■ Members Area (Coming Soon)
Joining the TVCE
Membership is currently free and subject to a selection process. Membership renews each September.
The TVCE meets online monthy from September to June leading to an annual symposium in July. When working groups emerge they are encouraged to self-organise to accommodate their members. An asynchronous online space provides members a virtual space to connect between meetings and engage with materials, conversations, and emerging imperatives.
Our monthy meetings act as a supportive space to connect and share research. We recognises that members of the TVCE may encounter personal difficulties during periods of research, especially with consideration of lived experiences affecting the trans+ community across a myriad of intersectional identities; therefore meetings will always seek to prioritise care and adaptation for all.
Criteria for Membership
We are particularly keen to welcome individuals whose lived experience and/or research extends across marginalised intersectional identities.
- Members should be either completing their doctorates, be Early Career Researchers (ECR) or established independent researchers with post-graduate qualification(s), each with a demonstrable record of significant publishing in their field. Where significant evidence of research can be presented, doctorate applicants (prior to upgrade) may also be considered.
- PhD candidates or those preparing to apply for doctoral study are also welcome to apply but must demonstrate relevant research enquiries and may be asked to take on additional voluntary support roles (such as facilitators within the asynchronous forum or minute taking at meetings etc).
- Members may also be researchers associated with NGO's, Charities or CIC's that advocate for Trans+ lives, especially across legal and healthcare concerns.
- All members will be required to agree and uphold the rules and values of the TVCE as listed in the Code of Conduct.
- Members should commit to engaging with at least one working group.
- Members should attend the main monthly group meetings as often as possible where schedules and external pressures or responsibilities allow.
- Members are expected to participate in our asynchronous forum; engaging in conversations online on a regular basis to help maintain a healthy, productive and neighbourly online space.
- Members should attend the annual symposium.
- Members will be encouraged to publicly represent the TVCE and expand membership growth.
- Members should develop pathways that recognise the TVCE in their research applications for funding or support.
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