TRANS EVENTS☆ WEEKEND (11/18 - 11/20)
This weekend is packed with events to remember and celebrate Trans Life. Go out and surround yourself with love and community.
FRIDAY
10 AM | NYC Zero Transphobia Rally/ Zero Transfobia Manifestación en NYC
Location: City Hall Park Path | Time: 10 AM - 11 AM | RSVP
Zero plans to end the Week Against Transphobia by LOVING ACTION against transphobia on the steps of New York City Hall. Our goal for the day is to highlight the important and current issues impacting trans and gender non-conforming Latines across New York and the in greater United States. Our hope is to raise awareness and the political will necessary to end transphobia in NYC and beyond.
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Zero planea terminar la Semana contra la Transfobia con ACCIÓN contra la transfobia en las escaleras del Ayuntamiento de Nueva York. Nuestre objetivo para el día es repasar los problemas importantes y actuales afectando a les latines trans y de género no conforme viviendo en Nueva York y en el EE.UU. Queremos crear conciencia y la voluntad política necesaria para acabar con la transfobia en la ciudad de Nueva York y por todos partes el EE.UU.
10:51 AM | Paint Session with Feminist Collages
Location: Mayday Space, Bushwick | Time: 10:51 AM | RVSP
We will gather as a collective to paint the names of all the people who were murdered this year in acts of anti-trans violence
12:30 PM | Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil
Location: The City College of New York, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Atrium Gallery | Time: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | RSVP
Join us for the first ever CUNY-Wide Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil on November 18th, 2022, hosted in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School at the City College of New York. Through speakers and guests, we will honor the lives of those who were lost as a result of anti-transgender bigotry and violence. We will also highlight the violence affecting the transgender community, especially communities of color.
Our Keynote speaker will be Angel Flores, better known as Chiquitita. Chiquitita is a drag performer, event producer and visual artist.
4 PM | Gender Affirming Clothing Drive
Location: Bluestockings | Time: 4 PM - 7 PM | More Info
We’ll be accepting donations of CLEAN and GENTLY LOVED shoes, clothes and accessories ON FRIDAY (11/18) from 4pm-7pm and Saturday during the TDOR Gender Affirming Thrift & Raffle (also at Bluestockings).
6 PM | Tank & the Bangas with Special Guest Big Freedia
Location: Blue Note New York | Time: 6 PM | Tickets
Big Freedia joins friends Tank and the Bangas for their residency at Blue Note NYC. Shows at 8pm & 10:30pm.
6 PM | Trans Night of Celebration
Location: Ginger's Bar | Time: 6 PM | More Info
Name & sex designation change clinic, plus music, dancing, and more!
8 PM | Kinky Pint Sized Plays
Location: The Eagle, NYC | Time: 8 PM | More Info | WAITLIST
National Queer Theater presents Kinky Pint-Sized Plays in collaboration with Eagle NYC. With host: Nancy Nogood & Musical Performances by: prettypretty band
8 PM | Fruitcake Fridays
Location: Club Cumming | Time: 8 PM | More Info
What’s a celebration without a little cake? FRUITCAKE THAT IS! And this month we’re celebrating 1 year of FruitCake Fridays! This open set has been running for a whole year and we’re grateful to have had a year of shows full of drag kings & things (and robots, aliens, ghouls, teddy bears, singers, villains, burlesque, science experiments, clowns, and a whole train set).
8 PM | Cherry on Top Comedy
Location: Ample Hills Gowanus | Time: 8 PM | More Info
[Newsletter Author Voice] I don't anything about this show, I just saw that it has Esther Fallick in it and I love her.
SATURDAY
12 PM | Bottomless Drag Brunch
Location: Halsey's, Astoria | Time: 12 PM - 3 PM | Tickets
Join Halsey's for another Bottomless Drag Brunch on Nov. 19th! Enjoy a deliciously popular bottomless brunch and stellar drag performances.
Hosted with performances by Muscles Monty, each month features guest host. Zenon TeaVee is the guest host for November.
Guests can add the bottomless beverage option for $28 for 90 minutes of unlimited mimosas, bloody marys, house wine and select cocktails & beers.
This ticket guarantees entry for entertainment but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
12 PM | TDOR Gender Affirming Free Thrift & Raffle
Location: Bluestockings | Time: 12 PM - 5 PM | More Info
We hope y’all are as excited as we are for our next GENDER AFFIRMING FREE THRIFT! Bring clothes to swap if you’d like or just come and fill a bag (or several - no limit). We’ll also be hosting a gender affirming raffle with lots of exciting prizes to give away! Lots more details on prizes, tickets, etc later in the week.
This event is open to Trans+ indentified folx, SWs & the unhoused ONLY.
More Details
We’ll be admitting folx in groups of 15-20 at a time, at which point you’ll be welcome to browse for a maximum of 25mins. All visitors must be masked while in the space. The space in front of the cafe area will be reserved for SW ONLY ACCESS from 12pm-2pm. The main cafe space will be open to ALL OUR SIBLINGS from 12pm-5pm.
We’ll be accepting donations of CLEAN and GENTLY LOVED shoes, clothes and accessories ON FRIDAY (11/18) from 4pm-7pm and all day during the swap.
7 PM | Clothesline Catastrophe
Location: The Laundromat, New Brunswick NJ | Time: 7 PM | More Info
Performances by local bands, including The Canvas Collective. Snacks, drinks & more. Vax or Mask! No jerks, no phobes, no cops!
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SUNDAY
1 PM | Trans Art Bazaar
Location: House of Yes | Time: 1 PM - 7 PM | Tickets
TRANS ART BAZAAR HOLIDAY EDITION
An event for all that support trans and non-binary artists. Mask required Indoors
The holidays can be tough for all Queer people , trans art bazaar is a chance to spend part of the season within the community and uplift the trans and non-binary artists simultaneously
☆3 PM | Stations of the Lost: A Trans Requiem ☆
Location: St. John's in the Village | Time: 3 PM - 4 PM | Tickets
Premiering for Trans Day of Remembrance, STATIONS OF THE LOST is a secular/gnostic requiem, a new theatre piece created by Dr. Felix Graham in collaboration with TRANScend, New York's trans/gender-expansive vocal ensemble, and Randy Polumbo, visual artist. The requiem performance and art installation will be premiered at St. John's in the Village. The requiem, in oratorio form, will be performed alongside an installation of 14 panels, replacing the traditional stations of the cross with commemorative art pieces honoring the lives of trans artists (both past and present).
[Newsletter Author Voice] I'm in this one. Come witness my face.
9 PM | Ten Pin Tease: Infamous
Location: The Gutter | Time: 9:00 PM | Tickets
As the nights get longer, it's time to revel in the dark side! From the merely morally ambiguous to the hideously heinous, join us in celebrating our favorite villains we love to hate!