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Project Director @t.h.r.e.a.d.s.la
Founder, @queerdesertarchive @joshuatreequeersalon

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We are ready for you ! Who’s in? Thanks Tim Kuratek , @cierra_and JTMF for drone footage !

All JTMF welcome to participate ! The theme is trees, palms, canopies, gathering ! Authentic, gender-expansive fashion celebrated ! Festival plantcestor fashion-extravagance welcomed! With @dapperdates246 @sniptease and @silvador_dali_ @theshanncarr Sign up Thurs, Fri, Sat till noon at the Queer Salon! We are near the Welcome sign by the lake! Can’t wait to be in community with festival family 🎶🥰🎨🎩 by @dapperdates246

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The drums are already calling … can’t wait to make art & be in community. Festival family is like nothing else!🌵 Grateful to @joshuatreemusicfestival for honoring the dignity of LGBTQIA’s and all living beings. 🎶🎨🫶🏼♻️🪩

Come enjoy a workshop w this Fall’s QS artists : @skyler_fell and Melody, @dapperdates246 @goddessknowsart @osopepatrisse @madisonmeg @karma28 @sonorajackthewhistlingcowboy , @glitter_daddy, Breezy Bratton, @cindy.bookout @almoniasoulsinharmony + fancy footwerk by @sniptease & @silvador_dali_ ! Chat w our volunteers: @juicy_uprising , @rafaellaangelica_ @panicpixels @venusinaquariusevents , @maxeyeballs @genebruh_ @theshanncarr JoJo is coming by @mayanwish @wishwear is in Music Bowl. 🫶🏼

Our “Desert Shade Fashion Show” happens 10/10 Sat. 🕰️4:30 -4:55 pm sharp in the Music Bowl!
😊Theme: Plantcestors & Trees. Create a dazzling, gender-bending fashion homage to trees, palms, canopies, roots,resilience & join us! Sign up at Queer Salon: Thurs, Fri & Sat til 2 pm!⚡️⚡️Gathering makes our joy stronger ! by @dapperdates246

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💫 Join Gender Justice LA for our October Monthly Membership Meeting! 💫

🎃 October Topic: Fashion Theory and Gender Expansive Design by Core Member Guest T. Hammidi (They/Them) Project Director of T.H.R.E.A.D.S!

T will lead a presentation and discussion on fashion theory & gender-expansive design illustrations & practices, based in feminist, decolonial, & TGI-inclusive narrative praxis.

📍Virtual : RSVP: bit.ly/GJLAmmm26 (Caps-Sensitive)

⏰ When: Oct 8th, 2026 6–7 PM PST

If this is your first time joining us, you must attend a new attendee orientation at 5:30pm.You will only be let into the meeting once this orientation is complete.

🤹New Attendee Orientation @ 5:30 pm* not 5pm

Exciting new GJLA Core Member Benefit! Receive a snack box delivered to you for the meeting if you RSVP by Sept 3rd.

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✨ More about our Presenters: T. Hammidi (They/Them) is an artist, writer, educator, and arts programmer with over two decades of university and community-based teaching. They currently serve as Project Director of T.H.R.E.A.D.S. (Trans Healing, Resilience, Empowerment through Arts, Design and Services), as part of TGI-Rise. Their events foster magic through live gathering, skillshare, fashion theory, education and exhibition, and 2S/LGBTQIA+ histories.

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💜 As usual, join us to get the latest Gender Justice LA program and event updates to add to your calendar, learn about exclusive Core-member opportunities, and quick actions you can take to fight for ransgender, Gender Expansive and Intersex rights!

❓Did you know? We also have an ongoing Resource Guide (link in bio) where you can find a wide range of resources (ex; housing, health, Emergency Preparedness, and so much more!

➕ ASL and Spanish Interpretation available upon request. Please request 48 hours before the meeting.

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🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏽🦄🧚‍♀️ We need volunteers for our Virtual Safety Team! Volunteers must complete mandatory volunteer orientation. New volunteers who sign up to become a GJLA Core member will receive GJLA swag and or care-packages

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Register: bit.ly/GJLA-volunteer by @dapperdates246

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How do we survive a time like this?

Not through isolation. Not through more screen time.

We survive a time like this through gathering, ritual, and being in a creative practice - collectively!

Join me as I co host We Make The World workshops - all the practices are coming from my new book ( you can pre order now ) I’ll guide you through them, but you don’t need me to practice with your family and community. Excited to share this offering. And thank you to my co hosts! #WeMakeTheWorld

Sign up on eventbrite in my bio. by @dapperdates246

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Art as spiritual armor.
Art as social change.
Art as a reason to gather.

We are honored to welcome Patrisse Cullors to the JTMF Queer Salon this October.

The Los Angeles-based artist, abolitionist, and New York Times bestselling author will lead a guided art workshop inspired by her upcoming book We Make The World: Guided Aesthetics Practices for Art, Power, and Healing: a transformative guide harnessing creativity as a tool for healing, justice, and liberation. Publishing November 10, 2026 via HarperOne.

Pre-order your signed copy now at @reparations.club : a Black-owned, woman-owned bookshop in Los Angeles.

No artistic experience needed.
Just curiosity and a willingness to play.

Join @osopepatrisse Saturday October 10 at 1:30-3:30pm in the Queer Salon. 🌹

Oct 8-11 · Joshua Tree, CA
joshuatreemusicfestival.com taken in Joshua Tree Music Festival by @dapperdates246

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Thrilled to be reading alongside some rad desert writers for the launch of @camp.books.and.prints project PELAGIA. Filled with writing, photography & wot not by Hi Desert & traveling thru creatives who push the margins & keep it spicey. Come hear us read at @highdeserttestsites Oct 3! I am reading an excerpt from a longer piece mixing queer family, mental health, and a bit of musical joy! by @dapperdates246

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Huge props to @saturnswishorg and Strawberry Mehron & their team for mounting such a fierce exhibition & ball! The exhibit features trans & queer LatinX art, video, immersive art, & a hot Kiki drag ball at the preview. So grateful ! see “Visiones Nocturnas: Queer Nightlife in Contemporary Art” currently on exhibition at @mcasandiego . Cute exhibit hats n tees in the bookstore lol🪩 by @dapperdates246

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Quick share of last night’s “Upcycling & TGI Fashion” class on this project I am part of. Head over to @t.h.r.e.a.d.s.la for all the tags ! Every third Tuesday in Koreatown :). Go check the deets at our team page ! @🎉🧵 by @dapperdates246

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Quick reminder - all ages welcome ! Join team @t.h.r.e.a.d.s.la tonight for this exciting FREE TGI Upcycling workshop in Koreatown! 530-830 pm at @apait_ssg Shout out “yay” if you’re joining us in the comments ! by @dapperdates246

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Seeing friends after so long … ✨ @evrensavci at @brooklynmuseum @dapperq by @dapperdates246

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@alokvmenon brilliant! 💝 Separating commercial , fast “fashion” (a time-based, temporary flash of the pan reflecting market values; a tool for conformity & uniformity) from “style” (the creative, life-defining spirit & personal/collective voice translated into the languages of clothing)… Tnx to @parisaxparnian for sending this my way. 👏👏
#alokvmenon by @dapperdates246

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The incredible creativity, courage, joy, professionalism and sheer audience bliss of TGI fashion at @dapperq’s Legacy show was undeniable ! models to make-up, designs and style to the event production itself — all trans & queer created! Props @dapperq @brooklynmuseum brooklyn_pride
A few of the 11 designers/models here @flyishkai @iamjarijones @igbosisun @josegonzalezdesigner @atashirtw @harley_deoliveira @dykemint @goldenpenny1987 @official_parfums_therapeu by @dapperdates246

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