In-person support group for transfemmes/gender-expansive femmes (ages 30+), led and facilitated by transfemmes.

We meet bi-weekly on Wednesdays in downtown Northampton. Please email groups@translategender.org to RSVP and for the exact address. New members will need to be verified for safety reasons.

The group is offered at no cost. If you are able to donate, please do, so we can sustain and expand affirming support spaces for our community. We have a donation page (www.translategender.org), or folks can give via Venmo (@translategender). 

Affirmations: Trans Book Club is a book club like no other! Geared towards trans and nonbinary youth (ages 8-18), Affirmations invites readers to explore, question, and connect with one another and the centered experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-creative book characters.

Meeting Date & Time:
Ages 8-12 | April 24th from 6-7pm (in person @ High Five Books, Florence)

This book club regularly meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month!

Please register below so our team can be in touch with what's going on each month AND so you can get information to join us. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@translategender.org.

To learn more about Translate Gender or High Five Books, visit www.translategender.org/affirmations or www.highfivebooks.org.

We are reading and discussing The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio this month. You do not need to have read or finished the book to attend our book club.

Open to families of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth (caregivers, extended family, siblings, family friends, and youth)! Happening monthly on the 4th Sunday (this month is early due to November break) from 10:30am-12:30pm Location to alternate to make these gatherings accessible to families in North and South Counties, as well as in Central Berkshire County.

Location provided after RSVP. To RSVP for our Berkshire Families Gathering, please do so here.

**Please include names and pronouns of everyone attending AND ages of youth if they are attending in your RSVP**

Join us for our one hour Caregiver Support Space. Centering the experiences of adult family members and caregivers who have trans and nonbinary youth (ages 3-18) in their lives. This group is facilitated by a member of our Translate Gender team.

This group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-8pm (EST).

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

To RSVP, please do so here if you plan to attend our upcoming group!

Designed to aid caregivers and youth in creating larger networks of support and sharing resources.

These open-ended family groups include all members of trans families [caregivers/parents, trans/nonbinary youth between 3-18, their siblings, grandparents, and extended community].

We provide 4 separate spaces for participants to connect:

* Adult Caregivers/Family Members

* Teens (13+) * Tweens (9-12) * Youth (3-9)

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

Suggested donation is sliding scale donations: $25-$150/family. No one turned away.

Location provided after RSVP (in Northampton).

To RSVP for our Youth & Family Gathering, please do so here.

In-person support group for transfemmes/gender-expansive femmes (ages 30+), led and facilitated by transfemmes.

We meet bi-weekly on Wednesdays in downtown Northampton. Please email groups@translategender.org to RSVP and for the exact address. New members will need to be verified for safety reasons.

The group is offered at no cost. If you are able to donate, please do, so we can sustain and expand affirming support spaces for our community. We have a donation page (www.translategender.org), or folks can give via Venmo (@translategender). 

Affirmations: Trans Book Club is a book club like no other! Geared towards trans and nonbinary youth (ages 8-18), Affirmations invites readers to explore, question, and connect with one another and the centered experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-creative book characters.

Meeting Date & Time:
Ages 8-12 | January 24th from 6-7pm (in person @ High Five Books, Florence)

This book club regularly meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month!

Please register below so our team can be in touch with what's going on each month AND so you can get information to join us. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@translategender.org.

To learn more about Translate Gender or High Five Books, visit www.translategender.org/affirmations or www.highfivebooks.org.

We are reading and discussing Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges this month. You do not need to have read or finished the book to attend our book club.

Open to families of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth (caregivers, extended family, siblings, family friends, and youth)! Happening monthly on the 4th Sunday (this month is early due to November break) from 10:30am-12:30pm Location to alternate to make these gatherings accessible to families in North and South Counties, as well as in Central Berkshire County.

Location provided after RSVP. To RSVP for our Berkshire Families Gathering, please do so here.

**Please include names and pronouns of everyone attending AND ages of youth if they are attending in your RSVP**

Join us for our one hour Caregiver Support Space. Centering the experiences of adult family members and caregivers who have trans and nonbinary youth (ages 3-18) in their lives. This group is facilitated by a member of our Translate Gender team.

This group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-8pm (EST).

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

To RSVP, please do so here if you plan to attend our upcoming group!

Affirmations: Trans Book Club is a book club like no other! Geared towards trans and nonbinary youth (ages 8-18), Affirmations invites readers to explore, question, and connect with one another and the centered experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-creative book characters.

Meeting Dates/Times:
Ages 12-18 | 2nd Wednesdays from 7-8pm EST (Virtual via Zoom)

Please register below so our team can be in touch with what's going on each month AND so you can get the log-in information to join us. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@translategender.org.

To learn more about Translate Gender or High Five Books, visit www.translategender.org/affirmations or www.highfivebooks.org.

We are reading and discussing Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore this month. You do not need to have read or finished the book to attend our book club.

Designed to aid caregivers and youth in creating larger networks of support and sharing resources.

These open-ended family groups include all members of trans families [caregivers/parents, trans/nonbinary youth between 3-18, their siblings, grandparents, and extended community].

We provide 4 separate spaces for participants to connect:

* Adult Caregivers/Family Members

* Teens (13+) * Tweens (9-12) * Youth (3-9)

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

Suggested donation is sliding scale donations: $25-$150/family. No one turned away.

Location provided after RSVP (in Northampton).

To RSVP for our Youth & Family Gathering, please do so here.

Affirmations: Trans Book Club is a book club like no other! Geared towards trans and nonbinary youth (ages 8-18), Affirmations invites readers to explore, question, and connect with one another and the centered experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-creative book characters.

Meeting Date & Time:
Ages 8-12 | January 24th from 6-7pm (in person @ High Five Books, Florence)

This book club regularly meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month!

Please register below so our team can be in touch with what's going on each month AND so you can get information to join us. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@translategender.org.

To learn more about Translate Gender or High Five Books, visit www.translategender.org/affirmations or www.highfivebooks.org.

We are reading and discussing Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker this month. You do not need to have read or finished the book to attend our book club.

Open to families of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth (caregivers, extended family, siblings, family friends, and youth)! Happening monthly on the 4th Sunday (this month is early due to November break) from 10:30am-12:30pm Location to alternate to make these gatherings accessible to families in North and South Counties, as well as in Central Berkshire County.

Location provided after RSVP. To RSVP for our Berkshire Families Gathering, please do so here.

**Please include names and pronouns of everyone attending AND ages of youth if they are attending in your RSVP**

Join us for our one hour Caregiver Support Space. Centering the experiences of adult family members and caregivers who have trans and nonbinary youth (ages 3-18) in their lives. This group is facilitated by a member of our Translate Gender team.

This group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-8pm (EST).

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

To RSVP, please do so here if you plan to attend our upcoming group!

Affirmations: Trans Book Club is a book club like no other! Geared towards trans and nonbinary youth (ages 8-18), Affirmations invites readers to explore, question, and connect with one another and the centered experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-creative book characters.

Meeting Dates/Times:
Ages 12-18 | 2nd Wednesdays from 7-8pm EST (Virtual via Zoom)

Please register below so our team can be in touch with what's going on each month AND so you can get the log-in information to join us. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@translategender.org.

To learn more about Translate Gender or High Five Books, visit www.translategender.org/affirmations or www.highfivebooks.org.

We are reading and discussing Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer this month. You do not need to have read or finished the book to attend our book club.

Designed to aid caregivers and youth in creating larger networks of support and sharing resources.

These open-ended family groups include all members of trans families [caregivers/parents, trans/nonbinary youth between 3-18, their siblings, grandparents, and extended community].

We provide 4 separate spaces for participants to connect:

* Adult Caregivers/Family Members

* Teens (13+) * Tweens (9-12) * Youth (3-9)

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

Suggested donation is sliding scale donations: $25-$150/family. No one turned away.

Location provided after RSVP (in Northampton).

To RSVP for our Youth & Family Gathering, please do so here.

In-person support group for transfemmes/gender-expansive femmes (ages 30+), led and facilitated by transfemmes.

We meet bi-weekly on Wednesdays in downtown Northampton. Please email groups@translategender.org to RSVP and for the exact address. New members will need to be verified for safety reasons.

The group is offered at no cost. If you are able to donate, please do, so we can sustain and expand affirming support spaces for our community. We have a donation page (www.translategender.org), or folks can give via Venmo (@translategender). 

Translate Gender is excited to be partnering with the Fair Housing Project of Community Legal Aid to offer two workshop sessions for our community to learn about their legal rights under the Fair Housing Act and Massachusetts state anti-discrimination laws. We hope you can attend one of these workshops and help us spread the word to student leaders, families, and community members across our region!

These workshops will be facilitated by trans and gender expansive team members from both Community Legal Aid and Translate Gender. We always seek to center our community in these spaces and who is helping lead these conversations. We hope you're as excited as we are for these sessions. 

Please continue to read for more information about how to register / RSVP, wellness considerations, as well as information if you have additional questions. 

SECOND SESSION:
Tuesday, January 30th from 6-7:30pm (EST) @ Translate Gender (Northampton - exact location will be provided after RSVP)

RSVP / Registration Information:

Please RSVP here to let us know you'd like to attend. Each attendee should register individually so we can best track who will be in attendance. We'll be sharing location information after receiving your RSVP. We also encourage you to spread the word to your community, other organizations, student led organizations, and more! 

Wellness, Accessibility, & Safety:

For everyone's health and wellness, if you are not feeling well, please stay home. If you are COVID cautious, we invite you to wear a mask and/or do what you need to participate in our gathering. Everyone's safety and well-being is paramount and we are working with both space hosts / building owners to also provide support and security as needed. We will also have a space support person to ensure only those registered will be admitted into our workshop space. Make sure to register! 

If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to Nuri Sherif at NSherif@cla-ma.org or James Shultis at james@translategender.org. 

Open to families of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth (caregivers, extended family, siblings, family friends, and youth)! Happening monthly on the 4th Sunday (this month is early due to November break) from 10:30am-12:30pm Location to alternate to make these gatherings accessible to families in North and South Counties, as well as in Central Berkshire County.

Location provided after RSVP. To RSVP for our Berkshire Families Gathering, please do so here.

**Please include names and pronouns of everyone attending AND ages of youth if they are attending in your RSVP**

Translate Gender is excited to be partnering with the Fair Housing Project of Community Legal Aid to offer two workshop sessions for our community to learn about their legal rights under the Fair Housing Act and Massachusetts state anti-discrimination laws. We hope you can attend one of these workshops and help us spread the word to student leaders, families, and community members across our region!

These workshops will be facilitated by trans and gender expansive team members from both Community Legal Aid and Translate Gender. We always seek to center our community in these spaces and who is helping lead these conversations. We hope you're as excited as we are for these sessions. 

Please continue to read for more information about how to register / RSVP, wellness considerations, as well as information if you have additional questions. 

Workshop Options: 

FIRST SESSION:

Saturday, January 27th from 3:30-5pm (EST) @ Forbes Library (Northampton - exact location / meeting room will be provided after RSVP)

SECOND SESSION:
Tuesday, January 30th from 6-7:30pm (EST) @ Translate Gender (Northampton - exact location will be provided after RSVP)

Each session is a stand-alone workshop, you only need to attend ONE. 

RSVP / Registration Information:

Please RSVP here to let us know you'd like to attend. Each attendee should register individually so we can best track who will be in attendance. We'll be sharing location information after receiving your RSVP. We also encourage you to spread the word to your community, other organizations, student led organizations, and more! 

Wellness, Accessibility, & Safety:

For everyone's health and wellness, if you are not feeling well, please stay home. If you are COVID cautious, we invite you to wear a mask and/or do what you need to participate in our gathering. Everyone's safety and well-being is paramount and we are working with both space hosts / building owners to also provide support and security as needed. We will also have a space support person to ensure only those registered will be admitted into our workshop space. Make sure to register! 

If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to Nuri Sherif at NSherif@cla-ma.org or James Shultis at james@translategender.org. 

Affirmations: Trans Book Club is a book club like no other! Geared towards trans and nonbinary youth (ages 8-18), Affirmations invites readers to explore, question, and connect with one another and the centered experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-creative book characters.

Meeting Date & Time:
Ages 8-12 | January 24th from 6-7pm (in person @ High Five Books, Florence)

This book club regularly meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month!

Please register below so our team can be in touch with what's going on each month AND so you can get information to join us. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@translategender.org.

To learn more about Translate Gender or High Five Books, visit www.translategender.org/affirmations or www.highfivebooks.org.

We are reading and discussing Nimona by ND Stevenson this month. You do not need to have read or finished the book to attend our book club.

In-person support group for transfemmes/gender-expansive femmes (ages 30+), led and facilitated by transfemmes.

We meet bi-weekly on Wednesdays in downtown Northampton. Please email groups@translategender.org to RSVP and for the exact address. New members will need to be verified for safety reasons.

The group is offered at no cost. If you are able to donate, please do, so we can sustain and expand affirming support spaces for our community. We have a donation page (www.translategender.org), or folks can give via Venmo (@translategender). 

Join us for our one hour Caregiver Support Space. Centering the experiences of adult family members and caregivers who have trans and nonbinary youth (ages 3-18) in their lives. This group is facilitated by a member of our Translate Gender team.

This group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-8pm (EST).

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

To RSVP, please do so here if you plan to attend our upcoming group!

Designed to aid caregivers and youth in creating larger networks of support and sharing resources.

These open-ended family groups include all members of trans families [caregivers/parents, trans/nonbinary youth between 3-18, their siblings, grandparents, and extended community].

We provide 4 separate spaces for participants to connect:

* Adult Caregivers/Family Members

* Teens (13+) * Tweens (9-12) * Youth (3-9)

To support this group, we rely on donations from our families and community support. If you’d like to help us sustain this work, we encourage you to make a donation.

Suggested donation is sliding scale donations: $25-$150/family. No one turned away.

Location provided after RSVP (in Northampton).

To RSVP for our Youth & Family Gathering, please do so here.