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In this Issue:
Mama Gloria Documentary Film Screening
TFSS Celebrates Women's History Month
Monthly Mentions:
Shop at TFSS Online Store
Kyler's Konnections - Mentorship Opportunities Available
Support Group Information
Make a Difference on AmazonSmile
Event Replays: Empowering Allies - Listening to Youth Voices
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'Mama Gloria' celebrates a Black transgender elder's resilience and joy...
Gloria Allen hasn't just lived a full life as an out transgender woman. She's helping younger generations of trans people do the same. In the new documentary feature "Mama Gloria," Allen, a 75-year-old Black trans woman in Chicago, testifies to the strength and perseverance of a community caught at the intersection of race- and gender-based oppression. Her narrative is one of surviving with grace and dignity, and a model of possibility for trans people when they are loved and affirmed by their families.
Screening available during the week of Trans Day of Visibility - March 28 through April 3.
Q+A session via Zoom with Gloria and filmmaker Luchina Fisher takes place on Saturday, April 3. Links to the screening and Q&A will be emailed before the event.
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TFSS Celebrates Women's History Month by Honoring These LGBTQ+ Icons:
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 Zaya Wade
Zaya, the 13-year-old daughter of NBA star Dwayne Wade and stepdaughter of Gabrielle Union, came out as transgender at a red-carpet event last year. According to Union, "Zaya's peace is non-negotiable. As Zaya gathered more language, she was able to tell us about her identity. She was able to tell us about her sexuality. She was able to tell us, 'I'm trans.' And she says, 'I've come out a few times.'"
Coming out as transgender turned Zaya into a superhero. For Black kids struggling to be themselves, for the LGBTQ+ community and for advocates of disenfranchised groups across the country. "It feels great," Zaya says of coming out. "I feel like there was always something that was like I was meant to do, but I was never able to find it. I eventually just stopped looking for it, and I think I found it."
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 Leyna Bloom
Leyna Bloom is a transgender model, dancer, actor, and activist. Born in Chicago to a Filipina mother and an African American father, Bloom knew from a young age that she was a woman.
As a teenager she received a full dance scholarship to the Chicago Academy for the Arts. However, the men's scholarship did not allow her to dance as a woman, so she left Chicago and moved to New York City, where she faced homelessness. Bloom survived by working at a restaurant. Eventually her modeling career took off as transgender figures gained acceptance in the media. On being the first trans woman of color in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, Bloom says: "I truly feel worth it."
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 Gloria Allen
Chicago’s transgender icon Gloria Allen, now in her 70s, blazed a trail for trans people like few others before her. Emerging from Chicago’s South Side drag-ball culture in the 1960s, Allen overcame traumatic violence to become a proud leader in her community. Most famously, she pioneered a charm school for young transgender people that served as inspiration for the hit play Charm.
“I’m so pleased with some of the younger generation, they’re doing a good job and I’m proud of them,” Allen said. “I’m still going to fight and be in their corner because, as my grandmother said, ‘It’s a poor wind that don’t change.’”
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