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Previous Meetings

Past Compass meeting topics include:

April 2001 - Writing workshop
May 2001 - Aging in a new gender; boyhood/manhood; and age-related issues
June 2001 - Emotional/Mental Health (Coping)
July 2001 - Trans Activism: How we each do our own activism
August 2001 - Spirituality
September 2001 - Feminism/Misogyny- How we express or experience feminism/internalized misogyny
October 2001 - Trans Advantage/Being a different kind of man (not stereotypical)
November 2001 - Male Bonding
December 2001 - Art Night: FTM imagery
February 2002 - "The Spectrum of Outness"
March 2002 - Coping Strategies for Body Dysphoria
April 2002 - How to deal with being male-gendered and the resulting changes in culture / socioeconomic position / race, etc.
June 2002 - "What we wish you heard us saying" (Listening and dialogue between various groups on the FTM spectrum)
July 2002 - Art Night
August 2002 - Sex / Sexual Identity / Relationships
November 2002 - "Transition Milestones and Speed Bumps"
December 2002 - "The Way We Were" (Optional - bring photos from our pasts, etc.)
January 2003 - "Catching up after the holidays" - no set topic
February 2003 - Art Night - FTM Imagery
March 2003 - "Entering the Community of Men" (Bonding with non-transmen/Male socialization)
April 2003 - "Aging in a New Gender" (All ages)
May 2003 - Sex/Dating and Disclosing
June 2003 - Spirituality
July 2003 - "Making Our Bodies Our Own" (Health/Exercise/Body Masculinization, etc.)
August 2003 - "Expressing Your Inner Man" (Passing Tips/Packing/etc.)
September 2003 - No Set Topic
October 2003 - Catching Up
November 2003 - Aging in a new gender, boyhood/manhood, and age-related issues
December 2003 - Trans Activism: How we each do our own activism
January 2004 - Checking in after the holidays.
February 2004 - Spirituality
March 2004 - Sex, Sexual Identity, and Relationships
May 2004 - Organizational meeting
June 2004 - Art Night
July 2004 - Writing workshop
August 2004 - Male Bonding
September 2004 - Emotional/Mental Health (Coping)
October 2004 - "What we wish you heard us saying" (Dialogue between various groups on the FTM spectrum)
November 2004 - Dealing with changes in culture, socioeconomic position, etc.
December 2004 - Transition Milestones and Speed Bumps
January 2005 - Checking in after the holidays.
February 2005 - "The Way We Were" (Optional - bring photos from our pasts, etc.)
March 2005 - "Expressing Your Inner Man" (Passing Tips/Packing/etc.)
April 2005 - Sex/Dating and Disclosing
May 2005 - Trans Advantage/Being a different kind of man (not stereotypical)
June 2005 - Coping Strategies for Body Dysphoria
July 2005 - How we express or experience feminism/internalized misogyny
August 2005 - "Making Our Bodies Our Own" (Health/Exercise/Body Masculinization, etc.)
September 2005 - The Spectrum of Outness
October 2005 - Art Night
June 2006 - FTM Parents (those of us who aren't parents can broaden this to suit our needs that night)
July 2006 - "The Way We Were" - what we were like as kids (Optional - bring photos from our pasts)
August 2006 - Style, Fashion, and Expressing Your Inner Man (Clothes, passing, packing tips, etc.)
September 2006 - "All about me" - telling our stories, integrating our personal histories into our present
October 2006 - Aging in a new gender, boyhood/manhood, and age-related issues
November 2006 - Open topic
December 2006 - Guest speaker: Dr. Robert Weiss
January 2007 - Checking in after the holidays
February 2007 - Trans Advantage/Being a different kind of man (not stereotypical)
March 2007 - Art Night
April 2007 - "Making Our Bodies Our Own" (Health/Exercise/Body Masculinization, etc.)
May 2007 - The Spectrum of Outness
June 2007 - Trans in the workplace
July 2007 - Family Issues
August 2007 - "Entering the Community of Men" (Bonding with non-transmen/Male socialization)
September 2007 - "The Way We Were" - what we were like as kids (Optional - bring photos from our pasts)
October 2007 - How we express or experience feminism/internalized misogyny
November 2007 - Spirituality
December 2007 - Transition Milestones and Speed Bumps
March 2008 - Sex, Sexual Identity, and Relationships
April 2008 - "Making Our Bodies Our Own" (Health/Exercise/Body Masculinization, etc.)
May 2008 - "The Way We Were" - what we were like as kids (Optional - bring photos from our pasts)
June 2008 - Trans in the workplace
July 2008 - Family Issues
August 2008 - Male Bonding (with both non-trans and trans men)
September 2008 - The Spectrum of Outness
October 2008 - Defying Negative Male Stereotypes
November 2008 - Trans Activism: How we each do our own activism
December 2008 - Transition Milestones and Speed Bumps

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