2026 Event Descriptions
2026 Keynotes
Monday
Embodying Authentic Self: Healing, Identity, and Resilience
Melissa Rosenberger, LCSW
This talk offers a supportive, affirming space for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals to explore identity, healing, and self-expression. Through a blend of guided reflection, somatic practices, and group connection, participants will be invited to reconnect with their bodies as sources of wisdom, strength, and truth. We will gently explore themes of authenticity, resilience, and navigating societal pressures while honoring each person’s unique journey. Grounded in trauma-informed and inclusive practices, this experience emphasizes safety, choice, and empowerment. Participants will leave with practical tools for self-regulation, self-compassion, and embodied confidence, as well as a deeper sense of connection to themselves and community. Allies are welcome to attend with openness and respect. Whether you are early in your journey or well along your path, this space is created to be seen, supported, and celebrated exactly as you are.
Tuesday
Autism and Gender Diversity: When Two Spectrums Overlap
Elle O’Rourke
Autistic and gender-diverse communities share a significant, well-documented comorbid overlap and a beautiful connection between exploring outside the gender binary and neurotypical expectations. This talk is an identity-affirming space created by and for autistic gender-diverse people to socialize and network. Attendees will explore up-to-date research, identify strengths, and explore self-accommodation strategies to help navigate TransWeek. Come celebrate the unique strengths, creativity, and deep joy found at the intersection of neurodivergence and gender diversity. Together, we will share stories, discuss how we navigate relationships and sensory joys, and explore what it means to live authentically, unmasked, and proud.
Wednesday
And I Feel Fine: Surviving as a Trans Person When It Feels Like the End of the World
Reese Hebrank
We've all seen the meme: a dog thinking, “This is fine” while the house is burning down around them. And as trans people we all recognize this feeling from existing in a world that is often hostile to us, in which many of us exist under more than one system of oppression. Join us in taking time to connect with self-compassion, self-care, and self-advocacy in these “unprecedented times.” Consider what you could add to your wellness toolbox and reflect on what you might let go of to actually enhance your life.
Thursday
Out, About, and Aware: Staying Safe While Living Authentically
Sarah Moore
Everyone deserves to go out, socialize, travel, date, and enjoy life without fear—but transgender and gender-diverse people often face unique safety concerns that others never have to consider. This talk focuses on practical, non-judgmental strategies for staying safer while still living fully and authentically. Drawing on real-world experience from law enforcement, emergency response, and violence-prevention work, this session explores situational awareness, risk recognition, and harm-reduction approaches tailored to transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals. Topics include navigating nightlife and social spaces, traveling alone or with friends, online to in-person meetups, alcohol and substance-related vulnerabilities, and trusting your instincts without blaming yourself. Rather than focusing on fear or restriction, this workshop emphasizes empowerment, planning, and community support. Attendees will gain tools to assess environments, make informed choices, support one another, and respond effectively if something feels “off.” The goal is not to limit joy—but to help ensure that joy comes with confidence and safety.
Friday
Time Out of Joint: Trans Politics During the Great Unwinding
Paisley Currah
For decades, transgender people made real gains—in law, in popular culture, and in our everyday lives. Then, with startling speed, many of those gains began to unravel. How did this happen? Why has the anti-trans movement been so successful, and why have some changes proved much easier to reverse than others? This talk looks at how we got here, what the current wave of anti-trans legislation is actually doing, and what understanding this history might tell us about the political work ahead.
Saturday
American Genocide: America's Erasure of Transgender People
Nicole Pauling
Genocide in the United States doesn’t resemble Germany’s industrialized killing; it works through erasure, elimination, and the narrative machinery of the American Story. Because Americans are taught to recognize genocide through the Holocaust’s visible and foreign model, they often miss the quieter, longer forms embedded in U.S. history—policies of silence and elimination carried out through the forced removal and cultural destruction of Native peoples and their modern echoes. Today, the systematic targeting of transgender individuals—through bans, forced detransition, and the removal of rights and resources—follows this familiar historical pattern. Grounded in frameworks such as the UN definition of genocide, this talk examines how these practices fit within broader eliminationist traditions and challenges us to recognize genocide even when it wears an American face.
2026 Workshops and Events
6th Annual Comic Bingo Festival
Austin Tyler and Carrie Lopes
The Comic Bingo Festival, as the name implies! Prepare yourself for a night of laughs, fun, and community with your fellow attendees. When you enter, you’ll be given a book of bingo cards and you can pick your favorite colored dauber. The winner of each game will win a fabulous prize. Bingo, you say? And a comedy show? Is that true? It’s both! This spectacular event will also be the annual scholarship fundraiser. Baskets will be passed, with every dollar donated going towards bringing people to TransWeek who otherwise would not have the means to attend. Your support is greatly appreciated! There will be a cash bar available.
For more information, please see the Comic Bingo page.
After Hours at TransWeek
It has been said that the late-night activities are the heart and soul of TransWeek! After Hours during TransWeek is a special time for attendees to meet after the conclusion of scheduled activities to socialize, chat, have a beverage or two, and have some laughs! Enjoy After Hours! Expect to see TransWeek organizers and staff, first-timers,
A People's History of Transgender: Fantasia Fair Through the Ages
Aino Pihlak
We’ve gone from Fantasia Fair to TransWeek, TV/TS to transgender, and now transgender to ‘trans & non-binary.’ Since there has been a ‘trans community,’ what we call ourselves has continually evolved. Through a focus on the many Fantasia Fairs and TransWeeks of yesteryear, trans historian Aino Pihlak will take us through just some of the changes in terminology and definitions for the trans community across the 20th century. And yes, there will be pictures!
A Year In The Life: My Journey From TransWeek to Reality
Jennifer Fitzgerald
One year ago, a 62‑year‑old married parent of three young adult children arrived at TransWeek after decades spent deeply closeted, identifying as “just a crossdresser” while quietly wondering if there might be something more. Twelve months later, she is out as a transgender woman to her family, friends, and professional network—living authentically and continuing her executive marketing career as Jennifer.
This workshop shares the honest story of that remarkable year: the fears that proved real, the ones that never came true, the relationships that deepened, and the lessons she never expected to learn. Through candid stories, practical insights, and a touch of humor, participants will explore what it means to leave the safety of TransWeek and build an authentic life in the real world, one conversation at a time.
All Eyes on You—Eye Makeup
Natasha Xdress
This workshop will demonstrate the proper steps for applying eye makeup, providing detailed guidance to achieve the best results and different styles. The session will include brand recommendations from both drugstore and high-end brands.
Being Transgender in the Gaming Community
Jenna Daily
Representation in games, experiences of trans gamers, community challenges, positive spaces and support, streaming and content creation, and steps toward improvement.
Christians in the Closet
Sr. Alice
As a general rule, transgender Christians face criticism from both ends—and not in a positive—and not in a good way, lol. We can’t tell fellow Christians that we’re transgender, and we can’t tell our trans friends that we’re Christian. Still, we’re one person, and we can't—don't want to—jettison either of these dimensions of our lives, our authentic selves.
However, given the widespread presence of trans individuals, it is likely that there are many trans Christians, as well as Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Universalists, and adherents of various other religious beliefs. This workshop suggests that the transgendered community has something precious to offer all these groups, indeed all of humanity. The presenter is a bodacious-level Catholic, so he will speak from that perspective mainly, hoping that those of other traditions can translate.
So, what does the transgender spirit have in common with the religious spirit? Remember that a mark of clarity is being able to write your idea down on the back of a business card. C’mon in and let’s see if we can puzzle this out.
Common Threads Fashion Show
Cody Suzuki and Kate Gilligan
As always, Common Threads weaves together a show of fashion to the stories our outfits tell. Be assured our Common Threads Fashion Show is open to all TransWeek attendees, partners, and presenters.
For more information, please see the Common Threads Show page.
Crossing Gender Lines on the Front Lines
Ashley Fredrickson
A brief historical perspective of transgender and GNC military service.
Decoding Self-Energy to Improve Self-Love, Self-Confidence, and Self-Esteem for Trans-People
Sara Johnson, MS
Decoding Self Energy…is designed to introduce people to helping themselves find self-energy to boost self-love, self-confidence, and self-esteem. Trans people sometimes struggle with all three things. Exploring self-energy can help people identify parts that can be used to build the three selves and have a calmer existence. The presentation will be interactive, and Sara intends to explain how trans-people can live by their own rules and not someone else’s.
Digitizing Fantasia Fair: A community conversation about digitizing historical Trans+ audiovisual materials
Dr. Aaron Devor and Michael Radmacher
University of Victoria (UVic) Libraries is home to the Transgender Archives (TGA), a joint project with the Chair in Transgender Studies. TGA collections include materials from Ariadne (Ari) Kane, one of the founders of Fantasia Fair, and include rare at-risk audio-visual recordings related to her work in education and Trans+ activism throughout the 1970s-2000s. These materials include original recordings from Fantasia Fair (1975-1998)(nka TransWeek). In 2024, UVic Libraries received a major CLIR grant to digitize, preserve, describe, and make accessible these audio-visual recordings. At the core of this project is the ethical and practical tension of protecting privacy while at the same time aspiring to openness and accessibility. This structured conversation-based workshop will review the progress of the project, invite participants to advise on how to best offer appropriate accessibility to the recordings online, and screen a sample video of the digitized materials.
Drag Ru-Vealed
Dallas Denny
Drag is an art form with a long history that is often misunderstood, maligned, or ignored by transgender people. Is there a relationship between drag and being transgender? If so, what is it? Can drag artists be trans? Must they necessarily be non-trans? Come learn a little through images and words about the history of drag and drag performers. I will close by highlighting the remarkable work of Ru Paul Charles and his inclusion of both transmasculine and transfeminine drag artists in his television shows. I guarantee it will be Ru-markable.
Farewell Breakfast
Come as you are to the Farewell Breakfast, where you can partake in a good hearty breakfast before you head home. The restaurant will open up early for those who want to get an early start on their journey home. The breakfast is long enough so attendees can pop in and out as they prepare to leave Provincetown. If you need to leave early and can’t make it, so long until next year!
The Follies
Erin Daily and Nick Greiner
Come see some of the community’s brightest new talents, both professional and amateur, in this charity fund-raising cabaret and talent show.
For more information, please see the Follies page.
From Masking to Belonging: Sustainable Mental Health for Trans People
Chalice Mathioudakis, LMHC
Many trans people learn to mask our experience in order to move safely through the world, to be understood, or to avoid unwanted attention. Over time, that masking can become so embedded that it starts to feel like there is no “off” switch, even in places that we believe are safe. This workshop is about noticing where these patterns show up with care and curiosity, not judgment. We’ll explore what masking is doing for us, what it costs us, and what it might look like to build more moments of ease, authenticity, and belonging without requiring us to be “fully unmasked” all the time. We’ll also map out the different spaces in our lives where we feel more or less able to relax and gently explore what might help shift those spaces in the direction of safety and connection. You’ll leave with a simple way of understanding your masking patterns and a few ideas for making daily life feel a little more sustainable and less draining.
Gala Awards Banquet
Dee LaValle
The annual Gala Awards Banquet is the highlight of the week! Show off your finest threads in this black-tie affair and congratulate this year’s award recipients. For a complete list of previous awardees, please visit our website TransWeek.org/awards.
For more information, please see the Awards Banquet page.
Getting To Know You
Maureen Osborne, PhD and Carolyn Wolf-Gould, M.D.
This workshop is for couples, for those individuals who are attending without their current partner or have recently become single but want to learn more about themselves in relationships. We will give ourselves the time and space to meet fellow travelers and tell our stories in a safe and supportive environment.
Questions to consider:
Tell us about the nature of your current or past relationship—how long have you been (or were) together? How did you meet? When and how did one (or both) partner’s non-traditional gender identity emerge? How has that awareness impacted your relationship with each other and your family/social communities? Are there any other life transitions, besides gender, that are impacting you at this time? How safe are you feeling in the current political environment?
Group Photo
Jen Zee
Please join us for a group photo! There are two dates scheduled for this, with the second being the rain date.
Hacking the Toy Chest: Sex Toys, Dysphoria, and Pleasure
Nick Greiner
As our understanding of ourselves and our needs has changed and evolved, so have our connections with our bodies. And over time, the adult toy industry has evolved as well. While there are few toys created specifically with us in mind, the combination of new designs, technology, and types of sensations provided opens the door for us to find less dysphoric ways to understand and interact with our bodies. I will have some examples of new types of products available and will talk about how to look past the label to find what can work for you. By reframing our needs and expectations and being aware of what is available, hopefully we can bridge our minds and our bodies in a way that minimizes dysphoria and maximizes our pleasure.
Happy Trails (till we meet again)
Maureen Osborne, PhD and Carolyn Wolf-Gould, M.D.
With a little creative illustration, we will look at where each of you are today and where you hope to be in a year’s time, identifying the skills and practices that will help you move forward across the bridge in one year’s time.
We will also ask each participant to identify one thing they have learned about their partner or themselves as a result of our time together, and what is one thing they can commit to going forward that will help their relationship become stronger and more satisfying.
High Heels, No Box? Walking the gender gray line with confidence and style.
Hera Primavera
For many people exploring gender expression, the hardest step isn’t makeup, outfits, or even the heels. It’s walking out the front door for the first time. High Heels, No Box: Walking the Gender Gray Line with Confidence and Style is an honest and welcoming conversation about that moment—the mix of excitement, fear, courage, and “what am I doing?” that comes with stepping into the world as a more authentic version of yourself. Through storytelling, humor, and shared experience, we’ll talk about building confidence one small step at a time: the first walk down the street, the first coffee shop visit, and the realization that most people are far less focused on us than we imagine. Sometimes confidence begins with simply opening the door.
Introduction to Gender-Affirming Voice
Quinn Gutman
This is a workshop for anyone who wants to change their voice to better match their gender presentation. We’ll learn the anatomy of the voice and how it changes through both adolescent puberty and adult HRT puberty. We’ll also learn the different qualities of the voice, such as pitch and resonance. We will explore each of these qualities through practicing speech exercises, thus helping you figure out what kind of voice you'd like to have and how you can practice speaking in that voice. At the end of class, you'll be given guides and resources to help you continue on your journey.
Kick-Off Brunch
Jennifer
Monday morning is the annual kick-off brunch; you’ll have a chance to mingle with your new friends. A town hall style discussion will begin around 10:00 am. Here you’ll get information about what is going on during the week and learn about the features in this year’s TransWeek. You will also be introduced to key personnel who will be leading the various events and programs you may wish to participate in. At the end of the presentation, stick around to help us fill volunteer needs for the week.
Killer Wigs 101: A workshop from Zodiac Killer Wigs
Marcus Hoey
Whether you’re prepping for your first performance or you’ve been wearing wigs for years without really knowing how they work, Wigs 101 breaks down everything you need to build, style, and maintain a wig that actually holds up. Led by a hairstylist with nearly 20 years behind the chair—including celebrity, film, and theater work, plus five years styling wigs for drag performers—this workshop cuts through the guesswork and gets hands-on with the fundamentals.
What we’ll cover:
- Tools of the trade—the essential brushes, combs, clips, wig stands, and styling tools every wig kit needs and what each one is actually for
- Blocking basics—how to properly block a wig for styling, why it matters, and how to avoid common mistakes that ruin a good wig
- Synthetic vs. human hair—the real differences in cost, durability, heat tolerance, and styling flexibility and how to choose the right type for your look and budget
- Styling techniques—foundational methods for cutting, curling, teasing, and shaping wigs to get a clean, performance-ready result
- Care and maintenance—washing, detangling, storage, and how to extend the life of both synthetic and human hair wigs between wears
Who it’s for: Beginners, drag performers, theater and film hobbyists, or anyone who’s ever bought a wig and had no idea what to do with it next. By the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with the core skills to confidently maintain your own wigs—and a much better eye for what separates a good wig from a great one.
What to bring: A pen and paper, your phone, and an open mind.
Living Authentically When You Are Not Quite Out
Robin Snow
This is a moderated round table discussion about how you can live your authentic life while still needing to present as your gender assigned at birth.
Lost in the Provincetown Fog
Liz Winter
You finally made it to Provincetown, and TransWeek was the most fabulous experience of your life. You’re pumped up, full of new self-confidence, and unable to think about anything but expressing yourself in your preferred gender role. Back at home, the world seems drab and you chafe at having to hide part of yourself from your family, friends, and co-workers. You want to burst forth, heedless of consequences, and proclaim yourself to the world, and you think you just might. Congratulations. You’re in the Provincetown Fog. The fog is the state of euphoria we experience when we take our gender expression to a new level. It’s a dangerous time to make decisions and yet a time when we most want to. Come talk about the Provincetown Fog with your peers and get suggestions on how to find your way out of it. Highly recommended for first timers.
Lunch
Five lunches and a brunch are included with your full-week registration. These meals are in various restaurants, all within easy walking distance from the center of town. When you check in at the office to get your registration packet, you’ll receive a sheet of tickets for the restaurants you pre-selected online. You’ll need these tickets when you arrive for lunch. Tickets are good only for the date and location printed on them.
Morning Meet and Greet Gathering
Welcome Team
This is a relaxed, safe space to come to connect with others who are attending TransWeek. Come and talk about how to get the most out of your time at TransWeek. It’s a great way to start your day. If you have questions, our facilitators will be able to point you in the right direction. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend, especially first-timers.
Night Out on the Town!
Part of what makes TransWeek special is it takes place in Provincetown. Few places are as accepting and affirming as our host city, and here you will be safe, respected, and honored, whatever your gender presentation. We encourage TransWeek attendees to explore the restaurants, bars, and dance clubs of Provincetown. As you plan your dinner reservations for your nights out at TransWeek, please try to support our advertisers, who have supported TransWeek in this Participant’s Guide and on our website. When making your choices, please be sure to tell the wait staff and manager you saw their ad in this guide. There are a variety of fine restaurants to choose from in all cuisines and price ranges, all within walking distance or, for those wearing sky-high stilettos, a short cab ride from the center of town.
Office Hours and Check In
Even if you registered in advance, you still need to check in! This is just like having to check in at a hotel, even though you booked a room in advance. During check-in, you’ll get an identification badge and a sheet of tickets you’ll need to gain entrance to the many events that take place throughout the week. You’ll also receive a packet of goodies, which will include a welcome letter, a map of Provincetown, a printed copy of the schedule for the week, a printed copy of the Participant’s Guide, in a TransWeek 2026 commemorative insulated lunch bag to hold it all! You can also visit the office if you want to switch the next day’s lunch location.
Open Mic Night
Cody Suzuki and Ashley Lynn
Let’s together delve into the gender spectrum with our words, stories, songs, and music as only we can! Welcoming all genders, we open with verbal expression followed by musical expressions as we are promoting and encouraging a better understanding of ourselves and our community with our expressions. Bring along your words, stories, songs, and instruments for all to enjoy!
Get this show rollin’! Sign-up sheet available at the door. Come early to reserve your spot!
For more information, please see the Open Mic Night page.
Opening Night Meet & Greet Reception
Planning Committee
After a long day of travel, relax with your old friends and meet your new friends. Come dressed formally, come dressed casually, come dressed as a guy, or come dressed as a girl, or your gender-nonconforming self—just come by and enjoy yourself!
For more information, please see the Open Night Meet and Greet Reception page.
Policing in Provincetown and Beyond
Sgt. Jennifer Nolette
This workshop will provide a history of policing in Provincetown in regards to the LGBT community. This workshop will describe how we, as the Provincetown Police Department, strive to make sure the trans community feels protected and safe while in our town. We will discuss the anatomy of a hate crime, including the dynamics of hate incidents and bias indicators. Even if an incident does not rise to the level of a hate crime, we will explain why it is important for people to report the incident to the police. Additionally, we will discuss how to be a good witness and what to expect after you report an incident to the police.
Sentimental Journey: Where We Have Been
Maureen Osborne, PhD and Carolyn Wolf-Gould, M.D.
In this session, you will be asked to develop a timeline of your relationship, comparing each member’s perceptions on factors such as important milestones, moments of joy, difficult transitions, times of closeness or disconnection, and biggest challenges.
Skip the Speculum? Understanding At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening
Dr. Gabrielle Mayer
Cervical cancer screening saves lives, but traditional speculum exams can be inconvenient, anxiety-provoking, or even traumatic for some people. Finally, there is another option—self-collection! Join Dr. Gabrielle Mayer for a discussion about HPV (human papillomavirus), its connection to cervical and anal cancers, and the new role of self-collected HPV testing for cervical cancer screening. Dr. Mayer will review who should be screened, how at-home testing works, its benefits and limitations, and the important role of HPV vaccination in cancer prevention. Thanks to a grant from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Friends and support from Team Maureen, attendees will have the opportunity to sign up for FREE at-home screening kits during the workshop. This session is intended for anyone with a cervix, people who support or care for someone with a cervix, and anyone interested in learning more about HPV vaccination and cancer prevention.
If you can’t attend the workshop, come visit the Team Maureen exhibit table to talk about preventing HPV cancer and sign up for a FREE at-home cervical cancer screening.
Sunday Worship Service
TransWeek attendees have been worshiping at Provincetown’s UU Meeting House for more than Forty years. Join together in fellowship with your friends and P’Town natives for contemplation and worship
Transcribe and Transform
Jolie LaValle
The process of writing in a group can have deep and lasting value, both as a way to find voice for one’s experience and to create a caring community.
This workshop uses brief writing exercises as a means to build community and to explore our experiences from the unique perspective that each individual brings. Participants will be asked to respond in writing to a series of diverse prompts and then further asked (but not required!) to share their writing with others in the group. You don’t need to be a professional writer—we ignore grammar, spelling, and punctuation. We ask only that you come with a willingness to put words on a page and possibly share them. Through the writing, we hope to get to know one another more fully and also ponder the impact of identifying as TG, or of knowing someone who is TG, in a safe, nurturing environment. All members of the trans community and their allies (SOs, extended family, friends, advocates, providers, etc.) are welcome for one day or every day!
TransWeek 2026 Official Flag Raising
Jennifer
Please join us to celebrate the official start of TransWeek 2026 with the raising of a beautiful new transgender flag on the lawn in front of the Provincetown Business Guild office at 115 Bradford Street. Please refer to the schedule for date and time.
TransWeek Onboarding for the Future
Jennifer and Dee LaValle
TransWeek has had a transformative impact on thousands of lives and relationships over the last 52 years; perhaps one of them was yours. Everything that TransWeek was, is, and will be is thanks to its volunteers. TransWeek is an entirely volunteer-driven event. Volunteers are TransWeek’s lifeblood, and without enough individuals stepping in, it will be unable to continue providing the experience that has impacted us all and the future newcomer.
Come to this onboarding session to hear about particular volunteer needs and how you can get involved in the 2027 event planning process as a member of the planning committee or the board of directors. We will have a list of roles and duties, as well as expected time commitments.
If you are unable to volunteer any of your time during the winter, spring, or summer, please complete the yearly survey after the event if you have any suggestions that will help make the following year’s event even better. If you are unable to attend this onboarding session, please contact anyone on the planning committee or board of directors to find out how to get involved.
Trans in the digital age: how to fight censorship and surveillance that hurts our community
Evan Greer
From being forced to wear pink triangles to book burning, authoritarians and bigots have always sought to control and eradicate trans and gender nonconforming people using the tools of censorship and surveillance. Now, in the digital age, book bans, drag bans, and policing of gender conformity are moving online. Legislation, often misleadingly sold as “protecting kids,” threatens to erase trans and queer people from the Internet and lock lifesaving online resources away from trans youth. Surveillance tools like location tracking, facial recognition, and artificial intelligence systems can and will be used to further strip trans people of our rights and safety. But here's the good news. Our community is fighting back. Trans young people have led the charge against dangerous legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act and online “age verification” laws. A growing coalition of LGBTQ+, civil liberties, and racial justice groups has been successfully fighting surveillance vendors and has gotten dozens of cities to cancel contracts with harmful surveillance vendors. Come learn about how censorship and surveillance impact the trans community and how you can get involved in the fight for privacy and free expression.
Try to See It My Way
Maureen Osborne, PhD and Carolyn Wolf-Gould, M.D.
This workshop will divide participants into smaller groups that do not include their current partners and will gently cover two areas that can be hard to talk about.
- How well does my partner know what is on my mind and in my heart? Each person will be asked to respond anonymously on index cards to prompts such as:
“One thing my partner understands (or misunderstands) about me…”
“One change I am excited about (or afraid of)…”
“One thing I need but rarely ask for…” - Expectations and agreements about intimacy. Members in small groups can choose to consider questions such as:
Has the intimacy in your relationship changed over time? What feeds or discourages it? How do you communicate your sexual needs? Does this process work for you? Are your boundaries around intimacy in sync? How does trust fit into the equation? Have you experienced changes in your desires and attractions over time?
Volunteer Planning
Sibil Mae Greiner
If you want to get the most out of your TransWeek experience, then get involved! Find out in this brief get-together, opportunities to volunteer by helping to take tickets at a lunch during the week.
Walking Tour
(Tour time will be about 1.75 hours)
Carrie Lopes
Experience the sites of Provincetown in this fun and informative tour that focuses on the history and architecture of this seaside community. Your guide, Carrie, is retired from the Provincetown Police Department, where she was responsible for touring the new police recruits around town as part of their orientation. Today you will be the new recruits as Carrie leads you through the fabulous streets and quaint hidden ways to discover stories about the town. Please wear your comfortable walking shoes.The tour will also include the TransWeek 2026 Official Flag raising event.
We Can Work It Out
Maureen Osborne, PhD and Carolyn Wolf-Gould, M.D.
By taking a look at our relationship’s strengths—when we are at our worst and best, what we have learned from each other, how we have solved difficult problems, and experiences that led to unexpected growth—we will shift our energy from complaints and problem-solving to “meaning making.”
We’ll seek to highlight our stamina, our sources of mutual enrichment, and the surprise gifts that sometimes come from challenges.
Welcome Dinner, Dance, and Queeraoke
DJ Chris Racine
Celebrate the first full day of TransWeek with the organizing committee and your new friends. We collectively have so much to be thankful for, and what better way to celebrate than with an old fashioned Thanksgiving family feast followed by dancing and queeraoke or just socializing, if you wish. As dinner winds down, the dance floor heats up. TransWeek’s longtime DJ Chris Racine will be spinning the ones and twos, or you can jump in for a round (or two) of TransWeek queeraoke. It’s going to be a hopping night at the P’Town Inn, and we’ll see you out on the dance floor!
What Does It Mean To Be Trans? A look at transness across the world
Ila McCullough CHW, MHFA
This workshop looks towards what transness looks like across cultures and what it means to exist as a trans person. While trans people may make up a small portion of the population, there are so many different ways to exist as a trans person! This will hopefully shine a light on the different ways people can present themselves to the world!
When Home Isn't Safe: Understanding Transgender Youth Homelessness
Sarela Bilman-Cohen
Nongender‑conforming and transgender people experience homelessness at disproportionately high rates, often due to family rejection, discrimination, economic instability, and barriers to safe and affirming housing. This workshop will examine the historical and systemic forces that have shaped housing insecurity within transgender communities and explore the specific challenges transgender individuals face when seeking shelter and support.
After the presentation, a panel of people with lived experience of homelessness will share their stories, offering firsthand insight into what it means to navigate housing instability as transgender individuals. Through their experiences, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the resilience, obstacles, and support networks that influence the journey from homelessness to stability.