What does it mean for the trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) community to respond to death and persecution with defiant joy? How can TGI joy can be a tool of survival, a way to commemorate loss, and a form of protest? In the face of so much anti-TGI legislation and hatred, and the somber necessity of Transgender Day of Remembrance, what role can our joy play?

A panel conversation with:
Charley Burton, activist, author, and motivational speaker
Tori Cooper, the first Black trans woman on the presidential HIV/AIDS council, and Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative at HRC
Ladyboy Gigi, Bisexuality Day co-founder, Sacred Harlot of Aphrodite's Temple, and intersex BDSM educator
Moderated by artist and writer Jack MacCarthy, OUTWORDS Director of Communications

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