Brooklyn Library Presents “Genderful!”, A Creative Space For Kids To Explore Gender

by Molly McLaughlin

This Saturday October 14th at noon, Brooklyn Public Library and If You Want It are hosting Genderful!, an event that creates a space for kids ages 6-12 and their caregivers to learn about gender through a variety of activities and performances.

Genderful! will feature:

  • Kid-friendly set by Laura Jane Grace, a transgender musician best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of punk rock band Against Me!
  • Workshop with performance artist ray ferreira & the Octavia Project, which empowers girls and non-gender conforming youth through science fiction
  • Mad-Lib style storytelling with Harvey Katz, a spoken word poet and youth mentor
  • Curated kids reading corner
  • Hands-on collaborative zine making
  • Resource fair with Anti-Violence Project, Brooklyn Community Pride Center, Hetrick-Martin Institute, & Sylvia Rivera Law Project
  • Photobooth
  • If You Want It kids’ merch

It’s never to early to encourage kids to be themselves, and this space will be a welcoming, fun and safe place to explore complicated and nuanced ideas about what gender means (or doesn’t) in 2017. Through inspiring role models and hands-on learning, kids and their caregivers can work towards self-acceptance and acceptance of others, something we all could do with in our lives right now.

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More information can be found here.

Image credit: Mary Shyne

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