Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays ( also known as PFLAG ), the EL Paso section of the queer-liberation business, is opening a new artwork exhibit on Thursday that will tour the state and raise awareness of transgender and nonbinary populations.
On Thursday, the El Paso Museum of History will host the premiere of Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families. The program will include a stone of speakers, ribbon cutting, and Q&, A with several authors.
” The Authentic Selves show explores the many elements of gender identity and variance by sharing important reports, uplifting trans, nonbinary, and gender-fluent people with beautiful images and first-person accounts,” according to PFLAG El Paso.
The works honor a variety of transgender and intersex people’s distinctive and encouraging viewpoints, opinions, and life experiences.
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According to the organizers, Authentic Selves seeks to “evoke network and compassion to make the world a safer place for transgender and gender-nonconforming people” by promoting equitable spaces at all social levels and reiterating the value of diversity.
According to a statement from” PFLAG El Paso,” our 2SLGBTQIA community has suffered greatly at the hands of biased state officials in Texas. Texas has seen the filing of 76 anti-2SLGBTQIA charges as of 2023. To dispel harmful prejudices and spread awareness of the beauty and love found in transgender and gender-nonconforming communities across Texas, we had collaborate.
Until January 6, 2024, the first exhibit, a collaboration between PFLAG El Paso and the ELA Museum of History, will be on display. After that, it will tour the state and” contribute” to the effort to destroy prejudice and intolerance’s destructive power.
On December 7, the Juan &, Linda Uribe Community Gallery Pop-up Exhibition place at the El Paso Museum of History will host the opening ceremony for Authentic Selves at 5 p.m.
Participating authors may read from Zoom during the event, which will then be followed by a Q&, A portion, and ribbon trimming.
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