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From: Joshua Goldberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 2000/07/03 3:52 PM
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Subject: News: TG group receives grant

For immediate release: July 1, 2000
Please distribute widely

TRANSCEND RECEIVES CAPITAL HEALTH REGION COMMUNITY FUND GRANT

The Capital Health Region has provided a grant to Transcend Transgender
Support and Education Society to assist the organization in raising
awareness of transgender issues, researching resources available to
transgendered individuals, and creating a library resource on
transgenderism.

Through an initiative called "Reaching Out", Transcend, a non-profit
society registered in British Columbia, will:

* create and distribute a directory of community resources to assist
transgendered individuals and their families;

* publish a brochure to make health, education, professional, and community
organizations aware of Transcend's speaker's bureau on transgender issues;
and

* establish a lending library of published resources on transgender
subjects for service providers, transgendered individuals, and their
families.

The Reaching Out initiative is also supported by the assistance of
Victoria's NEED Crisis and Information Line, AIDS Vancouver Island, and the
University of Victoria Pride Society. In addition, Transcend is seeking the
assistance of other organizations and individuals who can help make
'Reaching Out' as effective as possible.

The Community Fund grant of $4750 will pay for out-of-pocket expenses such
as printing, mail, photocopying, phone costs, and library acquisitions,
while the majority of the project's costs, labour, will be carried out on a
volunteer basis.

Transcend was established in 1999 with the goals of promoting the
well-being of transgendered persons by developing and maintaining programs
of support and advocacy, and promoting understanding within the wider
community of transgender experience and issues. In a separate initiative,
Transcend is creating a peer support group.

For more information, please contact Transcend at (250) 413-3220.

TRANSCEND
Transgender Support and Education Society
PO Box 8673
Victoria, BC  V8X 3S2
Phone: (250) 413-3220

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