omg SO MUCH.
Life has been moving incredibly quickly lately, and I’m remiss in my failure to update this blog when I have so much to share.
For now I will say:
I have been writing queer mythology so quickly I feel mad!
I am building the Forest of the Future in February!
I am organizing a Summit of Stories to be held there in March!
There are so many brilliant people involved, from all over the world!
And maybe we will make a movie together with what comes out of it!
More details on all of this soon enough, I swear.
To begin, here are some thoughts about the Summit of Stories:
We are organizing a Summit of Stories in NYC March 2-9, 2013. We will be bringing in voices from all over to tell their stories : trans/third gender folks from Germany, England, Ireland and France, a leader from the third gender movement in Nepal, survivors of the Plague in NYC, voices from the early days of the women’s liberation movement, long-time genderfuckers, radical faeries who founded rural sanctuaries in the US, folks from queer communities of color in NYC… it’ll be interesting, for sure. Feels like the beginning of a grass-roots oral history/archiving project, but we are still sorting that out.
- Who are we, as trans folks?
- What do we know about our history (recent and ancient) as trans people?
- Is there a trans mythology or belief system that extends across cultures?
- How are our stories similar, how do we differ?
- What can we learn from each others’ beliefs?
- How can we use this knowledge to write stories that inspire and teach the next generation, so that they aren’t marked by the scars we’ve had to endure, and/or are able to use their powers to impact the world?
- What might happen if we as a global force of trans folk who have learned how to communicate with each other, tried to work together on a greater goal?
- How might we address that goal using film as a medium?
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