Author Archives: transhaven

On Friday August 12 at the New LGBT Community Center of St. Louis, the transmasculine discussion group  The Locker Room held its first meeting. The Locker Room was developed by Transhaven Director and Trans man Sayer Johnson.  Sayer provides the backstory: In … Continue reading →

The difference between existing and living is knowledge. Advocacy is perhaps best defined as acting upon the world by way of education and outreach to address and remedy specific issues facing a specific community. We at Transhaven take this mission … Continue reading →

Over the next two days we will be spending a great deal of the time at Tower Grove Park at TransHaven’s booth, talking about Trans Equality, talking about the Community in St. Louis and beyond and hawking buttons to support … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to note that a trans-identified individual has won Pride St. Louis’ Annual John Van Voris Scholarship. Robyn Littleton, a student at Missouri Science & Technology was presented the award at Pride St Louis’ ‘Pride Kick-Off Party’ Reception held at … Continue reading →

TransHaven will be celebrating it’s birthday on June 26th, and begin it’s third year of unwavering advocacy for not only the Trans Community, but also supporting the entire Community that is called ‘LGBTIQA.’ We have been working on projects and … Continue reading →

TransHaven is moving forward in some changes to better serve our constituency. We have converted our Facebook profile into a Community page, in which we can provide a better sense of confidentialy to those that are trans-identified, yet reach out … Continue reading →

Are you Trans-identified and living in Missouri? If you are, we encourage you to take the Trans-Missouri Needs Assessment Survey. Noting that the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National … Continue reading →

TransHaven (incorporated as TransHaven Missouri) came into being on the evening of June 26th, 2009 when a phone call was received from trans woman in Central Missouri who was looking for somewhere to stay, she had fears of violence coming … Continue reading →

On April 16, TransHaven will be launching their “Trans-Missouri Needs Assessment Survey”  at the LGBT Community Health and Resource Fair. While we had planned an earlier launch date, our self-critique of the Survey took a bit longer than expected and then … Continue reading →

We’ve seen ‘Riot Acts – Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music’ more than once, last August at the TransOhio Conference in Columbus, Ohio and at a couple of private screenings. Nothing held back in these performances by those that are Trans, GQ and simply … Continue reading →