Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 1 Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 2 Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 1 Reserved for Fanizzi's by the Sea Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 2 Full Page reserved for ProdigalSon Ventures dba/ Breast Form Store Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 3 The 42nd Annual Fantasia Fair Fantasia Fair is a weeklong transgender event held every October in the resort town of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The Fair attracts people from the entire range of the LGBT community: cross‐dressers, transsexuals, intersex individuals, MTFs, FTMs, anyone who considers themselves gender variant and their significant others and allies as well as professionals with an interest in the community. Started in 1975, Fantasia Fair is the oldest and longest‐running gathering of transgender persons for mutual education, support, collaboration, and socializing. Fantasia Fair offers general and specific programs, as well as evening events designed to develop the whole individual. For more information about Fantasia Fair, including registration, pricing, refund policy, and scholarships, please visit the Fantasia Fair website at fantasiafair.orgH . H You can also join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/fantasiafair . Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 4 Table of Contents The 42nd Annual Fantasia Fair .............................................................................. 3 Table of Contents .................................................................................................. 4 From the Director ................................................................................................. 7 From the Staff of Fantasia Fair 42 ......................................................................... 9 Getting Started ................................................................................................... 11 Welcome Partners and Significant Others! .......................................................... 16 Registration and Checking In ............................................................................... 18 The Check‐In Process ........................................................................................... 19 Arriving after Hours ............................................................................................. 20 Special Needs ....................................................................................................... 20 You and Your Name Badge .................................................................................. 20 Tickets and Ticketing ........................................................................................... 21 Missing Tickets ..................................................................................................... 21 Exchanging Tickets ............................................................................................... 21 Unused Tickets .................................................................................................... 22 Giving Away Tickets ............................................................................................. 22 Obtaining Extra Tickets ........................................................................................ 22 Video and Photo Policy ....................................................................................... 24 Photo & Video Release ........................................................................................ 25 Comportment ..................................................................................................... 27 Recognition of Our Differences ........................................................................... 27 Brunches, Lunches, and Other Meals .................................................................. 28 Welcoming Reception ......................................................................................... 34 Transgender Pioneer Awards Banquet ................................................................ 36 Recognition of Jennifer Finney Boylan ................................................................. 37 Dinner and a Show .............................................................................................. 39 Fantasia Fair Fashion Show ................................................................................. 40 A Night on the Town ........................................................................................... 43 Fantasia Fair Follies ............................................................................................. 44 Soup Kitchen In Provincetown (SKIP) ................................................................... 45 Fantasia Fair Awards Banquet ............................................................................. 47 The Alison Laing Congeniality Award ................................................................... 48 The Brenda Viola Most Helpful Award................................................................. 48 Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 5 The Fantasia Fair Award....................................................................................... 49 ............................................................................................................................. 49 The 306: Late‐Nights at the Fair .......................................................................... 50 Professional Services .......................................................................................... 53 Daily Schedule .................................................................................................... 55 Descriptions of Workshop & Events .................................................................... 65 Presenter Biographies ......................................................................................... 91 The Fantasia Fair Staff ....................................................................................... 115 The Fantasia Fair Organizing Committee ........................................................... 115 Other Volunteers ............................................................................................... 117 Real Life Experiences, Inc. .................................................................................. 117 Special Pricing for Fantasia Fair Forty Three ...................................................... 118 “Inn‐formation” on Inns .................................................................................... 119 Show Your Appreciation .................................................................................... 119 Special Discounts at Inns ................................................................................... 120 Recommended Inns ........................................................................................... 120 A Brief History of Fantasia Fair .......................................................................... 123 About Provincetown ......................................................................................... 128 Index of Advertisers .......................................................................................... 130 Our Benefactors ................................................................................................ 131 Some Words of Thanks ..................................................................................... 133 Locations of Fair Activities ................................................................................ 136 Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 6 Fantasia Fair Participant’s Guide 7 From the Director Welcome to Fantasia Fair 2016! It is hard to believe it is the 42nd year of our gathering in Provincetown. From our inception, the Fair has been a place to come and be amongst “family,” generations of people looking for the opportunity to explore their lives. More importantly, each year as we gather we share our stories and experiences, we offer support and an environment of safety for all. I can think of no more perfect place to come than Provincetown. Over the years it has become far more than a destination, it has become our home. In turn, we have made a commitment to be involved with the community even if it is only one week a year. We openly invite and include the people of Provincetown at many of our events, because they have given us the foundation to build and grow our family and many have become like family for so very many of us. In addition, we strive to give back to the community in ways that show our appreciation for their warm welcome. As you spend your week in town, we encourage you to patronize our advertisers, to help support our fundraising efforts for this year’s charity, S.K.I.P. – the Soup Kitchen In Provincetown. They serve the community year round and we welcome the opportunity to bolster their effort. I am excited to welcome Jennifer Boylan back as our Pioneer Award recipient. Her contributions both in her writings and in her tenacious spirit on “I Am Cait” have given not only a voice but a soul and conscience to the transgender community. This year’s keynote presenters represent a broad spectrum of our community, Miguel Sanchez, Lorelei Erisis, Trace Peterson, Nick Teich and Dawn Ennis bring incredible insights and I am excited to hear them each. Once their presentations end, feel free to seek them out and continue the conversation, some of my most memorable moments of coming to the Fair for over 20 years have come from impromptu conversations with some of the most important voices of our