TONI D. NEWMAN’S STRONG WORDS OF LOVE AT RADAR READING SERIES – VIDEO Posted in: News
recorded Dec. 15 @SFPublicLibrary
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Continue readingAfter another year, we look back and we look forward in the transgender community. I remember 20 years ago when I was all alone, broken and on the streets with my other trans sisters, I felt such a sisterhood and bond. We basically had nothing but each other. There was no judgment just acceptance to who I was and my authentic self. I had been shunned by all but my trans sisters. Now in 2015,…
Continue readingRadar Productions Presents Transgender Author Toni Newman Reading Memoir “I Rise” at The San Francisco Public Library on Tuesday, December 8 at 6pm Radar Productions Presents Transgender Author Toni Newman reading from her memoir “I Rise – The Transformation of Toni Newman” at the San Francisco Public Library (Latino/Hispanic Room – basement level) on Tuesday, December 8, at 6pm and Hosted by Juliana Delgado Lopera. 1 2 Toni NewmanSAN FRANCISCO – Nov. 13, 2015 – PRLog — Radar Productions presents Transgender Author…
Continue readingising Voices, Wake Forest’s first #LGBTQ conference, showcases talents of graduates, connects students with alumni — and results in healing. Read what alumn…i voices, including Toni Newman (’85), Courtney Cuff (’94), Kelly Smith (’86), David Styers (’92), William B. Hawk (’93) and Tré Easton (’13) had to say at http://bit.ly/1iioHoc
Continue readingI Rise: African American Transgender LivesToni Newman (’85), Dr. Angela Mazaris (Director of the LGBTQ Center)(Farrell A48)Author Toni Newman ( I Rise —The Transformation) will lead this session on the transgender community, focusing particularly on African-American transgender women within the LGBTQ family. Most African-American/Latina transgender females live below the poverty level and face violence that is double that of any group within the LGBTQ community. How can the LGBTQ family help them rise above their…
Continue readingAugust 24, 2015 Listen here http://www.boomboxpodcast.com/episodes/2015/8/24/108-trans-voices It’s August 2015, and transgender people are finally winning recognition in pop culture and government. But at the same time, transphobic violence is reaching alarming levels, and trans voices continue to be shouted down. Are we making progress? This week, we hear reflections on gender identity, love, and power from people who identify as trans. The episode includes poetry from Darkmatter and interviews with author-activist Toni Newman and tech employee Brook…
Continue reading“Heart of a Woman: The Transgender Female Journey The male-to-female transformation is one that begins very early for most transgender people, with a feeling in the heart and the soul. The common thread I have found among most male-to-female transgender people is that they felt different (“I am in the wrong gender”) from their very earliest memories. From my earliest memories, I remember my heart and soul beating to a different drummer and feeling that…
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