About Charlotte Trans Pride
Charlotte Trans Pride is Charlotte Pride’s transgender community outreach and collaborative project — funded in part by the Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund. Charlotte Trans Pride seeks to provide expanded support for transgender members of the community, opportunities for social networking, awareness and education events, as well as community and leadership development initiatives to benefit current and up-and-coming transgender leaders.
Aug. 15 — HB2: A Transgender Perspective, presented by Charlotte Trans Pride
Charlotte Trans Pride hosts a keynote address and panel discussion on Monday, Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m., Levine Museum of the New South in Uptown Charlotte. An official Charlotte Pride Week Event presented by Charlotte Pride.
Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, 6:30-9 p.m.
Levine Museum of the New South
200 E. 7th St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
Keynote speaker Candis Cox, a Raleigh-based transgender advocate and educator who met with Gov. Pat McCrory and asked him to work for a repeal of HB2, will join a diverse panel explore HB2 from a transgender perspective and the legislation’s impact on the transgender community in Charlotte and North Carolina.
A social hour with hors d’oeuvres and other refreshments will precede the panel.
$10 Suggested Donation at the Door
Keynote Address: Candis Cox
Panelists & Moderator: The Rev. Debra Hopkins, The Rev. Dawn Flynn, Gloria Merriweather, Ilya Parker
Aug. 21 — Mark your calendars: March with Charlotte Trans Pride in the parade!
Charlotte Trans Pride joins with Transcend Charlotte and calls on transgender community memebrs and transgender community organizations to join us for a mass Trans Pride marching contingent in this year’s Bank of America Charlotte Pride Parade, Aug. 21, 2016, 1-3 p.m., in Uptown Charlotte.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP AND LET US KNOW YOU’LL JOIN THE MARCHING CONTINGENT!
Bring your transgender and other pride flags, signs and posters, banners and more and join together to show the strength, unity, diversity and resiliency of Charlotte’s and the Carolinas’ transgender and gender non-conforming community.
Join the Team!
Interested in helping to organize and lead Charlotte Trans Pride initiatives throughout the year? We hold regularly planning meetings for our upcoming events and you’re invited!
Upcoming Committee Meetings
July 21, 2016, 7pm
August 4, 2016, 7pm
The committee meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Meeting are held at the Charlotte Pride office, 1900 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205.
More events and activities to be announced soon.
Last updated: July 26, 2016