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Welcome All!

Whether Transgender, Crossdresser, Transsexual, Transvestite, Female to Male, Male to Female, Significant Other, Friend, Helping Professional, Student, or Educator — please join us at the Empire Conference for the information & learning, the networking & socializing, and just for the fun!

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TRANSEVENT 2010: THE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Join us! at our annual conference, this year in historic Albany, capital of New York State. The Empire Conference will run from Thursday through Saturday, May 20 – May 22, 2010. Three jam-packed days with speakers and workshops exploring the transgender experience in all its variety, from trans-theory to trans-practicalities. There will also be special evening entertainment, area outings, and pre-conference activities for those who can come early. Most of all, we'll experience the warmth our gatherings always generate, as we renew old friendships and form new ones.

You asked for it .. You got it! A conference right in the center of a major city. We'll be at the Crowne Plaza in the historic section of downtown Albany, where nightlife abounds! Save the cab fare — fabulous fine dining, local pubs, and entertainment clubs are all within easy walking distance. Historic landmarks, incredible architecture, numerous museums, shopping, and fabulous parks are all in the area; and the beautiful Hudson River is only two blocks from our door! Could there be better backgrounds for photo opportunities? Discover Albany! More reasons to come early to the Empire Conference. »

This year we are partnering with the Capital District LGBT Community Council, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary just two weeks after the conference. They are developing several programs, especially ones concerning trans-youth and Female to Male trans people; and are also organizing many social activities (think picnics, restaurant tours and club crawls...) for our enjoyment.

Come join us for this important, educational, and entertaining conference. Meet old friends and make some new ones.

Mona Mason, Conference Coordinator monaraemason@yahoo.com

on tap after dark...

wednesday · The conference kicks off on May 19th with a welcoming reception and barbecue at the Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council from 5-8:30. Please join us for good food, good company and a tour of the oldest continuously operating LGBT Community Center in the country. The Center is at 332 Hudson Avenue in the historic Center Square neighborhood, with many friendly bars, restaurants, and shops just around the corner.
thursday · With a nod to Albany's founders, a Dutch Treat Restaurant Crawl of the hippest downtown restaurants.
friday · A delicious buffet dinner and our own Trannies Got Talent! show, followed by a Bar Crawl of downtown Albany. And you should be in the talent show! We're looking for singers, dancers, comediens, and more... read more »
saturday · A Gala Banquet with entertainment by the incomprable and award-winning entertainer Jade Estrada — writer, showman, impersonator, and humorist. read more »