Trans & Gender Diverse Chit Chat: Labels, Identity and Belonging

Labels can feel freeing, comforting, complicated, limiting, powerful, stressful — and sometimes all of those things at once.

For some of us, finding the right word for our identity can feel like finally being able to breathe. For others, labels can feel too small, too fixed, or like another thing we have to explain to the world.

This Be/Here Trans & Gender diverse Chit Chat is a gentle community conversation about labels, identity and belonging. We will explore how labels can help us find community, understand ourselves, access support and feel less alone, while also making space for the pressure, confusion or discomfort that can come with trying to define who we are.

There is no expectation to have everything figured out. You are welcome whether you have used the same label for years, are questioning, feel between words, have changed how you describe yourself, or do not want to…