BGSQDBureau of General Services—Queer Division
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Pinko Magazine presents an intergenerational community town hall on the history and present of trans survival.
The current anti-trans political climate has left many people feeling apocalyptic. One of the aims of the anti-trans/queer political movement is to destroy intergenerational spaces for queer community. But our community does exist, and it holds wisdom about what we have seen before. This community town hall will bring together discussants from different generations to share what we have seen in the past, what have we done to oppose it, what has worked, what is scaring us, what are we seeing for the first time, and what can be done.
Lou Cornum, a Pinko Magazine editor, will moderate a panel discussion followed by a Q&A.
Panelists:
Cecilia Gentili, Kiara St. James, Nsambu Za Suekama, & Nikki Easterday
This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.
Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.
Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel
Safety protocol
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19:
If you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event, we ask you to please stay home.
Please note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center, where the Bureau is located.
Suggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work.
All are welcome to attend, with or without donation.
We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register.
Panelists’ bios:
Cecilia Gentili is an advocate, organizer, and storyteller working at the intersections of sex work, immigrant rights, incarceration issues, and trans liberation. Originally from Argentina, Cecilia came to the United States and survived for 10 years as an undocumented immigrant, gaining a living through sex work. She has years of experience working in direct services with organizations like The LGBT Center and Apicha Community Health Center, which led to her moving into policy work, becoming the Director of Policy at GMHC before creating Trans Equity Consulting to advocate directly for better policy for trans people at the local, state, and federal level. Cecilia is also a founding member of Decrim NY, a coalition working towards the decriminalization, decarceration, and destigmatization of people in the sex trade. Cecilia has also performed in the hit FX Show Pose, in her one-woman show The Knife Cuts Both Ways, and in countless storytelling events across the country.