The Transcending Boundaries Conference (TBC), is a Northeast regional American conference for bisexual/fluid/pansexual, transgender/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and their friends, families and allies.[1][2]
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History
The conference grew out of a project of BiNet USA and the Bisexual Resource Center. Throughout the 1990's, BiNet USA helped bisexual activists around the United States organize on a local level and sponsor regional conferences. In 2000 those in attendance at the 2000 New York tri-state conference voted to create an independent organizing committee who's sole focus would be to hold yearly conferences, with BiNet USA, the Bisexual Resource Center et al. continuing as co-sponsors.[3]
The organizing committee for the 2001 conference decided to expand the scope of the conference in two ways: to expand the geographical reach of the conference to include the entire Northeast and to include transgender/genderqueer and intersex issues as well as bisexual/pansexual issues in the conference theme.
It chose as its name Transcending Boundaries to reflect the expanded scope, as well as that Bisexual/Fluid/Pansexual, Transgender/Genderqueer and intersex people do not fit into the simple categories of gay & lesbian/straight, man/woman and male/female.[citation needed]
Structure
The conference is held by Transcending Boundaries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated in 2001 in Connecticut.
The initial board members/co-founders were Lisa Jacobs (President), Alice Leibowitz (Treasurer), and Vincent Cangiano (Secretary), all of Connecticut. Emily Metcalfe was added as Vice President in 2006. The board meets officially at least twice a year, and decisions are made by consensus.{{Fact|date=December 2009
Past events
| Number | Year | Date | City | State | Attendance | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2001 | October | New Haven | Connecticut | 200 | co-sponsored by the Yale LGBT Cooperative | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 2002 | October | New Britain | Connecticut | 125 | co-sponsored by CCSU Pride | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2003 | October | Amherst | Massachusetts | 175 | co-sponsored by the UMass Pride Alliance | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 2005 | November | East Hartford | Connecticut | 150 | held in conjunction with the America's Conference on Bisexuality | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2006 | October | Worcester | Massachusetts | 500 | held in conjunction with Northeast Regional PFLAG Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 2009 | November | Worcester | Massachusetts | 200 | -NA- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 2010 | }
Future eventsThe 6th Transcending Boundaries Conference will be held from Friday November 20th 2009 through Sunday November 22nd 2009 in Worcester MA USA. See also
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