Trans* Storytelling Circles
Connect with other rural trans folks and celebrate trans lives in Southern Oregon!
*Anyone who identifies as part of the trans community and lives or has lived in Southern Oregon is welcome!
Description: Trans* community, let’s get together! The LGBTQ+ Listening Project is hosting a series of story circles to build relationships among trans* folks who live or have lived in southern OR and create more of a sense of community and connection. Given the high level of anti-trans activity happening nationwide, we want to make space that is nourishing and celebratory.
What is a story circle? A story circle is a group of people sitting in a circle and telling personal stories, led by a facilitator. We all have stories worth telling and hearing. This is a space to meet each other and celebrate our stories! The themes of the circles will be home, community, safety, transformation and celebration.
*We are using trans* as a shorthand but this space is inclusive of Two Spirit, genderqueer, nonbinary, etc., while recognizing these are separate identities & not all gender diverse people identify as trans. We welcome folks who would benefit from participating in this space.
While we are grateful for community support, this is not a space for allies/listeners/supportive cisgender community members. Our hope is that these circles will lead to future storytelling projects where we share our stories with our communities in ways that are liberatory and supportive to us. If you would like to collaborate on this, reach out!
COVID-19 Safety: In accordance with state and local guidelines, we are planning for this to be a mask-optional space. We will be indoors and there will be room to spread out and maintain 6′ distance if that is preferable. Please do let us know if you need something different in order to participate. <3
Register at: BIT.LY/SOTRANSCIRCLES
You do not need to register in order to participate, but if you would like to sign up we would appreciate it.
Email eliot@rogueactioncenter.org if you have any questions!
