Healing Trans-missions: messages from the past, present, and future

Join artists, activists, and healers for an evening of imagination and connection. Using time travel, we’ll explore how trans folks, ourselves included, have navigated this world – and found healing and connection. We’ll zoom to the future to imagine liberatory possibilities for ourselves and our communities. We’ll also connect with our current selves – because trans folks deserve to thrive now and always.  

The first half of the event will bring together artists to share their work. The second half will be an activity-based space for exploration, play, and healing. We will share a virtual activity book for those who prefer to time travel on their own. 

Register on Zoom: https://forge-forward.zoom.us/meeting/register/ktsix0NvTrOIJflxm-5-8w

Artists: 

M.E. O’Brien

M.E. O’Brien writes about gender freedom and capitalism. She has two books, a co-authored work of speculative fiction,Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 (Common Notions, 2022) andFamily Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care (Pluto, 2023). Previously she coordinated the NYC Trans Oral History Project. She has a PhD from NYU, where she sometimes teaches on queer Marxism and sexuality and capitalism. She currently works as a psychoanalyst in formation, and a licensed clinical social worker. 

Amir

As a first-generation Chaldean Iraqi who grew up in Ontario, Canada, Amir investigates themes related to multigenerational resilience and the disconnect between body and home in relation to nomadism. This has resulted in the manifestation of Prince Zorah, a fantastical alter-ego prominently featured in Amir’s work. His journey involves realistic and mythological imagery to analogize real feelings within marginalization and deep-rooted care. The introspection and admiration of texts and media such as Take care of Yourself by Sundus Abdul Hadi and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry has influenced Amir’s love of creating folktales based on resistance. 

Matthew Armstead