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transGirls, we need your help. Remember the NYC TransProm back in April? Well our committee is planning a Trans* Family Pride event at the New York City Gay center to dovetail with the following NYC Pride weekend . We have female members from trans-men, but are still seeking a more diversified panel, especially needed are family members of trans-women.
An event such as this fosters change by introducing to trans individuals and our community the idea and hope that acceptance is possible. The details are below, but if you need more details or know anyone who would like more information, you can either call Ray at the phone number below, or contact me personally at pristine@d332.com or my website d332.com. I'll be there, and so will many GIP members and staff. The event is free, safe, painless, and quite genial, but most importantly, it will help many trans* people and their family members in the message of affirmation and acceptance. Please help.
Call Ray Carannante at (212) 620-7310 ext. 254
Panel date: Friday, June 16, 6:30 - 9pm
The GIP is putting out a call for your help with our upcoming "Trans Family Pride" event on June 16th. Pride month is a time where we see very few events targeted to the trans communities. This year, the Trans Events Committee wanted to plan an inclusive event as a way to bring more trans community presence to the Center during pride month and as a way to introduce more events and programs that focus on the families of trans individuals.
Sounds wonderful, right? Here's the problem. The event is three weeks away and we've had a difficult time securing panel speakers who are family members of origin, or chosen family members of trans-individuals. The couple of commitments we do have are from female family members of trans-men. We want to diversify and increase our panel numbers. If you are or know of any trans-people in your life who have family members (chosen or original family) who may be willing to speak for 5 or 10 minutes on a panel about the challenges and joys of having a trans family member, and ideally how working through the transgender issues made the relationship better or stronger, we need your help!
We need: moms, dads, brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, children, etc of trans individuals. We also want chosen family members and want to reach out to families of trans-people of color to ensure that our panel is representative of our whole communities.
We need: to be sure we have some family members of trans-women, being mindful that our culture and families often more harshly punish our trans sisters
If you need any further event details or have any ideas for panelists, PLEASE email me at this address or at ray@gaycenter.org or call me at 212-620-7310, ext 254.
An event such as this fosters change by introducing to trans individuals and our community the idea and hope that acceptance is possible. The details are below, but if you need more details or know anyone who would like more information, you can either call Ray at the phone number below, or contact me personally at pristine@d332.com or my website d332.com. I'll be there, and so will many GIP members and staff. The event is free, safe, painless, and quite genial, but most importantly, it will help many trans* people and their family members in the message of affirmation and acceptance. Please help.
Call Ray Carannante at (212) 620-7310 ext. 254
Panel date: Friday, June 16, 6:30 - 9pm
The GIP is putting out a call for your help with our upcoming "Trans Family Pride" event on June 16th. Pride month is a time where we see very few events targeted to the trans communities. This year, the Trans Events Committee wanted to plan an inclusive event as a way to bring more trans community presence to the Center during pride month and as a way to introduce more events and programs that focus on the families of trans individuals.
Sounds wonderful, right? Here's the problem. The event is three weeks away and we've had a difficult time securing panel speakers who are family members of origin, or chosen family members of trans-individuals. The couple of commitments we do have are from female family members of trans-men. We want to diversify and increase our panel numbers. If you are or know of any trans-people in your life who have family members (chosen or original family) who may be willing to speak for 5 or 10 minutes on a panel about the challenges and joys of having a trans family member, and ideally how working through the transgender issues made the relationship better or stronger, we need your help!
We need: moms, dads, brothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, children, etc of trans individuals. We also want chosen family members and want to reach out to families of trans-people of color to ensure that our panel is representative of our whole communities.
We need: to be sure we have some family members of trans-women, being mindful that our culture and families often more harshly punish our trans sisters
If you need any further event details or have any ideas for panelists, PLEASE email me at this address or at ray@gaycenter.org or call me at 212-620-7310, ext 254.