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Dear Community,
As we move forward into the fall season, The Audre Lorde Project wants to express gratitude for your support in the midst of political conditions that impel us to invest in holding each other closer, with love and protection. We want to thank you for breathing life into the safe spaces, the community rituals, the life-elevating trainings, and the provision of a sustainable framework for community fortification.
This month's big event at ALP is our Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 19th. On this day, we gather with community, comrades, and chosen family to honor the deceased. It's a ceremony where we hold space for one another in reflecting on the narratives of so many whose lives were cut violently short. The work of commemoration is an act of resistance against erasure and also a time for collective renewal of spirit. The timing of this event poignantly situates itself between the leaked government memo threatening to erase transgender identity and the holiday season, which can be a challenging time for LGBTSTGNC folks with family trauma. We hope to provide you with a healing space where you'll feel embraced by community while bearing witness to a collective act of uncompromising self-determination.
With Love,
The Audre Lorde Project
We have an request for our Community & Comrades
Our annual Trans Day of Remembrance is at 81 Christopher Street at St. John's Lutheran Church on Monday, November 19th from 6-9pm. We are in need of volunteers for this year's TDOR 2018! Please come to support and for healing and transformation as we affirm that we will not be erased. We are most powerful when we are in community and there is no community as resilient as ours. (Check out volunteer shifts here)
Response Statement from ALP
"Recently, a memo for the federal Health and Human Services (HHS) Department was leaked, sharing HHS’s plan to define sex as male or female, and only recognize people in these categories based on their sex assignment at birth. This is yet another attempt by the federal administration to harm trans and gender non-conforming communities by rolling back policies designed to protect us against discrimination. While our community is an already vulnerable and heavily marginalized group, particularly around accessing care, our freedom to self-determine our own gender identities and expressions is at stake. It is important to note that this memo is not yet law. We have an opportunity now to mobilize and demand that government not attempt to erase the lives and experiences of TGNC people."
(click here to read ALP's Full Statement)
ALP in the Media
- HOW TO HELP TRANS, NONBINARY COMMUNITIES AMID REPORTED TRUMP POLICY PLANS (Huffington Post)
- HOW TO HELP TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FIGHT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S NEW POLICY MEMO (Teen Vogue)
- HELL NO TO THE MEMO: 7 ACTION ITEMS TO PROTECT TRANS AND GNC PEOPLE (Out Magazine)
-TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE PRESS RELEASE
ALP on the Street
"In New York City, the ISO participated in an October 29 rally and march for transgender rights organized by Feminist Rapid Response, an ad-hoc coalition formed around the anti-Kavanaugh protests that sprung up several weeks ago. The event was organized by the ISO, along with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), Left Voice, International Women’s Strike and Red Bloom. The rally in Madison Square Park began with speakers from the above groups as well as invited speakers from the Audre Lorde Project and the Trans Oral History Project."
- The Socialist Worker -
TDOR Altar Making
November signals the beginning of holiday season, which is a time of year when our senses of family get activated. Whether it's chosen family, biological family, or movement family, our community is thinking about annual rituals of generosity. It's a well-known fact the holiday season is one of the most stressful times of year for many folks, so our offering to you is an invitation to join us in any or all of our events and volunteer opportunities.
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| TDOR Prep Schedule |
| Mon - Thurs, Nov. 12-15th |
| Join ALP staff, members, and volunteers as we mobilize for our annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. |
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| Femmes Fight Back |
| Sun, Nov. 11, 1-5pm |
| Black and POC Femme Queer and Trans self defense. Come to learn physical self defense techniques, stay for the healing cirlce and community care. Email selfdefense@caeny.org to register! |
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| Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance |
| Mon, Nov. 19th, 6 - 9pm |
| Join us on Monday, November 19th, at St. Johns Lutheran Church, in the West Village, for our annual Trans Day of Remembrance. We will honor our beloved ones who have passed and gather to share thoughts, stories, and care among community, building resilience through sharing memory and honoring our movement together. |
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