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A brief history of Transformal
The TgR Transformal Weekend was held each year in the Carrington Hotel between 2010 and 2018.
I have been writing a description of my lived transgender experiences from the earliest days of this website, which includes a history of how Transformal was conceived and how it evolved.
Many members may be planning to visit Katoomba in the coming months, and in that context I thought I might share an extract giving a brief history of the first event we held in the mountains.
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Hi Adrian, thank you for that interesting story on the transformal and all the work that you did to organise these,I am not at all surprised by the positive responses you received,many girls especially those just starting to go out find and such events really great,I’m actually going to both the transformal and seahorse events for the first time-can’t miss these opportunities.Thank you for your past work.
Christine 😊
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Beautifully written Adrian.
As someone who organises events for a living I concur on knowing what’s involved. It’s the fine details which make the difference, but there’s a multitude of them and they are mentally and physically exhausting to put them all together. Yes you get a great deal of satisfaction from the events, but they do drain you.
I have never been to TransFormal or TransActShon (timing never works for me as it’s in the middle of my work events season), but all I hear are good things and loads of energy and enthusiasm. I can only hope that all who attend appreciate what it takes to put on events like these and if there are little things which don’t go to plan, empathy is shown in working them out. At the end of the day it’s not a business putting on these events (would be a damn sight more expensive if it was), just a group of enthusiastic volunteers trying to do their best for the community x