Abby Louise Jensen

HB2706 was a bill introduced *last year*: https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bil…. It passed the House but was never heard in the Senate. No such bill has been introduced in 2021.

People change their gender expression all the time. One day I may wear a frilly dress, the next jeans and a t-shirt.

Mary, gender identity is a person's internal sense of gender as name, female or something else. Everyone has a gender identity, just like everyone had a race. In most people, their gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. For trans people, their gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth.

Gender expression is the ways we express our gender toll the world through language, mannerisms, clothing, makeup, etc. These days, there are many people whose gender expression differs from what we might expect based on their sex assigned at birth, even though they are not transgender.

It would be helpful if you included the date of this event.

Actually the American Medical Association and every other major medical association, as well as the Medicare administration, say that hormones and other treatment for patients diagnosed with gender dysphoria are medically necessary, effective and appropriate. That's why Medicare now pays for surgery for transgender patients.

Here's the complete schedule for this year's Trans Awareness Week, the 10th annual. The best source for complete information is on this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AzTransAwarenessW….

NOVEMBER 13-21
WEDNESDAY, 11: “Transgender Tuesdays” Free Movie Screening. 2801 E. Broadway. 6pm
FRIDAY, 13: 2nd Friday Queer Dance Party. La Cocina, 201 N Court Ave. 10pm-2am.
SATURDAY, 14: Name Change Clinic with Pride Law. UA Rogers Law School. 10am-2pm.
Trans-Health Focus Group. Living Out Loud, 3130 E Broadway. 3pm-4:30pm.
Queeraoke. Bumsteads, 500 N 4th Ave. 10pm-2am.
SUNDAY, 15: Trans 101. 1st United Methodist Church (UMC), 915 E 4th St. 11:30pm.
“Transfigurations: Transgressing Gender in the Bible” w/ Peterson Toscano. 1st UMC. 6pm.
MONDAY, 16: Opening Ceremony and TAW Resource Fair. UA Mall. 10am-2pm.
Showing Up White: Workshop with Jessica Pettitt. UA SUMC, Agave Room. 2pm-4pm.
HIV and the Trans Community: Panel and Q&A. Living Out Loud, 3130 E Broadway. 4pm.
Gender Outlawz Non-Binary Support Group. Fluxx, 414 E 9th St. 7pm-9pm.
TUESDAY, 17: Ice Cream Social, hosted by Anchor Project. 2801 E Broadway. 5pm.
"There's Life After Transition" w/ Scotty Pignatella, hosted by oSTEM. Location TBA. 7pm.
WEDNESDAY, 18: Health & Wellness Fair. Living Out Loud, 3130 E Broadway. 8am-3pm.
Non-Binary Closed Space. UA LGBTQ Resource Center, 1301 E University. 12pm-1:30pm.
Gender Expression & Fashion: Discussion w/ Dr. Galarte. UA LGBTQ Resource Center. 4pm.
Youth Poetry Slam/Open Mic. Studio One, 197 E Toole Ave. 7pm.
“Expressions Of Gender” Gallery Showing. Studio One, 197 E Toole Ave. All day.
THURSDAY, 19: Trans-Health Focus Group. Living Out Loud, 3130 E Broadway. 11am-1pm.
Made for Flight. UA LGBTQ Resource Center, 1301 E University. 3pm-5pm.
Discussion on Trans Visibility. UA SUMC, Kiva Room, 1301 E University. 5pm-6:30pm.
TransScripts & Q&A w/ ***********. Invisible Theater, 1400 N 1st Ave. 7:30pm.
FRIDAY, 20: Bamby Salcedo Keynote. UA Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N Olive. 2pm.
Transgender Day of Remembrance Ceremony. UA Old Main Fountain. 5:30pm.
TransScripts. Invisible Theater, 1400 N 1st Ave. 8pm.
SATURDAY, 21: Re-Construction: One Story at a Time w/ Boys R Us. Fluxx Studios. 8pm-2am.
TransScripts. Invisible Theater, 1400 N 1st Ave. 7:30pm.

FYI, the HHS regulations are merely proposed at this pount. The public comment period ends on November 6. After HHS reviews the comments and makes any appropriate changes, the final regulations will be published and will become final 60 days later.