Dear UW LGBTQ community members, Hi there! We on the University of Wisconsin GLBTQ People in the University Committee (hereinafter just wanted to provide you with some “Committee”) updates in light of the Trans Health Care Town Hall held on May 3, 2018. (As a recap, we held this Town Hall in order to both provide more information to our community about health care system changes relevant to our community, focusing on transgender health care, but not excluding other LGBTQ health care and other administrative needs, and also provide a forum for you to voice your own experiences and concerns to us and to university administrators.) First, we want to thank you for either showing up or expressing interest in the effort. Over thirty people attended this first-ever event, and many more expressed regrets that they were unable to attend but would be interested in future events. We hope to continue such LGBTQ-relevant town halls in the future, either as town halls or devoted to specific concerns, and your “general” continued participation and interest provides significant support for this effort. Thank you. We hope that you will continue to participate in such events in the future, and also consider engaging in broader efforts on behalf of our community. Next, we want to provide you with an update on a various matters, all based on what we heard from the Town Hall: concrete steps for actions that we as a committee are doing on behalf of our community in the short run, concrete steps for what we as a committee will do on behalf of our community in the medium run, concrete steps for what we as a committee will do on behalf of our community in the long run, and suggestions for what our community members can do as individuals (with our support!) to advocate for our needs. We group these into both a shorter version (for those of you who are limited in time, which is probably most of you) and a longer version (for those of you who want more detail, which is also probably some of you.) The shorter version Here are actions we are planning on undertaking as a result of the Town Hall. Addressing the UW recordkeeping system’s listing of people formerly registered as partners as partners” now that the Wisconsin legislature “ex passed a bill prohibiting benefit-plan coverage of domestic partners, as well as coverage gaps created by the bill. Addressing disclosure concerns regarding Open Records requests and gender designations. Addressing various inadequacies of our own webpage.
Dear UW LGBTQ community members, Hi there! We on the University of Wisconsin GLBTQ People in the University Committee (hereinafter “Committee”) just wanted to provide you with some updates in light of the Trans Health Care Town Hall held on May 3, 2018. (As a recap, we held this Town Hall in order to both provide more information to our community about health care system changes relevant to our community, focusing on transgender health care, but not excluding other LGBTQ health care and other administrative needs, and also provide a forum for you to voice your own experiences and concerns to us and to university administrators.) First, we want to thank you for either showing up or expressing interest in the effort. Over thirty people attended this first-ever event, and many more expressed regrets that they were unable to attend but would be interested in future events. We hope to continue such LGBTQ-relevant town halls in the future, either as “general” town halls or devoted to specific concerns, and your continued participation and interest provides significant support for this effort. Thank you. We hope that you will continue to participate in such events in the future, and also consider engaging in broader efforts on behalf of our community. Next, we want to provide you with an update on a various matters, all based on what we heard from the Town Hall: concrete steps for actions that we as a committee are doing on behalf of our community in the short run, concrete steps for what we as a committee will do on behalf of our community in the medium run, concrete steps for what we as a committee will do on behalf of our community in the long run, and suggestions for what our community members can do as individuals (with our support!) to advocate for our needs. We group these into both a shorter version (for those of you who are limited in time, which is probably most of you) and a longer version (for those of you who want more detail, which is also probably some of you.) The shorter version Here are actions we are planning on undertaking as a result of the Town Hall. Addressing the UW recordkeeping system’s listing of people formerly registered as partners as “ex partners” now that the Wisconsin legislature passed a bill prohibiting benefit-plan coverage of domestic partners, as well as coverage gaps created by the bill. Addressing disclosure concerns regarding Open Records requests and gender designations. Addressing various inadequacies of our own webpage.