3/1/2021 Mail - Genny Beemyn - Outlook

Queer-e, LGBTQIA+ events newsletter, March 1, 2021

UMass Stonewall Center Mon 3/1/2021 4:15 AM To: Genny Beemyn

Stonewall Center

UMass Events and Announcements

For the spring semester, the Stonewall Center will be accessible only remotely. If you need support or assistance, please contact us by email, Facebook, or Discord, or leave a message at (413) 545-4826.

FEATURED EVENT QTPOC (Queer & Trans People of Color) Chill and Chat Mon., March 8, 5-6 p.m., via Zoom; Register here

Let’s hang out and support each other!

FEATURED EVENT "Being Trans and a Person of Faith” Thurs., March 11, 6 p.m., via Zoom Register here

A panel discussion with:

Joy Ladin, professor of English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University, and author of Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between and The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Perspective https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?popoutv2=1&version=20210222004.08 1/5 3/1/2021 Mail - Genny Beemyn - Outlook

Louis Mitchell, co-founder and executive director of Transfaith and an ordained United Church of Christ minister

Tynan Power, co-founder of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Diversity and coordinator of the Trans and Muslim Project

Z Shane Zaldivar, ecumenical and non-denominational outreach pastor, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and former Marine

Sponsored by the UMass Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and the UMass Stonewall Center. Co-sponsored by Amherst College’s Queer Resource Center and Holyoke Community College’s Rainbow Forward

FEATURED EVENT "“Trans Rights Priorities for the Biden Administration” Monday, March 29, 4-5:30 p.m., via Zoom Registration link coming soon

A panel discussion with:

Kylar Broadus, Founder and Director, Trans People of Color Coalition

Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney, Lambda Legal

Kris Hayashi, Executive Director,

Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality

Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights

A new presidential administration that is supportive of trans rights provides opportunities to make further progress on addressing discrimination and violence against trans people. Join us for a panel discussion of how trans leaders are hoping to make gains during the Biden administration.

This event is being held to mark the publication of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, edited by Abbie Goldberg and Genny Beemyn. The panelists are all contributors to the work, and attendees will be given free access to their entries.

International Women’s Day & Women’s History Month: A Social Media Celebration

In honor of International Women's Day (IWD) and Women's History Month, the Center for Women & Community will be celebrating women and nonbinary people from around the globe throughout March on https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?popoutv2=1&version=20210222004.08 2/5 3/1/2021 Mail - Genny Beemyn - Outlook social media. You will find celebratory posts and announcements, including inspiring profiles and uplifting artwork. There will be special cultural performances on March 8 in honor of IWD. Check us out @umasswocln or @cwcumass.

Registration is now open for the 2021 Five College Queer, Gender, and Sexuality Conference March 5-7, online; Register here

The conference is free to attend, but registration is required. Keynote address: Vanessa Rochelle Lewis & Friends on “Queer Liberation Is A Spiritual Practice: Why We MUST Center Kindness In Our Movement Spaces Today & How to Do It with Intelligence & Self-Care"

The SpACE+ Ace/Aro Virtual Meetings Mon., March 1 & 15 (& every 1st & 3rd Mon.), 6:30-7:30 p.m., on Discord

A twice monthly group for students who are asexual, demisexual, gray-asexual, and elsewhere on the asexual spectrum. Connect with them via Discord (use the Discord server invite code DkDzJY5) or on Facebook.

Bi/Pan/Queer Collective Virtual Meeting Tues., March 2 (& every Tues.), 7-9 p.m.

A weekly social group for bisexual, pansexual, queer, and sexually fluid students. Connect with them via Discord (use the Discord server invite code QK9YyNW).

LGBTQIA+ Student Discussion & Support Group Meeting Wed., March 3 (& every Wed.), 6:30-8 p.m., via Zoom

Are you coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, , or asexual? Are you already out, but want a place of support to talk about being LGBTQIA+? Then join this weekly peer support and discussion group. Facilitated by staff of the Stonewall Center.

Panel Discussion: “The Journey from Menstruation to Menopause: Exploring the Role of Stigma, Society and Gender” https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?popoutv2=1&version=20210222004.08 3/5 3/1/2021 Mail - Genny Beemyn - Outlook Wed., March 3, 6-7:30 p.m., via Zoom

Sponsored by the Wild Ivy Social Justice Network in Holyoke.

Trans & Gender-Nonconforming Student Support Group Thurs., March 4 (& every Thurs.), 5:30-6:30 p.m., via Zoom

Free and open to all UMass and 5 College students who identify as trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, or questioning. Sponsored by the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health (CCPH). Students located in anywhere are welcome. For the link to the Zoom, contact CCPH (during normal business hours) at 413-545-2337 and ask to speak with Brad or Beth.

East Coast FTM Group Virtual Meeting Sun., March 7 (& every 1st Sun. of the month) 3-5 p.m.

“ECFTMG is a free, peer support group since 1992 for the full spectrum of masculine-identified, female-born or intersex-born persons." More info here.

LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Support and Discussion Space Tues., March 9 & 23 (every other Tues.) 6-7 p.m., via Zoom

Are you an LGBTQIA+ graduate student wanting to make friends and build queer/trans community at UMass? Are you wondering how to approach faculty about your name and/or gender pronouns? Not sure if you should come out to the class you are a TA for? Seeking support for coming out to family or friends? Come to the LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Discussion & Support Group! This group is peer facilitated and focuses on building community between LGBTQIA+ graduate students.

Pride Alliance Meeting Thurs., March 11 (& every other Thurs.), 7-8 p.m., via Zoom; Register here

https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?popoutv2=1&version=20210222004.08 4/5 3/1/2021 Mail - Genny Beemyn - Outlook The Pride Alliance is the official UMass RSO for LGBTQIA+ students and allies. New members welcomed! Connect with them through the Pride Alliance Discord.

BIAS Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker Robin Hauser Thurs., March 18, noon, via Zoom Register here

"BIAS challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gut. Through exposing her own biases, award-winning documentary filmmaker Robin Hauser highlights the nature of implicit bias, the grip it holds on our social and professional lives, and what it will take to induce change."

Journey Trans Group Online Meetings Thurs., March 18 & Wed., March 24 6-7:15 p.m.

Journey is a free local social and support group for trans and nonbinary individuals of all ages. To join a meeting, please send an introductory email to the group’s facilitator, Yohah Ralph, here. He will provide you with access information for Zoom.

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