Dragonsani Renteria and Jennifer Mantle
San Francisco Pride 2003
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Upcoming Presentation at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln...
The T in LGBT - A Personal Odyssey from Female to Male
Presented by: Dragonsani Renteria and Jennifer Mantle
April 1st, 2004
Nebraska City Union, Centennial Room
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Dragonsani "Drago" Renteria and his partner, Jennifer Mantle, will be
speaking at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln's Nebraska City
Union. They will help inform, educate and enlighten us on issues
that affect Transgender people. Utilizing powerful images and
healthy doses of humor, Drago will share his personal experience
making the physical and cultural transition from female to male.
Jennifer will share her perspective as the partner of a Transman,
lead us through issues of transphobia and educate us on how to be
Trans allies.
Dragonsani Renteria is a Deaf Chicano/Italian Transman. He is a
long-time activist in the LGBT Community and is founder of the
national Deaf Queer Resource Center and the
National Deaf LGBT Archives. He currently serves on the Boards of FTM
International and the Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf. His day job is as President and CEO of DeafVision,
Inc. He is a graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley.
Jennifer Mantle serves on the Boards of FTM International and the
Northern California Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. She facilitates a support group for partners and
families of FTMs and works as a sign language interpreter in the San
Francisco Bay Area. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from California
State University, Hayward.
Co-sponsors of this event include:
Spectrum: GLBT and Ally Student Association
Committee for GLBT Concerns
PFLAG
Women's Studies
Nebraska Coalition for LGBT Civil Rights
Sexuality Education eXchange Program/PERSUNL
Faculty Convocations Committee
GLBT and Ally Programs and Services/Student Involvement
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