TransActive Education & Advocacy 4th Annual Silent Auction

Oct. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Since 2008, TransActive's Annual Silent Auction has been their highlight community event of the year, and 2011 promises to be the biggest and best yet with the addition of People.com Associate Editor Janet Mock as the featured guest speaker!

Janet Mock is a writer and a journalist, a daughter and a girlfriend, a believer in happily ever after and a vintage shopping enthusiast. She’s also a woman of transsexual experience.

Janet works as an Associate Editor for PEOPLE.com. Outside the cubicle, Janet weaves her daily A-ha! moments into stories on her blog "Fish Food For Thought" — named after her forthcoming book Fish Food: A Memoir, about her adolescent journey through genders in high school. Living in New York City, Janet has a BS from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and an MA from New York University.

TransActive is excited to be holding our ALL AGES event at Refuge PDX! Refuge PDX is Portland’s premier audiovisionary center.

Refuge PDX
116 SE Yamhill Street
Portland, OR  97217

Tickets are available in advance for $15.00 and can be purchased through PayPal by visiting TransActive's website at: www.TransActiveOnline.org. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the event for $20.00

TransActive is proud to have as sponsors for this event Stefani |Chaidez, Gearing, Rackner & Engel, RefugePDX and the Oregon Health & Sciences University Cultural Advocacy Team.

In addition to featuring great guest speakers like Janet Mock, "Superheroes for Superkids" will feature a silent auction with items ranging from travel packages and original art to local services and gift baskets. There will also be a raffle for a weekend getaway at a beautiful residence on Whidbey Island, Washington, delectable desserts and drinks and an all-ages costume contest!

Children under 12 attend free if accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Based in Portland, Oregon, USA, TransActive Education & Advocacy provides a comprehensive and continually evolving array of counseling, case management, educational, advocacy, support and research services to transgender and gender non-conforming children and youth, their families, allies, community organizations and helping professionals.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities or other event related questions, contact TransActive by phone at 503-252-3000 or email at info@transactiveonline.org.

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TransActive is a diverse and motivated volunteer team of people, working together to provide transgender children and youth a present and future in which they can thrive, achieve their dreams and express their individuality.