We are starting Trans WEEKEND of Resilience off right, back at our beginning. Drag has played a MAJOR role in trans history and liberation. Together we will continue imagining how drag can continue to break new ground and be a tool for gender liberation.
Friday
,
November
18th
6:30pm
to
9:00pm
Opening Reception
5:30pm
Check your coat and grab a drink. Join us for the first act of the evening at 6pm before the screening begins.
Screening
6:30pm
Born in conservative Cameroon, Africa, where it is still Illegal to be gay, BeBe's life is a fabulously queer American immigrant success story. Get ready for 90 minutes of moving footage about BeBe's life and career.
Chat with BeBe
8:00
What does drag have to do with gender liberation? Listen to BeBe talk about the liberatory potential of drag and its positive effect on queer and trans lives globally and locally, historically and to present day.
Afterparty
8:40pm
Finally, let's take these conversations to the reception hall for cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, live music, and of course, more drag.
ALL THE DETAILS
tonight we center our pleasure, realness, and liberation.
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“I was no one, nobody, from Nowheresville until I became a drag queen. That’s what made me in New York, that’s what made me in New Jersey, that’s what made me in the world.” -- Marsha P Johnson
