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Aidan Key [Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Aidan Key, Guest Speaker -- Hold the date! Sunday, February 18, 2018 6:30-8:30 pm Aidan Key is the founder and director of Gender Diversity, an organization that provides education and support for families who are raising transgender or gender diverse children. After a parent’s realization that their child is transgender — but often before they have had a chance to catch their breath — the question of how to navigate schools looms large and immediate. This session will provide parents, families, community members, advocates, and allies with important information on countering bullying, navigating school/community conversations, and creating safe and nurturing educational environments for trans and gender diverse youth. Bring your questions to guide the discussion!   (Note: there will be no regular FORGE or parents’ support group meetings that weekend so that everyone can come to this special event.)    

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Affirmation or Conversion Therapy? [Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Join FORGE on Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 2:00pm for a panel discussion on the emotional and physical health risks associated with conversion therapy. Nearly all medical and mental health professional associations have deemed conversion therapy as both ineffective and an attempt to "cure" something -- gender identity or sexual orientation -- that is NOT a disorder. Wisconsin is one of 41 states that do not have laws banning conversion therapy. An ordinance is before the Milwaukee Common Council on March 27, 2018 to ban conversion therapy. Come learn more and leave with some action steps to help ensure the ordinance passes. Panelists: Kim Skerven, Ph.D. Tony Snell Rodriguez Shelley Gregory

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

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April [Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

NO FORGE MONTHLY MEETING! Instead, we encourage everyone to consider attending the Victory Institute’s LGBTQ Leadership Summit. This day-long, intensive training is designed to grow LGBTQ public service leaders. Summit trainees will participate in discussions on how LGBTQ leaders can successfully and effectively advocate for equality in today’s political climate. Speakers include Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Sen. Timothy Carpenter, and other local leaders.  FREE, but RSVP deadline is April 20. Get more information and sign up here: https://victoryinstitute.org/event/milwaukee-lgbtq-leadership-summit/

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Don’t Let Your Health Go Up in Smoke [May Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Smokin' Hot: Tobacco, Pride, McBride Let us know you're attending!  https://www.facebook.com/events/1823029301333796/ 1. Tobacco After finding his passion for community service in AmeriCorps, Anthony Harris, has worked on many different public health issues such as; Financial Awareness, HIV prevention, AODA prevention with Teens, and Smoking Cessation within the LGBT Community.  He is committed to helping people make decisions that will help them live happy healthy lives As one of the coordinators for the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance, Anthony Harris will join us to talk about what smoking looks like in the LGBTQ+ community, where we are as community to address it, and the many projects the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance is doing to improve LGBTQ health.   2. PrideFest But that’s not all!  We will also be discussing FORGE’s PrideFest Health and Wellness activities at this meeting.  Volunteers will be signed up and given t-shirts and passes (if they’re ready by then!). Come help […]

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

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Sarah McBride’s Book Discussion [June Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Book discussion: Sarah McBride’s Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality Can you be in your early 20s, transgender, in love, in grief, and still change the world? Sarah McBride’s answer is an emphatic YES! Read this inspirational memoir and then come join us to talk about whether and how it is inspiring you. We’ll even have a special surprise guest!  (Ok, it’ll be a special short video Sarah is making just for us.)   Sarah McBride recorded a special reading and personal narrative prior to the in-person meeting on June 16, 2018.

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.