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SUMMARY:History and Present of Trans Survival: an Intergenerational Community Town Hall\, Presented by Pinko Magazine (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Pinko Magazine presents an intergenerational community town hall on the history and present of trans survival. \nThe 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. \nLou Cornum\, a Pinko Magazine editor\, will moderate a panel discussion followed by a Q&A. \nPanelists: \nCecilia Gentili\, Kiara St. James\, Nsambu Za Suekama\, & Nikki Easterday \nThis 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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel \n  \nSafety protocol \nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19: \nIf you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event\, we ask you to please stay home. \nPlease bring proof of vaccination and a photo id!\nPlease note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center\, where the Bureau is located. \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register. \nPanelists’ bios: \nCecilia 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. \n  \nKiara St. James has been a community organizer and public speaker. She has used her intersectional identities as a platform to highlight and bring tactile and systemic change to a very diverse audience\, encouraging everyone to speak with their authentic voices\, their truth to power.  She has been instrumental in changing shelter policies that were discriminatory towards the Trans community\, and presented workshops concerning marginalized communities at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna\, Austria and the United Nations\, as well as at other conferences and academic institutions. Kiara has also been coordinating meetings with legislators to discuss the importance of passing Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act\, a bill that will enrich the lives of all New Yorkers through creating culturally affirming spaces\, which was legislated into law  on January 28\, 2019. Kiara is the Founder and current Executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG inc)\, a grassroots 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is Trans-led and intent on creating new opportunities for the Black Trans community through various partnerships and sustainable innovative initiatives with an aim for long term impact.\n\n  \nNsambu Za Suekama\, ‘a blessing in disguise\,’ or Bl3ss for short (they/she) is a disabled New Afrikan of nonbinary and transgender experience. They are engaged in mutual aid work and political education with the informal collective Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas and are a member of the Pan-Africanist organization Forward Ever\, Backward Never (as part of the Third World People’s Alliance). Her theoretical work sits at the crossroads of Black Ecology\, Third Worldism\, and transfeminism\, the most well known of which include  “Femme Queen\, Warrior Queen: Beyond Representation\, Towards Self-determination\,” “To The Ones Who Can Fly: A Message from the Whirlwind\,” and “Who’s Man Is This? Black Radical Ecology and the Anthropogenic Question.” Nsambu is also a poet and performer and likes to spend weekends on boat rides. \n\n  \nNikki Easterday (they / them / theirs) is a Staff Attorney with the Trans Health Project at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF). Mx. Easterday has significant experience contesting barriers to accessing gender-affirming care. Previously\, Mx. Easterday worked as a Health Attorney with Community Health Advocates (CHA) and Community Health Access to Addiction and Mental Healthcare Project (CHAMP) advocating for access to health care and challenging discriminatory health care policies. Mx. Easterday also assisted with the federal implementation of the Affordable Care Act as a research associate with George Washington University\, with a focus on anti-discrimination provisions.
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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