I want to write things that I don't think I should.
This evening I have been made manic by...
(a couple huge messages from Naveen which made me smile and cry)




AND... this event which I have applied for a ticket to.






This event seems to be causing more than a little bit of controversy given
the protests against Stonewall's recent nomination for Julie Bindel as
journalist of the year at their awards ceremony. It also comes at a time
when there seems to be some argument over the role of various Trans
organisations, who they represent, and how.

So I suspect the following event will be one that is going to be quite fiery.


The Manchester Metropolitan University School of law
The Manchester Institute for Social and Spatial Transformations

A Feminist Perspective on the Transsexual Debate

Friday 5th December 2pm-5pm, The School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan
University, M16 6HB – just off Oxford Rd.

Julie Bindel, Guardian Journalist, nominee for the Stonewall Journalist of
the Year 2008, author of “Women Overcoming Violence and Abuse”, and “The
Map of My Life: The Story of Emma Humphreys”

Dr. Susan Stryker, Women’s Studies, the University of Illinois, Visiting
Professor, Harvard University, Author of “The Trans Studies Reader”, and
“Transgender History”

Chair: Prof. Stephen Whittle, MMU School of Law, author of “Respect and
Equality: Transsexual and Transgender Rights” and “The Trans Studies
Reader”.

Public Attendance Cost: £12 or £5 on benefits (evidence of benefits must
be produce at door).

Free for MMU Staff and Students, ticketless entrance: your staff or
student card must be shown at the door.

People who are not MMU staff or students must apply for tickets. Without a
ticket you will be refused entrance to this event.

To apply for tickets:

Email: send Full details , indicating the number of tickets, to David
Hulme, d.hulme@mmu.ac.uk. Please send a separate cheque for the correct
amount by postal mail to Dave at the address below. Admittance will not be
allowed without payment.

Postal Mail: send Full details , indicating the number & type of tickets,
with a cheque for payment to: David Hulme, The School of Law Office
Sandra Burslem Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Lower Ormond St, Manchester M15 6HB.

For details of the venue look for Building no.19 on the map at:
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/travel/maps/mmu_maps_...ytoun.pdf"