting these incidents, and the Home Office are putting the Transgender
Hate Crime as a first priority this year with the Police, who are instructed to
deliver on this.
So please make use of the reporting
systems.
Later this year the Lincolnshire Hate Crime
reporting System will be launched.
SURVEY
There is now being carried
out a countywide survey of LGBT people to see what services are needed for our
community, so PLEASE go to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/lgbt2010 or
indirectly through the JUST Lincolnshire website (www.justlincolnshire.org.uk) on
the Sexual orientation and Transgender pages.
And complete the survey,
survey is now live on line, and will run for 12
weeks (until 20th November).
it is totally
anonymous.
Value &
Respect.
We seek to be valued as the unique
individuals that we are, not as other people think we ought to
be!
Your committee would like to thank everyone who comes along and
supports us and those of you that are supporting all the work that we do,
wherever we are doing it.
A Totally Free
Confidential Support Service for all our
members.
We are here to support anyone, that may have any
problems connected with their transgenderism. If you or
your family need any help, advice and peer support in relation to
transgenderism, then it is available by just asking,
telephoning, e-mailing or arranging a face to face meeting.
It is
a
totally confidential
service, and any information is treated with the
utmost discretion, It is also a totally free
service,
but , of course, any donation, however large or small to our funds, is always
very much appreciated, and is never refused.
Community
Corner
Please do
let us have your views for our newsletter. If you have any information or tit-bits that you think will be of
interest to others, please let us know so it can appear in
this, our monthly newsletter.
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BOSTON COMMUNITY
SHOWCASE
Boston Central Park
Sunday 12th September
10am - 4pm
Over 100 Community and Voluntary Group
Stalls
Live Bands and Entertainment
including...
Boston Youth Jazz
Orchestra
FREE Arts, Crafts, Family Games and
Activities
Food Court
Dance Workshops (Cheerleading, Morris Dancing and
Salsa)
Drama Recitals, Circus
Skills
www.bostonshowcase.co.uk
Come and visit our
stand
BOSTON
BELLES
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Lincolnshire
Kaleidoscope
At last! Important changes at
Kaleidoscope!
We achieved what we set out to do in 2006 – bringing LGBT issues
to
virtually all the Lincolnshire local authorities and statutory
agencies,
sponsoring Lincoln Pride 2010 – and now integrating LGBT
Equality.
As reported previously, our Trustees have been key in setting
up
Just Lincolnshire, the new Equality &
Human Rights Council
(currently chaired by David Millar)
But we know that a Forum is not the ideal format for everyone.
The
future is good - Just Lincolnshire
will be handling the new LGBT
Survey – first ever in our County. Now the Trans community
are
recognised in their own right – and Boston Belles continues -
we
need new people to come forward and carry on supporting,
campaigning and developing a fairer society for LGB`s.
Volunteer training by professional LGB ( and T) workers is
available
and there are many ideas across the County already being
talked
about; David is meeting the new gay MP for Grantham &
Stamford,
Nick Boles, in September and a new Hate Crime reporting
Strategy
is being launched in Lincoln on Oct 1st.
If you would like to be involved, to comment, volunteer or set
up
events, let us know and we will put your name forward to
Just
Lincolnshire in confidence,
Otherwise your Kaleidoscope Yahoo
group membership expires at the end of September
You can email
our new Chief Executive paul.elliot@justlincolnshire.gov.uk
or ring
outgoing Kaleidoscope Chair David Millar direct on 07762
156885.
For those who supported the early Forums - many thanks!
Watch
out for the Survey and a further announcement on this via
Kaleidoscope and on www.justlincolnshire.org.uk
There`s never been
a better time to come forward!
David, Belinda, Stacey.
Do you fit
this??
Hi Belinda,
I'm a freelance
journalist specialising human interest features primarily for women's
magazines.
I'm currently looking for case studies for a feature aimed
at Cosmopolitan and Grazia magazines focussing on the affect of gender
reassignment on families.
To that end I'm interested in speaking to
women aged between 25 - 45 with a parent who has undergone gender reassignment.
The feature would focus in on her journey to understanding and acceptance
of the situation. Case studies must agree to be photographed but, taking into
account the sensitive nature of the issue, interviewees would be free to
review the copy prior to publication.
I can be contacted on 020 8931 1954
and please don't hesitate to call for more details.
I have been in touch before but as
you can see I'm still on the look out for the right case
study!
Best,
Paula Robinson
I have just been asked to
pass this e-mail on to all our members, please read and respond if you are
affected.
From: GIRES GIRES
[mailto:giresley@gmail.com] Sent: 28 July 2010 17:01 To: info@gires.org.uk Subject: News from GIRES - MacMillan
Nurses
MacMillan
Nurses are seeking to gather the experiences of individuals from minority groups
- including transgender - during treatment for cancer.
Please pass this
e-mail on to any trans person you know who is or has been a cancer sufferer.
Any trans people who are willing to provide information about how they were
treated can send their contact details to Amy (see below). The project will
involve:
- An interview (approximately 1 hour) - A focus group
(approximately 2 hours) - Filling in a survey (20 minutes)
MacMillan
can pay travel expenses to help cover costs for taking part. Anyone interested,
or who would like to know more, should please get in touch with Amy Wilkins
on: Tel.: 0121 456 7403 Email: amyw@brap.org.uk
An
e-mail from Jodie at The BOUDOIR
We are now booking in girls for
this year’s fabulous Rose’s Harmony Weekend at Mattock Baths on the weekend of
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st October 2010.
The usual format applies, we
will arrive at the hotel on Friday lunchtime to get ready to start your
makeovers late afternoon for the Friday night Halloween-themed party. There will
be a sumptuous three course meal followed by a disco and then you can fall into
bed and get a good night’s sleep before rising bright and early for the day’s
activities throughout the Saturday.
These can range from make up
demonstrations to manicures and beauty treatments as well as a market place in
one of the function rooms selling just about everything tranny. There are also
optional excursions organised by Rose’s team, one to a fashion show with TG
Models at nearby the Masson Mills Shopping Centre http://www.massonmills.co.uk/Shopping-Village.html and the other to a 12th century manor house called Haddon
Hall http://www.haddonhall.co.uk,
which has been the setting for several costume dramas both on film and
television.
Saturday afternoon we will begin makeovers in our special
make up room that is given to us for the weekend. Saturday night is of course
the time for fabulous Miss Rose Beauty Pageant after another delicious three
course meal. Then there will be a raffle of some excellent prizes followed by
another disco till the early hours.
Sunday, we will all travel home to
recover and look forward to next year!!
This really is a fabulous event
where you get the chance to dress for the whole weekend if you want to. You
don’t even have to leave the hotel!! In the past we have found that everyone
really bonds and comes back to London on a real high!! Martine Rose and her team
work really hard to put this weekend together for the TG community and she does
so with a good heart.
The rooms are all twin rooms so you will be
sharing with another Boudette. If there is someone you would particularly like
to share with, please let me know.
The cost of the weekend is £375. This
includes two makeovers and nails, your dinner Friday and Saturday night, your
breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings plus your two nights accommodation.
A 50% deposit to guarantee your place on this trip will be required with
full payment being made before the event date. This is a very popular trip so
you will need to let me know as soon as you can if you would like to attend.
You can call me on 020 8211 1666 or email info@theboudoironline.com to
book your place. The places for this trip are very limited so we do need your
booking and deposit ASAP.
Best
wishes
Jodie
Lynn
What we
do
We are always working very hard behind the scenes,
on your behalf, to see that the needs of the Transgendered community are not
overlooked; we have been represented on all of the following organisations, in
many cases right from their inception stages.
Independent Advisory Group (Critical Friends to the
Police)
Lincolnshire Kaleidoscope
Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel
(Critical Friends to the Criminal Justice System)
South Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary
Services
Equality & Diversity Group of the Boston Area
Partnership, as well as the
Boston Area Partnership itself.
JUST Lincolnshire
Boston
Community Showcase Partnership
Lincolnshire Compact
Have you seen these websites, go have a
look!
http://www.wigsnmakeup4men.co.uk/
http://www.justlincolnshire.org.uk/
http://www.tcrime.net/
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/lgbt2010
http://www.transmediawatch.org.uk
Mannequins
To assist you with your feminine looks, Polly
offers, Make-up Artistry (styling, advice & lessons), Spray Tanning, a full
Grooming and Male Waxing service, Nails & Skin Care. I can help you with
Deportment & Dress Styles. Massage, Reflexology and De-stress Management is
also available.
Privacy and Confidentiality absolutely guaranteed
with every client, in all consultations and appointments at a private
Lincolnshire studio location.
All work is undertaken by an experienced
professional, qualified and insured Beautician & Therapist.
It is a non-sexual service. Photography can also be
undertaken for you.
To chat through your requirements and book
appointments,
please contact Polly
on 07504 516
672.
That is all folks!,
anyway, for this month.
Hope to see you all at our
usual venue
Keep happy and
Safe.
Belinda XX
Don't
Forget
Our next Social Support
Evening is FRIDAY September
10th
Our Sixth
Birthday
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