TEA of Utah

TEA of Utah is excited to announce we will be a featured vendor at the Utah Pride Festival! Come by our booth for a chance to win prizes, get some information and visit with our Board of Directors. We are THRILLED to be a part of the celebration.

Be sure to get your tickets in advance to avoid the lines and plan to spend all weekend showing your PRIDE! Click below to go to the official Utah Pride Festival website for advanced ticket options.

Candice and Connie get a lot of emails. Most of the time, they are social engagements. Sometimes, they get emails like below:

Dear Candice and Connie,

Thank you for your previous e-mails. I just thought I would let you know that I just came back from the DLD and I successfully got my gender marker changed. I didn’t experience any problems this time and the person who helped me was very professional. I don’t know what you did, but thank you… THANK YOU so much for your activism. I feel very relieved that at least this part of my transition is over now. Thank you so much for everything you’ve done. You’ve made a BIG difference for me.

I hope you have a great day!

Sincerely,

A

One of our newest Board Members, Rebecca Valverde, just completed an installation of photographs in relation to her Masters’ Thesis. Trans*formation Salt Lake City engaged photographs of trans* people, allies, people of all ethnicities and orientations, to show the varied faces of Salt Lake City.

Her presentation will be on display at the Broadway Theatre as well as the outside of the new Utah Pride Center.

On Friday, May 17, the Utah Pride Center hosted a reception for Rebecca, featuring Sen. Luz Robles. Afterward, Rebecca and Club Jam hosted a Fundraiser After-party for TEA of Utah, which garnered $320 in donations! 

Congratulations and THANK YOU to Rebecca for being an excellent ally to the trans* community!

It is with the utmost excitement that we announce the addition of new and enthusiastic members of our Board and our organization. Please join us in welcoming the following new Board members to TEA of Utah:

Alejandro Mora
Alex Miller
Alison Smith
Rebecca Valverde

We are also thrilled to have three members of the community to serve with TEA in Volunteer positions critical to our success:

Bill Farris        Special Events
Erin Bain          Outreach Coordinator
Sophia Hawes   Volunteer Coordinator

2013 is certainly the year for advancement, advocacy and education for TEA and we are excited to announce new programming and events. Stay tuned.

Equality Utah is holding a Town Hall on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Salt Lake County Building, 2001 South State Street, in the County Council Chambers at 6:00 pm.

In our state, there are 4-5 complaints filed EVERY MONTH by gay and transgender Utahns who have been fires, simply for being, or being perceived as being, gay or transgender and they have no recourse because Utah doesn’t currently protect people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Let’s put an end to this kind of blatant unfairness! Join Equality Utah and community partners PFLAG, TEA of Utah and Ogden Outreach for an important conversation about how we can end workplace and housing discrimination this legislative session.

This will be an interactive forum where we can get the real facts about discrimination against LGBT Utahns, share our experiences and learn about the 2013 Workplace and Housing Non-discrimination Bill. Friends, families and allies welcomes and encouraged.

Equality Utah will also have a photobooth here you and your friends/family can take a picture with your personalized message – we need you to share your story.

Be there and Make the Difference!

TEA of Utah is proud to support the Equality Utah Jazz Brunch featuring world renowned bassist Jennifer Leitham. Get your tickets NOW!

The past few weeks have seen an incredible amount of support from the community, and we couldn’t be more pleased. TEA of Utah is proud to announce the following sponsors for ITDOR 2012:

Executive Sponsors
B.W. Bastian Foundation
Equality Utah
Jitterbug Coffee Hop
LGBT Resource Center

Gold Sponsors: Atheists of Utah, Human Rights Campaign, Utah Pride Center, Candice Metzler, Connie Anast & Lindi Inman, and Dayne Law

Silver Sponsors: Roofers Supply, Plan-B Theatre Company, Holly Mullen & Ted Wilson, and Mia S. Jensen

Food Sponsors: Utah Pride Center, South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society and Cakewalk Vegan Bakery and Store

Thank you to our Sponsors and supporters. We couldn’t do it without you!

… the November Events link at the top of the page! This is a combined list of all events for November. Grab the list and do your best to attend them all!

A new statewide survey is documenting sometimes humiliating experiences of transgendered Utahns’ in one of the most mundane tasks — getting a driver’s license.

“We wanted to get a real feel for what people were experiencing,” said Candice Metzler with the group Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA), which conducted the survey along with the LGBT rights group Equality Utah.

Click picture below for full article and News Clip featuring our Board President, Candice Metzler.

We are humbled by the generosity of Equality Utah and Plan-B Theatre Company, our newest Sponsors of International Transgender Day of Remembrance. We couldn’t do all that we do without fair minded organizations like these standing up for the Transgender community.

Thank you Brandie Balkan and Jerry Rapier for being tremendous community partners for TEA!