Trans March Friday June 24
Trans March
The 2nd Annual Trans March will take place Friday June 24th in Dolores Park, San Francisco. Live bands, transgender and gender-variant speakers, drag kings, and musicians will perform from 3 pm till 7 pm, and the March itself will begin at 7 pm.
The Trans March is a grassroots, community-building political event, welcoming transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and all genders of people, as well as allies. It is a demonstration of trans visibility, celebrating the growth of a gender movement. The purpose of this event is to:
1. Demonstrate that the violence and discrimination directed against the transgender community will not be tolerated.
2. Celebrate the struggles of the trans community for respect, acceptance, and civil rights.
3. Build a supportive, unified trans community bringing together diverse genders, ages, ethnic backgrounds along with our allies.
Last year’s historic, first-ever Trans March brought together an estimated 2000-3000 people for an amazing community-driven grassroots demonstration on the weekend of LGBT Pride. This year’s Trans March will offer live bands and performers including punk rock legends Tribe 8 on a sound stage in Dolores Park.
Organizers and supporters of this event include:
Many individual trans community activists
United Genders of the Universe
FTM International
SF TEAM
Transgender San Francisco
Good Vibrations
Volunteer Needs
during the march:
- 5 stagehands to carry sound equipment, set up and tear down stage - must arrive early, by 2 pm.
- 1 march leader, must have cell phone and be cop-friendly in case of confrontation.
- 1 march tail, must have cell phone and be cop-friendly.
- 5 cleanup crew members to collect trash before march leaves the park, including one responsible crew leader who will have keys to lock dumpster and portapotties, one with camera to photograph us leaving the park super clean, and three head count people to
estimate # of people at the march.
- 20 safety monitors on march route - must attend a training organized through tgsf.
- 2 security people to clear space for performers to get to and from the stage
- someone who is part of critical mass, to connect with critical mass because they might run into us, to suggest they join us to lead the march.
and here's what we need before the march, during the
next 3 weeks:
- sound technicians who can help get performers' instruments set up on stage
- artists to design flyers for the trans march
- folks to distribute flyers and forward emails and send out press releases and generally spread the word.
- folks to warn people that if they bring alcohol, cops might come and might pour out their beers (some new regulation about dolores park because of the
playground there?)
For more information, please contact Sam Davis at samdavis66@sbcglobal.net
Trans March
The 2nd Annual Trans March will take place Friday June 24th in Dolores Park, San Francisco. Live bands, transgender and gender-variant speakers, drag kings, and musicians will perform from 3 pm till 7 pm, and the March itself will begin at 7 pm.
The Trans March is a grassroots, community-building political event, welcoming transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and all genders of people, as well as allies. It is a demonstration of trans visibility, celebrating the growth of a gender movement. The purpose of this event is to:
1. Demonstrate that the violence and discrimination directed against the transgender community will not be tolerated.
2. Celebrate the struggles of the trans community for respect, acceptance, and civil rights.
3. Build a supportive, unified trans community bringing together diverse genders, ages, ethnic backgrounds along with our allies.
Last year’s historic, first-ever Trans March brought together an estimated 2000-3000 people for an amazing community-driven grassroots demonstration on the weekend of LGBT Pride. This year’s Trans March will offer live bands and performers including punk rock legends Tribe 8 on a sound stage in Dolores Park.
Organizers and supporters of this event include:
Many individual trans community activists
United Genders of the Universe
FTM International
SF TEAM
Transgender San Francisco
Good Vibrations
Volunteer Needs
during the march:
- 5 stagehands to carry sound equipment, set up and tear down stage - must arrive early, by 2 pm.
- 1 march leader, must have cell phone and be cop-friendly in case of confrontation.
- 1 march tail, must have cell phone and be cop-friendly.
- 5 cleanup crew members to collect trash before march leaves the park, including one responsible crew leader who will have keys to lock dumpster and portapotties, one with camera to photograph us leaving the park super clean, and three head count people to
estimate # of people at the march.
- 20 safety monitors on march route - must attend a training organized through tgsf.
- 2 security people to clear space for performers to get to and from the stage
- someone who is part of critical mass, to connect with critical mass because they might run into us, to suggest they join us to lead the march.
and here's what we need before the march, during the
next 3 weeks:
- sound technicians who can help get performers' instruments set up on stage
- artists to design flyers for the trans march
- folks to distribute flyers and forward emails and send out press releases and generally spread the word.
- folks to warn people that if they bring alcohol, cops might come and might pour out their beers (some new regulation about dolores park because of the
playground there?)
For more information, please contact Sam Davis at samdavis66@sbcglobal.net
