Join us for a very special Open Barbers Q&A event where we turn the
salon into a loving discussion space for solidarity, creative sharing
and peer learning with the incredible artist Sophie Labelle!
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-with-sophie-labelle-bsl-interpreted-tickets-42589624714
Sophie
Labelle is the creator of Assigned Male comics, a quippy series
following a diverse cast of kids, many of whom just happen to be trans –
and through their voices, we experience the everyday and the not-so
everyday ups and downs of life and relationships as non cisgender /
heterosexual children. At a time where cis content creators so often
pull out the trans card on their characters to “make things interesting”
and create melodrama, it is so important for trans people, trans youth
especially, to see themselves represented as confident, able and
self-assured.
Sophie
has also written & illustrated several books, most recently “My Dad
Thinks I’m a BOY?!”, a trans-positive children’s book – and goodness
knows, trans youth need all the positivity they can get! Sophie will be
selling stickers, posters, comics and books which can be signed on
request.
Find out more about Sophie here: https://www.assignedmale.com/
Event details:
Saturday 17th February 2017, 3-5pm
Open Barbers, 4 Clunbury Street, London, N1 6TT
Booking required through Eventbrite
Ticket price: ‘pay what you can’ donations on the door
Access:
The event includes BSL interpreter Debbie Lawrence.
The event will be amplified and includes a Hearing Loop.
Open Barbers is level access throughout with a wheelchair accessible toilet.
For more information email openbarbers@gmail.com