Ariadne Kane (She/Her and He/Him)

  In 1973, Boston’s Cherrystone Club emerged from the ruins of the Gamma chapter of crossdresser Virginia Prince’s Foundation for Full Personality Expression. Unlike FPE, the Cherrystones were open to individuals regardless of their gender identity...

2024 Transgender Pioneer Award Recipient

2024 Transgender Pioneer Award Recipient The Board of Directors of International Transgender Education Organization is happy to announce the 2024 recipient of the distinguished Transgender Pioneer Award. Shannon Price Minter is a native East Texan. He was born on...

2023 Transgender Pioneer Award Recipient

2023 Transgender Pioneer Award Recipient The Board of Directors of International Transgender Education Organization is happy to announce the 2023 recipient of the distinguished Transgender Pioneer Award. When Angela Gardner chanced across a copy of Tapestry magazine...

2022 Transgender Pioneer Award Recipients

2022 Transgender Pioneer Award Recipients International Transgender Education Association and Transgender Week / Fantasia Fair are proud to announce the recipiences of the 2022 Transgender Pioneer Awards for 2022. Established in 2022, the Pioneer Award is the...

Rev Hawke Stone Thank You

Dear Fantasia Fair, Like the comet that swings close to the sun daring itself to cruise close, but not too close, and come out the other side to a journey back to the stars, so, too, have I just come through another very dangerously trying health crisis. I have been...

Safety Update

Safety Update August 10, 2021 The pandemic is not yet over. The rise of the highly contagious Delta variant is upon us, and, just like last year, hospitals in some states are at capacity. More is yet to come, and no one, even the CDC, can predict exactly what....

Getting Started at the Fair

Sunday

Fair check in (@Boatslip 1-5 pm)
Review your welcome packet and Fair schedule for the week
Stroll around town and get your bearings
Attend the Welcome Reception

Monday

Check the day's schedule
Kick Off Brunch
Attend the Welcome Dinner/Dance

Tuesday

Check the day's schedule
Attend the Newcomers Lunch

You've settled in. You've got the hang of it.
Enjoy the Fair!

Daily

Afternoon Key Note and Workshops
Mingle in the courtyard at the Crown