An Evening with Dylan Scholinski Distinguished artist, author, and public speaker. Dylan has an evening packed full of readings, exploration of his past and current work, and abundant time for questions and discussion. Join us for a reception with light snacks at 6:30 - 7:00pm.  The formal presentation will begin at 7:00pm. Recently his award winning book (The Last Time I Wore a Dress: A Memoir - Penguin/Putnam) was listed in the Top 10 Must Reads in Out Magazines first transgender issue. His work not only portrays the anguish of his forced years of hospitalization for being an “inappropriate female,” but also his ultimate triumph. Dylan is the founder/witness for the Sent(a)Mental Project: A Memorial to Suicide. He spends much of his time working in his studio, public speaking, creating zines - such as Freedom of Depression, Please Forgive Me For Judging You, Sent(a)Mental - and frequently opens his studio to a variety of Denver […]

There will be no monthly meeting in December 2014.    Please join us again in 2015.

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.

Description: Trans and Queer Zines Workshop. Come explore trans* zines and DIY print media and learn to make your own. This hands-on workshop will focus on self-publishing our lives and experiences and making our own media as both artifact and resistance. Speaker/facilitator: Milo, co-founder of the Queer Zine Archive Project, PGP: ze/they/he

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.

The February 28, 2015 monthly meeting has been postponed due to a room conflict at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center.  Please join us the following week, on March 7, 2015 for a panel of Black Trans community members in honor of Black History Month (February). More details will be confirmed soon.  

In honor of Black History Month, FORGE will host a panel discussion with Black Trans*/Gender Non-Conforming community leaders to speak on their experiences, activism and vision. Panelists come from a variety of experience, age, and organizations. Questions may include: What does Black TGNC activism look like and how have you experienced change over the course of your involvement? What does a Black TGNC just world look like? What is the one thing you would tell Black TGNC young people/peers? Elders? How do intersections of race and gender and age and other identities you hold impact your activist work and dreams? Panelists: Jesse White, Lee Jonathan Williams, and others TBA; moderated by FORGE Fellow Syd Robbie Let us know you are coming by joining the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/456721254476471