trans* through trembling times

trans* through trembling times is a three-day Summer School gathering trans* and queer artists, scholars and activists for collective inquiry and unmaking as strategic action in the midst of crisis. As trans* lives are increasingly targeted and fascism continues its global normalization, this program insists on creating spaces of solidarity and shared resources. Inspired by Halberstam’s articulation of trans* as an indeterminate field and by trembling times as resonant moments of both devastation and desire, it centers practices that disrupt norms, deconstruct power and foster generative erasure. The Leaky Vessel, home to the Social Design Class, becomes a queer common for radical pooling resources and coalition building, where guided working sessions create intimate sites for collaboration and TIAN* participants cultivate intra community strategies.

The Summer School opens Tuesday evening with a public keynote lecture and Q&A by Jack Halberstam, then moves into two days of collective digestion – closed working streams exploring themes from Collective Care & Love, Parasitic Praxis and Entnazifiziert euch! to Mainstream Person and Inhabiting Queer Spaces Online through discussion, creative interventions and unmaking practices.

The Summer School is primarily intended for trans, non-binary, and queer individuals who have experienced anti-trans and anti-queer violence or social exclusion. We also welcome activists and supportive allies committed to justice, queer visibility, and collective resistance.

Note: This is not a queer|trans only space.