TDoV 2023 Schedule of Events
April 1, 2023 — 11am to 8pm
Jones Center for Families — Springdale, Arkansas (map)
Please Note
This page is the schedule only for the 2023 TDoV Events, please see this page for additional information and registration details if you have not already registered. Thank you!
11am-6pm — Lobby
Gathering Area/Community Partners/Friends Tables
Visit with community partners, local organizations, and friends of TEN in the lobby area.
11am-1pm — Auditorium
DEI Training for Media and Journalists
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training specifically as it applies to transgender people for media and journalists, presented by TEN Board President Brandyn Gallagher and former president Joel Manning. Requires Separate Registration
12-1pm — Room 227
Fair Housing/Renter's Rights
Learn about LGBTQ+ focused renter's rights in Arkansas — Presented by Jason Auer of the Legal Aid of Arkansas Fair Housing Project.
12:30-2:30pm — Ice Arena
Ice Skating — Free Pass Required
Please ask at either Registration Table for a pass, first come/first served.
12:30-6:30pm — Room 228
Free Catered Meals
Girls Gone BBQ will be serving free meals all day long in Room 228 for TDoV attendees. Tips are encouraged, and donations are welcome.
Girls Gone BBQ is the brainchild of Arkansas Delta Native Dana Neely, originally from the small town of Des Arc on the White River. Dana grew up enjoying her father’s BBQ ribs & decided to learn the trade herself. Inspired by her childhood, she created Girls Gone BBQ. Her specific style includes slow hickory-smoked meats, tangy Delta-Q sauces & Eastern Arkansas staples.
Having started the business in Seattle in 2008, there’s some Pacific Northwest influence, in particular, vegan & vegetarian BBQ options. Dana has always felt BBQ should be an experience for everyone. This isn’t yer good ole boys BBQ. Everyone is welcome. Get some!
1-2pm — Room 226
Healthy Sex
Educate yourself about healthy sex practices and sexual wellness with Kodee Jane Stephens (they/them), Community Health Worker for Engaging Arkansas.
Kodee is a vibrant and visible advocate for intersectional collective liberation. Kodee is a Southern Queer Trans Masculine Person living with HIV. They have been involved in community organizing in Arkansas since 2015. Kodee is currently a fellow for The SERO Project Justice Institute and they are part of the Pozitively Trans cohort housed under The Transgender Law Center. Kodee is a cat dad, avid reader, nature lover, artist, and possesses an adventurous, curious outlook about life, liberty, and health. Kodee has a strong desire to deconstruct stigmas related to sexual wellness that impact quality of life for everyone!
2-3pm — Room 226
Know Your Rights
It is beyond important in today's climate to know your legal rights! Learn your rights and more from Attorney Jon Comstock of Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition at this discussion.
2-6pm — Room 227
Free Legal Aid Clinic
Legal Aid of Arkansas will be offering free legal services for name changes, gender corrections on your identification documents, or for completing estate planning documents during TDoV 2023 in Room 227.
Pre-Registration is requested via this online form or by calling 1-870-952-9224.
3-3:30pm — Room 226
Mindfulness Workshop
It's been a long day already, so take a break and be mindful with former TEN Board President Joel Manning.
3-4:30pm — Auditorium
Journey Within: A Musical Story of Healing
Journey Within alongside Brandyn Gallagher (they/them) as they bring light to a story of mental health struggle, reckoning with social injustices, and learning to cultivate peace amidst the chaos. This is Medicine for collective and personal healing.
Journey Within zooms in on the least-visible moment of Brandyn's past 10 years since medical transition: a year spent fully mute while experiencing what Western Medicine describes as clinical psychosis. The story is largely told through relevant music from that time period.
You are invited to be present with yourself in the stillness and listen to your heart, as Brandyn demonstrates one brief glimpse of a path forward out of chaos, during which they learned to do the same.
Content Warning: This art performance includes mentions of suicide, God, race and racism, and other topics that generally might cause some discomfort.
4-4:30pm — Room 226
Consent Conversations
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of Hillbilly Harlots brings you a light-hearted (but serious) look about how to talk to potential partners about consent and testing.
5-6:30pm — Auditorium
TDoV Drag Show
We celebrate the art of drag with an all trans* cast — hosted by Lisa Stuart.
6:30-8:15pm — Jones Center Leisure Pool
Pool Party!
Finish the day with a private pool party for TDoV participants, volunteers & participating organizations.