Join us for a Transgender Week of Awareness panel discussion featuring some of Aotearoa's most inspiring creatives at 6.30pm, Thursday 17 November on Zoom.
Author Andi C. Buchanan, illustrator Sam Orchard, and performance artist Moe Laga will discuss how transness influences their work, and read from their texts.
Meet our panellists:
Sam Orchard (he/they), illustrator, author of Rooster Tails. Sam is a queer and trans illustrator, comic creator and designer. He is the author of Rooster Tails, a weekly autobiographical webcomic exploring his life and transition. Sam describes themself as "a geeky, chubby transguy who spends too much time on the internet, messing about, and reading comics".
Moe Laga (she/they), performance artist. Moe is a performance artist and queer advocate from South Auckland whose practice includes movement and activation. Her works include a number of stage and screen productions, as well as collaborative visual artworks that have been shown in Australia as well as the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China. Moe has a diploma from the Pacific institute of Performing Arts and more recently completed her Bachelors in Creative Arts from the Manukau Institute of Technology.
Register to receive a Zoom link on the day, and don't forget to put the event in your calendar.
Transgender Week of Awareness runs from Sunday 13 November to Saturday 19 November. It's a time to celebrate and empower our trans, non-binary and gender diverse whānau.
The week is followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday 20 November, which honours the memory of trans people around the world whose lives were taken in acts of anti-transgender violence.
Other Trans Week of Awareness events:
